Hosted Blog Post - Impressions from the DLC

SCS updated their blog with the following post, on Monday, August 12, 2013

The following is a direct transcript of text written by a long-term fan and supporter of our games, currently helping us with beta testing of the Going East! add-on for ETS2:

SCS Software decided to invite only a few chosen people to start playing and testing their upcoming project – DLC for ETS2. I have a big pleasure to be among them. It is so important for me, because most of added terrain in the DLC is terrain of Poland – the country when I live.

If you are not from Poland, you must know that Polish roads are really specific. Most of main roads are tight, narrow and going through hundreds of towns and cities. What is more, the condition of them is rather bad. On the other hand, many of them are now under renovation or reconstruction.

The producers of DLC had such a difficult job to do. They had to show Polish road network as much worse than in the Western Europe, but on the other hand as one which is under intensive reconstruction. What is more, Polish fanbase had big expectations connected with Going East DLC. We all know that is impossible to build every bigger city (Poland has 16 voivodeships, 11 of them would be included in game, as cities with landmarks and cargos), add hundreds of towns, thousands of kilometeres of ratty roads.

I think that SCS had done such a good job. Much better than me and most of Polish fans were expecting. Many people were thinking that SCS would make roads in Poland as boring, straight, wide motorways, without any climate. They were mistaken. Admittedly, they haven't included furrows in Polish roads, but they made them as they should look: tight, narrow, and full of roadcrosses. You can do deliveries in only 11 of 16 capitals of voivodeships, but on the other hand you are allowed to go through few smaller cities and towns. The map is also full of landmarks and beautiful places. I was shocked when I saw the characteristic railway bridge near Lublin – city where I come from. I don't want to leak everything about map, so I will just add, that you must explore Masurian Lakeland.

Don't be surprised when comfortable, wide motorway suddenly ends, and you will be forced to leave it and continue your journey going through switchback road.

The map is now under the beta tests. As one of testers, I must tell that it has less bugs than I expected. I hope that we will not find too many bugs and it would be released by local publishers as expected – in September 2013. The map is little bit unequal. It has its better and worse parts. I hope that we, as beta testers, will help SCS to equalize and polish it.

Piotrek

Life Of A Virtual Trucker Part 15 part 2

Frankfurt To Calais  Part 2
Well here is the second part to the Calais Run, if you wish to see a particular truck at the end of the next episode then the time is now to vote at the moment the votes are tied with 1 for Daf and 1 for the Volvo Fh, so what are you waiting for?
Disclaimer – All music played during this video is copyrighted by the original authors.

Life Of A Virtual Trucker Part 15

Life Of A Virtual Trucker Part 15 Frankfurt To Calais ) Part 1

Well there was a slight change of plans today when my planner contacted me, another of our drivers truck broke down with a major gearbox problem, and instead of heading to the UK for my Scania R730 to have her service I have had to cover his load, a tanker full of Oil bound for Calais, but it is not to bad, as I am not far from the Uk and only a short hop over on the Euro tunnel, should be a short hop over to swap trucks, have we decided with make and model I shall be taken on the next trip, as at the end episode 16 I shall be picking the loaner truck up ready for my next load, so if you want to see a particular truck in episode 16 then see it in action in episode 17 then now is the time for your votes

Spin Tyres Beta Build 120713Dev

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 Notice the graphics have been really improved, check out the mud/water splatter, also keep a close eye each of the wheels, you can actually see the rubber flexing going over objects while driving, cant wait for the full version of this game to come out

Going East!

After a long development time, finally the first Euro Truck Simulator 2 add-on is undergoing final beta testing. Some online stores have already revealed the final name of the upcoming add-on, but this is the first time we are officially announcing it here - the first DLC's name will be:

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Going East!

We think that the new part of Europe built for this add-on looks even better then anything we have created before. You can take a look at a few countryside places from Poland, on routes between Lublin, Łódź, Warszawa and Ostrava. We'll be taking a lot more screenshots during testing now to keep you entertained.