
HARD TRUCK 2 MULTIPLAYER DRIVERS
Even the younger generation, who are learning to be drivers or aspire to learn one day, say it’s an inspiration for them.

“Whenever we’re on the road, travelling and meeting people at expos, we get a lot of truck drivers stopping by and telling us that they love the game.
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They also sometimes tell us that our game makes the job look like a cool adventure, and that is, of course, very desirable to the transportation industry in general.”Īnd while you’d think the last thing a truck driver would want to do after a week on the road is do it virtually on their PC at home, you’d be surprised. “Truck manufacturers don’t see us necessarily as a marketing opportunity for them, but more like a stepping stone into the industry. One of the more surprising outcomes of ETS2’s success is that it has become, entirely accidentally, a sort of propaganda for the trucking industry. And, of course, Google Street View is always our friend.” Job seeker When we look at a new country to add to the map, researchers look at everything from road signs, traffic laws, buildings and even small things such as grass and tree types. But as time has gone on we have new tools and skills that help us bring extra immersion to the map, to make you really feel like you’re trucking across Europe. “Admittedly, early in development we had very basic techniques and limited knowledge of the areas we were recreating. Previously, creating the whole game was a task for two to three people, and now the team working on the map alone consists of over 40 different designers." Now we have about half our company developing ETS2, which amounts to over 70 people working full-time. Six years ago the whole company was a small team of around 15 people at its busiest times. “As time has gone on, the game world has become more and more elaborate.
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But we do have to be careful not to get to the point where the game is too hard, where you feel like you need a commercial driving licence to play it.”Įuro Truck Simulator 2 is the best road trip on PC-and it doesn’t seem like it’ll run out of gas anytime soonĪs for creating that enormous map, which spans an incredible distance and is growing constantly thanks to frequent DLC expansions, SCS has learned a lot over the years. “We have lots of new features in development that will increase the satisfaction of exploring the world, which we believe both casual and hardcore fans will enjoy. “We work hard to keep both types of player in mind,” Šebor says.


Exploring cities, enjoying the weather effects, trying one of the many different fan-made mods, or just flicking on the in-game radio and driving wherever the road takes you.”īut what about hardcore players looking for the most realistic simulation possible? I wonder if catering to them is at odds with keeping the game accessible. “You can just enjoy yourself, drive and relax. “I think it’s because the game doesn’t stress you out or ask for 110% of your focus,” he says. I ask Šebor what particular magic he thinks the game has, and why I can play it for two to three hours at a time without realising. But then it dawned on us that plenty of people play Euro Truck Simulator 2 who don’t have any interest in them at all.” “For a long time we thought we were making simulators for those people who love trucks. This was something that surprised SCS-when it realised how broad its player base was. Not once in my life have I ever thought about being a truck driver, or really had an interest in them as vehicles, yet I find the game utterly captivating.
