I'm thinking the Euro one since the environments are new to me for the
most part - only been to Europe three times before - but ATS is newer
and probably plays/looks nicer so I'm having a hard time picking one.
On Sat, 5 Aug 2023 18:00:42 -0400, Metal Guru <MetalGuru@IsItYou.com>
wrote:
I'm thinking the Euro one since the environments are new to me for the
most part - only been to Europe three times before - but ATS is newer
and probably plays/looks nicer so I'm having a hard time picking one.
On Sat, 5 Aug 2023 Metal Guru <MetalGuru@IsItYou.com> wrote:
I'm thinking the Euro one since the environments are new to me for the
most part - only been to Europe three times before - but ATS is newer
and probably plays/looks nicer so I'm having a hard time picking one.
Honestly, it's really determined by where you want to go and what
trucks you want to drive. In terms of production values, the games are
very similar and both are being constantly updated. I play both,
depending on what mood I'm in.
TL;DR: in ATS, you go really fast down the highway half the time, then
go really slowly on the side roads the other half. In ETS2, the
highways let you drive at an average speed and you only take to the
side roads near the beginning and end of the trip. Pick whichever one
sounds more fun to you.
Addendum: the games almost demand that you buy some or all the map expansions. The base games are functional, but the real joy of the
game is driving long-haul trips, and for that you need a big map. So
that $5 pricetag is misleading; you'll want to add at least two or
three expansion packs to make the journey worth it.
"Euro Truck Simulator 2" has a much larger landmass to explore and -
at least for now - much more varied terrain. There's a distinct
difference between driving in France versus UK versus Italy. The road
network tends to have narrower roads but they're generally laid out
better, which makes for smoother travel.
I'm thinking the Euro one since the environments are new to me for the
most part - only been to Europe three times before - but ATS is newer
and probably plays/looks nicer so I'm having a hard time picking one.
Help?
On Sat, 05 Aug 2023 19:04:29 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson ><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 5 Aug 2023 18:00:42 -0400, Metal Guru <MetalGuru@IsItYou.com> >>wrote:
I'm thinking the Euro one since the environments are new to me for the >>>most part - only been to Europe three times before - but ATS is newer
and probably plays/looks nicer so I'm having a hard time picking one.
Addendum: the games almost demand that you buy some or all the map >expansions. The base games are functional, but the real joy of the
game is driving long-haul trips, and for that you need a big map. So
that $5 pricetag is misleading; you'll want to add at least two or
three expansion packs to make the journey worth it.
Addendum to my addendum:
One of the 'problems' I have with ETS2 is that I haven't played the
base game - which is to say, the core game plus expansions - for
/years/. I always play the game with the ProMods map add-on ( https://promods.net/ ) which adds a /huge/ amount of content. It not
only expands the world map into regions not yet covered by the main expansions, but adds numerous cities, towns and a greatly expanded
road network to regions covered in the official maps.
On 8/7/2023 8:26 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Addendum to my addendum:
One of the 'problems' I have with ETS2 is that I haven't played the
base game - which is to say, the core game plus expansions - for
/years/. I always play the game with the ProMods map add-on (
https://promods.net/ ) which adds a /huge/ amount of content. It not
only expands the world map into regions not yet covered by the main
expansions, but adds numerous cities, towns and a greatly expanded
road network to regions covered in the official maps.
These mods look incredible, thanks for the heads up. I haven't spent
much time on that site but apparently promods need all DLC's to work so
it's something I'll keep in mind for the future. I have only bought the
base ETS2 game and won't be able to play the game until the end of the
month :(
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