American Truck Simulator

[[TC]►Bez◄]

I can't wait for this!!!

[[TC]►Bez◄]

[SO•Yukine]

[Blade3562]

I'm really excited but I'm afraid of mapping limitations and such. Really hoping my area was done well we have several huge highway intersections in the aa as well as lots of manufacturing. In my hometown of Lancaster, PA we had a bridge/steel I beam company that built and then shipped these massive beams if only that place exists in the game too haha.

The exact trucks I remember

[[TC]►Bez◄]

I think they are only doing North America at the moment, then adding more parts of America as DLC.

[[TC]►Ras◄]

I understood that they are doing the west coast first.

[Blade3562]

The U.S. is gynormous compared to Europe. I hope this one is to scale if not I can find another.

[[TC]►Ras◄]

Yeah, that's probably the reason why they are starting with just one part of the US, since that would be pretty big itself.

[[TC]►Bez◄]

(2015-02-04 14:23)Ras Wrote:  I understood that they are doing the west coast first.

Ah yeah West Coast, brain fart

[Blade3562]

ETS 2 currently only covers maybe 5-10 states. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out. Our road system is entirely different from Europes I'm intrigued to see how it turns out. I'm hoping for a GMC Crackerbox and an old Peterbilt log truck haha

Edit: also truck modification over here is HUGE! Every truck is different. ETS shops don't even hold a candle. Fenders,cowls, frames, cabs, lights, stacks, trailers if you own your own etc

[Weelob]

Anyone know when it's expected to be released?

[Toni]

No release dates yet, but im thinking august-november like.

[[TC] Howlin]

Stickied the thread as it's probably going to become a popular topic.

As for my thoughts on the game, looks like it's going to be epic, always loved huge American trucks and it will be a nice change from the normal European trucks on ETS2.

[Ph4nToM]

I loved ETS but as a Canadian i had never even saw those trucks in my life. It will be nice to play with the American trucks.

[Fatteeh]

(2015-02-04 15:41)Weelob Wrote:  Anyone know when it's expected to be released?

August 10, according to their publisher
http://www.excalibur-publishing.com/game...simulator/

[SO•Yukine]

SCS don't publish any date because they are unsure of them.
Those dates are only speculations.

[Borja]

Well ,these cities are looking very well

[SO•Yukine]

Quote:

Trailer drop-off redesign

Today we would like to talk about a different approach to dropping off trailers at the destination for delivery that we are about to introduce with American Truck Simulator.

We wanted more variety, and implement it in a way similar to what would be happening in a real-world situation. Upon arrival to the destination, you are expected to stop at the gate's activation point (just as you already do when picking cargo in Freight Market). This emulates the dialogue the driver would have in this situation with his dispatcher or the gate-keeper to get instructions on the particular spot or bay for unloading.


The feature is still under evolution as we get lots of feedback from beta testing, but above you can see a possible - very schematic - user interface presentation we are trying now. (So far the feedback is telling us we need to be clearer about the kind of challenge ahead, so we may still improve the user interface.)

In American Truck Simulator, the majority of cargo terminals has been designed to contain several alternate spots for dropping off trailers. Some are easier to manoeuvre into, some harder. The game will select one of the more difficult spots randomly, and this will be the spot at which you are requested to drop the trailer off during this particular delivery. But a fall-back spot will be also offered for the drivers who don't feel up to the challenge (and there will also be an offer to skip any need for parking the trailer whatsoever, just as it was possible anytime in ETS2). There will also be varying XP rewards based on difficulty of the maneuvers needed to park the truck & trailer in the particular spot.

We believe that this added variety will be appreciated by our fans, it is kind of a mini-game inside the game that breaks up the monotony of deliveries that we had in ETS2. In fact if we do see positive feedback from ATS about it, over time we'd like to come and revisit our existing Euro Truck Simulator 2 cargo depots to allow for more spots for trailer drop-off as well.

If you are not in favor of more UI windows popping up on you and breaking your "flow" through the game, there will be a new entry in Gameplay Options to set your preference there - whether you always prefer to take on the more complex challenge - where the company "really" wants it - or just mostly settle for the easiest back-up unload spots.

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[Borja]

Looks very interesting , and its good to see that they are working on new things

[[TC-R] Sam]

Looks good, looking forward to playing it, got almost 80 hours on ETS2!