ETS2 and ATS discussion

[Ryzza5]

No that's TDU ;)

[Andreas¹]

What actually happens when you start buying your own trucks? :hmmm: What is you can do then that you can not before? I suck at the economy bit so I will play it safe and not buy anything until I've saved up enough money to afford it without taking a loan.

[Fear Deer]

That's what I did, and bought a good truck :) Well you can freeroam, you have to pay your own fuel. Other than that it is kind of the same.

[Baldy]

You earn more too!

[Ryzza5]

And pay for truck damage too I assume. I still haven't bought one because I'm just a couple of levels away from buying a good truck as my first one :)

[Fear Deer]

I got bored of the game the week after it came out. the driving wasn't imersive. it felt as if it had no suspension. trucks didnt wobble much. felt as if i was just watching instead of driving. you guys should try omsi :D

[Ryzza5]

There are physics mods for ETS2.

 

OMSI looks really old and boring. I'd only try it if it was free... (and I was bored)

[Andreas¹]

I don't agree there patch. Ryzza, what level are you on? I wasn't aware there was such a difference between all the trucks :p

[Ryzza5]

erm, something around 12 or 14, it's been a while. Despite being able to afford an expensive truck with a big engine I have to be at Level 15 or 16 or something. Can't really remember but I'll probably get around to it today.

[Fear Deer]

Think i was level 14 or so when i stopped.

Omsi does look old, and omsi 2 which will come next year will be omsi 1 with new buses, new maps, and some physics changes x) (from what we know so far).

What i like most about it is the fact that it feels immersive even at low speeds, the gearboxes are so accurately modelled, and the engine sounds are just like the real ones.

The downsides, as you mentioned, are the graphics, and the FFB could be a bit stronger, but i'd give it a 7.5/10 ^^.

If you have a chance, you should try it :)

Then again, it's just my 2 cents and they probably don't mean sqwat to you.

The again, it's my birthday so just agree with me and shut up :cheeky:

[Ryzza5]

Driving and reversing semi-trailers present a challenge; in OMSI the biggest challenge appears to be working out the correct change to give passengers :cheeky:

[Fear Deer]

Actually, the biggest challenge is predicting the retarded A.I. :lol:

 

You forgot to say something :evil:

[The Compensator]

There are many handling mods. I didn't like the standard handling too, so I downloaded a mod, which also deactivates the speed limiter. It's fun now.

 

I'm waiting for a big map mod now, got bored by it a little bit.

[Ryzza5]

Here's where I am currently:

 

 

 

 

I was thinking of buying this since I can't be bothered waiting any more:

 

And then I realised I could customise it straight away to get what I want for less money. So I've got the biggest engine available and made the truck a bit smaller so that a $180k truck is now only $150k.

 

 

 

 

And here's a new screen you get when you own a truck:

 

[calster17]

I'll be buying one of the Merc's Actros's as my first truck, the cheapest one. Maybe getting one of the bigger ones later on, like the 2458's I've got at work.(A real pain for jacking the cab up, has duel rams instead of the single the DAF's & MAN's use so more of a strain).

 

That said the DAF CF is a nice as well. But Havent seen a DAF dealer in the game to see if it's in or if it's just the XF.

 

What controllers can be used the with game?

[Ryzza5]

Using my CSR Elite wheel @ 900 degrees, ClubSport pedals, Thrustmaster TH8RS, and TrackIR and it all works great.

[superhyper]

I joined you truckers today, I have about 30 000€ at the moment and I'm hooked :nuts:

[Andreas¹]

You got it today and already have €30,000? :eek: That took me days to get xD

[superhyper]

Been doing special deliveries all the time, 37k now and time to wrap up for tonight :p

[Andreas¹]

Is there a change log for all the patches somewhere? I upgraded from v1.0.5 to v1.2.5.1 today but the only change logs I can find only go back to v1.3. :hmmm:

[calster17]

Using my CSR Elite wheel @ 900 degrees, ClubSport pedals, Thrustmaster TH8RS, and TrackIR and it all works great.

 

I'm cheap and don't want to buy fancy stuff. :lol: Do the xbox controllers and that work?

 

Also work stops me from spending time on the PC...funny how I fix trucks and can't drive them because of that. :lol:

[Ryzza5]

Is there a change log for all the patches somewhere? I upgraded from v1.0.5 to v1.2.5.1 today but the only change logs I can find only go back to v1.3. :hmmm:

 

The menu screen where you select your game profile has a box with recent changes on the right.

[The Compensator]

I'm too lazy to turn on the desktop pc and check it out for you, but I think there always is a change log hiding somewhere. :yawn:

[Andreas¹]

The menu screen where you select your game profile has a box with recent changes on the right.

No it didn't. Nothing on that screen except where I actually choose my profile. :hmmm:

 

Guess where I ran out of fuel? :fp:

[The Drifter]

Imagine if you were at the Loading dock and that happened and you were doing a imported delivery with only a few minutes left on the clock :D

 

About the v.1.2.5.1 patch i founded the change log on ETS 2 site but here's the changes if your interested

 

DAF - added as new licensed truck brand

added command line parameter -nodx9ex which disables extended DX9 interfaces for compatibility with Xfire

support for Unicode characters

support for Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Bulgarian

enter your name in profile with non-ASCII characters

better automatic save/load system

fixes in registration plates for SK, NL, FR, I, S, BE, A

recreated lamps illumination of all trucks, trailers and AI vehicles

readjusted fatigue simulation

new gearboxes for each truck

adjusted steering

over two hundred individual map fixes and prettyfications, fixed weather areas, added new lamps to prefabs

several inaccessible roads removed from navigation system

bus added as AI vehicle in traffic

improvements of AI handling on prefabs - speed, acceleration, and braking

decreased Valiant dashboard brightness

route advisor's "running line" corrected

added extra tier to progress history - progress is shown up to level 150 now

skill screen doesn't pop up on level up anymore if there are no skill points available

rain probability slider added to Options

truck braking intensity slider added to Options

subtle improvements in HDR tonemapping

 

Hope this is what you were looking for Andreaz1