Euro & American Truck Simulators

[DOUGL4S1]

The Iberia map is looking pretty good! That also means the only main area in need of attention nowadays is the United Kingdom, maybe with the same treatment Germany recieved some time ago, and the addition of parts of Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland in a DLC. Either that or they'll add Greece to the 'Road to the Black Sea' map.

 

I also wonder what they will do for people who own Iberia but not Viva La France.

Edited December 30, 2019 by DOUGL4S1

[Uncle Sikee Atric]

On 12/30/2019 at 8:53 PM, DOUGL4S1 said:

The Iberia map is looking pretty good! That also means the only main area in need of attention nowadays is the United Kingdom, maybe with the same treatment Germany recieved some time ago, and the addition of parts of Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland in a DLC. Either that or they'll add Greece to the 'Road to the Black Sea' map.

 

The UK will be refreshed after the final stage of the Germany rebuild is completed.  They're partly waiting to see what Brexit does and if customs are reinstated, so they can do one rebuild and not multiple.

 

The Former Yugoslav states and Greece have been in a state of flux over the region of North Macedonia.  Now that is being resolved, it's likely they'll be a DLC shortly.

 

On 12/30/2019 at 8:53 PM, DOUGL4S1 said:

I also wonder what they will do for people who own Iberia but not Viva La France.

 

The same as they do in ATS if you own Washington, but not Oregon.

 

You can buy a garage in an unconnected area and fast travel there, that way you can traverse missing map sections.

[ṼirulenⱦEqừinox]

I wonder what ATS will do once they complete the whole of the U.S, if they'll expand into Canada or into southern boarders just drop the n and call it America's Trucking Simulator

[universetwisters]

On 1/14/2020 at 5:03 AM, ṼirulenⱦEqừinox said:

I wonder what ATS will do once they complete the whole of the U.S, if they'll expand into Canada or into southern boarders just drop the n and call it America's Trucking Simulator

 

I'll probably be dead by the time they complete the entire USA

[Ken Kaneki]

On 1/28/2020 at 9:49 AM, universetwisters said:

 

I'll probably be dead by the time they complete the entire USA

At the level of detail they are currently doing I would give 10 years max lol.

Edited January 31, 2020 by Carabella

[DOUGL4S1]

On 1/14/2020 at 7:03 AM, ṼirulenⱦEqừinox said:

I wonder what ATS will do once they complete the whole of the U.S, if they'll expand into Canada or into southern boarders just drop the n and call it America's Trucking Simulator

Just do like the old 18 Wheels of Steel maps, expand into Canada and Mexico.

 

Also, ETS2 is currently on a similar situation, as they nearly covered the entirity of Europe.

[Uncle Sikee Atric]

We're back with another beta, this time ATS has reached 1.37 and the biggest introduction is FMOD sound, with the addition you can now wind up and lower your truck window....

The full Changelist is :

 

VEHICLES

• Food tank trailer (ownable)
• Paintjobs for bulk feed and hopper trailers (including the content of Classic Stripes Paint Jobs Pack and Halloween Paint Jobs Pack DLCs)

FEATURES

• FMOD implementation with all existing sounds and few improvements
• Openable windows on all trucks
• AI movement and sound behavior improved (featuring FMOD)
• Walking camera in truck or trailer configuration screen (plus new garage scene)

TOBII EYE TRACKING

• Eye-tracking pause key function fixed
• Automatic eye-tracking pause while the game is paused/in UI
• Settings hotkey visibility in UI

MOD

• Ingame sounds completely reimplemented for FMOD
• Engine power range data (instead of boost value)
• Exhaust gas temp gauge animation
• AI data tweak (engine power instead of torque and gearbox, vehicle_mass override for trailers)

 

No doubt the ETS2 Beta will be along soon.

[DOUGL4S1]

These sound changes seem interesting. Imagine if the radios had an option to have realistic sound, so in the inside camera it sounds normal but on the outside it sounds muffled, with the sound being lower or higher depending on if your windows are up or down.

 

And the walking camera is also pretty cool. I wonder if we'll get something similar to Forza games, where you can walk around the truck, open doors, hood, see the engine and stuff.

[universetwisters]

Oh god the classic paintjob pack is making me NUT. It reminds me of not only 70s/80s semi truck paintjobs, but also the truck liveries from the old 18 Wheels of Steel series. Hell of a throwback and for just two bucks I don't see why I shouldn't get it. 

[Uncle Sikee Atric]

Idaho must be coming fairly soon as it looks like the first teasers for the following expansion have been released.  That's the benefit of having a spare mapping team, able to flip between ATS and ETS2.
 

 

Those from the region have already ID'ed some of the locations and the general agreement is that this is Colorado.

 

[universetwisters]

1 hour ago, Uncle Sikee Atric said:

Those from the region have already ID'ed some of the locations and the general agreement is that this is Colorado.

 

Hell yea cant wait to go back to Fort Collins 

[Zyo]

Pretty underwhelmed by Utah and Idaho as DLC to be honest, Colorado has a bit more to be of interest. Iberia on the other hand is an update that Ive been quite keenly anticipating for some time. Looking forwards to trucking through Spain. Ive not loaded up ETS2 for some time as I've been mainly messing about in ATS.

[The N. Bellic Man]

I'm pretty disappointed that Texas is not the next location. As far as I know it's been one of the states that could've been the next DLC since the beginning. Other than that these games are getting better and better.

[GhettoJesus]

On 1/4/2020 at 1:36 PM, Uncle Sikee Atric said:

The Former Yugoslav states and Greece have been in a state of flux over the region of North Macedonia.  Now that is being resolved, it's likely they'll be a DLC shortly.

What will they do with Kosovo though? Currently they are shown as part of Serbia. However they do it they are bound to piss off either side. Unless Serbian players get an altered map where they are shown as part of Serbia.

Also what is with the trailer damage? Even if I don't crash I always seem to get 1% damage on them.

Edited March 22, 2020 by GhettoJesus

[Uncle Sikee Atric]

1 minute ago, GhettoJesus said:

What will they do with Kosovo though? Currently they are shown as part of Serbia. However they do it they are bound to piss off either side. Unless Serbian players get an altered map where they are shown as part of Serbia.

 

 

They'll maintain national borders as they are on the world map.  Serbia wlll include Kosovo.

 

1 minute ago, GhettoJesus said:

Also what is with the trailer damage? Even if I don't crash I always seem to get 1% damage on them.

 

It's normal tyre damage.  They wear out as you drive and the trailer ownership system monitors tyres as well.

The scale is about 1% per 1,5000 miles and will not affect 'Excellent' delivery chances, including minor knocks and nudges while driving.  It's only if the cargo itself gets damaged that the fines and penalties start rising.

[GhettoJesus]

7 minutes ago, Uncle Sikee Atric said:

 

They'll maintain national borders as they are on the world map.  Serbia wlll include Kosovo.

 

 

It's normal tyre damage.  They wear out as you drive and the trailer ownership system monitors tyres as well.

The scale is about 1% per 1,5000 miles and will not affect 'Excellent' delivery chances, including minor knocks and nudges while driving.  It's only if the cargo itself gets damaged that the fines and penalties start rising.

Oh well with other people's trailers I can't see what gets damaged exactly but that is okay then. I don't think I ever got cargo damage.

[universetwisters]

Is it just me, or does the police computer in the cars look just like the one in GTA 4? I swear to god I don't have any mods other than no damage and natural graphics.

 

 

 

Other than that, highly enjoying the Utah DLC

Edited March 24, 2020 by universetwisters

[OysterBarron]

I can't confirm this but I beleive it's probably modeled on a real life version of a laptop.

[universetwisters]

37 minutes ago, OysterBarron said:

I can't confirm this but I beleive it's probably modeled on a real life version of a laptop.

 

Not the laptop itself, the screen itself (I should've clarified)

[GhettoJesus]

19 hours ago, universetwisters said:

 

Not the laptop itself, the screen itself (I should've clarified)

They look pretty darn similar but not a 1:1 match. The background color and the top right text is different.

[Uncle Sikee Atric]

There's been a few sneaky bits.  First of all, after the teaser, Colorado has been officially confirmed as coming after Idaho, but ATS also got another tease

 

 

From what I understand about the founding of the company and the name, Mack's-a-coming as the next truck brand to grace the game.

Secondly, there's a new community event staring today that's giving Steam keys away with every milestone. If you want one, now's the time to pick up some freebies with the Truck At Home event.  You just need to register with the World Of Trucks webpage to allow access to the Community Markets in game.

#TruckAtHome Event Rules: 

 

Using External Contracts or External Market, with a World of Trucks-connected profile, in Euro Truck Simulator 2, American Truck Simulator or both, the community is to cover as much distance as possible while making deliveries. All completed jobs will have their planned route distance added to the event progress.

For each milestone of 20,000,000 km reached by the community, we will be offering Steam keys in a special social media giveaway campaign. Furthermore, we pledge to undertake a positive action to help those who are combating COVID-19 for each milestone reached, and will announce these on a case by case basis.

A player will reach their personal goal once they have delivered over a combined planned route distance of 2,500 km or more.

 

Reward:

Personal goal: An individual contribution of completed deliveries reaching a combined planned route distance of 2,500 km (ca. 1,600 miles) or more earns that player a prestigious World of Trucks Achievement. Then, after 1.37 has been released, we will further complement this with a special Steam inventory item reward, yet to be announced.

Community goals: For each milestone of 20,000,000 km (ca. 12,500,000 miles) reached by the community, we will be offering Steam keys in a special social media giveaway campaign. Furthermore, we pledge to undertake a positive action to help those who are combating COVID-19 for each milestone reached and will announce these on a case by case basis.

The event will be concluded on Monday the 6th of April at 23:59 UTC.

[Uncle Sikee Atric]

After a few weeks wait (not unexpected with the real world and nearly all of SCS working from home), the 1.37 Open Beta for ETS2 is here at last, with the FMOD sound rework that ATS has enjoyed.  There's also reworks of the 4 remaining default cities in France (Paris was rebuilt to celebrate DLC France) to match the newer areas of the country as well.

The changelog is :
 

MAP

• 4 French cities reskinned (See here for more details) 

VEHICLES

• Food tank trailer (ownable)
• Food tank (ownable) for Schwarzmüller DLC

FEATURES

• FMOD implementation with all existing sounds and few improvements
• Openable windows on all trucks (featuring FMOD)
• AI movement and sound behavior improved (featuring FMOD)
• Walking camera in truck or trailer configuration screen (plus new garage scene)
• Added technical inspection of vehicles on mandatory weigh stations (illegal trailer, damaged vehicle).
• Added progressive speeding fines.
• Updated hi-res loading screen pictures
• Colour feedback support for ASUS ROG Strix (ASUS Aura Ready)

TOBII EYE TRACKING

• Eye-tracking pause key function fixed
• Automatic eye-tracking pause while the game is paused/in UI
• Settings hotkey visibility in UI

MOD

• Ingame sounds completely reimplemented for FMOD
• Engine power range data (instead of boost value)
• Exhaust gas temp gauge animation
• AI data tweak (engine power instead of torque and gearbox, vehicle_mass override for trailers)  

[DOUGL4S1]

Have played a bit with the new sound engine today, and it's a pretty big improvement over the previous version. I haven't been on any high-traffic tunnels yet, but just going under bridges sound better. So far i'm liking it, except for the fact it reset my audio settings and nearly made me deaf on the game's launch.

 

As for the walk-around feature, I wonder if they're planning a mode like Forza's, where you can open doors, hood, see the engine of the trucks, open all those little storage doors, maybe even open and go inside some of the trailers, etc. Would be an interesting addition.

Edited April 7, 2020 by DOUGL4S1

[Uncle Sikee Atric]

It's been a busy few days, with the blog announcement that ATS 1.37 is now officially out of Beta, but also the confirmation that from April 28th, you can drive one of these :

 

The Mack Anthem arrives next week.

[Pedriko]

I hope the engine sound is decent this time.

[Bighead_Brian]

Haven't really paid much attention to this topic in a short while, but the Anthem was added today (Yesterday for people living outside the UK), and i might give the Anthem a little try when i have the time.

 

As for ETS, I am waiting for 1.37 to come out.

[B7R]

I haven't been a big time player of ATS, I've previously been more of a ETS 2 person but I've recently gotten a new computer set-up and the first game I decided to give it a spin on was ATS.

 

Anyway yesterday I believe the new Mack Anthem arrived, sound wise I can't remember it off the top of my head but I'm loving the design of it & driving it, we do actually have Macks in my country but I'm not sure of the models. As I installed ATS a couple of days ago, I didn't make it my truck of choice but I'd probably trade in the Volvo truck I have now for it. I've posted below a couple of screencaptures of my own for you, mainly consisting of the version with the cabin but there is one below that is the day version of the truck (without the cabin) 

 

Mack Anthem (With Cabin) 

 

 

 

 

Mack Anthem (Without Cabin) 

 

 

[universetwisters]

I think the Mack Anthem is a f*ckin lit truck, but it sucks that there's almost no sound insulation effects in the cab. Does anyone else have this problem or is it just me?

 

I'd love for them to add the Pinnacle since it has the classic styling I like, but we can only hope! Same with new International trucks, hopefully these aren't one-offs

[asadog2]

9 hours ago, B7R said:

I haven't been a big time player of ATS, I've previously been more of a ETS 2 person but I've recently gotten a new computer set-up and the first game I decided to give it a spin on was ATS.

 

Anyway yesterday I believe the new Mack Anthem arrived, sound wise I can't remember it off the top of my head but I'm loving the design of it & driving it, we do actually have Macks in my country but I'm not sure of the models. As I installed ATS a couple of days ago, I didn't make it my truck of choice but I'd probably trade in the Volvo truck I have now for it. I've posted below a couple of screencaptures of my own for you, mainly consisting of the version with the cabin but there is one below that is the day version of the truck (without the cabin) 

 

 

 

What country do you live in? I could name you all the models sold there in a second

Also Volvo owns Mack so you’d be trading a Volvo for a Volvo haha!

Macks basically use repainted Volvo engines and transmissions etc.

42 minutes ago, universetwisters said:

I think the Mack Anthem is a f*ckin lit truck, but it sucks that there's almost no sound insulation effects in the cab. Does anyone else have this problem or is it just me?

 

I'd love for them to add the Pinnacle since it has the classic styling I like, but we can only hope! Same with new International trucks, hopefully these aren't one-offs

It most certainly is a lit truck

 

I sure do hope for the pinnacle eventually, although I don’t really play ATS much if all, I’m more of a ETS2 player (because euro trucks and trailers are vastly more advanced). I’m not much of an international fan in fact, I like most drivers absolutely hate them, mostly has to do with their scandal of selling faulty engines and their build quality overall is quite poor....but it’d be nice to see an International LT in the game, so far I’ve heard good things about them and the new MAN based AE26 engines. 
Also above all I’d love to see the Freightliner new cascadia in the game as well as eventually the western star 5700XE and the new western star https://www.westernstartrucks.com/thenext/ when it eventually releases.

 

Also about the sound insulation, I didn’t really listen much but I can tell you that IRL my anthem is quite quiet sometimes when the revs drop you might think it stalled. But it’s not as near as quiet as european trucks, I got to take a Scania R for a spin on a lot in Mexico and DAMN that thing is what you call quiet! 
Tbf if Scania had a full dealer network in North America and sold trucks in the US and Canada I’d be immediately sold on one!

[Uncle Sikee Atric]

The time for Idaho creeps nearer and as a teaser, the SCS devs have made a drive as a sneak peek :
 

 

 

The last time they did this, the map was about 6-8  weeks out.