ETS2 anmd ATS

[Shadowcaster]

Afraid flight simming is on the back burner these days the truck sims are proving irresistible. The truck sim community had a Christmas challenge and between us we managed 1,600,000 in game deliveries over Europe and USA. Of course I thank DaveT for getting me interested in the games. Any way a few screenshot are in order.

Can't get away from planes.


Old school Volvo with a familiar livery.


Heavy load with only a 550hp Caterpiller for power.


Cornwall's very own Westfield


Over the pond


Lovely old Pete delivering pressies


The mighty 389 in Oregon


55ton Transformer light work for the 750hp Cat


and finally one of my favourites a Pete 567 a slick looking machine.


Cheers
Rich

[Dave T]

Great shots Rich keep on trucking.

[Hawkeye07]

Pretty impressive Rich. That last shot has some fantastic scenery detail. Which simulator is it and is that the stock scenery?

[Shadowcaster]

Thanks chaps, yep the scenery is like that through out the two games that shot was from ATS in Nevada I think

This one is from ETS2.


Another one from ETS2


ATS coastal scenery


Towns and cities in both sims are much smaller than RL but do give a flavour of the sights and give a very immersive feel to the games you certainly know your in a different state/country when driving around. All the trucks came with the game or were free downloads from one of the many mod sites. There are addon scenery packages for both sims which can be downloaded from Steam or on DVD from Amazon. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2708 ... Simulator/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2273 ... mulator_2/ they both come up much cheaper in the sales or you can buy Steam keys which I did for a couple of the addons at a cheaper price.

Cheers
Rich

[Hawkeye07]

Rich, with all this gorgeous scenery how are these sims for FPS? Can you select any truck to drive in any country or is it regional specific?

[Dave T]

No problems with frame rates with Ets2, both are 64 bit and run smoothly. Demo versions for both sims are available if you want to try them first on your pc.

[Shadowcaster]

Yea as Dave said no FPS issues, it does slow down a bit in cities in ATS but it's a newer game than ETS2 and a bit more demanding. The trucks are game specific for the most part but like FS2004, stuff can be made to work in FSX it's the same with the truck sims. Many enterprising souls have made the American trucks work in Europe and visa versa, I do have the American Volvo's working in ETS2 but somehow it does not seem right to drive a Peterbilt 386 down the European roads and it's the same in ATS somehow driving a Scania in the states feels wrong but that's just me I guess.

Could this be Fozzer crashing his Cessna in Oregon and making a getaway on a bike.


Cheers
Rich

[Hawkeye07]

Dave & Rich thanks for the info. I just can't get over the detail in those pictures Rich. I'm running 64 bit on one hard drive which is where I have FSX right now. I think I'll check out those demos.

[Shadowcaster]

The one thing I would say is that if you like the demos then you really need a steering wheel with force feedback. I got a second hand Logitech GT and it transformed the games so much so that now I want an 18 speed shifter.

Cheers
Rich

[Hawkeye07]

Thanks for the tip Rich, I'll look into that steering wheel.

[Dave T]

Removed Ets2 completely, reinstalled latest version from steam. Slightly better textures on the roads and shadows, new accessories tail lift/crane for the trailers.
Going to reinstall a few of the mods traffic/doubles and the T and see if they work, Don't now if the old profile works in the new version without the same mods being installed.
Started again with a new profile just to be safe with no errors.

[B0ikat]

A long time ago I came to the realization that I would never have made it as a trucker. I'd always arrive with late deliveries because I would always be stopping at road cuts to look for fossils. I would also have to explain why my rig kept getting heavier and heavier, what's with all the rocks in the back of the cab, and what kind of handle is "Lithocanis Rex"?