Today we are releasing a bunch of new paint job DLCs with United Kingdom flags.
It is partly an experiment into this type of content, to see if it
catches on with players and should be pursued for more countries. Would
you like to see something similar created for your country as well? It
is also a result of discussions with our UK retail publishing partner;
something to spice up the contents of a new boxed re-release of Euro
Truck Simulator 2 coming to UK store shelves at the end of this week.
Nurturing the retail market is still strategic for us, even in the world
of digital distribution becoming more and more dominant. The irony is
that this new UK box will actually contain Steam-only activation codes –
this is where the industry is going, with the UK market at the
forefront of the trend.
Our release slate recently has been focused quite a lot on the cosmetics
side, but don’t despair! We have a ton of deeper, more interesting
features and content in development for Euro Truck Simulator 2, we just
need time to finish and polish it for new game updates and expansions.
A short video showing a work in progress of the Doverline VTC ( virtual trucking company ) skin, not many players like this truck, I like it, it would be better if SCS included a satnav for it like some of the other trucks, thats the main thing with it
Update 1.10 for Euro Truck Simulator 2 is focused on improving the range
of truck paint effects. The game is getting new custom paint options
now that allow you to tune the trucks to take on very cool metallic
paint look.
The standard game interface allows to mix the color
components of the metallic paint, but in fact the technology allows for
quite a bit more tricks.
We have bundled a sampling of such tricks into a new Steam
mini-DLC for the game. The Metallic Paint Jobs DLC can be yours for
free, all you need to do is to (1) become a registered member of World
of Trucks (worldoftrucks.com), and (2) use the code you will get there on Steam.
We are aware that this will once again be viewed by non-Steam game
players as controversial, but we really have no alternate delivery and
update method for mini-DLCs available.
Steam makes it so much easier for game developers to support their games
long-term, and to concentrate on just on game development itself rather
than on distribution and related support issues. We are seriously
considering shifting all updates and expansions to Steam infrastructure
over time, most likely in 6-12 months timeframe. But we are not quite
so far, the 1.10 update is hitting Steam now, but you can be sure that
it will be also available for retail copy of the game in a couple of
days.
We hope that the free Metallics DLC will indicate that with Steam we are
striving to provide you with better service from us in the future. We
do not plan to leave anybody behind; all genuine Product Keys we have
ever issued for Euro Truck Simulator 2 can activate the game on Steam.
Here is the 1.10 update change-log:
Code
Support for metallic paint jobs
Fixed possible rare hang or crash
Physics parameters of the fifth wheel are configurable in physics.sii
Data
Updated accessories to support paint jobs
Corrected speed limits in Austria, Belgium and Germany
Tweaked prices and unlock levels of some accessories
Fixed acceleration of traffic
Tweaked accessories of traffic trucks (badges, mirrors and sunshields)
Well I am making my way through the trucks and trailers slowly, but its a
slow process some times, and after rechecking some of my work, I had to
redo so of the models I thought I had finished, but this also gave me a
reason to add some extra to make the doverline skins seems a bit more
real, a few screenshots of 2 examples of these, both Renault truck model
skins have been re-worked and touched up to remove some little bugs,
now what do you think?
