New Video Due Soon

A man can only take so much right?......well my 12 year old son seems to know this better than most, and has constantly been asking can he play Euro Truck Simulator 2, I tried to explain to him that I need the time left to find and report problems and as the games map is so big that it takes alot of time to cover as much of it as I can ( this is my excuse and I am sticking to it ok!! ), I don't think he believed me and kept on, so in the end ( anything for a quiet life ) I gave in and allowed him a short trip which I should have ready for the fans of the game tomorrow.

Do I hear you ask which route I allowed my son to drive the truck, well it was from Strasbourg To Reims, which is about 170 game miles, about 20mins give or take, which seemed to keep him happy.

While I was adding this post to my blog, I thought I would add a extra couple of screenshots to keep your Euro Truck Simulator 2 hunger at bay for at least until the video is ready.

Screenshot above is of a Majestic truck, which has been upgraded, screenshot's below is action shots taken from another load I completed while I recorded it as I might even upload yet another video.

I have also added a few more screenshots to the forums the link for this is here for anybody wishing to view them, there are a total of 24 screenshots in forums thread

Update

With Euro Truck Simulator 2, due for release soon, I have not really had a vast amount of time to record more video's for the blog and forums, so I thought I would just add a couple of screenshots from the game.

The screenshot above is from the driver's seat of the Scania R730 that was featured in my last post on the blog, which has now done over 10 thousand game miles ( which can been seen in the above picture on the dashboard ), in less than three days I have driven over 10 thousand miles with this truck alone, as you can imagine the map featured in ETS2 is rather large so takes quite a long time to travel around while looking for problems that need to be reported, however we can not guarantee to find every single problem before the game's release in eight days ( 19th Oct is the offical release date ), but you might now understand that the beta testers and SCS are working like crazy to find/fix everything that they can.

The following screenshots show some of the traffic jams that can often happen in ETS2, I love how realistic some of them actually are, and you can spend a fair amount of time wating your turn to cross traffic lights, or a railway crossing etc.

Screenshot above shows that AI traffic is starting to buildup behind my truck while I was waiting for the lights to change.

Screenshot below shows the traffic jam in front of my truck at the lights, and this is alot smaller than it was when I first joined the queue of traffic as I was not going to take a screenshot of the traffic but then decided that I would and even write a little about it on the blog.

Screenshot below shows the same as the screenshot above but using the external view instead.

I will try to record another video over the next day or so, keep checking back on the blog and the forums for more updates.

M@x

Update On My New Scania

I got a bit bored of my bright orange Scania R730 more or less after completing the last video, which is of course just after I bought the new Scania for my in game fleet, my old truck is now being driven by a new company employee, I buy a brand new truck, cover around 30 thousand game miles in it, then hire a driver for it and replace it with a brand new truck.

Anyway I love the new paint job on my Scania so much I thought I would add a couple of screenshots to the blog, so everybody can enjoy them.

Below are a couple of screenshots of the old paint job on my Scania, thought I would also add them so you can compare these to the upgraded paint job.

And here are the pictures from the new paint job, right before I completed the upgrade, shes a beauty now huh?

I know what you going to say right?........its still bright orange, well it is very simular colour to that of the original pain on the truck, but the design is a real nice bit of craftmanship.

For all those out there that like the idea of getting stuck in real situations while playing Euro Truck Simulator 2, like for example being stuck behind a load of other traffic on smaller roads where it is virtually impossible to overtake them, is in for a real treat, ETS2 does this job very well at certain times of the day/night, there can be a very large number of other traffic on the roads, and traffic jams are inevitable, a small example is shown below in a simple forum of a screenshot, showing the amound of AI cars that was in front of me on a "A" road, which being in a truck that is limited to 55mph means that I could not get past until a dual carriageway far far down the road

As you might be able to see from the screenshot above, there is a long line of AI traffic in front of me on this part of the road.

Well I am now starting to look for idea's for my next gameplay video, so please keep checking back on the blog and the forums for more information, video's and of course more screenshots.

M@x

ETS2 - Beta - Innsbruck To Kassel

Short video of a delivery in the Beta of Euro Truck Simulator 2, driving a Scania R730 left hand drive.

Truck - Scania R730
Cargo - Sugar
Travel From - Innsbruck
Destination - Kassel
Game Distance - 408Miles
Actual Time - 40Mins Approx

A nice drive, though some of Euro Trucks Simulator 2 country side, with tight winding roads, loverly scenery.

Please be aware that there may be slight inperfections in this video, as video editing is not my strong point, but I am hopefully doing enough to scrape by without embarassing myself to much. I hope you enjoy the video, I know I enjoyed recording it.

My Forums Located Here

Computer Specs This Was Recorded On,

Foxconn G31 Motherboard
Q6600 2.4Quad CPU
3Gb DDR2 @800Mhz
MSI N550GTX-Ti 1Gb GDDR5 Graphics Card
500Gb Sata II Harddrive
17Inch Dell LCD Monitor
Offical Xbox 360 Force feed Back Steering Wheel & Pedals.

Below is a small screenshot for a customised Renault Magnum

 Below is another screenshot this time of the MAN TGX I have driven this truck in the game 31thousand miles, and now I have a new Truck the Scania Featured in this latest video

And Finally below is a few screenshots of the brandnew Scania R730 I bought to replace the MAN TGX that is in the screenshots above, hope you like her shes a beauty.

Please remember that the game is still in the early beta stages and you might see or hear problems in this video, the beta testers are finding as many problems with the game as they can, and the dedicated SCS team are working very long hours trying to fix them.

For More Information on ETS2 And Other Games By SCS, Goto The SCS Blog - http://blog.scssoft.com/
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/eurotrucksimulator2
SCS Website - http://scssoft.com/
ETS2 Website - http://www.eurotrucksimulator2.com/ (Now Live )

Please do not ask me where you can get this game from it is not even out on release and this is of course a beta version of the game, the game is due for release on the 19/10/20

A Few Screenshots

Well it's that time of day again, where I update the blog and the forums, this time I have opted for screenshots instead of a video......I can hear you screaming at your monitors why?.........well it's simple, I am looking out for a delivery in the game, that I might consider recording, this seems a very easy decision you think, well it is not that straight forward as you might think, there are in excess of 27 pages of deliverys available for the entire map, with on average 7 loads per page, now you might have the idea?.

Anyway back to the matter at hand, I love this game, it is not only beautiful to look at it is very realistic, more so on the night time driving, this is my favorite time to play, with all the addon lights on full beam if really lights up the game world, unlike previous simulator games where the auxiliary lights on the mods where only for show, this time they actually work and improve visibility immensely, and as the picture below shows ( a picture is worth a thousand words ) that they also shine a side light when the headlights are switched on.

The screenshot below shows the same truck as the screenshot above, but this time with the main beam on, including the auxiliary light on the roof and front of the tractor unit ( truck ) cab.

Screenshot below shows the same truck with the main beam on but this time from inside the trucks cab, the truck in these featured screenshots is my favorite in the game the MAN TGX.

Now some screenshots of a trucker's nightmare, traffic jams, truckers it seems spend half their time stuck in them, and there is not really a lot you can do to avoid them, because being in a truck which is restricted to certain small roads, there is no option to go around alot of the problems that a normal car driver can avoid, because some of these roads a truck would never be able to fit down safely.

And no the truck in this pictures is not pink, it looks pinks, but is in fact a custom paint job, but the brake lights on the AI traffic in front of me shine onto the trucks paint and make it resemble a light shade of pink.

Well I think this is enough of a update for now, and will fingers crossed satisfy your hunger for more news and pictures of this long awaited sequel of Euro Truck Simulator.

I will keep you updated on the next video and truck that will feature in my next video in the next day or so, until then enjoy the screenshots above.

M@x