European Truck Sim 2

[haverfordwest]

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Nice Mike, thanks for sharing.

[haverfordwest]

Thanks Vern, you are always welcome buddy.

I am using the Realistic Brutal Graphics and Weather, mod.

No idea why it is brutal, but it is quite realistic

Mike.

[Robkeb]

Nice shots! Is that the old MAN 1 version?

Rob

[haverfordwest]

Thanks Rob, do you mean the truck buddy ?

It's the Roman Diesel truck, which is a free mod.

Mike.

[Robkeb]

That's correct Mike, I meant the truck you're driving. The Romans had the MAN series 1 cab. They were notourious on Germanies Autobahns for having a top speed of 70 k's per hour. Everybody hated them...

Rob

[haverfordwest]

I didn't know that Rob. It's the only truck i drive in game. I love the prime mover sounds of the mod. Not interested in modern trucks, so i never drive the default ones, buddy.

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Got the Roman installed. I see what you mean about the sounds, quite hellfire. The only downer is it doesn't have much oomph going uphill, I was down to about 26 km/h on the autobahn at one point!

Would you believe it's over a year since I last touched ETS2 (April 21). Quite surprised my character profile still worked though I had to relocate to base after ditching the way out of date ProMods map. Debating what to do about that as it gets a bit tedious trying to keep up every time something changes. Might wait and see what the official West Balkans DLC adds as at that point PM only really useful for Northern Scandinavia and Russia.

[haverfordwest]

I love the sounds Vern. Didn't you customise the Roman, with the largest prime mover buddy ?

I don't usually get that huge a drop off in speed. I think i have the 12 speed gearbox in mine as well.

Goodness, but time does fly by. When i re-installed recently, i added another profile with the latest Pro Mods + PM Middle East and ROextended mods. You do a lot of driving in Viking country, where as i prefer Romania, Hungry, Poland. Even with PM, the UK is pretty lacklustre i find anyway buddy.

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Then West Balkans will be right up your street! Actually I do like that area too, lots of rugged mountains in Serbia, Bosnia and Macedonia.

Can you say which engine you put in your Roman then I’ll pop it in the garage and give it an upgrade.

Got a feeling SCS have refurbished the game engine a bit too, looks more vibrant and the nights are great. Ambient light where it needs to be and towns nicely lit up. Makes TSW look like some sort of post apocalyptic candle lit world!

[NorthernWarrior]

One other new feature I’ve noticed is a “Fast Relocate”, seems you can fast travel with your truck to a new location without having to drive or chain a sequence of deliveries. So I guess that means if you’re in Poland or Denmark but fancy doing a job in Spain or the UK you can teleport there with your truck, for a price I guess.

[haverfordwest]

Yes Vern, West Balkans will be a deffo buy for me. At the risk of sounding like a nut job fanboi. I own everything for ETS2 and ATC, even the paint dlc's which i will probably never apply to any truck or trailer. Not sure if i will be buying the Russia dlc though. But that is a decision for another day, as SCS has put it on hold.

In regards the Roman, i have the dearest prime mover installed, right at the bottom of the list buddy. Fast travel has been in game for a couple of versions now, but obviously you have been out of the loop for a year or so. I believe as i have never used it, you can hop anywhere but at a cost, Vern.

SCS have definitely tweaked the game engine again, i think it looks quite realistic now. Plus if you use the Realistic Brutal Weather mod, coupled with the Grimes New Summer Mod 4.8. Then you get another overall visual improvement. Put Brutal Weather above New Summer in the mod order.

Also to go one better, install the Sounds Fixes Pack, buddy.

https://trucksimulator.org/new-summer-v4-8-ets2-1-44/

https://forum.scssoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=166418

https://ets2.lt/en/sound-fixes-pack-v22-47-1/

Put the sound fixes above the other two graphics mods.

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Brilliant Mike, thanks.

I just fast travelled from Geneva to Bucharest, cost about 2k Euros. I do like that border crossing between Romania and Bulgaria with the X-ray machine then the bridge over the Danube.

[haverfordwest]

Very welcome Vern, nice one you need an economy cheat now to pay for it.

Yes that is very nicely done buddy, impressive bridge too.

Mike.

[haverfordwest]

My old girl.







Mike.