Greetings,
Starting of with tad of unfortunate news right away: we had to
postpone the Achievements update of Euro Truck Simulator 2 to get extra
two weeks for additional polish. Sorry about that little delay, it's
almost there and still coming, just a bit later this September.
Now the good stuff
During feature development, lots of time is spent discussing the
designs and how the gameplay is revolving around particular feature and
how to evolve it further. However we realized we seldom shared such kind
of behind the scenes info with you...
One of the features that has been under discussion for a long time is another type of DLC - Rigid Trucks.
Having rigids in the game brings quite a bit of challenges for us
- the developers, as we would have to touch an established gameplay
formula, and for you - the drivers, as backing these beasts is far from
easy!
Naturally we need to take care of seamless in-game integration,
with physics, economy, loading / unloading places infrastructure...
There is both good and bad there, this challenge may persuade us to
reconsider the concept of trailer ownership. But you know us, the more
ambitious we are in altering the gameplay, the more time we typically
take to make this happen. We will push to arrive to a broad concept of
trailer ownership, though here we will start with one particular case - a
swap body trailer on which you'll be loading the containers, cisterns
and other loads suitable for rigid truck transportation.
For a driver, this is going to be a whole new challenge,
especially when it comes to loading and unloading cargo. So in case you
thought your parking skill is near perfection with ETS2, think again! :)
Rigids with attached swap body trailer will test your maneuvering
skills again. Of course, if you are not a hardcore player or just prefer
just to chill out and ride, auto-parking feature is still at your
disposal.
