American Truck Sim

[NorthernWarrior]

LIRR is a New York commuter route. Original came out a few years back, so they have given it a makeover added a new branch line and new train. But not really worth £24 which was the price with preorder and discount for owning the original. That just paid for Texas and Oklahoma and I threw in Kansas which brings me bang up to date. Thinking the next DLC will probably be Nebraska, just a question of when. I see the skeleton map in game now goes from west to east coast, so ina few years we will be able to go from Miami to Seattle or LA to Boston.

[haverfordwest]

Nice one Vern, good to have a change buddy. I just played ETS2 earlier and ATS just now. Last played ATS on 31st March and ETS2 on the 7th April.

What is LIRR is it a commuter route for TSW ? Keep spreading the love Vern, you are a good man 😂😂.



Kenworth 521.

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Yes finger is hovering over the cancel button for LIRR 2. With the Steam Wallet credit I dropped in there this morning, should give me enough to add the remaining three states to ATS.

DTG have had enough of my money this year, time to spread it around a bit more.

[haverfordwest]

I love Texas, probably due to all the old cowboy films and tv series i grew up with in the 1950's and early 60's. I can only concentrate on one game at a time Vern, so at the moment it is TSC with all modern routes. If it was DTG the updates would be in two parts and they would be £40 each. Fair play to SCS they do go that extra mile and listen to their customers.

California Dreaming is it buddy 🤣🤣.

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Great stuff Vern, i enjoy all the different states. But the later ones, are definitely better than the older ones. But there again SCS is in the process of updating all the older dlc. Wow 2 years, it's been a while for me. But less than 6 weeks.

Mike.

Might get Texas next after the SimRail DLC refund clears.

Not a bad little gaming roster ATM, bit of ATS, Run 8, admit guilty to TSW (revamped LIRR comes out today) and one or two others. Funnily enough I prefer ATS to ETS2, maybe because it reminds me of driving on holiday in the States years ago. Also some of the ETS2 maps are really ancient with artificial tunnels dividing up zones.

Have to say those 1.50 version preview clips look amazing. If that was DTG they would be charging us £40 for a new version of the game. Animated loading should be fun and looking forward to driving through Yosemite and down the California coast highway!

[haverfordwest]

Mike.

[haverfordwest]

Mike.

[haverfordwest]

Great stuff Vern, i enjoy all the different states. But the later ones, are definitely better than the older ones. But there again SCS is in the process of updating all the older dlc. Wow 2 years, it's been a while for me. But less than 6 weeks.

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Just dropped in Montana. Looking good so far. Can't believe it's nearly two years since I last played the game (June '22). Got a lot of catching up to do!

[haverfordwest]

I can't comment Vern, have no idea what the areas look like in reality.

But game wise i never get bored with the surroundings, in any of the states.

I am using a couple of mods now, that give me only classic ai trucks and cars on the roads.

So no more modern stuff appearing.

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Will probably start with Montana then Texas. Have read a few reviews on Steam that seem to indicate some of the newer maps are a bit off scale wise and of course being a fairly flat area of the US don't offer so much scenic interest.

[haverfordwest]

Bit of a drive Vern and the Pete 362 is really underpowered with that load.

I put a 600hp prime mover in her as well. Might be the gearing on the 18 speed gearbox.

Thats a big change of enviroments, Iceland to Saudi. One thing i don't mind with the two truck sims, is keeping my dlc up to date.

Doesn't cost an arm and a leg, like the train games dlc.

Regards,
Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

That's one heck of a drive. Though I caught an ETS2 clip on YouTube of someone with ProMods who got an Iceland to Saudi run.

I still need to expand ATS got a bit behind with about 4 states to add now.

[haverfordwest]

Missoula to Forth Worth, 1,669 miles. If only ATS was 1:1 scale.

[haverfordwest]

Just purchased the newly released Kansas dlc and the Farm Machinery dlc, cheap as chips.