I've been playing ETS2 for the last 10 years. It's quite a big part of my life together with ATS. It's very interesting to see someone play it for the first time and see their reactions. This was a blast to watch! Took me back to my "first time" :)
I used to like playing too. At some point my boss once said to me that if you like playing ETS so much, you can drive a few more hours for me. It's even more realistic and I'll even give you money for it. Somehow he's right.
@@IWrocker It evolved alot along the way. Defs are delivering updates and new content pretty much continously. And that since years, you can hear i also love these games. Also love to See you playing it
About the air pressure warning: you can disable the simulation of air pressure if you want. Otherwise this is how it works. Everytime when you use the air breaks (also parking breaks) you loose a bit of pressure. The motor is responsible to build up pressure. When the pressure is low, the brakes can't release anymore. Especially in situations when you navigate on a paring space, oftentimes you loose more pressure than the motor can build up. When you get the low pressure warning, shift to neutral and hit the gas paddle to restore the pressure.
Also, when playing with controller it's easier to loose more pressure than needed since you tend to hit the brake trigger very far which makes the truck use lots of air.
@@thevoid7480 That can be a bit much to keep track of for a new player though. But you're right. As a real euro truck driver, I can say that retarders and exhaust brakes are super strong and impressive.
@@IWrocker and I can tell you as someone that drives trucks it happens a lot loosing air pressure if you're using the brakes a lot while parking. And in real life you wouldn't hit the gas peddle but idle at around 900-1000 rpm to build the air back up, any higher and you're just wasting gas as the air lines can only support so much. It doesn't help if you have an air leak to, which is quite common in my job, we drive on some rough roads and farms and our trucks don't like the beating they get.
To watch this as a truck driver from Germany, I can tell you, that was fun 😂 I don't know the game, but when you try a very tight turn with this kind of truck, you might damage the pressure connection to the trailer and as a side note, the tyres of the trailer don't like to be scraped sideways when the trailer is fully loaded 😉 In town, you have to stay always on the right lane and red lights are red lights ( some got a little traffic sign with a green arrow, only than you are allowed to go on (at least in Germany) ). I could tell you so many stories about horrible situations in old little towns and their narrow streets , but you are just about to find out . Good luck 😅
@@darek4488 in germany, there are two types of green right arrows: the lit ones that are just normal traffic lights like the full circles, and other arrows in red/yellow/green for left, right and straight. none of them is anything like the american "right on red" which generally is not allowed over here. the other type of green right arrows are not lit, but small additional traffic signs that allow to do a "right on red" at that crossing (thus the opposite of the american extra signs that say "no right on red"). but if you chose to do such a "right on red", it has to be done like at a stop sign, completely stopping before turning, at least once at the stop line, and possibly also a second stop at the "line of sight". and always watch for pedestrians and bikes too, which may be allowed to use some oneway streets or bicycle lanes opposite to the normal direction (or who do it anyway). and don't block them or pedestrians/bicycles driving straight on on your right side, while waiting for your chance to turn (not only on red, but also on green). that's also one of the reasons why we have so few of those "right on red" crossings, and traffic lights next to the stop lines and not high up over the other side of the crossing.
@@IWrocker be warned that the UK is the oldest part of the map, Promods makes it look a bit better but if you compare the quality of the newer parts of the map (same on American Truck Simulator but not quite to the same extent) it’s night and day. But the developers do have teams specifically that go back and refresh older areas to bring them up to standard - there’s just a lot to do! Germany is currently the main focus in ETS2 and California in ATS - Oklahoma should be released around July time (based on historical release times) and November-ish for Kansas. The DLC are all worth getting and they’re reasonably priced, if you get them in a steam sale you can get a proper bargain
It's not so much the "driving on the other side" that will get to you, if you use an EU Truck. If you want the real deal, try it with a UK version of the Cockpit. Having the steering wheel on the other side of the truck too, well THATs what really turns your brain cells around, if you try it. 😀 At least it did for me. 😂When you do that, then *everything* looks the wrong way and the feeling gets really odd.
@@Nakor29 In the ETS sim I own 4 trucks. 2 Scanias and 2 Volvos. Each maker has 1 left side driver seat and 1 right side driver seat. It is indeed fun swapping the drivers seats every 2 or 3 runs. One thing I wish I could do for ETS is "hot button" the MPH KPH for the runs that take me in or out of the UK as for some reason the speed zones are imperial in UK bur metric in the rest of the countries. Sort of annoying to have to go into the menu then settings page to swap the two.
Love to see the difference in driving on multi-lane roads between Europe en de US. US drivers tend to pick one lane and stick to it until their exit. In Europe, in most places, it's mandatory to stay in the most right lane and you are only allowed to use the left one when overtaking or when the road divides itself. You will even be fined for unnecessary left-lane driving. Here in the Netherlands, it will cost you €220,- ($235,-) And of course, in the UK it's the other way around.
A friend of mine got a ticket for not driving his truck in the right most lane on I-5 in the US. He was driving in the middle lane so that cars could safely merge at intersections. The law is there in most states, just usually isn't enforced.
Yeah, I can't wait for his first experience with the European highways in this game where suddenly the right lane just becomes an off ramp. Since typically in the US, if the highway has 2 lanes in one direction, we add a 3rd lane for off ramps to leave and enter. I know some EU highways also do this, but it still catches me off guard in this game, since like you say, you stay in the right lane unless you have to pass. And then suddenly the right lane is curving out from under you.
@@ElderonAnalas SCS has stated that they wanted to eliminate these situations, but that takes a lot of map remodelling, and they're working on that as we speak. Being a EU citizen myself, I can honestly say that those sudden lane-turn-into-off-ramps catch me off-guard too, especially when I've been in the areas of the newer map DLC's for a long while.
@@Tiger313NL with all the other love to details, i was pretty annoyed by not having separate on/off ramps in this game (even if shortened somewhat to fit the game's scale), but using the right lane for that purpose and thus forcing unnecessary lane changes on players. those unsigned situations would strictly be illegal in germany, forcing slow trucks to merge with cars on the left lane that have no speed limit, except eg on construction zones, and then there would be a ton of traffic signs for speed limits, overtaking limits, lane markings, advance notifications (eg overhead direction indicators at least 1000m in advance), etc. I know of no single Autobahn entry/exit that does it like this game did.
I LOVE ETS2!!! I'm the type of madman that plays with keyboard and mouse. Answers to some of your questions: - The brands and company names on the trailers are fictional for obvious reasons. There are mods to add real brands though. - This game is played by many actual truckers and most of them really like the realism, especially when it comes to the trucks' handling - You were indeed doing really well for a first parking job, a lot better than my first time lol When you start getting used to the game, you can immediately ruin all you learned, by taking jobs to the UK, where you obviously have to drive on the left side of the road and max allowed speeds are expressed in miles, rather than the kilometers you see on your dashboard and GPS screen. You saw the Euro map with some grey-coloured countries that don't have cities marked in them, you can get those by buying the DLC's. The countries in black on the map do not (yet) have DLC content available. I waited with buying those until they were on sale on steam, but truth be told, I never had to wait long for these to come on sale and I haven't regretted spending any of those €€€!!! One tip I wanted to give you is probably not necessary, but when you are saving up for your first owned truck, avoid the IVECO trucks. They're cheap, but for obvious reasons. Even after fully upgrading the engine, drive train and gearbox, it still didn't measure up. My second truck was a Volvo, which I'm still rocking now, and that one does really well, even for the heaviest loads in mountainous areas. I hired a second driver and had them mostly do shorter jobs around the Dutch flatlands, where my primary garage is.
@@vaudevillian7 And all trucks have UK version of their interiors, which calibrates the speedometer in mph. Although, swapping interior at every crossing will be expensive.
Welcome to the Virtual trucking world Ian, I'm a retired IRL trucker and 10 year ETS2 veteran. Well done on your first go. There are lots of map DLC available so you can go around the grey areas of Europe. Once you have all those you could install Promods, Promods offer a more detailed map with option like the middle east added. I would recommend using a steering wheel (one that has 900° rotation) and maybe a shifter, then an eaton fuller extension (SKRS) and then you really have max realism.
A few years back, a car did to me the same thing you did to the white car. My car was only 1 month old. That roundabout exit from the inner lane happens from time to time.
You're not only not supposed to exit the roundabout from the inside lane, but are supposed to use the turn signal when exiting it. No signal on entering it, but let others know where you want to get out. And don't worry too much about hickups at the beginning, everybody had those. In most European country on a multi-lane-road you are supposed to be in the most right lane, if you're not about to overtake somebody. And no right turn on red in Europe. You really need to look at the navigation display sometimes to find where a certain delivery point actually is. That beeping noise was the air pressure system. Basically everything in the truck runs pneumatic. Gearbox, brakes, seat, suspension, you name it. Under a certain pressure it warns you and maybe even blocks the brakes and you don't move an inch. You can turn it off in the settings, Gameplay -> Realistic Brake system. Reversing that trailer into that gap really looked good, I'm slightly impressed you did so well. But be warned, you'll haul a lot of different stuff into a lot of different places, and when you have a low-bed with an excavator and try to reverse that into a gap no 5 inches on each side to spare, *that* will be the tricky ones.
Could be worse: when that low bed was extended. Regarding the right-lane rule, that matters less in cities when the speed limit is low and especially when about to turn left.
Pro tip: Disable the fatigue simulation in settings. It´s happening way too often for a smooth game experience due to time compression oh and stick to quick jobs until the bank offers you the second loan. Take that and buy your own truck, but not earlier. you might get broke if you don´t have enough "buffer money"... and last one: put your first 3 "Skill Points" into long distance jobs ;)
@@IWrocker If I start a new profile, I tend to buy my first truck as soon as my savings + loans can afford it. As long as you can fill up your diesel tank, you can earn enough money to keep it maintained, buy upgrades and pay off your loans. By the time the second loan option becomes available, you can loan 100k and pay off two 50k loans if you wish to save on interest. But "enough buffer money" is only an issue if you drive like a lunatic, getting tickets all over the place and smashing up your truck.
as far as i remember, the game also has a lot less rest/tank stops available than there are in reality, and hundreds of Autobahn exits are missing that would allow to rest/fuelup in the next village. getting fatigue warning or running low on fuel is no fun when the next one is far away in the game, or would require to do a detour of several hours (tank/rest quickly, but without option to immediately turn around afterwards) which messes up your schedule.
yes, the other half of Italy and the Islands are in the Italy DLC... Same goes for France. Base game only had parts of it. Italy, France and Spain/ Portugal are certainly well worth it. Hell, they all are, but you can see the progress they made throughout the "time line of appearance" of the DLCs :)
Wow! I loved this video. Please do more of that. I've been playing Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator for years now and it never gets boring since there is so much to discover in the field of mods and so on.
trucker here.... just a general tip for you is to keep the rev range between 900 and 1500, since most Scania trucks have their powerband there, the peak torque being somewhere around 1450rpm.
You can also drive on automatic transmission. That's also realistic. Then you should have a controller with separate gas and brakes, otherwise the game will start to drive backwards when braking. But you could set that somewhere. Otherwise, it is advisable to skip gears. You can start off in 4th gear, shift straight to 6th and then to 8th.
The video we all waited for The Balkans are coming soon, and there's a lot of missing content since you only have the base map, you can purchase all DLCs to have a really great overview of the map. The companies aren't real but you can fix that with mods There's also map mods like Promods that adds a lot of countries, like Ireland and reworks lots of the map, the UK, the things etc In terms of mods you can have some sound mods to improve the SCS sounds, they aren't that great.
To drive in Portugal/ Spain you’ll need to buy Iberia dlc for this game, To drive further to Black Sea like Turkey , Rumania and Bulgaria you’ll need Black Sea dlc, currently the developers working on Balkan Dlc with the Adriatic Coast, like Croatia etc But to drive there you ll need to buy those dlc via Steam. Furthermore some German Cities were rebuild , like Stuttgart, Nürnberg and Frankfurt, so please check them out.
Loved this, great vid! Definitely need to do a series on this game! I personally have played ETS2 since it released and have 2327 hours so far and still playing regularly 😁 Also i think you did pretty good for your first drive 😄
in the base game you can only go around central Europe and partially western Europe. Now with all the DLCs you can go nearly everywhere in Europe. it's only missing a couple of countries in the east and some islands
Also, roundabouts work differently depending on the country. sometimes you need to change lane inside, sometimes it's illegal to change lane and sometime you need to yield to people entering the roundabout.
I'm SO glad to see you play this game! I absolutely love it and I think there are a few things that might make playing the game more enjoyable for you in the future: 1) Until you have your own truck, I'd suggest switching to realistic automatic. These trucks usually have 12 gears - changing them is just tedious. Once you have your own truck, you can install a kind of "cheat transmission" which gives you 6 gears and artificially increases the torque. That works great for a conventional H-shifter. 2) That beeping you heard was indeed an alarm indicating low pressure in pneumatic brakes system. Every time you depress and press the brakes, the pressure goes lower and will have to be built up by the engine. So avoid "abusing" the brakes. Look at your settings - you can use engine braking or the retarder to lower the frequency of brake usage. If the pressure gets too low, the brakes lock and you can't drive. If you don't want to deal with that, turn off realistic pneumatic brakes in the game settings. 3) While red light rules differ between countries (eg. IRL in Poland you can turn right on red if there is a green arrow indicator), the game will always fine you for turning right on red (unless you turn offenses off in the settings) 4) When you take your jobs, it's a good idea to do little detours. Try to investigate the question marks on the map. Some of those are dealerships, which will allow you to buy your own truck. 5) Don't be surprised that your truck won't go faster than 90 km/h (around 50mph, I believe). That's the maximum legal speed for trucks in Europe and trucks have speed limiters installed in them. if you feel like having a bit of fun, you can turn the speed limiter off in the settings. 6) The roads in the stock part of the game are... not very realistic. There are some weird road design choices going on and in general the roads in countries like the UK, France, Germany, western Poland etc. don't really look like they do in real life (sometimes even the lines on the road are completely wrong). The DLC parts of the map received much more love and the road actually look pretty good there. Anyway, watch out for outside lanes that for some reason suddenly turn into off-ramps without much warning, which doesn't really happen in real life. That's everything that comes to my mind. Have lots of fun and happy trucking!
I do have it, nice eye! I haven’t played any of my steam games since like 2020 (life got real busy) but I’ve missed gaming so much and I wanna play them all haha I don’t have many hours in My Summer Car… time to rack some up 😎👍🎉
Finally! This is what I subbed for all those months ago. I enjoy your regular content about trucks, but this is the icing on the cake ;-) Was a fun one, took me back to my own first experience with the game. Keep'em coming, don't care if it's here or another channel. Not a fan of streams or vods of streams, engaging with the audience while playing takes away from the content in my opinion.
The low pressure warning comes up if you use your brakes more than needed. Eventually your parking brake will just stay on due to low pressure. Just sit still (gear on neutral preferrably), rev the engine up so the compressor can rebuild the pressure. Trucker from Finland giving some pro tips. ;)
I am very impressed about your truck parking and reverse driving skills. For a bloody beginner you have done great. And trust me, i know what i am talking about, i am a reallife trucker since 6 years
YES! I've been waiting for you to get on any sim and finaly it's here :) Hope this is the start of a great sim journey for you! Hope you get a wheel soon, it's a life changer. I've never played a pure truck sim, but tried some in asseto and beam ng and I loved it.
It's really fun to watch someone starting to play this amazing game. I started playing this game all the way back when it first got out, and I stopped a few months ago because now I have the chance to drive trucks in the real world and soon some beautifuls Scania's :D
Have played ETS2 and ATS from release (and ETS briefly before 2). So glad to see this. Highly recommend Promods (you’ll need all the DLCs which are relatively cheap - even more so when there’s a Steam sale on) If you can get a wheel, pedals and shifter - makes a world of difference. TrackIR is worth it too if you really want to get into it
If you still are looking for a wheel, I have a spare my wife wants me to get rid of. Its a Logitech Momo, force feedback. Also just uninstalled my TrackIR system, since I upgraded to a newer style. If you need any of these, let me know. price will be low.
You can change the braking intensity of the air brakes, and also use the retarder or engine brake for much gentler braking. Those air brakes are so good with higher intensity: will actually give you whiplash 😆 Fun to watch you play. And looks like lots of useful comments to get more out of the experience 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
Some notes. I would leave realistic air pressure off, and for controller leave it on simple automatic for now. Actually most EU trucks are automatic shifters anyways :D
i drove trucks for 6 years. many things shifting for example arent simple as presented in the game but the physics of tractor and trailer is pretty much the real thing. i enjoy it from time to time
The reversing was quite okay...until you lost all the air XD to build up pressure you just either have to wait, or rev the engine a bit in neutral...in your case was the problem, that probably pressed the brake too many times on the controller, I guess with full force, and simply emptied all the air. Also I suggest to get in all the available map DLCs, that extends the playground onto the whole grey aera. (And if you have them, there is a map mod called ProMods, which makes the map even bigger/detailed)
Yep some mods are amazing on this game. With more details on the landscapes real cars brands and models but he was cool for a first start because the roads a thinner than in the USA !
In regards to the airbrakes, with a controller one loses the air real quick and it doesn't always rebuild properly. Just a couple of sets of lights is enough to cause it to drain the reservoirs with controller, it is the one simulation feature I turn off when using a controller.
Nice that you're playing this game, it's a lot of fun. I also love how American Truck Sim allows me to get a feel for America without having to go there, so I hope Euro Truck Sim 2 will do the same for you! I'd advise you to turn off the realistic air brake system. Yes, it might add an additional bit of realism, but the air pressure runs out very quickly and then you have to wait for an annoyingly long time for it to refill. It's just not great in a game, I feel like. And no, right turn on red is not a thing in Europe, or only at certain specific traffic lights. Some have a green arrow pointing to the right (not sure if that is represented in the game, though), and then you can turn right on red, but usually you can't. And I don't know how that feels to you, but for me a sequential shift is not great playing on keyboard or controller. I'd love to have it with a steering wheel and pedals, but the controls on keyboard feel weird to me (might just be me, though, so certainly try what fits best for you!). And the of the gray areas, only the ones with dots (cities) in them are currently available. The others come as paid extra content (DLCs). If you're having fun with the game, I can advise buying some specific areas that you may want to visit in the future, they're often quite good. Especially the central European parts are all slowly getting updates and remakes on the map, as they're the oldest parts of the map in-game and the developers have improved a lot over the years. These parts of the map are often not really up to date at the moment. Austria for example just got a rework, and they're currently reworking Switzerland and parts of Germany. So they're slowly reworking all these old base game areas (for free) to bring them up to date with current standards in the games, as some of the newer expansions are much more detailed. Also, they're currently developing another map expansion for the Western Balkans (that black area you pointed out). Have fun with the game!
This was good fun to watch. Not bad for your first time. The names on the trailer, petrol(gas) stations ect. are in-game only, but there are mods to get real life names. If you got the game via steam you can also find a lot of mods there. There are also map mods to cover more of Europe, but if you get those make sure you read the description as they may require you to have map DLC's. The map DLC's tend to come out 1-2 times per year and typically cost around 12-18 euros depending on the size. When they are released there are typically also community missions that you can do to earn extra stuff, this be interior stuff usually. You can also sometimes get the map DLC's on sale though i usually buy them upon release. Whenever a new map is released SCS tend to have a stream where they give away at least one code for the DLC. If this game and driving simulators/racing games generally is something you will do more off, then i strongly recommend getting a wheel. It will help you so much and make the driving so much easier. As you say though most newer European trucks have automatic transmissions such as the Volvo Ispeed system i think it's called. When i was driving it was primarily manual shifts and the most gears i personally have ever encountered in one was i think 12 or 18 speed. I think they go up to 24 speed or maybe higher even. They would have high and low and some also a split on the side of the shifter.
Keep on peddling mate. This game is addictive. Advices: learn all the controls and use all features, they are awesome. Use automatic gears, you are doing a poor job manually 😄 ...also auto is more realistic, since everything is auto. Use Sweden or Finland as HQ - awesome double trailer trucks and loads. If you want lots of good cargos, go somewhere central, like Germany, Belgium, France. Buy a garage and start unlocking trucks. If you like the game, buy all the map expansions, they are awesome. It gets pretty interesting when you start doing long trips and ferry crossings to islands. Would love to see more videos
Get yourself a TrackIR, a sensor sits on your monitor and you can clip a metal clip (receiver) onto your cap and when you move your head around and in and out your screen moves around too, like VR but still on your screen. And a wheel and pedals and an Elgato Streamdeck for customised button shortcuts and...... :)
It would be fun to see you test a long trailer that is 19.7 meters (a little over 64 feet) in Sweden or Finland, but it probably only exists as a mods. Not as easy to turn around with one like that. Or drive link and trailer of 25.25 meter total length.
If you want to expand the map out more there is the Promods series of mods, which span all the way from the middle east up into Iceland. I'd highly recomend giving them a try, though the download will take ages - obviously with such a huge map. The cities are still condenced down, highly, but have a bit more personality than the default ones.
One caveat about Promods: For that to run, you need all available map DLCs, whereas IWrocker's game seems to be pretty much vanilla, at this point. Of course, whoever wants to buy DLCs should always wait for a sale. NEVER buy them at the normal price. But yes, Promods is great. Allows you to drive all the way from Iceland to Turkey. Or even to Israel or Jordan, if you also put on the Middle East add-on.
basic info: before dlc and mods, the grey countries only show what might become available with all the dlc, and the marked starting locations give a better picture of what is available with the current version (plus dlc) that someone has installed. areas near the borders of the installed map (eg northern italy) probably are also only some main routes with not too many smaller connection roads, other details and towns. thus his joy of seeing _"so many countries you can drive to"_ was a bit premature while he only has the vanilla game. it is still a gigantic area to spend hours, days, weeks and months driving around and trying to turn every si gle small road orange to mark them "i was here" :-)
What I can say about roundabouts (12:27), I do it always like that: 1st exit (right) - right lane on entry→outer lane→exit 2nd exit (straight) - right lane on entry→outer lane→exit 3nd exit (left) - left lane on entry→inner lane→outer lane (around 2nd exit)→exit It is illegal to exit from inner lane in most countries, excluding the roundabouts that tell you that it is possible to do so.
That's what happens on airbrake vehicle s, loss of air pressure if you tend to misuse the brakes as if you're driving a hydraulic brake small car, each time you depressed the brake pedal air is forced from the reservoir to the brake booster cylinders and unlike hydraulic systems where the fluid remains inside, the air escapes on air vehicles thus has to be constantly resupplied from the master reservoir which will get depleted and thats why the truck was beeping, now to refill it, you just let it idle up and it will stop beeping once it's full or another trick most drivers use is setting it in neutral and reving it slightly higher than idle to fill it up faster, the brakes will release and you can move again
I know a guy who did the job of a druck driver for some time. He said he could not drive backwards with the truck. When we ask him what was if he had to turen, he said the he just was going to a place where he could turn by just driving forward. Only in Canada I guess. Yes, the guy is Canadian. And he was a truck driver in Canada.
Great video very interesting to see a real truck driver from USA try the game for the first time. I think you can turn off the air pressure warning in the settings if needed, also maybe go with auto (real life) transmission for now until you get used the controls and all the game features. Keep it up as a series I will be subscribing to see more 👍
I’m glad to hear from you and that you enjoyed! 🎉 Much more to come, also may I mention I’m a Big Truck enthusiast certainly but I’m Not a truck driver IRL, just simply a fan 😎 I always loved our big American trucks, and this channel has been amazing at opening my eyes to the world of Euro trucking and the awesome vehicles within it. I’m excited to play the game more and learn a lot 👍😎
We need to see and episode where you drive in Scandinavia or other regions in Europe. The ETS2 developers have really done a good job on the environment in the game.
That’s exactly what I was thinking too. This game is a fun way to kind of discover and “experience” each country/region, thus that being a great theme for episodes 🎉
A tip from me is to learn abt the real life rules/laws of driving and how traffic works that applies in the countries that you play in, I did actually spend some time researching, learning, and practicing those rules when playing ETS2, it's pretty fun to be as realistic as possible. For example, I spent like almost a whole sunday to learn to correctly and lawfully navigate a roundabout in the UK, by watching videos, reading books, etc. Good luck and have fun man.
I'm gonna give some background infos I think you should know.... You decided to start the game from Prague, which has been been built 10 years ago, the most recent map instead is Iberia (Spain and Portugal) released in 2021 I believe, so all the environment has next Gen graphic, lots of more details, places looks more realistic overall.... Of course the oldest the map you are driving on the game the less realistic is gonna feel I've being buying every dlc over time and being playing the game since it release in 2012, a lot has changed. In 2014 i think they released Scandinavia dlc (Part of Norway, Denmark and part of Sweden) in 2015 Vive la france that added the whole of France (chat correct me if I'm not saying the date well lot of time has past XD I'm going through my personal buying time line that I believe is the same of the release dates of the various dlc) 2016 Italia dlc (the whole of Italy) 2017 Sardinia has been added with a free dlc to Italy 2018 Beyond the Baltic Sea (Part of Finland, little bit of Russia, Lituania, Latvia and Estonia) 2019 i don't remember the name of this actually but it added Romania, Bulgaria and part of turkey In 2020 the basic part of France (of the basic game with no dlc) and some German highways buillt in the basic game in 2012 received a new modern look with a rebuild that added the next Gen graphic I was talking about to those places... 2021 Iberia (Spain and Portugal) 2022 Austria has been rebuilt with next Gen graphic with a free update 2023 more German highways and some German cities have been rebuilt with next Gen graphic and details The still "old Gen graphic" places of the game still looking not so realistic like the other places are: UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Poland, Slovakia, Chekia (former Chezk republic) where you started, and Hungary, hopefully these places will receive a new look like the rest of the map soon, next dlcs coming up are Croatia, Slovenia, Albania and then another dlc that supposed to be released in 2022 but for obvious reasons is been delayed, is "heart of Russia dlc" that add part of Russia all the way to Moscow. Also the software house scs has confirmed they are currently working on the development of a new dlc with the north part of Norway, Sweden and Finland. Hope I helped you with this little recap ❤ greetings from Italy. P.S. In the basic game you can play with your friends or find convoys in some online forums but the real multiplayer side of the game, like the REAL DEAL the DEFINITIVE multilayer of the game is a mod called Truckers MP. Truckers MP allow you to play up to 4000 players online in the same moment ON THE SAME MAP yes, you got that right, up to 4k players playing on the same godamm map.. Considered the map with all dlcs goes from Atlantic Ocean all the way east to Black Sea in turkey and Romania.... Of course all these players are not in the same spot, but if you go around Calais (the city where you take the ferry boat from France to UK) everyday there are real proper real life looking traffic jams with cars and trucks all over the place stock in traffic like they would be in real life, all these trucks and cars being real life players of course... That's insane P.P.S. Get a steering wheel asap, it add a whole difference experience to the game.
Respect for shouting out the RL truckers and by default the brakes are essentially always on. It is the air pressure that forces them away and as you can see from your roundabout experience, they are incredibly forceful. Props on the reverse by the way, had the pressure not dropped you would have been there in one. Awesome!
That wasn't bad at all for a beginner. You did alright there. Some driving tips: 1. Especially on right turns you need to go wide due to the length of the trailer. Sometimes I use both lanes when entering and inside small roundabouts to avoid having vehicles on my side. (For obvious reasons) 2. You probably want to get off the gas much earlier when approaching roundabouts, traffic lights, intersections etc. You can then use the brakes to match the speed of other traffic, so you can enter without having to come to a complete stop. 3. Use automatic shifting. That's what everybody does, unless there's a reason to go manual. - Have fun! :)
Keep in mind that european trucks use air for the automated manual, so every time you shift you are using some of the air pressure, when you got locked up parking every time you were about to have enough pressure to unlock the brakes you used it getting the truck in and out of gear, if you check on the cluster you can see the air pressure of the tanks, pretty funny either way and I'm glad you liked driving these trucks
If you want a wheel then I Definitely recommend the Logitech G29. I have had it for at least a year now and its the best I have owned. Also very comfortable due to the lather .
This American loves Europe. I saw he really likes our Czech Tatra Trucks. Now he's decided to play a Czech video game. I expect Czech subtitles in the videos soon, because it is quite obvious that such videos are recommended to Czech viewers. And although not many abroad know it, in the Czech Republic you can understand English at most in Prague, or in offices in larger cities.
Hi ian. Im a UK truck driver with thirty years behind the wheel of articulated trucks, just like the one you've been driving here. In this country trucks are separated into different classes, the artics (articulated trucks) are class one and the rigids (4 and 8 wheelers without trailers) are class two. We have rigids that pull trailers, they are often known as wagon and drag and when a rigid is connected to a trailer it becomes a class one vehicle and requires the appropriate licence. Anyway, what prompted me to comment was your surprise at just how much more manoeuvrable cabover trucks are compared to the American style with the nose. I've only ever travelled in the American style trucks a couple of times and only ever as a passenger thanks to needing recovery. For some reason, a lot of truck recovery vehicles here have the American style cabs that sit behind the engine, i dont know why but if you do see that style of cab in the UK it's usually a heavy recovery truck. The thing about manoeuvrability is that I've always thought American trucks must be a bit of a nightmare for that reason. Being used to being able to turn in and fit into some tight spaces that, even these days, still surprise me i think it must be a lot different in the nose style cabs and, sometimes, even impossible. I've seen loads of American trucks on TV and in videos and photos and they look so long and, sorry to say, a bit unnecessary. I, also, always think that it can't be easy, in traffic jams for example, to see how close you are to the car, or motorcycle, in front of you and how easy it would be to not see a pedestrian crossing the road right in front of you. American trucks do look cool, mostly, there are some real shitboxes, but for practicality (and, often, power) you're right, eurotrucks win, hands down. It probably doesnt matter as much in the US though as you seem to have so much space over there, certainly enough to accommodate the trucks you use, easily.
go to display settings, crank up scailing to 400% and your resolution will be crisp(gauges,buttons and everything will be sharp and visible), if its dosent work fully smooth reduce it to 200%, but on default is 75% or 100%. You ll be very happy. This is old game and i doesn t need very strong gpu..gtx 1070/980ti or stronger will do the job.
The game is from Czech rep. With each map DLC the game looks nicer, UK and central europe are the oldest and simplest maps. There is a video from SCS about their history and how they've got into trucking sims.
And SCS currently is doing a rework of Germany and Austria through free patches so the base game terrain can look up to date graphically when compared to DLC ones.
i had prety much always played with pneumo brakes and almost always did rear parking, but i was also stumped when i saw in this video low brake presure warning lol. aparently i never had drained brake presure that much and didn't even knew what that could even happen ingame. i have bit more than 400 hours in euro truck sim 2
Can't wait to see more 'Murica trucking! Go Ian (and yeah, you have to move further into the parking space for it to count, but we love you regardless ;) )
Sorry I missed this until now, and I hope you're still having fun with the game! I was hoping you had put up more content for it on your youtube channel but I didn't see anything... A few things about the game that it won't tell you up front, that you may want to be aware of. 1 - there are a ton of realistic assists available straight up in the game that you might want to make use of. For one, there's a voice navigation option with a couple of different optional voices, and one of the mods on Steam has a whole set of additional voices. That might help reduce embarrassing accidents with driving into the wrong yard. :) Some of the other assists that were added really recently are Adaptive Cruise Control (which automatically keeps the distance to the vehicle in front above a target number, very helpful when you're driving on a highway with elevation differences); and Emergency Brake Assist (which will stop your vehicle if there's an obstacle). In the very latest added trucks there's also a blindspot warning and possibly lane keeping assist. 2 - most highway trucks in Europe typically run automated manual gearboxes - it's a real gearbox, the truck just does the shifting for you unless you say otherwise. In manual mode, you use the control "Gear shift up" to shift from reverse to neutral to 1st to 2nd etc, and "gear shift down" to shift from 2nd to 1st to neutral to reverse. In Automatic mode, you use those same controls to go from reverse to neutral to forward and vice versa, but you can still instruct the gearbox to shift by using the control "gear shift hint up and down". I drive on an Xbox controller, and I've set it up so that D-pad up and down are gear shift up and down, and left thumbstick up and down are Gear shift hint up and down, as they're otherwise unassigned. (throttle is right trigger and brake is left). This way I can make sure the truck is in the gear *I* want even when the truck thinks otherwise, without having to worry about manually shifting under most circumstances. 3 - On the map, the gray areas are the countries where the *full* game map extends to if you've bought all the DLC, but you only get city dots for the areas you've actually bought. With the relevant DLC, you can indeed drive all the way to Spain and Portugal in the southwest, to Turkey in the southeast, to Finland (but only partway up) in the northeast, and halfway up Norway in the Northwest. The next DLC slated for release is the Balkans (basically everything except Greece), and the one we suspect will be next after that will be the rest of northern Scandinavia. 4 - You may have noticed already, but your first drive in the game will always be the truck you picked as your preferred truck during profile creation, and it will always be maxed out. It will take quite a while before you're able to buy a truck just like that though because horsepower and stuff is limited by your level. If it's still relevant to you after three weeks of playing off screen, I would suggest staying in "loaner" trucks for a bit to get a feel for what the different brands are like while building up your level and you bank account. 5 - Just because the part is more expensive doesn't always mean it's better. This goes especially for chassis - unless you're planning on hauling special transports (which is a mission type requiring a DLC) or heavy cargo (which is also a DLC), you'll never need a 6x4 or 8x4 chassis. And while having 700+ horsepower to play with is fun, it's sort of overkill, and wanting the biggest engine will keep you from trying some of the nicer to drive "normal" trucks out there. 6 - the modding community for the game is nuts, and there's a ton of excellent mods out there that will allow you to customize your truck or improve the visual fidelity by a bunch. Bear in mind though that the game gets updated very regularly and many mods break when a patch comes along. Be careful when you select which mods to put in your game.
This was a fun and entertaining video! It looked fun and now I'm interested in trying ETS out. I play a lot of video games, but for some reason I haven't played this. 20 euros on Steam is not bad for hundreds of hours of gameplay.
Glad your on ETS2. Fake brands but are mods to show real brands/petrol stations. Map can be expanded with country DLC packs. Lots more mods to make it more realistic. Looking forward to more videos
Funny, here I'm sitting in Europe and playing American Truck Simulator. :D And yes, right turns are a thing in Europe, if you want to lose your licence.^^ Hey, try to open the windows (yes you can do that) and listen to the engine!
@@darek4488 if it is a lit arrow, it is part of the traffic light. the "right on red" he was talking about is similar (but the opposite) of the unlit green arrow traffic sign in germany: in the usa they usually have a "right on red allowed" rule unless a sign says "no right on red", while we have a general "red always means red" rule unless permitted by an extra unlit "right green arrow" traffic sign next to the traffic lights (but NOT part of traffic lights, and to be treated as a stop sign for those who chose to turn right on red)
@@darek4488 Not all intersections in Poland have a separate indicator. I love how when European think that "right on red" in legal on every intersection in Europe. It's like most Europeans forget or don't know what legal or not in their countries.
Right turn on red: only if there´s a green arrow sign attached to the traffic light. I think that´s also mostly a thing in Germany and not that common at all.
Hello, 2 friends of mine, both truck drivers in real life, have been playing ETS for years. Both of them love ETS and also ATS. According to their statement, the companies are "almost" correct. Letters were turned around or the real name got a small change. But the landscapes and the streets should be real. As far as I can remember, new countries kept coming. It also had something to do with the level. ETS seems extremely realistic. There are driving times that have to be observed, violations of the road traffic regulations were also punished as in real life. Greetings from Germany
Hey Ian, I was so happy to hear you're interested in this and your first episode had all the classics: -oh crap, gotta set up my buttons -I pulled out of that lot kinda smooth to -whoops, didn't see that family there.. welp If you feel like reviving the gaming channel, what other games would you imagine doing besides ETS?
Awesome video and I'm really happy to see you try ETS2 out. Ngl tho the company name caught me of guard lol As a fellow Scania S730 user, I'll share with you some useful (probably) info: On the screen between the RPM and Speed gauges (the one that you saw the scania logo pop up on) it has 3 green bars. The top 2 indicate the air pressure on the truck and the trailer (both are basically the same) and the third bar is the oil pressure (I think. You don't need it though.). All I can recommend to you is to relax. Since you have more experience than me in driving, you have probably thought of it already, but take advantage of the controler... pedal... things(?). A bit of pressure on the brake pedal is enough to do the job. Also, try to keep the RPM around 1300-1500 bc it's more efficient both in terms of torque and fuel economy. The gearbox you used has 12 speeds in total. You can start an unloaded truck on gear 5. You can start on lower gears if you are pulling a trailer (gear depends on weight ofc.). You can also skip a gear or to (e.g. 3-5-8-9). From gears 9-12 I recommend taking them one by one, since the have enough gear ratio difference thing (idk what to call it lol). Here's the perfect gears for cruising around (based on experience): 50kph (31mph) - 9th gear 50-60kph (31-37mph) - 10th gear 60-80kph (43-50mph) - 11th gear 80+kph (50+mph) - 12th gear Top speed is around 150-160 on a flat road. Max I've achieved while going downhill was 170 (23T load. Don't ask why -- idk myself). And one last thing, right turns on red lights are NOT legal in EU. You didn't get fined because the light turned green last moment (I saw the cars stopping.). Should you have any questions, feel free to ask me. I'll be happy to help. Keep up the good work!
Hey, annex, I did this Job in real life for about 33 years, rode europe-wide and took a great level of expirience from this. You have NO idea how hard it is to be a Truckdriver, abiding all the regulations which almost everytime make your life so so much harder. But I have to admit, without driving I would have missed the best expiriences of my life. Nevertheless I enjoy playing it virtually. AND! yeah, you should definitevely make a series from it. Looking forward for it.
I am playing it since 2015, I have there over 5,000 hours driven. My favourite trucks are Scania NG, Volvo FH, DAF XG+, New MAN TGX. It's a great game.
This was fun to watch. Shame about the white car. And in Europe you are not allowed to turn right through a red light. Greetings from Spakenburg, the Netherlands.
I have over 250 hours in ETS 2 and over 100 hours in American. Ever since I tried that game at one of my friends place, I was sold. I bought a steering wheel and a Stream Deck for short cut buttons. It's a simple game on the surface but has a lot of depth depending on how you want to play. You don't need to be a pro to enjoy it and it also looked like you were having a lot of fun with it. Have a wonderful and fantastic continues day, my good American friend.
I like see you playing this game you can travel in europe ahahah i from portugal i waiting your visit in your truck😂 for me you can make some videos like this its more good videos for your great channel
A lot of fun watching this! thanks! But remember ... in Europe doesn't work the "red on light, turn on right" thing because you will be fined! (not always ETS2 do this but in many cities it works)
I've been playing ETS2 for the last 10 years. It's quite a big part of my life together with ATS. It's very interesting to see someone play it for the first time and see their reactions. This was a blast to watch! Took me back to my "first time" :)
Glad to hear it!!! 🎉 I bet the game has evolved so much in that timespan
I have several thousand hours on ets2 and like Road Runner have played it since it came out.
I used to like playing too. At some point my boss once said to me that if you like playing ETS so much, you can drive a few more hours for me. It's even more realistic and I'll even give you money for it.
Somehow he's right.
@@IWrocker It evolved alot along the way. Defs are delivering updates and new content pretty much continously. And that since years, you can hear i also love these games. Also love to See you playing it
Nice czech republic game 👍
About the air pressure warning: you can disable the simulation of air pressure if you want. Otherwise this is how it works. Everytime when you use the air breaks (also parking breaks) you loose a bit of pressure. The motor is responsible to build up pressure. When the pressure is low, the brakes can't release anymore. Especially in situations when you navigate on a paring space, oftentimes you loose more pressure than the motor can build up. When you get the low pressure warning, shift to neutral and hit the gas paddle to restore the pressure.
Great explanation thank you 👍🎉
Also, when playing with controller it's easier to loose more pressure than needed since you tend to hit the brake trigger very far which makes the truck use lots of air.
You can also try to use the retarder more often.
@@thevoid7480 That can be a bit much to keep track of for a new player though. But you're right. As a real euro truck driver, I can say that retarders and exhaust brakes are super strong and impressive.
@@IWrocker and I can tell you as someone that drives trucks it happens a lot loosing air pressure if you're using the brakes a lot while parking. And in real life you wouldn't hit the gas peddle but idle at around 900-1000 rpm to build the air back up, any higher and you're just wasting gas as the air lines can only support so much. It doesn't help if you have an air leak to, which is quite common in my job, we drive on some rough roads and farms and our trucks don't like the beating they get.
To watch this as a truck driver from Germany, I can tell you, that was fun 😂
I don't know the game, but when you try a very tight turn with this kind of truck, you might damage the pressure connection to the trailer and as a side note, the tyres of the trailer don't like to be scraped sideways when the trailer is fully loaded 😉
In town, you have to stay always on the right lane and red lights are red lights ( some got a little traffic sign with a green arrow, only than you are allowed to go on (at least in Germany) ). I could tell you so many stories about horrible situations in old little towns and their narrow streets , but you are just about to find out . Good luck 😅
Haha great comment. 🎉This was super fun and I have a lot to learn! 😎
And props to You for being a trucker, thanks for what you do 👍
Poland has right on red, but only when a right on red indicator is present at the lights and only when it lights up.
@@IWrocker always drive on the LEFT if you're in the UK though, because we gotta be awkward and different here lol
@@darek4488 in germany, there are two types of green right arrows: the lit ones that are just normal traffic lights like the full circles, and other arrows in red/yellow/green for left, right and straight. none of them is anything like the american "right on red" which generally is not allowed over here. the other type of green right arrows are not lit, but small additional traffic signs that allow to do a "right on red" at that crossing (thus the opposite of the american extra signs that say "no right on red").
but if you chose to do such a "right on red", it has to be done like at a stop sign, completely stopping before turning, at least once at the stop line, and possibly also a second stop at the "line of sight". and always watch for pedestrians and bikes too, which may be allowed to use some oneway streets or bicycle lanes opposite to the normal direction (or who do it anyway). and don't block them or pedestrians/bicycles driving straight on on your right side, while waiting for your chance to turn (not only on red, but also on green). that's also one of the reasons why we have so few of those "right on red" crossings, and traffic lights next to the stop lines and not high up over the other side of the crossing.
It's the same in Sweden.
Brilliant! Could you imagine how funny it would've been if you'd have started in the UK, having to think about driving on the other side of the road?
I should’ve 🎉 🤣 UK forsure getting its own episode right away because of the driving on the left and interesting aesthetics too 🎉
@@IWrocker be warned that the UK is the oldest part of the map, Promods makes it look a bit better but if you compare the quality of the newer parts of the map (same on American Truck Simulator but not quite to the same extent) it’s night and day. But the developers do have teams specifically that go back and refresh older areas to bring them up to standard - there’s just a lot to do! Germany is currently the main focus in ETS2 and California in ATS - Oklahoma should be released around July time (based on historical release times) and November-ish for Kansas. The DLC are all worth getting and they’re reasonably priced, if you get them in a steam sale you can get a proper bargain
It's not so much the "driving on the other side" that will get to you, if you use an EU Truck. If you want the real deal, try it with a UK version of the Cockpit. Having the steering wheel on the other side of the truck too, well THATs what really turns your brain cells around, if you try it. 😀 At least it did for me. 😂When you do that, then *everything* looks the wrong way and the feeling gets really odd.
@@IWrocker you forgot tiny roundabouts smaller roads etc etc
UK is a must with the heavy haul DLC
really gives the challenge
@@Nakor29 In the ETS sim I own 4 trucks. 2 Scanias and 2 Volvos. Each maker has 1 left side driver seat and 1 right side driver seat. It is indeed fun swapping the drivers seats every 2 or 3 runs. One thing I wish I could do for ETS is "hot button" the MPH KPH for the runs that take me in or out of the UK as for some reason the speed zones are imperial in UK bur metric in the rest of the countries. Sort of annoying to have to go into the menu then settings page to swap the two.
Love to see the difference in driving on multi-lane roads between Europe en de US. US drivers tend to pick one lane and stick to it until their exit. In Europe, in most places, it's mandatory to stay in the most right lane and you are only allowed to use the left one when overtaking or when the road divides itself. You will even be fined for unnecessary left-lane driving. Here in the Netherlands, it will cost you €220,- ($235,-)
And of course, in the UK it's the other way around.
A friend of mine got a ticket for not driving his truck in the right most lane on I-5 in the US. He was driving in the middle lane so that cars could safely merge at intersections. The law is there in most states, just usually isn't enforced.
Yeah, I can't wait for his first experience with the European highways in this game where suddenly the right lane just becomes an off ramp. Since typically in the US, if the highway has 2 lanes in one direction, we add a 3rd lane for off ramps to leave and enter. I know some EU highways also do this, but it still catches me off guard in this game, since like you say, you stay in the right lane unless you have to pass. And then suddenly the right lane is curving out from under you.
@@ElderonAnalas SCS has stated that they wanted to eliminate these situations, but that takes a lot of map remodelling, and they're working on that as we speak. Being a EU citizen myself, I can honestly say that those sudden lane-turn-into-off-ramps catch me off-guard too, especially when I've been in the areas of the newer map DLC's for a long while.
Yeah. I noticet that too. Murican driving. ;)
@@Tiger313NL with all the other love to details, i was pretty annoyed by not having separate on/off ramps in this game (even if shortened somewhat to fit the game's scale), but using the right lane for that purpose and thus forcing unnecessary lane changes on players. those unsigned situations would strictly be illegal in germany, forcing slow trucks to merge with cars on the left lane that have no speed limit, except eg on construction zones, and then there would be a ton of traffic signs for speed limits, overtaking limits, lane markings, advance notifications (eg overhead direction indicators at least 1000m in advance), etc. I know of no single Autobahn entry/exit that does it like this game did.
there is a saying over here in the UK and Europe, referring to Scania and its "Your never late in a v8"
I LOVE ETS2!!! I'm the type of madman that plays with keyboard and mouse.
Answers to some of your questions:
- The brands and company names on the trailers are fictional for obvious reasons. There are mods to add real brands though.
- This game is played by many actual truckers and most of them really like the realism, especially when it comes to the trucks' handling
- You were indeed doing really well for a first parking job, a lot better than my first time lol
When you start getting used to the game, you can immediately ruin all you learned, by taking jobs to the UK, where you obviously have to drive on the left side of the road and max allowed speeds are expressed in miles, rather than the kilometers you see on your dashboard and GPS screen.
You saw the Euro map with some grey-coloured countries that don't have cities marked in them, you can get those by buying the DLC's. The countries in black on the map do not (yet) have DLC content available. I waited with buying those until they were on sale on steam, but truth be told, I never had to wait long for these to come on sale and I haven't regretted spending any of those €€€!!!
One tip I wanted to give you is probably not necessary, but when you are saving up for your first owned truck, avoid the IVECO trucks. They're cheap, but for obvious reasons. Even after fully upgrading the engine, drive train and gearbox, it still didn't measure up. My second truck was a Volvo, which I'm still rocking now, and that one does really well, even for the heaviest loads in mountainous areas. I hired a second driver and had them mostly do shorter jobs around the Dutch flatlands, where my primary garage is.
You can change the background settings to MPH rather than KPH though so there’s no disconnect with the road signs
@@vaudevillian7 And all trucks have UK version of their interiors, which calibrates the speedometer in mph. Although, swapping interior at every crossing will be expensive.
some bought dlc's have real name trailers
Welcome to the Virtual trucking world Ian, I'm a retired IRL trucker and 10 year ETS2 veteran. Well done on your first go. There are lots of map DLC available so you can go around the grey areas of Europe. Once you have all those you could install Promods, Promods offer a more detailed map with option like the middle east added. I would recommend using a steering wheel (one that has 900° rotation) and maybe a shifter, then an eaton fuller extension (SKRS) and then you really have max realism.
A few years back, a car did to me the same thing you did to the white car. My car was only 1 month old. That roundabout exit from the inner lane happens from time to time.
You're not only not supposed to exit the roundabout from the inside lane, but are supposed to use the turn signal when exiting it. No signal on entering it, but let others know where you want to get out.
And don't worry too much about hickups at the beginning, everybody had those.
In most European country on a multi-lane-road you are supposed to be in the most right lane, if you're not about to overtake somebody.
And no right turn on red in Europe. You really need to look at the navigation display sometimes to find where a certain delivery point actually is.
That beeping noise was the air pressure system. Basically everything in the truck runs pneumatic. Gearbox, brakes, seat, suspension, you name it. Under a certain pressure it warns you and maybe even blocks the brakes and you don't move an inch. You can turn it off in the settings, Gameplay -> Realistic Brake system.
Reversing that trailer into that gap really looked good, I'm slightly impressed you did so well. But be warned, you'll haul a lot of different stuff into a lot of different places, and when you have a low-bed with an excavator and try to reverse that into a gap no 5 inches on each side to spare, *that* will be the tricky ones.
Could be worse: when that low bed was extended.
Regarding the right-lane rule, that matters less in cities when the speed limit is low and especially when about to turn left.
Pro tip: Disable the fatigue simulation in settings. It´s happening way too often for a smooth game experience due to time compression
oh and stick to quick jobs until the bank offers you the second loan. Take that and buy your own truck, but not earlier. you might get broke if you don´t
have enough "buffer money"... and last one: put your first 3 "Skill Points" into long distance jobs ;)
Cool stuff, thanks a lot 🎉😎
@@IWrocker my pleasure :)
Yes the fatigue simulation does run faster when on Convoy over then while playing on sp.
@@IWrocker If I start a new profile, I tend to buy my first truck as soon as my savings + loans can afford it. As long as you can fill up your diesel tank, you can earn enough money to keep it maintained, buy upgrades and pay off your loans. By the time the second loan option becomes available, you can loan 100k and pay off two 50k loans if you wish to save on interest. But "enough buffer money" is only an issue if you drive like a lunatic, getting tickets all over the place and smashing up your truck.
as far as i remember, the game also has a lot less rest/tank stops available than there are in reality, and hundreds of Autobahn exits are missing that would allow to rest/fuelup in the next village. getting fatigue warning or running low on fuel is no fun when the next one is far away in the game, or would require to do a detour of several hours (tank/rest quickly, but without option to immediately turn around afterwards) which messes up your schedule.
yes, the other half of Italy and the Islands are in the Italy DLC... Same goes for France. Base game only had parts of it.
Italy, France and Spain/ Portugal are certainly well worth it. Hell, they all are, but you can see the progress they made throughout the "time line of appearance" of the DLCs :)
and promods who makes it even better
For me ProMods is a must in ETS2
Balkans is a dlc as well.
Wow! I loved this video. Please do more of that. I've been playing Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator for years now and it never gets boring since there is so much to discover in the field of mods and so on.
trucker here.... just a general tip for you is to keep the rev range between 900 and 1500, since most Scania trucks have their powerband there, the peak torque being somewhere around 1450rpm.
As a truck driver, the revving hurt my soul 😂
You can also drive on automatic transmission. That's also realistic. Then you should have a controller with separate gas and brakes, otherwise the game will start to drive backwards when braking. But you could set that somewhere. Otherwise, it is advisable to skip gears. You can start off in 4th gear, shift straight to 6th and then to 8th.
Unless it is an Allison transmission.
The video we all waited for
The Balkans are coming soon, and there's a lot of missing content since you only have the base map, you can purchase all DLCs to have a really great overview of the map.
The companies aren't real but you can fix that with mods
There's also map mods like Promods that adds a lot of countries, like Ireland and reworks lots of the map, the UK, the things etc
In terms of mods you can have some sound mods to improve the SCS sounds, they aren't that great.
CDkeys is generally the best place to go for the dlc too
Thanks for the information 😎👍
@@IWrocker You seem to have more than the base map since you obviously have the Scandinavia DLC
@@mikeyb2932 hmmm maybe it was part of a bundle when I bought the game? That’s good to know 😎
I'm Balkan so I'm excited for that update.
To drive in Portugal/ Spain you’ll need to buy Iberia dlc for this game, To drive further to Black Sea like Turkey , Rumania and Bulgaria you’ll need Black Sea dlc, currently the developers working on Balkan Dlc with the Adriatic Coast, like Croatia etc But to drive there you ll need to buy those dlc via Steam. Furthermore some German Cities were rebuild , like Stuttgart, Nürnberg and Frankfurt, so please check them out.
"It's always a roll of the dice with computers", the word you're looking for is Apple devices.
I have 366 hours on ETS2. I mainly play it while I'm chilling and listening to a podcast.
I used to play this a couple of years ago. Now I want to start it up again! Let's go!
Let’s gooooo🎉🎉🎉🎉
after playing for 2 hours, you can play multiplayer, with players from all countries of the world.
Would love to see You play this game more :)
I’m hooked, lots more to come 🎉😎
@@IWrocker Can't wait to see ☺️
Loved this, great vid! Definitely need to do a series on this game! I personally have played ETS2 since it released and have 2327 hours so far and still playing regularly 😁 Also i think you did pretty good for your first drive 😄
Spain (iberia dlc) is the best DLC of the game, highly recommended, it is the best country to drive on its roads, mountains and landscapes.
in the base game you can only go around central Europe and partially western Europe. Now with all the DLCs you can go nearly everywhere in Europe. it's only missing a couple of countries in the east and some islands
Also, roundabouts work differently depending on the country. sometimes you need to change lane inside, sometimes it's illegal to change lane and sometime you need to yield to people entering the roundabout.
I'm SO glad to see you play this game! I absolutely love it and I think there are a few things that might make playing the game more enjoyable for you in the future:
1) Until you have your own truck, I'd suggest switching to realistic automatic. These trucks usually have 12 gears - changing them is just tedious. Once you have your own truck, you can install a kind of "cheat transmission" which gives you 6 gears and artificially increases the torque. That works great for a conventional H-shifter.
2) That beeping you heard was indeed an alarm indicating low pressure in pneumatic brakes system. Every time you depress and press the brakes, the pressure goes lower and will have to be built up by the engine. So avoid "abusing" the brakes. Look at your settings - you can use engine braking or the retarder to lower the frequency of brake usage. If the pressure gets too low, the brakes lock and you can't drive. If you don't want to deal with that, turn off realistic pneumatic brakes in the game settings.
3) While red light rules differ between countries (eg. IRL in Poland you can turn right on red if there is a green arrow indicator), the game will always fine you for turning right on red (unless you turn offenses off in the settings)
4) When you take your jobs, it's a good idea to do little detours. Try to investigate the question marks on the map. Some of those are dealerships, which will allow you to buy your own truck.
5) Don't be surprised that your truck won't go faster than 90 km/h (around 50mph, I believe). That's the maximum legal speed for trucks in Europe and trucks have speed limiters installed in them. if you feel like having a bit of fun, you can turn the speed limiter off in the settings.
6) The roads in the stock part of the game are... not very realistic. There are some weird road design choices going on and in general the roads in countries like the UK, France, Germany, western Poland etc. don't really look like they do in real life (sometimes even the lines on the road are completely wrong). The DLC parts of the map received much more love and the road actually look pretty good there. Anyway, watch out for outside lanes that for some reason suddenly turn into off-ramps without much warning, which doesn't really happen in real life.
That's everything that comes to my mind. Have lots of fun and happy trucking!
Excellent information thank you!!! 🎉😎
Oh hi, funny seeing you here :D
@@ItsEphora I'm always here ^^
Bullshit. There are different truck speed limits in different countries. There is no such thing as a european limit.
@@darek4488 He's referring to the hardware limiter installed in trucks, which is often set at or near 90 km/h.
Well done, Ian ! 👏
this was fun 😊 continue with it here on this channel 😁
I will 😎 I’m so happy this video did well and has great viewer interaction 🎉👍 much more to come
Cool, you got My Summer Car! Love the game.
Would watch a series of you playing it, just for the "building the car" part.
That game is a perfect early 90's rural Finland simulator.
I do have it, nice eye! I haven’t played any of my steam games since like 2020 (life got real busy) but I’ve missed gaming so much and I wanna play them all haha I don’t have many hours in My Summer Car… time to rack some up 😎👍🎉
@@IWrocker Some people call me "Eye of the Tiger" haha. I have 65 hours in MSC, if you would start from scratch, I would deff. watch it. ✌😎
Finally! This is what I subbed for all those months ago. I enjoy your regular content about trucks, but this is the icing on the cake ;-) Was a fun one, took me back to my own first experience with the game. Keep'em coming, don't care if it's here or another channel. Not a fan of streams or vods of streams, engaging with the audience while playing takes away from the content in my opinion.
The low pressure warning comes up if you use your brakes more than needed. Eventually your parking brake will just stay on due to low pressure. Just sit still (gear on neutral preferrably), rev the engine up so the compressor can rebuild the pressure. Trucker from Finland giving some pro tips. ;)
Thank you! 😎
I am very impressed about your truck parking and reverse driving skills. For a bloody beginner you have done great.
And trust me, i know what i am talking about, i am a reallife trucker since 6 years
I’m glad to hear that!! I only have experience backing up landscaping trailers in a regular Chevy pickup truck in real life. 👍🎉
YES! I've been waiting for you to get on any sim and finaly it's here :) Hope this is the start of a great sim journey for you!
Hope you get a wheel soon, it's a life changer. I've never played a pure truck sim, but tried some in asseto and beam ng and I loved it.
It's really fun to watch someone starting to play this amazing game. I started playing this game all the way back when it first got out, and I stopped a few months ago because now I have the chance to drive trucks in the real world and soon some beautifuls Scania's :D
Have played ETS2 and ATS from release (and ETS briefly before 2). So glad to see this. Highly recommend Promods (you’ll need all the DLCs which are relatively cheap - even more so when there’s a Steam sale on)
If you can get a wheel, pedals and shifter - makes a world of difference. TrackIR is worth it too if you really want to get into it
If you still are looking for a wheel, I have a spare my wife wants me to get rid of. Its a Logitech Momo, force feedback. Also just uninstalled my TrackIR system, since I upgraded to a newer style. If you need any of these, let me know. price will be low.
@@douglaswerner8334 I'd get rid of the wife
You can change the braking intensity of the air brakes, and also use the retarder or engine brake for much gentler braking.
Those air brakes are so good with higher intensity: will actually give you whiplash 😆
Fun to watch you play. And looks like lots of useful comments to get more out of the experience 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
Oh man! I totally wanna see more of this! I have been playing this for over 4k+ hours and can safely say this is one of my favorite games of all time!
Some notes. I would leave realistic air pressure off, and for controller leave it on simple automatic for now. Actually most EU trucks are automatic shifters anyways :D
i drove trucks for 6 years. many things shifting for example arent simple as presented in the game but the physics of tractor and trailer is pretty much the real thing. i enjoy it from time to time
the bip is from braking pressior* you are low and the brake will lock till the pressior will go up to auto unlock the brake!
Classic American hugging the left of the road 😅
Loved this video, please play more! I'd love to see your evolution!
The reversing was quite okay...until you lost all the air XD
to build up pressure you just either have to wait, or rev the engine a bit in neutral...in your case was the problem, that probably pressed the brake too many times on the controller, I guess with full force, and simply emptied all the air.
Also I suggest to get in all the available map DLCs, that extends the playground onto the whole grey aera.
(And if you have them, there is a map mod called ProMods, which makes the map even bigger/detailed)
Yep some mods are amazing on this game. With more details on the landscapes real cars brands and models but he was cool for a first start because the roads a thinner than in the USA !
Great tips thank you 🙏 🎉
Yeah, need to get used to the tighter turns and such, but for a first one, it was alright :)
@@IWrocker You're welcome....also you know right, you not allowed to turn on red ;)
In regards to the airbrakes, with a controller one loses the air real quick and it doesn't always rebuild properly. Just a couple of sets of lights is enough to cause it to drain the reservoirs with controller, it is the one simulation feature I turn off when using a controller.
Looks like a lot of fun !
We need Australian truck Simulator 😎
@@IWrocker Could get a bit boring, 1000’s of kilometres of straight outback highways 😂
Nice that you're playing this game, it's a lot of fun. I also love how American Truck Sim allows me to get a feel for America without having to go there, so I hope Euro Truck Sim 2 will do the same for you! I'd advise you to turn off the realistic air brake system. Yes, it might add an additional bit of realism, but the air pressure runs out very quickly and then you have to wait for an annoyingly long time for it to refill. It's just not great in a game, I feel like.
And no, right turn on red is not a thing in Europe, or only at certain specific traffic lights. Some have a green arrow pointing to the right (not sure if that is represented in the game, though), and then you can turn right on red, but usually you can't.
And I don't know how that feels to you, but for me a sequential shift is not great playing on keyboard or controller. I'd love to have it with a steering wheel and pedals, but the controls on keyboard feel weird to me (might just be me, though, so certainly try what fits best for you!).
And the of the gray areas, only the ones with dots (cities) in them are currently available. The others come as paid extra content (DLCs). If you're having fun with the game, I can advise buying some specific areas that you may want to visit in the future, they're often quite good. Especially the central European parts are all slowly getting updates and remakes on the map, as they're the oldest parts of the map in-game and the developers have improved a lot over the years. These parts of the map are often not really up to date at the moment. Austria for example just got a rework, and they're currently reworking Switzerland and parts of Germany. So they're slowly reworking all these old base game areas (for free) to bring them up to date with current standards in the games, as some of the newer expansions are much more detailed. Also, they're currently developing another map expansion for the Western Balkans (that black area you pointed out).
Have fun with the game!
This was good fun to watch. Not bad for your first time. The names on the trailer, petrol(gas) stations ect. are in-game only, but there are mods to get real life names. If you got the game via steam you can also find a lot of mods there. There are also map mods to cover more of Europe, but if you get those make sure you read the description as they may require you to have map DLC's. The map DLC's tend to come out 1-2 times per year and typically cost around 12-18 euros depending on the size. When they are released there are typically also community missions that you can do to earn extra stuff, this be interior stuff usually. You can also sometimes get the map DLC's on sale though i usually buy them upon release. Whenever a new map is released SCS tend to have a stream where they give away at least one code for the DLC. If this game and driving simulators/racing games generally is something you will do more off, then i strongly recommend getting a wheel. It will help you so much and make the driving so much easier. As you say though most newer European trucks have automatic transmissions such as the Volvo Ispeed system i think it's called. When i was driving it was primarily manual shifts and the most gears i personally have ever encountered in one was i think 12 or 18 speed. I think they go up to 24 speed or maybe higher even. They would have high and low and some also a split on the side of the shifter.
5:07 the hole in the map is Balkan. Ex Yugoslavia been a partly war zone since the 90`s.
Yes and it's arriving as the next map DLC for ETS2
This is something I was NOT expecting from you but it was nice !
Thank You 🎉👍 You never know what you’ll find sometimes on my channel 😎
there is also the promods version, the map is much bigger, you must have all the existing purchased maps.
Keep on peddling mate. This game is addictive. Advices: learn all the controls and use all features, they are awesome. Use automatic gears, you are doing a poor job manually 😄 ...also auto is more realistic, since everything is auto. Use Sweden or Finland as HQ - awesome double trailer trucks and loads. If you want lots of good cargos, go somewhere central, like Germany, Belgium, France. Buy a garage and start unlocking trucks. If you like the game, buy all the map expansions, they are awesome. It gets pretty interesting when you start doing long trips and ferry crossings to islands. Would love to see more videos
Get yourself a TrackIR, a sensor sits on your monitor and you can clip a metal clip (receiver) onto your cap and when you move your head around and in and out your screen moves around too, like VR but still on your screen. And a wheel and pedals and an Elgato Streamdeck for customised button shortcuts and...... :)
It would be fun to see you test a long trailer that is 19.7 meters (a little over 64 feet) in Sweden or Finland, but it probably only exists as a mods. Not as easy to turn around with one like that. Or drive link and trailer of 25.25 meter total length.
If you want to expand the map out more there is the Promods series of mods, which span all the way from the middle east up into Iceland.
I'd highly recomend giving them a try, though the download will take ages - obviously with such a huge map.
The cities are still condenced down, highly, but have a bit more personality than the default ones.
One caveat about Promods: For that to run, you need all available map DLCs, whereas IWrocker's game seems to be pretty much vanilla, at this point.
Of course, whoever wants to buy DLCs should always wait for a sale. NEVER buy them at the normal price.
But yes, Promods is great. Allows you to drive all the way from Iceland to Turkey. Or even to Israel or Jordan, if you also put on the Middle East add-on.
The problem with promods is that he needs every single map DLC for it. Downloading was ok, took me about a minute to get it.
You can go pretty far with the map mods. ROEX, RusMap, Russia Southern Region (Rostov & North Caucasus area), Promods: The Great Steppe (Kazakhstan).
basic info: before dlc and mods, the grey countries only show what might become available with all the dlc, and the marked starting locations give a better picture of what is available with the current version (plus dlc) that someone has installed. areas near the borders of the installed map (eg northern italy) probably are also only some main routes with not too many smaller connection roads, other details and towns. thus his joy of seeing _"so many countries you can drive to"_ was a bit premature while he only has the vanilla game. it is still a gigantic area to spend hours, days, weeks and months driving around and trying to turn every si gle small road orange to mark them "i was here" :-)
Both Scania and Volvo do make US style (with a bonnet) for Europe, not very common here in the UK though.
What I can say about roundabouts (12:27), I do it always like that:
1st exit (right) - right lane on entry→outer lane→exit
2nd exit (straight) - right lane on entry→outer lane→exit
3nd exit (left) - left lane on entry→inner lane→outer lane (around 2nd exit)→exit
It is illegal to exit from inner lane in most countries, excluding the roundabouts that tell you that it is possible to do so.
That's what happens on airbrake vehicle s, loss of air pressure if you tend to misuse the brakes as if you're driving a hydraulic brake small car, each time you depressed the brake pedal air is forced from the reservoir to the brake booster cylinders and unlike hydraulic systems where the fluid remains inside, the air escapes on air vehicles thus has to be constantly resupplied from the master reservoir which will get depleted and thats why the truck was beeping, now to refill it, you just let it idle up and it will stop beeping once it's full or another trick most drivers use is setting it in neutral and reving it slightly higher than idle to fill it up faster, the brakes will release and you can move again
I know a guy who did the job of a druck driver for some time.
He said he could not drive backwards with the truck.
When we ask him what was if he had to turen, he said the he just was going to a place where he could turn by just driving forward.
Only in Canada I guess. Yes, the guy is Canadian. And he was a truck driver in Canada.
Great video very interesting to see a real truck driver from USA try the game for the first time. I think you can turn off the air pressure warning in the settings if needed, also maybe go with auto (real life) transmission for now until you get used the controls and all the game features. Keep it up as a series I will be subscribing to see more 👍
I’m glad to hear from you and that you enjoyed! 🎉 Much more to come, also may I mention I’m a Big Truck enthusiast certainly but I’m Not a truck driver IRL, just simply a fan 😎 I always loved our big American trucks, and this channel has been amazing at opening my eyes to the world of Euro trucking and the awesome vehicles within it. I’m excited to play the game more and learn a lot 👍😎
Never thought I'd enjoy watching a gaming video but this was awesome! :-D definitely looking forward to part 2!
having lived in Prague, I miss a small detail: the babies crawling up the TV tower!
yes please to more of this!
Management adivse: get your own truck asap.
You need to let the brake pressure build back up before they release - that’s why you couldn’t move. You just need to sit and wait
We need to see and episode where you drive in Scandinavia or other regions in Europe.
The ETS2 developers have really done a good job on the environment in the game.
That’s exactly what I was thinking too. This game is a fun way to kind of discover and “experience” each country/region, thus that being a great theme for episodes 🎉
A tip from me is to learn abt the real life rules/laws of driving and how traffic works that applies in the countries that you play in, I did actually spend some time researching, learning, and practicing those rules when playing ETS2, it's pretty fun to be as realistic as possible. For example, I spent like almost a whole sunday to learn to correctly and lawfully navigate a roundabout in the UK, by watching videos, reading books, etc. Good luck and have fun man.
That’s a great idea and fun take on the game. I tend to be realistic like that so I’ll try to learn some things and apply it to the game experience 🎉
I'm gonna give some background infos I think you should know....
You decided to start the game from Prague, which has been been built 10 years ago, the most recent map instead is Iberia (Spain and Portugal) released in 2021 I believe, so all the environment has next Gen graphic, lots of more details, places looks more realistic overall....
Of course the oldest the map you are driving on the game the less realistic is gonna feel
I've being buying every dlc over time and being playing the game since it release in 2012, a lot has changed.
In 2014 i think they released Scandinavia dlc (Part of Norway, Denmark and part of Sweden) in 2015 Vive la france that added the whole of France (chat correct me if I'm not saying the date well lot of time has past XD I'm going through my personal buying time line that I believe is the same of the release dates of the various dlc)
2016 Italia dlc (the whole of Italy) 2017 Sardinia has been added with a free dlc to Italy 2018 Beyond the Baltic Sea (Part of Finland, little bit of Russia, Lituania, Latvia and Estonia)
2019 i don't remember the name of this actually but it added Romania, Bulgaria and part of turkey
In 2020 the basic part of France (of the basic game with no dlc) and some German highways buillt in the basic game in 2012 received a new modern look with a rebuild that added the next Gen graphic I was talking about to those places...
2021 Iberia (Spain and Portugal)
2022 Austria has been rebuilt with next Gen graphic with a free update
2023 more German highways and some German cities have been rebuilt with next Gen graphic and details
The still "old Gen graphic" places of the game still looking not so realistic like the other places are:
UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Poland, Slovakia, Chekia (former Chezk republic) where you started, and Hungary, hopefully these places will receive a new look like the rest of the map soon, next dlcs coming up are Croatia, Slovenia, Albania and then another dlc that supposed to be released in 2022 but for obvious reasons is been delayed, is "heart of Russia dlc" that add part of Russia all the way to Moscow.
Also the software house scs has confirmed they are currently working on the development of a new dlc with the north part of Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Hope I helped you with this little recap ❤ greetings from Italy.
P.S. In the basic game you can play with your friends or find convoys in some online forums but the real multiplayer side of the game, like the REAL DEAL the DEFINITIVE multilayer of the game is a mod called Truckers MP.
Truckers MP allow you to play up to 4000 players online in the same moment ON THE SAME MAP yes, you got that right, up to 4k players playing on the same godamm map..
Considered the map with all dlcs goes from Atlantic Ocean all the way east to Black Sea in turkey and Romania.... Of course all these players are not in the same spot, but if you go around Calais (the city where you take the ferry boat from France to UK) everyday there are real proper real life looking traffic jams with cars and trucks all over the place stock in traffic like they would be in real life, all these trucks and cars being real life players of course... That's insane
P.P.S. Get a steering wheel asap, it add a whole difference experience to the game.
Respect for shouting out the RL truckers and by default the brakes are essentially always on. It is the air pressure that forces them away and as you can see from your roundabout experience, they are incredibly forceful. Props on the reverse by the way, had the pressure not dropped you would have been there in one. Awesome!
That wasn't bad at all for a beginner. You did alright there. Some driving tips: 1. Especially on right turns you need to go wide due to the length of the trailer. Sometimes I use both lanes when entering and inside small roundabouts to avoid having vehicles on my side. (For obvious reasons) 2. You probably want to get off the gas much earlier when approaching roundabouts, traffic lights, intersections etc. You can then use the brakes to match the speed of other traffic, so you can enter without having to come to a complete stop. 3. Use automatic shifting. That's what everybody does, unless there's a reason to go manual. - Have fun! :)
Keep in mind that european trucks use air for the automated manual, so every time you shift you are using some of the air pressure, when you got locked up parking every time you were about to have enough pressure to unlock the brakes you used it getting the truck in and out of gear, if you check on the cluster you can see the air pressure of the tanks, pretty funny either way and I'm glad you liked driving these trucks
If you want a wheel then I Definitely recommend the Logitech G29. I have had it for at least a year now and its the best I have owned. Also very comfortable due to the lather .
This American loves Europe. I saw he really likes our Czech Tatra Trucks. Now he's decided to play a Czech video game. I expect Czech subtitles in the videos soon, because it is quite obvious that such videos are recommended to Czech viewers. And although not many abroad know it, in the Czech Republic you can understand English at most in Prague, or in offices in larger cities.
This is true
Hi ian. Im a UK truck driver with thirty years behind the wheel of articulated trucks, just like the one you've been driving here. In this country trucks are separated into different classes, the artics (articulated trucks) are class one and the rigids (4 and 8 wheelers without trailers) are class two. We have rigids that pull trailers, they are often known as wagon and drag and when a rigid is connected to a trailer it becomes a class one vehicle and requires the appropriate licence.
Anyway, what prompted me to comment was your surprise at just how much more manoeuvrable cabover trucks are compared to the American style with the nose. I've only ever travelled in the American style trucks a couple of times and only ever as a passenger thanks to needing recovery. For some reason, a lot of truck recovery vehicles here have the American style cabs that sit behind the engine, i dont know why but if you do see that style of cab in the UK it's usually a heavy recovery truck.
The thing about manoeuvrability is that I've always thought American trucks must be a bit of a nightmare for that reason. Being used to being able to turn in and fit into some tight spaces that, even these days, still surprise me i think it must be a lot different in the nose style cabs and, sometimes, even impossible. I've seen loads of American trucks on TV and in videos and photos and they look so long and, sorry to say, a bit unnecessary.
I, also, always think that it can't be easy, in traffic jams for example, to see how close you are to the car, or motorcycle, in front of you and how easy it would be to not see a pedestrian crossing the road right in front of you.
American trucks do look cool, mostly, there are some real shitboxes, but for practicality (and, often, power) you're right, eurotrucks win, hands down. It probably doesnt matter as much in the US though as you seem to have so much space over there, certainly enough to accommodate the trucks you use, easily.
go to display settings, crank up scailing to 400% and your resolution will be crisp(gauges,buttons and everything will be sharp and visible), if its dosent work fully smooth reduce it to 200%, but on default is 75% or 100%. You ll be very happy. This is old game and i doesn t need very strong gpu..gtx 1070/980ti or stronger will do the job.
SCS Software studio, Czech game 😊 Greetings from Prague 😊
The game is from Czech rep. With each map DLC the game looks nicer, UK and central europe are the oldest and simplest maps. There is a video from SCS about their history and how they've got into trucking sims.
th-cam.com/video/aNjNIJnhZIU/w-d-xo.html
And SCS currently is doing a rework of Germany and Austria through free patches so the base game terrain can look up to date graphically when compared to DLC ones.
I got into this last year and have been playing in VR with a force feedback wheel. It's absorbing in a way that's difficult to explain. I love it.
all my trucks have very bright and lively colors ( like skittles), so my company name is "moving skittles". not very cool, but i love it :D
i had prety much always played with pneumo brakes and almost always did rear parking, but i was also stumped when i saw in this video low brake presure warning lol.
aparently i never had drained brake presure that much and didn't even knew what that could even happen ingame.
i have bit more than 400 hours in euro truck sim 2
a series would be cool 👍
Can't wait to see more 'Murica trucking! Go Ian (and yeah, you have to move further into the parking space for it to count, but we love you regardless ;) )
Sorry I missed this until now, and I hope you're still having fun with the game! I was hoping you had put up more content for it on your youtube channel but I didn't see anything...
A few things about the game that it won't tell you up front, that you may want to be aware of.
1 - there are a ton of realistic assists available straight up in the game that you might want to make use of. For one, there's a voice navigation option with a couple of different optional voices, and one of the mods on Steam has a whole set of additional voices. That might help reduce embarrassing accidents with driving into the wrong yard. :) Some of the other assists that were added really recently are Adaptive Cruise Control (which automatically keeps the distance to the vehicle in front above a target number, very helpful when you're driving on a highway with elevation differences); and Emergency Brake Assist (which will stop your vehicle if there's an obstacle). In the very latest added trucks there's also a blindspot warning and possibly lane keeping assist.
2 - most highway trucks in Europe typically run automated manual gearboxes - it's a real gearbox, the truck just does the shifting for you unless you say otherwise. In manual mode, you use the control "Gear shift up" to shift from reverse to neutral to 1st to 2nd etc, and "gear shift down" to shift from 2nd to 1st to neutral to reverse. In Automatic mode, you use those same controls to go from reverse to neutral to forward and vice versa, but you can still instruct the gearbox to shift by using the control "gear shift hint up and down". I drive on an Xbox controller, and I've set it up so that D-pad up and down are gear shift up and down, and left thumbstick up and down are Gear shift hint up and down, as they're otherwise unassigned. (throttle is right trigger and brake is left). This way I can make sure the truck is in the gear *I* want even when the truck thinks otherwise, without having to worry about manually shifting under most circumstances.
3 - On the map, the gray areas are the countries where the *full* game map extends to if you've bought all the DLC, but you only get city dots for the areas you've actually bought. With the relevant DLC, you can indeed drive all the way to Spain and Portugal in the southwest, to Turkey in the southeast, to Finland (but only partway up) in the northeast, and halfway up Norway in the Northwest. The next DLC slated for release is the Balkans (basically everything except Greece), and the one we suspect will be next after that will be the rest of northern Scandinavia.
4 - You may have noticed already, but your first drive in the game will always be the truck you picked as your preferred truck during profile creation, and it will always be maxed out. It will take quite a while before you're able to buy a truck just like that though because horsepower and stuff is limited by your level. If it's still relevant to you after three weeks of playing off screen, I would suggest staying in "loaner" trucks for a bit to get a feel for what the different brands are like while building up your level and you bank account.
5 - Just because the part is more expensive doesn't always mean it's better. This goes especially for chassis - unless you're planning on hauling special transports (which is a mission type requiring a DLC) or heavy cargo (which is also a DLC), you'll never need a 6x4 or 8x4 chassis. And while having 700+ horsepower to play with is fun, it's sort of overkill, and wanting the biggest engine will keep you from trying some of the nicer to drive "normal" trucks out there.
6 - the modding community for the game is nuts, and there's a ton of excellent mods out there that will allow you to customize your truck or improve the visual fidelity by a bunch. Bear in mind though that the game gets updated very regularly and many mods break when a patch comes along. Be careful when you select which mods to put in your game.
This was a fun and entertaining video! It looked fun and now I'm interested in trying ETS out. I play a lot of video games, but for some reason I haven't played this. 20 euros on Steam is not bad for hundreds of hours of gameplay.
I was very impressed and I barely scratched the surface. I’d say it’s worth it, lots and lots more gameplay to explore 😎
Glad your on ETS2. Fake brands but are mods to show real brands/petrol stations. Map can be expanded with country DLC packs. Lots more mods to make it more realistic. Looking forward to more videos
Good job for backing up the trailer! I think you did it amazing!🎉
Hell yeah ! try Open Pipe V8 sound mods, or trucks with open pipe soud. I know you also love that sound, an it's pretty cool in the game also
Funny, here I'm sitting in Europe and playing American Truck Simulator. :D
And yes, right turns are a thing in Europe, if you want to lose your licence.^^
Hey, try to open the windows (yes you can do that) and listen to the engine!
Right on red is a thing in Poland, but there is an separate indicator that tells you when it is legal.
@@darek4488 if it is a lit arrow, it is part of the traffic light.
the "right on red" he was talking about is similar (but the opposite) of the unlit green arrow traffic sign in germany: in the usa they usually have a "right on red allowed" rule unless a sign says "no right on red", while we have a general "red always means red" rule unless permitted by an extra unlit "right green arrow" traffic sign next to the traffic lights (but NOT part of traffic lights, and to be treated as a stop sign for those who chose to turn right on red)
@@darek4488 Not all intersections in Poland have a separate indicator.
I love how when European think that "right on red" in legal on every intersection in Europe. It's like most Europeans forget or don't know what legal or not in their countries.
Its a Czech game, so Prague for start was a good choice :))
Right turn on red: only if there´s a green arrow sign attached to the traffic light. I think that´s also mostly a thing in Germany and not that common at all.
I’m going to love to see you handel doubletrailer combos in scandinavia. Keep em coming.
Hello,
2 friends of mine, both truck drivers in real life, have been playing ETS for years. Both of them love ETS and also ATS.
According to their statement, the companies are "almost" correct. Letters were turned around or the real name got a small change.
But the landscapes and the streets should be real.
As far as I can remember, new countries kept coming. It also had something to do with the level.
ETS seems extremely realistic.
There are driving times that have to be observed, violations of the road traffic regulations were also punished as in real life.
Greetings from Germany
24:52 Shift into neutral and accelerate until the air pressure fills up, that's why the truck does not move and a beep alert is heard.
Hey Ian, I was so happy to hear you're interested in this and your first episode had all the classics:
-oh crap, gotta set up my buttons
-I pulled out of that lot kinda smooth
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-whoops, didn't see that family there.. welp
If you feel like reviving the gaming channel, what other games would you imagine doing besides ETS?
Awesome video and I'm really happy to see you try ETS2 out. Ngl tho the company name caught me of guard lol
As a fellow Scania S730 user, I'll share with you some useful (probably) info:
On the screen between the RPM and Speed gauges (the one that you saw the scania logo pop up on) it has 3 green bars. The top 2 indicate the air pressure on the truck and the trailer (both are basically the same) and the third bar is the oil pressure (I think. You don't need it though.). All I can recommend to you is to relax. Since you have more experience than me in driving, you have probably thought of it already, but take advantage of the controler... pedal... things(?). A bit of pressure on the brake pedal is enough to do the job.
Also, try to keep the RPM around 1300-1500 bc it's more efficient both in terms of torque and fuel economy.
The gearbox you used has 12 speeds in total. You can start an unloaded truck on gear 5. You can start on lower gears if you are pulling a trailer (gear depends on weight ofc.). You can also skip a gear or to (e.g. 3-5-8-9). From gears 9-12 I recommend taking them one by one, since the have enough gear ratio difference thing (idk what to call it lol). Here's the perfect gears for cruising around (based on experience):
50kph (31mph) - 9th gear
50-60kph (31-37mph) - 10th gear
60-80kph (43-50mph) - 11th gear
80+kph (50+mph) - 12th gear
Top speed is around 150-160 on a flat road. Max I've achieved while going downhill was 170 (23T load. Don't ask why -- idk myself).
And one last thing, right turns on red lights are NOT legal in EU. You didn't get fined because the light turned green last moment (I saw the cars stopping.).
Should you have any questions, feel free to ask me. I'll be happy to help. Keep up the good work!
Hey, annex, I did this Job in real life for about 33 years, rode europe-wide and took a great level of expirience from this. You have NO idea how hard it is to be a Truckdriver, abiding all the regulations which almost everytime make your life so so much harder. But I have to admit, without driving I would have missed the best expiriences of my life. Nevertheless I enjoy playing it virtually. AND! yeah, you should definitevely make a series from it. Looking forward for it.
I am playing it since 2015, I have there over 5,000 hours driven. My favourite trucks are Scania NG, Volvo FH, DAF XG+, New MAN TGX. It's a great game.
This was fun to watch. Shame about the white car. And in Europe you are not allowed to turn right through a red light. Greetings from Spakenburg, the Netherlands.
There is nothing real with loosing air pressure while normally driving and maneuvering, is just the game overthinking the reality.
I have over 250 hours in ETS 2 and over 100 hours in American. Ever since I tried that game at one of my friends place, I was sold. I bought a steering wheel and a Stream Deck for short cut buttons. It's a simple game on the surface but has a lot of depth depending on how you want to play. You don't need to be a pro to enjoy it and it also looked like you were having a lot of fun with it. Have a wonderful and fantastic continues day, my good American friend.
Great video, funny to see someone new to the game, keep this going as a series please
I like see you playing this game you can travel in europe ahahah i from portugal i waiting your visit in your truck😂 for me you can make some videos like this its more good videos for your great channel
A lot of fun watching this! thanks! But remember ... in Europe doesn't work the "red on light, turn on right" thing because you will be fined! (not always ETS2 do this but in many cities it works)