ETS2 and ATS discussion

CLR-GTR · October 20, 2012

I'll just think ''ah, it's not a real merc....'', but remember..............

.... this DOES hurt. xD

The Compensator · October 20, 2012

No, it doesn't. It's a truck, not a CLS. :cheeese:

GTAMADDOG · October 20, 2012

Just had a quick blast on the hours trial and it quite like it, I like the radio function. I was listening to an album review of Rush's latest album on one of the stations while ragging the truck from Swansea to Liverpool. If I had more time to sit on the computer in the week I'd probably be able to lose many hours playing it just listening to the music.

Then I had a boo-boo and we rolled 'er into the cabbage coming off a motorway slip road while on the way to Birmingham. Still managed to get a proficiency bonus though, lol.

Ozzmcom · October 21, 2012

Just got back from playing this game, have to say it's fantastic for a small company.

It has some problems here and there but it's quite fun.

I especially liked the split gears :D

Ryzza5 · October 21, 2012

Yes, back in STS I had the first split where the first set had 1-6, then 7-12, now in ETS2 I'm doing it the other way (first set odd gears, second even) since a lot of the time I can skip gears. From about 7-12 I'll flick the switch to change incrementally on hills, etc.

How are you guys going with controlling your camera view (head movement)? TrackIR becomes essential in a game like this.

Anyway I'm up to Level 10 now.

sfy2004 · October 22, 2012

interesting game, never thought i'd pay to simulate driving a semi. but after maxing out 3 free demo profiles, had to do it. just bought the first truck, the Valiant F16H. beefed it up to the biggest engine, but still maxes out at 90kmh. the split gears are interesting, keep forgetting to bump it down to 1-6

at stop lights.

so for those who have bought a truck, what did you buy?

The Compensator · October 22, 2012

I bought a Majestic, but if I remember correctly the DAV had about 20 hp more than the weakest Merc.

I'm level 4 in the demo, so I'll probably buy a CD key to get a full game. I really like this game and I'm proud more of it as it is a Czech studio! :D

sfy2004 · October 22, 2012

found some Mods for the game. got a good one, bumps the top speed to 120kmh.

you have to join to download.......Downloads | RaceDepartment Forums

you can bump the valiant f16h up to 750 hp, yet to find one more powerful. just wish it had dual axles on back, easier to back up....for me anyway

The Compensator · October 22, 2012

Good find, thanks.

October 22, 2012

How can all you guys afford trucks already? :confused: I'm earning peanuts here...

Ryzza5 · October 22, 2012

lol if I get that mod (which I might do later) I'll end up with even more speeding fines :p

I've been playing for a while and have about 120k at Level 10. Sort the list of job by Price per mileage and pick the highest. Or if you really must take a bank loan.

I've recently been getting less well paying jobs so I can drive on other roads instead of through France all the time. Discovering new dealers/agencies, etc. If I had to take a guess I'd imagine hiring people from agencies in Eastern Europe would be cheaper than hiring from UK, etc (based on the fact that jobs to the east are paying me less). Got to hurry up and find a job that takes me to Poland :D

sfy2004 · October 22, 2012

when you get Skill Points, i've been choosing mostly to max out the high value bar, it seems to help the income quite a bit. plus i got the bank loan e-mail, saved about 45,000 and took a loan for 100,000........to have some left over for gas and speeding tickets.

October 22, 2012

Ah right, yeah I got offered to take out a loan, but I don't want to. Guess I'll just keep saving. So far I've put 1 skill point high value items, 1 on just in time deliveries and I've chosen the gases and toxic & infectious substances ADR certificates.

thunderhawk17382 · October 22, 2012

Hey everybody ...

Started in Germany\Dortmund

On my way from Duisburg to Manchester ...

Best regards

Ryzza5 · October 22, 2012

Some interface screenies for those who haven't downloaded the game yet:

TIMELESS · October 23, 2012

Who needs FH... I've got trucks in europe. :cheeky:

MephistoRacing · October 24, 2012

Just figured out how to make texture mods for this.

StokeD 4 REVOLUTION:

(Click to enlarge)

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w41/acid44/th_ets2_00007.png http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w41/acid44/th_ets2_00008.png http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w41/acid44/th_ets2_00009.png

EDIT: Added the file, in case anyone's interested. Extract to C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Documents\Euro Truck Simulator 2\mod". May vary by OS

T1M · October 25, 2012

I need a new computer :(

GTAMADDOG · October 26, 2012

I've been itching to play this all week, finally managed to sink a couple of hours into it this evening.

I've only got $35,000 at the moment so I'm not really anywhere near to being able to buy my own truck. I decided to take a job over to mainland Europe and ended up in Amsterdam, did another job to Germany, then promptly ended up back in England again. I'm trying to cover all of the cities in England before I start driving in the rest of the countries, the game doesn't seem to want to give me jobs to places up north like Glasgow. I've still got the very north and very south (except Southampton) to cover yet. Wales and the Midlands seems to be my area randomly.

Saw an AI car make a mistake which I found amusing. It decided to overtake a truck that was in front of me just before a no overtaking sign appeared as we were coming up to a junction. It started indicating to I dropped back to see if the car would pull in, but it stayed out in the other lane. Got a bit closer to the junction and a load of traffic coming the other way made it stop dead in its tracks. Don't know if I somehow didn't give it enough space to pull back in or if it was just blindly refusing to cross over the solid center line, but that was the cars problem :p

sfy2004 · October 27, 2012

yeah, you'll find that the ETS2 AI drivers are somehow related to the TDU AI drivers. both absolute idiots. wait until you get a car come to a dead stop right in front of you, for no reason what so ever. somehow, it just feel so GOOD to ram them off the road every now and then.....

MephistoRacing · October 27, 2012

Yeh, the worst is when they try to merge. They sit there for ages for no apparent reason, and then when one goes, they all go. I've had more than one 10 car pile-up from that crap.

The Compensator · October 27, 2012

I haven't had time to play ETS, but yesterday I picked up a job from Stuttgart to Bimingham. Should be fun as I installed the realistic handling mod which also deactivates the speed limiter. My record was 137 km/h with trailer and 145 km/h without it. :p

Ryzza5 · October 27, 2012

Is there another DL link besides RaceDep't - couldn't d/l from there...

MephistoRacing · October 27, 2012

For the physics mod? Mirrored on my Dropbox for ya:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/35400504/Realistic_Physics_Mod_v11_1350822386_1332.zip

The Compensator · October 27, 2012

Lots of mods are here, here (server is unavailable at the moment) and here.

SCS just said that they are working on a big update for ETS:

The upcoming extensive game update is going to bring quite a lot changes and improvements, lots of tweaks to the map, to AI, to physics, to lights, translations into new languages, and more. We are currently in beta testing of these changes, but it's a really big batch of code, art, and design touches, and may take some time to polish (perhaps up to two weeks) before we hope to be in shape to release it.