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Euro Truck Sim 2 |OT| - it's like Elite, but in a big rig and in Europe
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Felix Lighter
Member
I've paid off my loans and I'm near 200,000 in the bank and it's growing quickly. Now it's time to start expanding beyond my 3 driver team.
Is this with the vanilla game or do you have the map pack installed?
Felix Lighter
Member
I have the map pack.
Last night I got my first "Excellent" delivery since using the wheel. Feels good, man.
In hindsight, I feel like I should have adjusted the sensitivity on the steering when I was using a controller. I find it so much easier to whip the wheel around in certain situations, especially when parking.
In hindsight, I feel like I should have adjusted the sensitivity on the steering when I was using a controller. I find it so much easier to whip the wheel around in certain situations, especially when parking.
Sye d'Burns
Member
As a level 26 Sye d'Burns sits in Bern contemplating retirement, Burt Burton in Zurich has just reached level 11. I wouldn't say I'm playing smarter but I think I'm playing better, or at least in a more realistic manner. The last go round, I focused heavily on getting my long haul maxxed out early and getting all points in the map discovered while strategically locating my garages across the map. Zurich typically has a lot of time sensitive deliveries so I dropped my first two points into Just In Time. I've been distributing points more suited to the needs of my environs and staying much closer to home on the map, with only three points invested distance.
It's been an entirely different experience. Allotted time permitting, I've been trying to hit some of those B roads, particularly in Switzerland and Italy that I bypassed for expediency's sake with my other character. The trips are typically much shorter, topping out around 8 hours or so. It's been much less demanding and even more relaxing in its own way.
Ultimately, I'm just throwing up even more artificial barriers to deepen the experience as, I've come to believe, for me, that I didn't go far enough in my previous game. My one complaint with the game is that it's just too easy to get on top of the money and ride the wave to success.
With my other character, if I invested earnestly rather than sitting on the money, I could've been buying new garage every 2-3 days. I think this time, I'm going to try expanding regionally as opposed to a pan-European level. Maybe, instead of throwing my first garage in Berlin or Manchester, I'll put it in Italy or Austria. If nothing else, I guess I'll conquer Europe in a more orderly fashion.
Nice!
I've been using a 360 controller and I have the sensitivity on steering is just about maxxed out with a minimal dead zone. It works well for driving but I'd imagine that it's an acquired taste. If I were going at speed, I'd surely flip the truck if I jerked the stick rather than gently nudge it.
Nice. My Xbox wheel is screwed up so I started playing with a controller and its jarring how much different it is. It's not so bad when you are cuising down the highway but around town the steering is sooooooooo slow its unbearable. I was spoiled with the wheel, whipping the wheel around while at low speeds especially while parking is so much easier than using the analog sticks. I think I need to crank the sensitivity up higher but it gets so touchy at speed, I just need to get used to it.
Or buy a g27 
statham
Member
me after upgrading my truck with a bigger engine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi8EzvjeeCk&t=3m25s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi8EzvjeeCk&t=3m25s
Oneironaut
Neo Member
Awesome.
Felix Lighter
Member
Oh man, this is going to break the map mod. Hopefully my save game won't lock me out of the expansion.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Sweet! Looks good too.
Yeah, I actually made a backup of my save game file before I installed the map mod, if my save is incompatible with the expansion then I'll just revert to my pre-TSM save.
Caesar III
Member
state_vector_collapse
Member
I assume it's perfectly normal to have pedestrians ticked in the options menu and not see a living soul on your travels?
And gulp at that expansion. I wonder if you could deactivate the map mod, save the game and it save it as a normal file, and then keep that save safe for the official expansion. I'm loving the game, but really don't want to start from scratch again.
And gulp at that expansion. I wonder if you could deactivate the map mod, save the game and it save it as a normal file, and then keep that save safe for the official expansion. I'm loving the game, but really don't want to start from scratch again.
Ciastek3214
Junior Member
Oh Jesus Christ no.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I just realized Extreme Trucker 2 is $10 cheaper if you buy it direct:
http://www.extremetrucker2.com/buy.php
http://www.extremetrucker2.com/buy.php
Ciastek3214
Junior Member
Would you rather let them have DLC Truck types ala Train Simulator?
Neither. Free or bust.
notoriousKTR
Member
Whoops. Missed that. Too busy looking at the pictures.
exmachina64
Banned
In my veins!
Sye d'Burns
Member
Face it Tiger..
Banned
I don't see why this game has any appeal..
you drive big rigs.. in yurop
#trollssuperiorthreads
you drive big rigs.. in yurop
#trollssuperiorthreads
CarbonRevenge
Banned
There's texture scaling if you don't know about it. Go to graphical settings and set the scaling to higher than what it is. It should allow for higher graphic fidelity with the higher the scaling.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Oh sweet, a Scandinavia mod is being made and out very soon? (Maybe this week?) Norway images http://www.promods.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15
Narrow roads! Spiralling roads!
Narrow roads! Spiralling roads!
I don't think it's worth 39.99 or whatever the original price was, but at 9.99 it's worth it. Pretty relaxing way to end the day (and I hate driving usually).
Wish Greece, Spain and Portugal got some love. They're in Europe too.
Looks very nice, but could still be a bit narrower and more mountainous in my opinion. That doesn't do justice to some of the roads I saw in Norway
True, but more may not be shown, and in any case it will fill the narrow road gap until SCS does an official one.
FaustsBoon
Member
Same here. KB/Mouse seems excellent considering how non-twitchy the game is.
My Oculus Rift arrives today, and now all I need is the Euro-Truck beta that includes the compatibility!!!
I couldn't park if I had a gun pointed to my head with a gamepad. With KB/m, piece of cake.
Lucky mofo. Would love to play this with the rift. Post impressions whenever you have a chance.
So, I checked out the demo of this, for no other reason than to verify my uninformed opinion that this was the dumbest thing to ever happen. I loaded it up, called everything I saw stupid, and begrudgingly picked a truck and started the game.
Then I started playing.
I have a weird amount of trouble admitting this, but I actually really enjoyed what I played. It's incredibly relaxing and laid back. Looking both ways before I pull out into a street, actually stopping at stop lights, checking my blind spots. It sounds so mundane and, well, stupid, but I really got into it on a level that I never would have suspected. I can't believe that I'm saying this, but I think I'll purchase it.
What is happening? Is this real life?!
Then I started playing.
I have a weird amount of trouble admitting this, but I actually really enjoyed what I played. It's incredibly relaxing and laid back. Looking both ways before I pull out into a street, actually stopping at stop lights, checking my blind spots. It sounds so mundane and, well, stupid, but I really got into it on a level that I never would have suspected. I can't believe that I'm saying this, but I think I'll purchase it.
What is happening? Is this real life?!
exmachina64
Banned
Welcome to the club. Many of us joined during the Steam sale.