Euro Truck Simulator 2 worthy of purchase

MagicBoy · 30 Dec 2017 at 18:03

G29 is PS4, G920 is Xbox one. Same basic design and both work with a PC. Slightly different button layout and the authentication chip for that console.

They're similar to the older G25 and G27 that have been around for donkeys years.

Feek · 30 Dec 2017 at 23:03

It must be winter.

Space Monkey · 30 Dec 2017 at 23:05

Noice! Is snow in the base game or do you need a mod?

Feek · 30 Dec 2017 at 23:08

It's actually three mods - See here. Two are from the workshop and the other one I installed manually, all the instructions are on that page.
I've got:
Winter Add-on for Realistic Graphics Mod and Frosty
Realistic Graphics Mod v2.0.2
Frosty v6.5

They're the top three mods in my load order list thing.

Spacedeck · 30 Dec 2017 at 23:26

I'm attempting my playthrough using
[URL='https://forum.scssoft.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=223960']K Realistic Economy Mod[/URL], seems a killer at the moment. A crash or fine can eat away the money from the last few jobs you did :eek:

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Digital X · 30 Dec 2017 at 23:29

"It will need about 1 year of in-game time to be able to afford a own truck without any loan."

Holy moly.

Feek · 30 Dec 2017 at 23:30

Is it possible to remove economy mods like that without reverting back to previous saved games?

Spacedeck · 31 Dec 2017 at 00:14

digitalx said:
"It will need about 1 year of in-game time to be able to afford a own truck without any loan."

Holy moly.

Yeah, it might take some time, I do like the challenge though

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Feek said:
Is it possible to remove economy mods like that without reverting back to previous saved games?

I'm not sure how you'd find out? I just loaded ETS2 up and made an updated save file, jumped to profiles and disabled mod and was greeting with the mod missing and dependencies required by the mod. I ignored them and was able to load the save file I'd just created. Money wise, all the quick jobs now seemed to be showing the typical price rather than the £100 or £200 price I was getting with the mod. Enabling or disabling the mod seems to change your currency region but it can easily be changed back to GBP in settings.

If you wanted to test further, just make sure you backup your profiles folder first.

Space Monkey · 31 Dec 2017 at 01:39

Feek said:
It's actually three mods - See here. Two are from the workshop and the other one I installed manually, all the instructions are on that page.
I've got:
Winter Add-on for Realistic Graphics Mod and Frosty
Realistic Graphics Mod v2.0.2
Frosty v6.5

They're the top three mods in my load order list thing.

Thanks, I'll check them out

Limpnoodle · 31 Dec 2017 at 04:17

truckersmp thats where its at

https://truckersmp.com/

HR4 · 31 Dec 2017 at 11:29

I get most of my mods from here.. But beware you'll need malware of some type as the downloads come from pretty dodgy sites. But with good malware there isn't a problem.

Feek · 1 Jan 2018 at 19:33

I thought I'd try the Scania again, seeing if I could get a better seating position and I think I found it. I've fitted one out and just completed one delivery, it seems better. Need to get rid of that stupid front mirror though.

Feek · 25 Jan 2018 at 21:29

I picked up a crane from right at the bottom of Italy to take to Strasbourg, just under 2,000km.

I was having a lovely drive.

Something happened which I've not experienced before... I was less than 300km from my destination.

A real oooops moment. I simply overcooked it on a long right hand bend which seemed to tighten a bit half way round. I was within the speed limit when this happened and although I could feel two wheels lifting, I just couldn't stop it tipping over.

Unrealistically, the trailer only picked up about 5% damage and I had to get recovered to the nearest garage which cost a few thousand euros.

Over Christmas, I completed the WoT event in both ETS2 and ATS, it was quite fun delivering all those Christmas presents.

Kyrne · 30 Jan 2018 at 16:37

I take it with Pro mods i cant just download the full mod? since i only have the base game

I bought this for a laugh... well addicted now lol

Digital X · 30 Jan 2018 at 16:56

There are older versions, but I do not know if they work so you would have to try yourself.

Make sure you login to the site prior to see them: https://promods.net/compat.php

Kyrne · 30 Jan 2018 at 18:43

I just bought all the main add-ons. Might aswell dive in with both feet.

Should be sorted for mods, only thing I've not got in weather mods.

Pro mods
Realistic graphics
DP ai traffic
Fuzzys car / bus / truck skins
Uk traffic signs

Time to truck!

Feek · 30 Jan 2018 at 19:00

In the snow, getting dark....

Kyrne · 30 Jan 2018 at 19:20

That looks amazing, is that using the mods you listed above?

Does it snow all time or just a random weather effect?

Feek · 30 Jan 2018 at 19:49

Yes, the weather effects are just using those three mods I mentioned. It snows when it would normally rain so that depends on how you've got the weather slider set.

Digital X · 31 Jan 2018 at 09:47

Its not Fuzzy its Jazzycat

Close though haha. Have fun. Only thing I need is Italia DLC and updated Promods for the Heavy Transport DLC.

http://jazzycat.ucoz.net/

That's his site so you can keep up to date with releases.