Euro Truck Simulator 2 worthy of purchase

nutsnut said:
Rolled my truck twice during one job last night, damn low trailer full of sand, jack knifed under braking round a corner.
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I rolled a trailer full of ammo at 60mph last night. I was worried it would explode or something! Sometimes having the speed limiter off is a bad thing. Mostly it's a good thing though. Just have to be more careful of the cameras. I tend to set my cruise to 70mph and chug along at that. I was stuck driving on back roads all last night though and always hit traffic just as I built up a bit of speed.

So back to mods, is that just play mod a different thing to the one linked?
 
Could someone explain the basics of gearing to me? I'm told you have a low and high for each ratio, and in the few videos I've seen people usually shift up through the odd gears when driving normally, but I'm totally clueless. I know practically nothing about trucks, just thought I'd give the demo a spin. :o

Cheers in advance!
 
JHeaton said:
Could someone explain the basics of gearing to me? I'm told you have a low and high for each ratio, and in the few videos I've seen people usually shift up through the odd gears when driving normally, but I'm totally clueless. I know practically nothing about trucks, just thought I'd give the demo a spin. :o

Cheers in advance!
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Try auto gears if your new, get used to the handling and watch how it auto shifts

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but the general rule is to shift in the green bit, top of the green for acceleration or bottom of the green for steady climbing in speed
 
Devrij said:
...So back to mods, is that just play mod a different thing to the one linked?
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The JustPlay mod requires the TSM map, but the mod adds to the immersion - adds loads of trailers, but more subtle things like walking pedestrians, sprinting rabbits, parked cars on kerbside, tuned truck engines and truck mods.

Leaving Algiers (N.Africa) with a plane engine:
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weeble said:
The JustPlay mod requires the TSM map, but the mod adds to the immersion - adds loads of trailers, but more subtle things like walking pedestrians, sprinting rabbits, parked cars on kerbside, tuned truck engines and truck mods.

Leaving Algiers (N.Africa) with a plane engine:
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Thanks, that sounds awesome. Will I lose my game save or can I just install on top?
 
I decided to take the 400k bank loan and upgrade my garage. Now I have 3 slots and I hired a driver, Jordan. The bank loans are only 6k a week so its easy to pay off. I paid of the first 100k loan with the bigger one anyway. I have now got two Aveco trucks both in red as that is my Company colour. Loving this game and cant wait to explore all the map. :-)
 
Droolinggimp said:
I decided to take the 400k bank loan and upgrade my garage. Now I have 3 slots and I hired a driver, Jordan. The bank loans are only 6k a week so its easy to pay off. I paid of the first 100k loan with the bigger one anyway. I have now got two Aveco trucks both in red as that is my Company colour. Loving this game and cant wait to explore all the map. :-)
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Isn't it £6k a day? Maybe I'm wrong about that. I sorta regret my £320k loan. I wish I had levelled up a bit first, but saying that my driver is getting better now and earning a few grand a day.

Is it worth upgrading your other trucks in the fleet, or just your own?
 
Maybe it is 5k a day.. I never checked.. oh well lol. I did a bit of roaming and found a Volvo dealership and got me a new truck. Its loads faster and doesn't struggle much going uphill with a big load on.

I took the ferry to Calais and had a mooch around there. Found the Mann dealership too.

Purchased a garage in London and also one in Calais. Juts need to do some more jobs and get money to buy some more cabs and drivers.
 
Yeah having a slow truck is a real pain. I put a 420hp engine in my scania and Iveco, which has made life bearable. Really want more powaaaaa though! Come on xp grind! :p
 
Game is too easy :( money starting to really flow in for me now, and only been playing 3 days 1 fully upgraded garage, with all slots filled, and bought another garage in italy, with 3 slots filled, just about to buy another garage in Barcelona.
 
Devrij said:
Yeah having a slow truck is a real pain. I put a 420hp engine in my scania and Iveco, which has made life bearable. Really want more powaaaaa though! Come on xp grind! :p
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Ha ha I had exactly the same problem. The initial Scania was painfully slow (360bhp iirc) and would grind to a halt driving up sliproads when hauling anything over 7t!

Took a loan out, hired a new driver and figured I'd spend the rest on a new truck for myself. Bought the Volvo and upgraded the engine to 600bhp - much nippier now, can actually hit the limiter without having to go downhill :D
 
I just bought myself the 700hp volvo. Gof it up to 95 and crashed it. 98% damage an hour away from my destination. Gutted. That road down from mt blanc is a death trap!
 
The speeding fines are really doing my nut in atm :p Is there anyway to get around this? I got fined last night for doing 42mph on a flamin motorway!
 
I gave the demo a try and its not grabbed me. I wish I could do Sheffield to Manchester as quick as this game. I was hoping they had got the farm in the middle of the M62 but even that was missing.

In the end I got bored and started ramming cars off the road with my trailer and for some reason I only racked up 2% damage. Thought it would be more.

Just not feeling it.
 
Devrij said:
Thanks, that sounds awesome. Will I lose my game save or can I just install on top?
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Think I had to start a new profile, but the mod gives you 2 million to start with, so easy to get going.


linwelin said:
Game is too easy :( money starting to really flow in for me now, and only been playing 3 days 1 fully upgraded garage, with all slots filled, and bought another garage in italy, with 3 slots filled, just about to buy another garage in Barcelona.
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Yeah, I've got something like 15 fully loaded garages now - each garage has one make/model of truck, so if I fancy a change from my DAF, it's easy. Can't spend it quick enough tbh.
 
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