Euro Truck Simulator 2 News

We have loved sharing with you our progress on Washington, and with the final touches being made to the map, we are now ready to confirm a date...



We hope that this short trailer will give you a small glimpse on what you will be able to experience for yourself very soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfMXLvxqgoI
And as you can see for yourself, Washington will be rich in content for drivers to explore.

• 3,800 miles of dense road network
  
• 16 brand new cities (Vancouver, Longview, Aberdeen, Olympia, Tacoma, Seattle, Everett, Port Angeles, Bellingham, Omak, Wenatchee, Yakima, Kennewick, Grand Coulee, Spokane, Colville)
  
• More than 20 landmark bridges
  
• 10 original truckstops
  
• Keystone-Port Townsend Ferry
  
• Spokane swing bridge
  
• Grand Coulee dam
  
• Washington's iconic mountains (Mount St. Helens and Mt. Rainier)
  
• Challenging logging cliff road
  
• Dynamic speed limits and LED signs
  
• New unique cargoes: aircraft engines, piggy back trucks, boat...
  
• Large and realistic ports (Seattle, Tacoma, Everett)
  
• Many unique junctions
  
• Distinct company docks: yacht builders, vast farms, material storages...
  
• Washington-specific achievements to unlock
  

With the upcoming release of this map expansion, you will see news, reviews, images, and videos appearing online this coming weekend. With a plan to lift the embargo, the media as well as trusted friends of SCS Software will be able to openly start showing their footage from the map.

Additionally, on Thursday the 6th and Saturday the 8th of June we will be hosting a special Washington stream (on both our Twitch and Steam) featuring gameplay of the new map expansion and special guests who were involved in the making of Washington. They will be guiding you through this new state, hosting giveaways, talking with you in the chats and much more, so make sure to tune in from 4pm UTC on Thursday and 5pm UTC on Saturday!

Related Washington posts: announcement, urban landmarks, prefab building, logging cliff road, farming, landscapes, Kenworth Renton assembly plant, Everett aerospace factory, Mount St. Helens, bridges, Seattle, Grand Coulee Dam

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1015160/American_Truck_Simulator__Washington/

Since you already know what our next map expansion will be, it's time to take a closer look at the countries found on the Road to the Black Sea. This time, Romania.

Romania is a large (238,397 square kilometres) and wonderful country with a unique spirit and cultural tradition. A reason for this lies in the fact that the country is at the crossroad of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Many different influences met in Romania during its rich history, and marks of these can be seen even today - for example in the number of architectural landmarks.



From a driver's point of view, you'll find everything you might desire - high mountains, deep forests, rivers, coastal roads and more! For now, here's a fresh batch of heavily work-in-progress screenshots, but you may look forward to more blog posts about the country's specifics - there's a lot to write about. One example would be the infamous castle which many of you might be interested to see...



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1056760/Euro_Truck_Simulator_2__Road_to_the_Black_Sea/

You may have noticed that we have recently added a new paint-job scheme into Euro Truck Simulator 2. The Pure Excellence paint-job for the DAF XF Euro 6 truck and trailer is now available in both versions of Euro Truck Simulator 2 (1.34 and the 1.35 Open Beta) as free additional content for every owner of the base game.



Here is why! We have been discussing an idea to do a cross-promotional campaign with DAF for a while, and finally, we are ready. We are excited to start a new screenshot competition in cooperation with the wonderful people at DAF trucks!

As a lucky coincidence for this week, we are also participating in the Steam Weekly Sale on a large selection of our content; we are throwing in a special DAF Bundle temporarily with an additional discount on the DAF tuning pack.



The competition starts today (20.5.2019) and will end on the 3rd of June 2019 at 23:59 UTC, with 5 lucky winners taking home some fantastic prizes. There will also be prizes given for Honorable Mentions. So how can you enter?

The conditions are simple:

• Watch the DAF Trucks video carefully
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU05sJMLrOA
  
• Take an in-game screenshot of your DAF truck (XF 105 or XF Euro 6) at a location similar to that in the video.
  
• Post your screenshot and make sure to follow and tag DAF Trucks and SCS Software on Twitter or DAF Trucks and SCS Software on Instagram, plus using the hashtag #IDriveDAF
• If you want to enter through Facebook, make sure to like the following pages: DAF and Euro Truck Simulator 2. Post your screenshot under the announcement post on both these pages with the hashtag #IDriveDAF
• Multiple entries are permitted, but each must contain a unique screenshot (on Facebook, you need to post each entry to both the ETS2 and DAF pages). Posting the same screenshot multiple times on Twitter/Instagram will disqualify you from the contest. Cross-posting is allowed.
  
• Mods are allowed - as long as they are of DAF content or generic branding.
  
• Editing/post-processing of the photo entry is not allowed. 
  

What makes this competition unique, is that all 5 winners will receive prizes from e-shops of both DAF Trucks and SCS Software. Take a look at what prizes you could win!

1. DAF miniature truck (large) + SCS hoodie, T-shirt and hat
2. DAF jacket + SCS hoodie and T-shirt
3. DAF travel bag + SCS T-shirt set and hat
4. DAF polo shirt + SCS mug set de Luxe or travel mug set (to be shown in tomorrows stream) and lunchbox
5. DAF miniature truck (small) + SCS bag and lanyard

Additionally, on Tuesday the 21st of May, at 15:00 UTC we will be hosting another live stream (on both Twitch and Steam) with Alex (LondonLad), Carthoo and Nemiro live from the SCS Studio! They will be driving DAF trucks, hosting giveaways, talking with you in the chats and much more, so make sure to tune in!

TL:DR - over the next two weeks, you can look forward to seeing interesting videos and information on DAF Trucks, multiple giveaways, and of course your fantastic photos plus a chance to win some great prizes! #IDriveDAF

With the number of blog posts featuring news from the upcoming update, you could see how big it's probably going to be. And now you can experience it for yourself - in the 1.35 Open Beta!



There's hardly a single part of our game that hasn't received a new addition or feature in this update, so let's go through them, starting with map developments.



Sardinia is one of two big map additions that 1.35 brings. Most of those who helped us by entering the Experimental Beta were thrilled with how much our map designers were able to squeeze into such a small island. Sardinia is, however, the second biggest island of the Mediterranean, so there's enough room for impressive landscapes and coastal roads.



Another huge region that has received a massive overhaul comes as part of our Germany refresh. There are over 2,000 in-game kilometres of new and reconstructed roads, two completely new highways, updated service stations, new landmarks and much more - see our dedicated article!



Furthermore, we have added two more roads in France (one in the base game and one in the Vive La France map expansion), an improved sign system in Scandinavia and a number of Special Transport jobs all over the map, including regions within Beyond the Baltic Sea!

• St. Petersburg to St. Petersburg (Beyond the Baltic Sea)
  
• Pori to Helsinki (Beyond the Baltic Sea)
  
• Toulouse to Montpellier (Viva la France!)
  
• Verona to Parma (Italia)
  
• Odense to Hirtshals (Scandinavia)
  
• Krakow to Banska Bystrica (Going East!)
  
• Plymouth to Dover (base game)
  

Trailers alone would be sufficient content to make a standalone update, but they are also coming to 1.35. The Krone extendable Box Liner, Schwarzmüller trailers (reefer, curtain and log variants), SCS Container and Logging trailers are now ready to become a part of your fleet! You'll also see Schwarzmüller trailers on AI trucks.

As in American Truck Simulator, new features include trailer adjustments (extendable trailers, sliding tandems), new wiper settings and the option to copy truck/trailer configurations. And to please "Long Vehicle" sign lovers, double trailers are now permitted in the Netherlands and Germany!



Other new general features include the ability to use your own trailers for external contracts (World of Trucks jobs), and the experimental support for DX11. Keep in mind, that while there are discussions about the performance benefits of DX11, it remains an experimental feature. The ambition is currently simply to reach feature/visual parity with DirectX 9 and OpenGL renderers before we can move on with new visual features. It is still a work in progress; so while we are grateful for your feedback, use it only at your own risk.



Other smaller improvements include some of your suggestions on our forum's community wishlist. There's a considerable number of new drivers that you can hire for your company, a localised dual-language map display and the option to buy garages online, without the need to have the city discovered.



Last but not least, there's now a reworked cabin suspension, official support for Razer Chroma and the Tobii Eye Tracker 4C, input improvements and an option for emergency refuelling. Thanks to all this, the UI had to change significantly; but according to the feedback from Experimental Beta, you shouldn't have any problems to orient yourselves quickly again.

So enjoy all the new additions, but please remember: It's only an open beta, not a stable public version - so you may encounter bugs, instability, kinks or crashes. It's completely okay if you want to wait for the final release. But if you're interested in helping us to get there faster, we'll appreciate all your feedback on our forum and your bug reports in this section. If you wish to participate in the open beta, you can find this version in the public_beta branch on Steam. The way to access it is as follows: Steam client → LIBRARY → right click on Euro Truck Simulator 2 → Properties → Betas tab → public_beta → 1.35 public beta. No password is required.



MAP

• Germany improvements, part 2 (base game)
  https://steamcommunity.com/games/227300/announcements/detail/1651042050431842601
  
• New French roads: A10-A6 (Viva La France DLC) and A6-N44 (base game)
  
• Sardinia island (Italia DLC)
  https://steamcommunity.com/games/227300/announcements/detail/1651042050397872022
  
• Scandinavian signage improvements (Scandinavia DLC)
  
• New special transport routes (various DLCs)
  

VEHICLES

• Ownable container trailers
  
• Regular owned-trailer accessory browser
  
• Trailer run-time adjustment (extendable trailers, sliding tandems)
  
• Truck/trailer configurations can be copied across a fleet
  
• Wiper setting improvements
  
• Ownable logging trailers
  
• Double trailers in Germany and Netherlands
  
• Krone extendable Box Liner for 40ft or 2x20ft containers (Krone DLC)
  
• Ownable Schwarzmüller reefer, curtain and log trailers including AI variants (Schwarzmüller DLC)
  

FEATURES

• Owned trailers usable in External contracts (WoTr)
  
• Online garage purchase
  
• Emergency refuelling service
  
• Input improvements (Steam controller support, Tobii eye tracker support, controller hot-swapping support, better force-feedback on Linux)
  
• Razer Chroma support (RGB)
  https://steamcommunity.com/games/227300/announcements/detail/1620644023173261723
  
• New options: truck stability, suspension stiffness, dual-localisation names on the map
  
• Lots of new drivers to hire
  
• Cabin suspension reworked
  
• Experimental DX11 support (config only, r_device "dx11")
  

MOD

• Modded trucks support (in-game function)
  
• Center-of-gravity moved from trailer defs to trailer chassis defs (for easier modding)
  
• New wiper delay+speed format
  
• Removed default sound for trailer legs (now empty by default)
  
• Cargo models randomized (e.g. container)
  
• Timezone areas (introduced in 1.34)
  
• Transmission mode names
  
• Curve item (map item)
  
• Mover/walker redesign
  
• Traffic improvements
  
• Dynamic Level-of-Detail for models
  

Halloween Paint Jobs Pack, all new content for Euro Truck Simulator 2 is Now Available on Steam!

Customize your truck with a choice of six dark and scary paint jobs! Halloween is a great opportunity to try something different than just the ordinary serious business look for your vehicle. But the spine-chilling paint schemes are in fact perfectly good for use all year round if you are into it! All the ghastly themes are applicable to any in-game truck.