Re: Euro Truck Simulator 2 New Update
Leana Eckes
Euro Truck Simulator 2 gives you the chance to become a real truck driver from the comfort of your home! Featuring licensed trucks with countless customization options and advanced driving physics, the game delivers an unparalleled driving experience which has put it in the spot of the most popular truck driving simulator on the market. In game world features numerous landmarks and precisely recreated territories to create the ultimate experience, making you feel as if you were driving the trucks in real life! But let's not be fooled - Euro Truck Simulator 2 is not only about driving - the economy in game allows you to create and grow your own transportation company exactly as you see fit - the opportunities are endless!
Euro Truck Simulator 2 features 7 licensed truck brands and a total of 22 unique truck models to drive - every one of these vehicles has been licensed from the manufacturer and recreated in detail to make you feel like driving a real truck.
The in game world spans across 33 European countries featuring closely recreated environments, roads, cities and landmarks. The detail of in-game world will make you feel as you were traveling across a living world.
There is no set career path that will be forced on you - every player is given the opportunity to create their own character and grow their skills as they see fit: various strategies let you to shape your future just as you imagine it!
The game does not end after you buy your dream truck - Euro Truck Simulator 2 allows you to grow a vast shipping company from the comfort of your home - you have a full choice of drivers, fleet and the way your company grows.
Every truck can be customized in a countless number ranging from chassis configurations and cabs to colors and cosmetics. The sum of possible combinations allows everyone to tailor the trucks to their exact preferences.
The modding community creates amazing modifications of almost every nature - anything you imagine can be added as a mod for the game. Be sure to check out the almost endless set of modifications that are created every day by our fans.
We play video games for many reasons. For some, it's about learning and mastering a game's systems, and the feeling of empowerment and accomplishment that comes with it. For others, it's about being whisked away to another world and escaping the grey routine of everyday life. And then there are the simulator fans. These guys don't want to fly starships, run criminal empires, or pretend they're windswept warriors from the Wilderness of Death: they want to empty garbage cans, fertilize crops, and put tarmac on roads.
Niche simulators are quietly successful on PC, and there's an astonishing variety of them. There's OMSI, which sees you driving a bus around the streets of 1980s Berlin. Or how about Garbage Truck Simulator, which asks the question: Do you have what it takes to be a trash tycoon? And if you've ever wondered why train conductors earn $75,000 a year, try playing London Underground Simulator. It took me almost an hour, with a manual, just to start the engine. Then I overshot Edgware Road by about half a mile.
Simulators, and the people who play them, are easy targets for piss-taking. They're the contemporary equivalent of the stereotypical train-spotting, Thermos-clutching anorak of modern English folklore. But thanks to YouTube, that's slowly changing. Suddenly these games are being exposed to audiences of millions, and normal people are starting to play them and realize that, hey, some of them are actually pretty good.
I don't play many sims, but I was intrigued by Euro Truck Simulator 2. Not because I had some burning desire to drive heavy goods vehicles around Germany, but because I heard from a few people that, honestly, seriously, it's really good. So I had a go, as a joke, and ended up playing it for over 30 hours. That's an entire day and some change I've spent driving along imaginary highways, obeying the speed limit, delivering wood shavings to Stuttgart and hauling powdered milk to Aberdeen. Time I could have spent hunting space pirates in Elite, battling demons in Dark Souls, or just going outside.
Most of your time is spent on long highways. Here, your only interaction is keeping your wheels straight, managing your speed, and occasionally changing lanes. Like driving on an actual highways, then. But it's here that the game is at its most hypnotic. The muffled rumble of the tarmac under your wheels, the swish of the wipers, raindrops tapping at the windows. It's bizarrely soothing, like a screensaver for your brain. You can listen to live radio from whichever country you're in, and I have fond memories of screaming down a rain-soaked autobahn listening to Fleetwood Mac on a German classic rock station.
It's so relaxing, in fact, that it's become an unexpected form of meditation for me. If I'm stressed out or feeling overworked I'll go and drive down the freeway for half an hour in a big fucking truck. It clears my mind, and eventually the only thing I'm worried about is where the next service station is, because I'm low on gas, or if I'm going to get these bags of sand to Rotterdam in time. Don't bother paying a guy in flip-flops $75 a session for transcendental meditation lessons: Install Euro Truck Simulator 2 instead.
But then it catches you off guard. Your GPS sends you down some narrow, twisting country road in the middle of nowhere. It's the dead of night and you've got 20 tons of explosives resting precariously on your trailer. Then your headlights blink off because you battered into wall earlier and damaged your engine. Now you have to guide your lump of a truck down this nightmare backroad with instinct alone. But then, mercifully, the lights flicker back to life. Between all the lengthy, uneventful drives down bleak highways, there are these rare, but unforgettable, little moments of heart-in-mouth excitement.
If this wasn't thrilling enough, the game also has support for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. So, naturally, I had to give it a go. Combined with a steering wheel and pedals, it was remarkably convincing. I could look around the cabin by moving my head, and even lean out of the side window to look back at my trailer. After about 20 minutes I'd genuinely tricked my brain into thinking it was a physical space, and at one point I was so confused I tried to lean my arm on the non-existent window to my left. Using a pioneering VR headset to drive slowly down a street in a truck might sound like a gross misuse of the technology, but it's impressive as hell.
It's probably deeply unhealthy, but I've gotten very good at burying my head in the sand. It's the only way I can cope with the enormity of the troubles plaguing this cursed orb. When I watch a film, play a game, read a book, make music, or whatever, I've developed the uncanny ability to completely disconnect from reality and give myself fully to whatever I'm busying myself with. It's how I get by, and one of the most effective sandy holes I routinely shove my head into is the magnificent, the wonderful, the sublime Euro Truck Simulator 2.
It helps that, everything else aside, ETS2 is just an extremely playable, polished, and well designed video game. The driving model is weighty, nuanced, and satisfying. There's a whole management side of things to get into, where you can build and run your own trucking empire. But the vast, seamless open world is the real star. In a single journey you can take in the lush vineyards of southern France, the dramatic mountain passes of Norway, the winding roads that snake along the coast of Italy, and all manner of gorgeous scenery.
My problems aren't going anywhere fast, but with ETS2 I can at least forget about them briefly as I drive across this beautiful, varied map and deliver cargo from one city to another. Even if you don't care about trucks or driving simulators, it's still worth playing. You'll be surprised how absorbing it is, and before you know it you'll have lost more hours than you ever thought you would to a game like this. Everyone I know who's played it has loved it, and I can't say that about many other games. Long live Euro Truck Simulator.
I haven't tested the new update yet because I want to test it on TruckersMP, but from the videos and photos I've seen it looks very cool and different.
I've been playing euro truck for a long time and for an "old" player like me, any change to the UI feels like the whole game has changed, at least that's what I think.
As far as the maps are concerned, as far as I know, there are a few bugs, but that's like everything else in life, it's about reporting them and having fun as always!
Regards and Good KMs
Euro Truck Simulator 2 (ETS2) is a truck simulator game developed and published by SCS Software. It was released on October 18, 2012. The game is a direct sequel to the Euro Truck Simulator from 2008. In April 2020 it reached an all-time peak of 60,883 players [1]. The latest version update for Euro Truck Simulator 2 is 1.50.2.3.
A new gameplay system was introduced in Euro Truck Simulator 2. The player is required to create a profile and choose a city as their headquarters. Early in the game, the player must complete quick jobs to save up money and credit to afford a truck of their own. As the player completes more jobs, the player earns skill points to invest in one of the six skills available; for example, allowing them to haul more valuable freight, or allowing them to take longer deliveries. Later in the game, players may also purchase additional trucks, garages, and hire AI drivers from a recruitment agency to expand their trucking business.
The game includes many countries featured in previous titles. The map and simulated European roadway are more detailed than in previous games, and features more cities. New countries, such as Luxembourg and Slovakia are introduced.
The maps of Germany and the United Kingdom are derived from German Truck Simulator and UK Truck Simulator, respectively. These areas notably lack the quality of regions featured in more recent DLCs, such as the Scandinavia DLC and the Italia DLC. On May 23, 2018, SCS announced on their blog plans to rework parts of the old map, starting with northern Germany.[2] Following the release of version 1.40 on March 24, 2021, Germany has now been fully reworked to modern standards. On August 1, 2021, SCS announced that they will plan to rework old parts of Austria, after rework of Germany.[3] Following the release of version 1.44 on May 12, 2022, all parts of Austria have now been fully reworked from scratch. On September 6, 2022, SCS announced that they will plan to rework old parts of Switzerland, after rework of Austria.[4]
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