Tip for Europe driving... You should always stay on the right lane unless you're passing then you can use the left lane. And check the map, it shows directions when to switch lanes.
in contrast to reallife, ATS has many split lanes with only the left lane going straight and the right lane being used for offramps and onramps. in reality, that would be too dangerous (and in ATS it is too) and all lanes go straight and an extra lane is added before and after the exit (like the park&fuel at 13:18). but i believe that slowly over time they are fixing that problem in the game and make it more realistic by reworking the streets.
They are rebuilding many parts of the map currently. When I started playing this game years ago, there even was a crazy crossing in the middle of the highway nearby Cologne that would not exist in reality because we don't have this, neither lanes just turning into exits and only one lane containing strait. Way too dangerous.
Are you talking about the map rework or the type of highway exit lanes? It's true, England could use some updates. We should not forget about them regardless of Brexit. I personally like England in RL. I would also like to see Ireland in the Game without mods.
@@Anson_AKB The AI in both games is really awful on both terms. They suck at using On-Ramps like in Germany (Accelerate!) They also switch lanes far to sudden. I had several events where I had to break pretty much to standstill because of these ...
That grey Skoda Octavia letting you out on the roundabout was realistic. Some people have an attitude and others are helpful, also depending on the day they're having
Too helpful there. In a roundabout you only let people in, if there’s much traffic and you are slow anyway. But you never stop just to let anyone into the roundabout. It’s like stopping on a highway to let a car cross
12:08 German Autobahns do have no speed limits - for passenger cars and other vehicles 3.5 metric tons or less not towing a trailer. For heavy trucks like the ones you drive in this game, the speed limit in Germany is 80 km/h in the Autobahn, and 60 km/h on normal highways outside of built up areas.
Greetings from Germany. The way you took from Nürnberg to Frankfurt is a standart trip for me since 30 years. The accuracy(?) of this simulater is mindblowing. The houses I saw are where they are in reality. Even their look and shape. I did that trip twice with a small Unimog (7,5t (met)) and a hundred times by car.
Small tip. In the job selector, you should change the sorting from prices to prices by distance to put the highest paying jobs in front. You should also remove rare and/or dangerous functions from your controller (decoupling). You can then replace them with functions you need more often.
In Europe, a different speed limit is valid for trucks than for regular traffic. Trucks are capped at 80 or 90 km/h on the highway depending on the country where you are. In Germany and Czechia, it's 80 km/h, France 90 km/h (and Romania has a 100 km/h speed limit for trucks in the game, but that's unique). The regular traffic is usually allowed to go between 100 and 130 km/h on the highways in Europe, depending on the road situation and country. While in Germany there are some parts without speed limit for regular traffic, I believe in-game, no car goes faster than 130 km/h. Depending on the type of contract you take, your truck will actually be capped at 90 km/h, or sometimes the game let's you go faster, but then you're speeding. In cities, all traffic is usually capped at 50 km/h, or in some areas 30 km/h. And about the traffic lights, placing them on the opposite side may work well for your typical four-way intersection, but in Europe, there are often intersections that are not just two orthogonal roads crossing each other. Especially in the old parts of the ETS2 map the city layouts are very much simplified and don't really resemble their real life counter-parts that well (the architecture resembles the real city, but not so much the layout), which is why you see a lot of orthogonal intersections here, but in the newer parts of the map (or in the reworked areas, like Austria) you will often find intersections where placing the traffic lights on the opposite sides would lead to great confusion. That's why traffic lights in Europe are always placed in front of the intersection.
In Poland cars can go 140 km/h, I just drove on that part of the "Autobahn" (don't know the polish name). Concepts like the german "Grünpfeilampel" are also not in the game. Here a green arrow will appear on a seperate traffic light, allowing you to turn right or left. You don't even need to look for pedestrians cause they've got red as well.
@@LexusLFA554in the uk that’s known as a filter light and there’s plenty in the game, I just found out what ‘Grünpfeilampel’ was though and that would be a great addition to the game I think
@@LexusLFA554 I believe you definitely still need to look out for pedestrians because, while you might have the right of way, you do not have the right to mow down people - even when they are jay-walking. If they are those stop-oil protesters I will look the other way. They might have a decent goal but going about it all wrong.
The UK is a weird one IRL. All trucks limited to 90km/h (about 56mph), however the official speed limit for vehicles towing a trailer including trucks up to 44 tonnes is 60mph
Trucks in EU at least are hardware limited to 90 km/h. They just won't go any faster, not because they don't have the power, but the software in the truck will not allow it. That's also the reason why trucks take so long to overtake each other in EU, you have two vehicles going roughly 90 km/h and unless one of them slows down (which they usually won't), they're going to be overtaking at a 1-2 km/h speed difference.
As a Czech, I am happy you chose Prague. As an ETS2 player, though, I'd say you would be better of starting in either Germany (which you visited in this video anyway) or Austria, since those got big rework recently. And in my opinion, Austria is, right now, the best place on the original (non-DLC) map, because the rework they did there for both roads and citiies is just great. On the other hand, Czechia in ETS2, is pretty bland. very few roads, three cities (one of which requires DLC, BTW) none of them very realistic... well, it's pretty sad to see Czech developer ignorinng their home country like this.
Austria is a really good choice if you're planning on buying DLCs since the Balkans will come soon. And i must say, driving in my hometown in game i can really see the similarities
@@romainch505 Yeah, I am sure they will, eventually rework the whole original map. The question is, however, will they also rework the Going East map? Because, as I said, part of Czechia is in that DLC and if they only will rework the original map, part of Czechia will be reworked and part will not. And that would be terrible thing.
I'm sure heaps have said it already, but there's two different speed limits. 80 for heavy vehicles, 110 for cars. Also, the 90km/h speed limiter is in the options that you can turn off. F6 shows you job details with what youre hauling, where youre going and time limits
In Czech Republic; 80 for heavy vehicles, 110 for cars. In Germany; 80 for heavy vehicles, 130 for cars, including no speed limits on certain areas. Realistically, trucks must drive at 80 km/h on any Autobahn.
I was pretty surprised by the accuracy of the game, the signs, the rest stops and the construction looked very much like they look in real life but then at 44:14 when you said look at that frankfurt skyline and there was a tram going below the bridge (btw the trams in frankfurt look EXACTLY like that) i was honestly shocked because i recogniced that bridge, i've been in that tram going through there many times haha
that's wrong, the limiter needs to be active at all times, loaded or not. This applies to any truck built after a certain date which I believe is some time int he late 1990s. It's also not like trucks without a trailer are allowed higher speeds than trucks with a trailer. Where a truck with a trailer is allowed 80 km/h, there so is a truck without a trailer.
That was awesome. Chilling out after work, watching you struggle with the European traffic rules. 😆 I'm not sure, but I think I built up my ADR skills first, since hazardous material pays good money, even on short hauls. The longer hauls a great. You have to get fuel and you have to sleep to make the whole way. The satnav has different functions, one pages shows you the damage to your truck and/or trailer and one page shows informations about your freight, the deadline, time left to sleep, etc. There is also a map where you can plan ahead and see if there is another gas station close by.
@@HappyBeezerStudios Yeah, there is a place like this near me, but: 1) It's 3 lanes into 2, not 2 into 1 2) I believe you get arrows and warning signs 1,5 km before the junction.
Something that might help for not missing an exit is putting on the voice for the satnav, it can help to keep you in the right lane for up coming exits and warns you for them. And in the quick jobs you should alway's have enough fuel. And for when you want to enable fatigue, you can use F6 to see your time before you have to rest next. With F5 you can put the map back on.
Another tip to know if youre in a splitting lane: pay attention to the lane markers (white lines on the road). If the lines are thicker seperated ones, then it is either a speed up lane for traffic coming onto the highway, or it is an exit lane / seperating lane. Fun fact: atleast in germany it is allowed to pass on the right on these type of lanes :) even though the traffic in ETS2 doesnt seem to have an issue with passing on the right XD
Right lane passing is such a common thing the developers didn't take special care about. "AI can go faster than the player && and empty lane is available -> pass, no matter where that empty lane is." And about passing on the exit lane: nope, not allowed. Acceleration lane and separating to another Autobahn is true tho.
Hello, love to see you play this again! 👍 Little Tips from me: the B Button resets your camera, very usefull. Turning on the voice of the navi helps me alot. The X button turns on/off the cruse crontrol. The D-pad have usefull things too, whiper, light, map and view. I have a wheel and pedals for racing games, but Euro Truck Simulator 2, i prefer to play with the gamepad. Greetings from Austria (near Linz) Edit: Maybe i have changes my controller settings long time ago, cant remember.
Man, I get hyped for the game if I watch your videos. If you have questions about the game you would like to have answered you can ask me in the comments :) BTW, I would love a live stream 👍👍 I enjoy the ATS traffic AI mod. For Air Brakes - I have recently turned it on - if they are depleted you need to rev the engine in neutral. Softer braking helps too! If you sort by price/km you get the most lucrative jobs. BTW, the lighter the load and more HP the truck has, the faster it is. I just finished a 40 ton delivery with 345 HP in ATS, it was not fun with the 10 speed :( If you hover over the truck in job selection you get some details. There is a button for center camera, and even a steering camera is available as an option. Trucks ONLY in right lane! You can change the speed to car traffic, and deactivate the limiter ;)
Go for a direct drive wheel if you can, they've gotten a lot more accessible (cheaper) over the past year. They generally have better FFB for realism when racing. They also disconnects for swapping out the wheel if you'd like. I can't say much for control panels for the big trucks, although they do make them for tractors and farming simulators and flight control panels for flight simulators. Anything to help get your controls off the keyboard really. A plus for really any wheelset is the background software that can "tune" the wheel to specific games or cars you will drive. Direct drives are also typically quieter and can give you a lot more torque than a belt or offset gear drive wheel. At least that's the sales pitches I've seen or heard about them
Yep, Logitech only does I think 15nm Thrustmaster goes to 18 or something and DD wheels go from 15 to 40nm. Direct Drive will respond faster to ffb. I'm probably wrong with the actual numbers but the scale does go in the order I put them, Logitech < Thrustmaster < DD.
This was a lot of fun :) Definitely continue with this, i would watch many more. Small tip, you seem to have good performance on your game so maybe try to set the graphics a bit higher so you can see signs and other things far away better? :) Especially raising the resolution and turning Anti Aliasing on (8x or 16x if you can), with those even the mirrors on the car can be used for parking :D
Some of the better countries to explore are Austria and parts of Germany (Hanover, Hamburg, Erfurt etc) as they are MUCH newer than other areas of the map
Also, to see how far you have to go and how far your fuel will take you, press the letter 'I' until your small info screen on your dash says TRIP and distance or FUEL and distance, that gives you enough information on how far you can go on what amount of fuel you have. You need to stick to the route so that you don't run out of fuel, also stick to the Right lane unless passing or having to change lanes due to direction changes, always keep looking at the mimi map to check ur going in the right direction.
Hi Ian, concerning the air brake simulation. In the game, with simulation ON, it mimics the real characteristics of an air brake. This means, everytime you brake, you loose air pressure, which has to be rebuilt by the compressor. Usualy you don't recognize this, BUT if you are breaking too often in too short intervals, pressure can drop below a minimum, which then results in closing the "park brakes" mechanically by the steel coils. And you can't release them until the air pressure in the system is high enough again to overcome the force of the coils, and thus to release the brakes. That's about all. As i've been trucker in RL, i prefer, to turn the simulation on, because it really adds to realism. Greets from Austria.
The way how we cross borders is very realistic. In general, they always have a board with the European Union flag in which the country name is written. Also I don't know if you noticed, but at the border, they have always a sign with the speeding limits in cities/towns, outside cities/towns and on the highway because they are not always the same. Quite realistic and impressive. Can't wait till you drive in Italy!🇮🇹
One border you really will notice is Belgium, most of their highways are made cold war style from concrete slabs so when you cross border you roll from smooth asphalt on rough concrete.
@@vHindenburg Didn't know that about our roads. (I live in Belgium btw.) But what I know is that although we have high road taxes, our roads are basically relatively bad.
Yes, that last parking job was excellent! This was a lot of fun and I have to thank you, Ian, for bringing this game to my attention. Last week I bought ETS2 on Steam sale for only 4,99 euros and I played for 5 hours last weekend. Such a great game, I love it. And speeding can be expensive in ETS2, I got a speeding ticket for over 300 euros. Some would say that it's boring just driving and parking trucks, but millions of people love truck simulators, farming simulators, and heck powerwash simulator, so there is something satisfying about these games. Definitely smashed the like button and looking forward to your next trucking adventure!
Hi Ian! Love how fascinated you are by the game. You've already got great manouvering skills. And congrats on your first "Elefantenrennen" by the way 😄 For real companies there is an awesome mod on steam workshop called "real companies, gas stations & billboards" by MLH82. Other great mods that add a lot of immersion are "Sound fixes pack", ProMods (need all the map DLCs though) or "weather 2.8" There are so many to come when you got your first owned truck to customize 😉 Love your videos, cheers from Germany!
As I actually know most of the routes you were driving, I was always thinking: Oh... now he's on the Frankenschnellweg. Ha! This is the Stadion am Bornheimer Hang!
Yeah probably does still have restrictor on. I had to convert it to normal speed measurement to see that 90kph is 56mph which is the speed of the restricted trucks.
Steering wheel: for ETS/ATS any wheels will do as long as it has 900° rotation. Thrustmaster and Logitech are the leading affordable brands. Good luck Ian. Can't wait for the live stream. I started on Twitch playing this very game!
Hey Ian, I am a European who has followed you for a long time, love your channel, and ironically, I am driving AMERICAN Truck Simulator! :) I actually think you did great, but there's just two things I think you would like to learn: Regardless of the speed limit, whenever you have a trailer, whether car and camper, or tractor and trailer, if the trailer is detachable, the max speed is 80. And always stay on the right, but I believe others told you that. The other thing that will help your driving A LOT, is to pay attention to the diagonal green arrows on the Navigator, they mean to shift to the left or right lane. Some lanes are reserved for exits up ahead, so if you don't change lanes when told to, you are stuck in lanes that might later get separated by walls or barriers. SO, watch for those three diagonal arrows, and follow them. :) It's fun, as a European to watch this, because the roads, signs, cars all look exactly as what I'm used to! :)
By the way. Fun facts : ETS2 also known as Euro truck Simulator was made by a Czech Republic company named SCS SOFTWARE, one more FUN FACT : Cars in Europe yet also in this game have completely other speed limits. yet trucks as well...for example. " Car can go on some highway 110-130 KMP/H. yet truck can only 80. rarely 90. KMP/H . . . cuz they are very DEEPLY watched by authorities.. . .so they have limiters. . " 👍👍💥
I'm not a german I just live here so this is somewhat an outsider's perspective. I think Frankfurt is the most 'american' city in Germany, in terms of look & feel, some tall buildings there. The cities and highways are simplified a lot, but it's funny how 37:50 exit at Erlangen kinda looks like the real one (the slope and the left-right intersection.. altho I think it splits into 2 lanes at the bottom but it felt really familiar :) ). I take that exit on occasion since I live about 10km from there. I travel the A73 and A3 mostly, my town is off the A3. Small trivia, adidas and Puma headquarter is very very nearby there, also Siemens is from Erlangen, Suse Linux is from Nurnberg. :) I use a Logitech Driving Force GT which is like 10 years old tech at this point, I think it's the cheapest wheel / pedal set that is ok to use. It has a tiny, and very unrealistic feeling sequential shifter if you fancy that, hey, you can manual shift so it's ok for some cars, I don't like to use paddles in cars that are just manual originally. You may be able to get one really really cheap used. Next step-up would be the Logitech G29 (slightly better pedal set, you have a clutch, but no shifter). Good ones are super expensive - direct drive wheels and load cell brake pedals - but the above are ok for casual use. I play Assetto Corsa on occasion (I been to Nordschleife and plan to go more so it never hurts to practice the track a bit :D) and I played ETS 1 and 2 as well with this one and it works.
Trucks are limit at 80km/h, but most go around 90km/h. Buses can be going faster, mostly around 100 km/h. If you go in your settings menu, you can switch the truck limiter off and your topspeed will be around 130 km/h. Cruise Control by default is "C". If you press "I" in the truck you will change your display and you can see how much fuel you have and how far you can drive with it. Press the numbers on your keyboard and you will switch camera.
Some tips for the future: - Stay in the right lane with your truck, if you're not about to pass other traffic or have to turn left, - Look on the Route Advisor more often, it indicates when you have to use a specific lane at interchanges, - When you start the truck, turn on the lights immediately, no matter the weather conditions or the time by hitting L twice, specially Scandinavian countries require you to have headlights always turned on for example, - Hazards are on the F key, if I remember correctly, - Cruise Control is on the C key, and then you can increase and decrease the CC speed with Num-Pad + and - keys, - On the quick jobs the fuel in the truck is usually sufficient for the job length, and as long as the fuel indicator in the Route Advisor is yellow, you have plenty of fuel in the tank, no need to worry, - Traffic lights being on your side of a crossing, you'll get used to, - You can set the wipers to Automatic with rain detection in the Gameplay settings somewhere, might need to scroll a bit through it, - Truck, Trailer and Freight Damage has no visual representation, but you can see it when hitting the F7 key, with the F6 key you can see some information about the job, with the F5 you get back to your navigation, - Trucks in ETS2 are vanilla capped at 90kph indeed. Hope these tips help you and have a lot of fun in ETS2.
In Germany on the autobahn you see, when coming up on an exit, these blue distance markers telling you how long till they'll come up and you'd already have to signal that you're getting of at the 300m sign.
The traffic lights in Europe aren’t on the opposite side of the road to make drivers stop before the intersection so the cars don’t block pedestrian crossings
In Europe, heavy traffic (e.g. trucks) have different speed limit than cars. As a result, trucks get overtaken a lot. For example, here in Finland, trucks can legally do 80 km/h max and they typically have limiters set to 87-89 km/h. Police starts ticketing in Finland when you go 4-6 km/h above the speed limit.
Tip for roundabouts. When you enter the roundabout and when you are inside it you don't use your turn signals because you can only go right and then only left, you use your turn signals only when you are exiting the roundabout
FIREE🔥🔥 i have an "budget" steering set. I have the logitech g920 it converts well in my opinion. But its a bit soundy and not the greatest option for sims but works for me.
I have not played in a while, so do not recall if it is a mod or expansion, but you can even transport oversized cargo or very heavy cargo like you see in the vids you have been watching. Delivering a 90 ton train car or a huge piece of wind turbine brings your skills to the next level 😄
As for "Ausfahrt" I can say "fahrt" meaning journey or trip has been a very funny anecdote from my now 99 year old grandma and my grandad who died 20 years ago. He married her from Vienna after WW2 and brought her back to England. She knew a good amount of English but when she settled on the final journey from Austria to the UK, she let out a sigh and said to the whole carriage "My, that was a very long fahrt!". Grandad and the carriage burst out laughing and she didn't have a clue, bless her.
you are right: Ausfahrt means exit. The sign is directly at the point were then lanes split, but have there are blue signs with 1 to 3 bars on it in front of the exit indicating 300m (blue sign with 3 bars), 200m (blue sign with 2 bars) and 100m (1 bar) until the exit. Also: blue signs are Autobahn, yellow means countryside
Few tips for driving this side of the pond. Trucks are limited to 80 km/h (50 mph) in most countries. Some countries allow 90 km/h (56 mph) which is also the limit for trucks in Europe. This is an electronic limit and (i believe you will loose your license if you are found to exceed this). In game there is a setting where you can disable it, but i don't remember the setting. Generally you always drive in the right lane and only go to the left if the map shows you to do so or if you overtake a slower vehicle. In this video i see your truck has a satnav and you also have the map open. This is not needed and may be confusing to some.There are satnav mods which have audio. You may benefit from using one of those. Until you have your own truck you won't need to worry about fuel unless you get too lost. You decouple too early. Your trailer is not in the right position. When trailer and truck is in a good position the white blinking markings will be green. Then you can decouple and get your experience points and money earned. Tips to use your points for skill: long distance, dangerous goods and heavy goods. These will help you gain more experience and earn better money. In some/many European countries you are required to have lights on. So turn on your low beam. And as for realism....remove that mirror in the top right corner. You won't have that in real life :P
Fun to watch for a crusty old 10 year veteran of ETS2 👴, The game has changed quite a bit since initial release and many original areas have been (freely) upgraded such as parts of Germany, Austria, and ?soon? Switzerland. However if you want the original look (if better gameplay), take the Chunnel or one of the ferries to the UK and see exactly how it used to look. You are a good reverser. Some 'hard' parking spots are tougher than others, like the notorious American Truck Simulator rail yard 'U' parking spot. You can hide the on-screen map when the truck has a map on the dashboard (press F5 twice (another time to bring it back, or just pause using F1 to see it)). Keep an eye on the map and you won't miss your turnoff which you did at least twice during the episode. A full map can be seen using the map option from the main screen. This lets you see where you have gone. Try out the drive-by view (I think the button is 8 or 9). Just be ready to switch back to normal driving view (1). Note, if you want to see an upgraded England (and MANY other parts of Europe), get Promods. Be warned, that it requires *ALL* ETS2 official maps. Probably best to wait until you are sure you want to keep playing. Best done with an alternate profile too, as ETS2 updates disable such mods until they are compatible.
Speed limit for trucks are different than passenger cars. In the game the speed signs are for the players but in real life the signs are for cars, and the truck drivers have to know by heart their own speed limit, and that is usually 10 under the signs, and max 90 on the highways IIRC
trucks are official allowed to go 80,they are limited to 90 and usually the police dont mind,if you go 90.but if you go over 90 for a longer time,there will be no mercy.busses can go 100.
Loved to see your excitement for the game / sim. You can open / close windows...I mapped mine to 7/4 and 9/6 on the keypad to simulate up/down on each side respectively. Look forward to the next one !
For cruise control - hit "C" , For the Speed Limit on the truck - there is a setting in the "game" menu where you can turn that off. For the realistic traffic - look up "jazzycat traffic mods", he has a few that add a lot of real cars, trucks, buses, etc. For the speed you maintain with the truck - in EU, trucks and cars speed limit has bigger gap if i can put it like that. The trucks drive with 80-90, while the cars can do 120-140km/h on those autobans. Thats why they are passing you so fast. Pressing F6 while the navigation on the bottom right corner is ON, you will be able to see the job details - what stuff you deliver, which city you deliver to, what is the weight of the cargo and in what time it should be delivered. In the game settings you can assign a button for the "interior zoom", which will allow you to zoom in when you are driving in the interior view. In the EU (i think all countries or at least most of them) you need to have your lights turn on at any time. Yours weren't on, so you got a fine. You need to press L two times, because the first ones are just a running lights. Also hitting P multiple times will increase the wipers speed. If you see this comment and you need any help with the game, mods, rules, etc - find me on discord: ᴍɪᴅɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴄʟᴜʙ | s𝟷ᴄᴋ`#2937 . I will be happy to help.
The satnav by default routes you down the motorways, it can be well worth turning on the small roads options so you get out into some of the twisty and interesting side roads.
Logitech G25,G29/G920 (same wheel just different compatibility with consoles. G29=PlayStation,g920= Xbox) or Thrustmaster T-150. These wheels and pedals are more then enough for ETS2/ATS
for steering wheels i us and love the logitech g 25 it comes with 3 pedals and shifter for dirt cheap and for me it was the best generation of logitech, love from spain
This is a great game to play. Fun to play and fun to watch people play. It will be good to see if you keep playing this enough to get to the properly long distance jobs. They do take a while. Great video ian and i look forward to seeing more of these.
Awesome, fun to see you enjoying the game :D I play it with a DualSense (PS5) controller, gotten quite used to it, just had to dial in the right sensitivity. - Suggestion for controller input: in Options -> Controls, set the steering sensitivity to around ~20% and the non-linearity quite high. This results in smoother steering, letting you make small turns without having to go back-and-forth so harshly all the time :D Not sure how sensitive the Xbox controller is, but a very slight turn of the stick should let you make small curves with ease. Try slowly and smoothly moving the stick. - I would also recommend setting L3 (left stick click) to "Interior camera", as it's often difficult to line up straight ahead.
You can also put everything in familiar terms like miles & US gallons. And yes there's a real businesses mod that's really good to use. For the DLC's maps and the cargo ones are pretty much all you really need to buy, cabin accessories is good optional one later in game when you get your own truck cab (I paused just after 4 minutes to put this out there)
The term Ausfahrt (pronounced ous-fart, ous as in spouse) is used for vehicle exits. It literally means „out drive“. An entrance for vehicles on the other hand is an Einfahrt (pronounced ine-fart, ine as in spine), more or less lit. „into drive“. E. g. in a parking garage.
For your first mod add on I would get the exotic/classic cars mods so you can do some car spotting while you drive. To get your company up and running fast 1, do long hauls as they pay the best! 2,when you can buy the cheapest Inveco buy it and put a driver in it so you have 2 incomes, 1from the AI driver (skill them on long haul then go auto) while you continue to try different trucks with quick jobs
Heyo, i play both truck simulators a lot, if this is useful for you, here is the xbox gamepad layout that worked out great for me: Left stick sideways: steering Left stick up/down: shift gear up/down Left stick press: Dashboard function button Right stick: lookaround Right stick press: Camera zoom LB/RB: turning lights Left trigger: brakes Right trigger: accelerate Y: Adetach trailer B: Reset camera A: Interaction button X: Set Cruise control Dpad right/left: Increase/Decrease cruise control Dpad down: Map Dpad up: Cycle through cameras By the way: In the gameplay setting, you can set cruise control to also actively decelerate if necessary, and most importantly, disable the truck speed limiter, so you can properly use the Autobahn and go NYOOOOOOM (prepare for fines, though some may consider it Worth It :) )
After your first Euro Truck video, I had a look on Steam for it. Lucky for me it was on sale, so I've been playing it for the last week or so. Lots of fun, crashes and driving like an idiot! Thank you for introducing the game to me. Love from Scotland 🚚
Loved the streaming! I hope you continue these uploads! just an advice since you're not using any graphic mods, you can easily set the graphic settings to ULTRA, I think it will perform really well, and you will enjoy it more and see far stuff clearly. and last thing: when buying a truck stay away from IVECO they're the weakest in the game haha.
- You're really good at shunting backwards. But I think you already have experience with trailers. - Trucks must drive on the right in Europe. Out of town and from 7.5t also in town. - At the roundabout you have to pay attention to the blinkers of the vehicles. You blink to the right when you want to leave the roundabout. - There are skins for your truck but you can paint it yourself in the garage if you have your own. - Seeing the red lights is also a real problem in Germany. This is really better in US. - I used to have a MAN like that. It really does look like this from the inside. The motor really has that much bass, but it's a little quieter. You can only hear it under load. MAN is known for this subwoofer sound. Extremly at low revs. - There is a physics mod for ETS2. Haven't played for a long time but in the original game the brakes weren't simulated well. The faster a truck is, the worse the braking effect, which was not well simulated at the time. In addition, the engine brake in the original is far too strong and far too undynamic. It is actually stronger at high revs and decreases as the revs drop. The retarder is very effective at high speeds and becomes weaker as the speed decreases. Also, the mass was not well simulated on a slope. But there was a mod for it. There is also a mod with real company names.
At the point when you were talking about speed limits and the cars were passing you, the speed limit for trucks was 80km/h (as stated on the sat-nav screen), meanwhile the speed limit for the cars was i believe 110km/h at that point as is normal for EU motorways. I dont know if this is a thing in the US where the speed limit is different for different categories of vehicle. I know that here in the UK, we have "National speed limit applies" which means 70mph for cars and 60mph for trucks (if on a dual carriageway) Anyway, that's enough waffle from me. Great video and I am excited to see this more frequently in the future!
Instead of honking to say thank you when you pass the truck you put your hazards on for a couple of flashes - that’s what we do in the UK anyway, a honk is usually negative
If you want a less traffic sim and more _action trucking_ kind of experience, you can tweak gameplay settings to 1) turn off speed governor, and 2a) set "Route advisor speed limit" to "Show car limit" which allows you to drive at higher speeds legally, or 2b) turn traffic offenses off entirely. To get smoother braking, consider using engine brake ("jake brake") and the optional retarder. Both come with some cool sound effects as well. Cruise control relaxes driving a lot. Hope your controller doesn't run out of buttons to bind.
Some extra info if cars serm to go faster than trucks (at least in Norway, and the rest of Europe i believe): Trucks have an upper speed limiter of 90 km/h. So if the speed limit is 110 km/h, the truck stil can’t go over 90, but cars can. Back in the 80’s there were no limits, and truckers drove as hard as they could. 110 km/h on sommer road with 80 km/h speed limit and 90 km/h on winter. (Info from my friends father that used to be a trucker
The first roundabout was correct btw, left lane for going left on roundabout, right lane for turning right and either lane for straight through. It's also how you can tell if a vehicle should be turning off before you if they have come across from opposite in the outside lane they shouldn't be turning to their left, but as always, don't assume because you don't know who's driving! lol
22:45 In most European countries, you won't find traffic lights at the opposite side of intersections, as many intersections are so irregular, that this would more confuse people than help, as they would have to figure out a) where "opposite" is in this case and b) which of the opposite traffic lights are actually theirs.
Most trucks are electronically limited to 90km/h here in Europe. In most of Europe trucks are only allowed to drive 80km/h with a trailer and 90km/h without… France is an exception I believe or at least it is in the game, your allowed to go 90km/h in France in the game.
Im still playing vanilla game for now as well, so much fun. My DAF truck, the new model, looks amazing!! Glad you're having fun!! I play a few racing games as well and i highly recommend you getting a wheel, feels a lot more immersive!! There are some great DD (direct drive) wheel out there, some really cheap!! I usually go 3/4 km/h over the limit without a problem 😄 One option that really helps navigating is enabling "voice navigation" Great backing up at 28:00
For any sim I would recommend the Logitech G29. It's just a great allrounder and it's got enought buttons for a senseful setup. Thanks for making those videos!
Agreed, I've had G27 with the Shifter + SKRS for over 5 years and it still works amazing. There are also pricey Thrustmaster based setups but that's just overkill unless you're building entire Sim room.
@@dwightk.schrute8696 Thrustmaster are not pricey in any way, they're pretty much equal budget as Logitech, like for example the Thrustmaster T150 or the T300. If you want pricey go with a top DD wheel from Fanatec or Simicube where you can easily spend £2k on it. Also you don't need to build an entire sim room to have a good wheel but the top tier ones do need a sturdy table or a sim rig, a wooden table would break from the forces a DD can put out compared to the tiny amount the lesser wheels can.
One thing is the speed limit on the highway, but the other is also for the Vehicle/ trailer. So it doesnt matter that the highway limit is 90/110/130, because you still need to adhere to the speed limit of your vehicle or your Trailer. Thats why you always see the 80 on the screen to the right, but the rest of the passanger cars wizz away because they can go the 110 limit, while you cant due to your truck/trailer limit. Even when the truck/trailer is permisible to go 90, I heard that truckers still go mostly 80km/h because it saves fuel, rather then going 90. If I remember correctly, trucks have to have a system installed that basicaly checks and records how fast are you going. So if Police stops you, they can ask for this data and when they see that the avarage speed is over to your permited speed of your Truck/Trailer, you get fined to hell. Same goes for driving hours. If you drive over your 8 ( or 9) hours, you also can get fined. Not to mention you have to be the limit of the weight that your truck/trailer can carry. If you are over the mass you tow, BooM!!!...another fine. So Police is mostly targeting the weight towed and the speed....at least thats what I heard here in Slovakia.
Trucks have other speed limits than cars in europe. The speed limit on the highway depends.on what type of truck you have. In sweden trucks have a limit of 80 or 90 unless the sign say something less If i understand it in germany they have 80, 90 or 100 for trucks. Trucks are never alowed to drive more than 100 regardless what the sign say. In the game they simplified this and put 80 as a top speed ever where.
@@tompsu9536 well. I have not driven in france in the game. But what I was refering to is that the signs on the highway is 80 but in real life they would be 120 or what ever and the truck driver sulose to know how fast he is alowed to drive depending on the truck configuration. I seen some new trucks have a computer that tells the driver what the top slowed speed is.
Tip for Europe driving... You should always stay on the right lane unless you're passing then you can use the left lane. And check the map, it shows directions when to switch lanes.
in contrast to reallife, ATS has many split lanes with only the left lane going straight and the right lane being used for offramps and onramps.
in reality, that would be too dangerous (and in ATS it is too) and all lanes go straight and an extra lane is added before and after the exit (like the park&fuel at 13:18).
but i believe that slowly over time they are fixing that problem in the game and make it more realistic by reworking the streets.
They are rebuilding many parts of the map currently. When I started playing this game years ago, there even was a crazy crossing in the middle of the highway nearby Cologne that would not exist in reality because we don't have this, neither lanes just turning into exits and only one lane containing strait. Way too dangerous.
Unless in the uk :)
Are you talking about the map rework or the type of highway exit lanes? It's true, England could use some updates. We should not forget about them regardless of Brexit. I personally like England in RL. I would also like to see Ireland in the Game without mods.
@@Anson_AKB The AI in both games is really awful on both terms.
They suck at using On-Ramps like in Germany (Accelerate!)
They also switch lanes far to sudden. I had several events where I had to break pretty much to standstill because of these ...
That grey Skoda Octavia letting you out on the roundabout was realistic. Some people have an attitude and others are helpful, also depending on the day they're having
I’ve never seen it in the uk
Too helpful there. In a roundabout you only let people in, if there’s much traffic and you are slow anyway. But you never stop just to let anyone into the roundabout. It’s like stopping on a highway to let a car cross
Are you suggesting Skoda Octavia drivers don't know or correctly apply traffic laws? As a proud owner of a Skoda Octavia, I almost took offence! XD
@@Prof.Dr.Diagnose Perhaps he's used to what normally happens, stuff hitting you from the entrance and you get fined for it.
@@indus3270😂😂😂
12:08 German Autobahns do have no speed limits - for passenger cars and other vehicles 3.5 metric tons or less not towing a trailer.
For heavy trucks like the ones you drive in this game, the speed limit in Germany is 80 km/h in the Autobahn, and 60 km/h on normal highways outside of built up areas.
Not in every case.
Greetings from Germany. The way you took from Nürnberg to Frankfurt is a standart trip for me since 30 years. The accuracy(?) of this simulater is mindblowing. The houses I saw are where they are in reality. Even their look and shape.
I did that trip twice with a small Unimog (7,5t (met)) and a hundred times by car.
That is so fascinating to hear about!!! Thank You 🎉 nice to see the realism in the Game
Small tip.
In the job selector, you should change the sorting from prices to prices by distance to put the highest paying jobs in front.
You should also remove rare and/or dangerous functions from your controller (decoupling).
You can then replace them with functions you need more often.
In Europe, a different speed limit is valid for trucks than for regular traffic. Trucks are capped at 80 or 90 km/h on the highway depending on the country where you are. In Germany and Czechia, it's 80 km/h, France 90 km/h (and Romania has a 100 km/h speed limit for trucks in the game, but that's unique). The regular traffic is usually allowed to go between 100 and 130 km/h on the highways in Europe, depending on the road situation and country. While in Germany there are some parts without speed limit for regular traffic, I believe in-game, no car goes faster than 130 km/h. Depending on the type of contract you take, your truck will actually be capped at 90 km/h, or sometimes the game let's you go faster, but then you're speeding. In cities, all traffic is usually capped at 50 km/h, or in some areas 30 km/h.
And about the traffic lights, placing them on the opposite side may work well for your typical four-way intersection, but in Europe, there are often intersections that are not just two orthogonal roads crossing each other. Especially in the old parts of the ETS2 map the city layouts are very much simplified and don't really resemble their real life counter-parts that well (the architecture resembles the real city, but not so much the layout), which is why you see a lot of orthogonal intersections here, but in the newer parts of the map (or in the reworked areas, like Austria) you will often find intersections where placing the traffic lights on the opposite sides would lead to great confusion. That's why traffic lights in Europe are always placed in front of the intersection.
In Poland cars can go 140 km/h, I just drove on that part of the "Autobahn" (don't know the polish name).
Concepts like the german "Grünpfeilampel" are also not in the game. Here a green arrow will appear on a seperate traffic light, allowing you to turn right or left. You don't even need to look for pedestrians cause they've got red as well.
@@LexusLFA554in the uk that’s known as a filter light and there’s plenty in the game, I just found out what ‘Grünpfeilampel’ was though and that would be a great addition to the game I think
@@LexusLFA554 I believe you definitely still need to look out for pedestrians because, while you might have the right of way, you do not have the right to mow down people - even when they are jay-walking. If they are those stop-oil protesters I will look the other way. They might have a decent goal but going about it all wrong.
The UK is a weird one IRL. All trucks limited to 90km/h (about 56mph), however the official speed limit for vehicles towing a trailer including trucks up to 44 tonnes is 60mph
Trucks in EU at least are hardware limited to 90 km/h. They just won't go any faster, not because they don't have the power, but the software in the truck will not allow it. That's also the reason why trucks take so long to overtake each other in EU, you have two vehicles going roughly 90 km/h and unless one of them slows down (which they usually won't), they're going to be overtaking at a 1-2 km/h speed difference.
Man, your parking skills are amazing! You must have done things like that in real life quite some times...
Yes, I think the same. A beginner can't do that such good and I've seen a lot of beginners. I was even a beginner myself years ago.
You are actually one of the most enjoyable to watch playing ETS. Already looking forward to the next one.
As a Czech, I am happy you chose Prague. As an ETS2 player, though, I'd say you would be better of starting in either Germany (which you visited in this video anyway) or Austria, since those got big rework recently. And in my opinion, Austria is, right now, the best place on the original (non-DLC) map, because the rework they did there for both roads and citiies is just great. On the other hand, Czechia in ETS2, is pretty bland. very few roads, three cities (one of which requires DLC, BTW) none of them very realistic... well, it's pretty sad to see Czech developer ignorinng their home country like this.
Austria is a really good choice if you're planning on buying DLCs since the Balkans will come soon. And i must say, driving in my hometown in game i can really see the similarities
Don't worry, I'm sure it's going to be reworked one day, with Belgium and the Netherlands
@@romainch505 Yeah, I am sure they will, eventually rework the whole original map. The question is, however, will they also rework the Going East map? Because, as I said, part of Czechia is in that DLC and if they only will rework the original map, part of Czechia will be reworked and part will not. And that would be terrible thing.
@@petrnovak7235 going east is 11 years old so I guess they will
I'm sure heaps have said it already, but there's two different speed limits. 80 for heavy vehicles, 110 for cars.
Also, the 90km/h speed limiter is in the options that you can turn off.
F6 shows you job details with what youre hauling, where youre going and time limits
In Czech Republic; 80 for heavy vehicles, 110 for cars.
In Germany; 80 for heavy vehicles, 130 for cars, including no speed limits on certain areas. Realistically, trucks must drive at 80 km/h on any Autobahn.
I was pretty surprised by the accuracy of the game, the signs, the rest stops and the construction looked very much like they look in real life but then at 44:14 when you said look at that frankfurt skyline and there was a tram going below the bridge (btw the trams in frankfurt look EXACTLY like that) i was honestly shocked because i recogniced that bridge, i've been in that tram going through there many times haha
I was on one of them trams in Frankfurt yesterday.
The trucks are capped at 90 in most of Europe when you're carrying a load; uncapped when you're not. (some of Eastern Europe allows over 100).
that's wrong, the limiter needs to be active at all times, loaded or not. This applies to any truck built after a certain date which I believe is some time int he late 1990s.
It's also not like trucks without a trailer are allowed higher speeds than trucks with a trailer. Where a truck with a trailer is allowed 80 km/h, there so is a truck without a trailer.
@@arthur_p_dent Apologies, I should have been more specific; I only meant how it is in the game. Real regulations are certainly as you say.
@@MrZenzio I have went more than 200km/h in ETS2 without a trailer
@@TH3L3G3ND yes, you can do that if you deactivate the limiter in the options.
You can't legally do that with a real truck, however.
You can’t illegally do that with a real (normal) truck either😅
That was awesome. Chilling out after work, watching you struggle with the European traffic rules. 😆
I'm not sure, but I think I built up my ADR skills first, since hazardous material pays good money, even on short hauls. The longer hauls a great. You have to get fuel and you have to sleep to make the whole way. The satnav has different functions, one pages shows you the damage to your truck and/or trailer and one page shows informations about your freight, the deadline, time left to sleep, etc. There is also a map where you can plan ahead and see if there is another gas station close by.
Great info thanks 🎉😎
11:22 - that lane suddenly ending out of nowhere is one of the most unrealistic (and frustrating) parts of the game -.-
Yes it is but they are on it to rework those parts bit by bit like they did in austria
while there is an arrow pointing outwards, I haven't seen a setup like that. It would either be an extra lane or at least marked much earlier.
@@HappyBeezerStudios Yeah, there is a place like this near me, but:
1) It's 3 lanes into 2, not 2 into 1
2) I believe you get arrows and warning signs 1,5 km before the junction.
Something that might help for not missing an exit is putting on the voice for the satnav, it can help to keep you in the right lane for up coming exits and warns you for them. And in the quick jobs you should alway's have enough fuel. And for when you want to enable fatigue, you can use F6 to see your time before you have to rest next. With F5 you can put the map back on.
Another tip to know if youre in a splitting lane: pay attention to the lane markers (white lines on the road). If the lines are thicker seperated ones, then it is either a speed up lane for traffic coming onto the highway, or it is an exit lane / seperating lane. Fun fact: atleast in germany it is allowed to pass on the right on these type of lanes :) even though the traffic in ETS2 doesnt seem to have an issue with passing on the right XD
Right lane passing is such a common thing the developers didn't take special care about. "AI can go faster than the player && and empty lane is available -> pass, no matter where that empty lane is." And about passing on the exit lane: nope, not allowed. Acceleration lane and separating to another Autobahn is true tho.
And believe me, you doing lot better than 80% of ets2 multiplayer community😂
Hello, love to see you play this again! 👍
Little Tips from me: the B Button resets your camera, very usefull. Turning on the voice of the navi helps me alot.
The X button turns on/off the cruse crontrol.
The D-pad have usefull things too, whiper, light, map and view.
I have a wheel and pedals for racing games, but Euro Truck Simulator 2, i prefer to play with the gamepad.
Greetings from Austria (near Linz)
Edit: Maybe i have changes my controller settings long time ago, cant remember.
That was so much fun to watch , love how you are not used to our roads here in Europe , couple of weeks you will be driving like a pro
That was fun to watch! Good job!
once you get the wheel and pedals, the real fun begins.
I now play it with VR and it just blows my mind.
Man, I get hyped for the game if I watch your videos.
If you have questions about the game you would like to have answered you can ask me in the comments :)
BTW, I would love a live stream 👍👍
I enjoy the ATS traffic AI mod.
For Air Brakes - I have recently turned it on - if they are depleted you need to rev the engine in neutral. Softer braking helps too!
If you sort by price/km you get the most lucrative jobs. BTW, the lighter the load and more HP the truck has, the faster it is. I just finished a 40 ton delivery with 345 HP in ATS, it was not fun with the 10 speed :(
If you hover over the truck in job selection you get some details.
There is a button for center camera, and even a steering camera is available as an option.
Trucks ONLY in right lane!
You can change the speed to car traffic, and deactivate the limiter ;)
40 tons net or brute?
@@matsv201 Entire truck with 2 trailers, including the 21 tons of toys :)
Always browse jobs as Price per Km or Miles. Get the most money for every Km you drive... Fun series!
Thanks Ian, that was so much fun watching your truck driving experience. Watching your facial expressions is fun also.
Love This Video Ian! Hope to see more to come in the future
Go for a direct drive wheel if you can, they've gotten a lot more accessible (cheaper) over the past year. They generally have better FFB for realism when racing. They also disconnects for swapping out the wheel if you'd like. I can't say much for control panels for the big trucks, although they do make them for tractors and farming simulators and flight control panels for flight simulators. Anything to help get your controls off the keyboard really.
A plus for really any wheelset is the background software that can "tune" the wheel to specific games or cars you will drive. Direct drives are also typically quieter and can give you a lot more torque than a belt or offset gear drive wheel. At least that's the sales pitches I've seen or heard about them
Yep, Logitech only does I think 15nm Thrustmaster goes to 18 or something and DD wheels go from 15 to 40nm.
Direct Drive will respond faster to ffb.
I'm probably wrong with the actual numbers but the scale does go in the order I put them, Logitech < Thrustmaster < DD.
This was a lot of fun :)
Definitely continue with this, i would watch many more.
Small tip, you seem to have good performance on your game so maybe try to set the graphics a bit higher so you can see signs and other things far away better? :)
Especially raising the resolution and turning Anti Aliasing on (8x or 16x if you can), with those even the mirrors on the car can be used for parking :D
Some of the better countries to explore are Austria and parts of Germany (Hanover, Hamburg, Erfurt etc) as they are MUCH newer than other areas of the map
Also, to see how far you have to go and how far your fuel will take you, press the letter 'I' until your small info screen on your dash says TRIP and distance or FUEL and distance, that gives you enough information on how far you can go on what amount of fuel you have. You need to stick to the route so that you don't run out of fuel, also stick to the Right lane unless passing or having to change lanes due to direction changes, always keep looking at the mimi map to check ur going in the right direction.
Thanks for continuing this series, very enjoyable content, i am happy that you have fun
Hi Ian, concerning the air brake simulation. In the game, with simulation ON, it mimics the real characteristics of an air brake. This means, everytime you brake, you loose air pressure, which has to be rebuilt by the compressor. Usualy you don't recognize this, BUT if you are breaking too often in too short intervals, pressure can drop below a minimum, which then results in closing the "park brakes" mechanically by the steel coils. And you can't release them until the air pressure in the system is high enough again to overcome the force of the coils, and thus to release the brakes.
That's about all. As i've been trucker in RL, i prefer, to turn the simulation on, because it really adds to realism.
Greets from Austria.
Man I used to play this game a lot. Nice to see you have fun!
The way how we cross borders is very realistic. In general, they always have a board with the European Union flag in which the country name is written. Also I don't know if you noticed, but at the border, they have always a sign with the speeding limits in cities/towns, outside cities/towns and on the highway because they are not always the same. Quite realistic and impressive. Can't wait till you drive in Italy!🇮🇹
One border you really will notice is Belgium, most of their highways are made cold war style from concrete slabs so when you cross border you roll from smooth asphalt on rough concrete.
@@vHindenburg Didn't know that about our roads. (I live in Belgium btw.) But what I know is that although we have high road taxes, our roads are basically relatively bad.
Yes, that last parking job was excellent! This was a lot of fun and I have to thank you, Ian, for bringing this game to my attention. Last week I bought ETS2 on Steam sale for only 4,99 euros and I played for 5 hours last weekend. Such a great game, I love it. And speeding can be expensive in ETS2, I got a speeding ticket for over 300 euros. Some would say that it's boring just driving and parking trucks, but millions of people love truck simulators, farming simulators, and heck powerwash simulator, so there is something satisfying about these games. Definitely smashed the like button and looking forward to your next trucking adventure!
Thank You so much 😎🎉 great points you make too
Hi Ian! Love how fascinated you are by the game. You've already got great manouvering skills. And congrats on your first "Elefantenrennen" by the way 😄
For real companies there is an awesome mod on steam workshop called "real companies, gas stations & billboards" by MLH82.
Other great mods that add a lot of immersion are "Sound fixes pack", ProMods (need all the map DLCs though) or "weather 2.8"
There are so many to come when you got your first owned truck to customize 😉
Love your videos, cheers from Germany!
8:44 ... I was like " And now please switch to first lane... any second now... oh god he's not doing it" 😢
As I actually know most of the routes you were driving, I was always thinking: Oh... now he's on the Frankenschnellweg. Ha! This is the Stadion am Bornheimer Hang!
You might have the speed limiter on for the truck to not go over 90kph
Yeah probably does still have restrictor on. I had to convert it to normal speed measurement to see that 90kph is 56mph which is the speed of the restricted trucks.
Steering wheel: for ETS/ATS any wheels will do as long as it has 900° rotation. Thrustmaster and Logitech are the leading affordable brands. Good luck Ian. Can't wait for the live stream. I started on Twitch playing this very game!
Hey Ian, I am a European who has followed you for a long time, love your channel, and ironically, I am driving AMERICAN Truck Simulator! :)
I actually think you did great, but there's just two things I think you would like to learn: Regardless of the speed limit, whenever you have a trailer, whether car and camper, or tractor and trailer, if the trailer is detachable, the max speed is 80. And always stay on the right, but I believe others told you that. The other thing that will help your driving A LOT, is to pay attention to the diagonal green arrows on the Navigator, they mean to shift to the left or right lane. Some lanes are reserved for exits up ahead, so if you don't change lanes when told to, you are stuck in lanes that might later get separated by walls or barriers. SO, watch for those three diagonal arrows, and follow them. :)
It's fun, as a European to watch this, because the roads, signs, cars all look exactly as what I'm used to! :)
i enjoy this a lot more than the react series, keep it up man!
By the way. Fun facts : ETS2 also known as Euro truck Simulator was made by a Czech Republic company named SCS SOFTWARE, one more FUN FACT : Cars in Europe yet also in this game have completely other speed limits. yet trucks as well...for example. " Car can go on some highway 110-130 KMP/H. yet truck can only 80. rarely 90. KMP/H . . . cuz they are very DEEPLY watched by authorities.. . .so they have limiters. . " 👍👍💥
I'm not a german I just live here so this is somewhat an outsider's perspective.
I think Frankfurt is the most 'american' city in Germany, in terms of look & feel, some tall buildings there.
The cities and highways are simplified a lot, but it's funny how 37:50 exit at Erlangen kinda looks like the real one (the slope and the left-right intersection.. altho I think it splits into 2 lanes at the bottom but it felt really familiar :) ). I take that exit on occasion since I live about 10km from there. I travel the A73 and A3 mostly, my town is off the A3. Small trivia, adidas and Puma headquarter is very very nearby there, also Siemens is from Erlangen, Suse Linux is from Nurnberg. :)
I use a Logitech Driving Force GT which is like 10 years old tech at this point, I think it's the cheapest wheel / pedal set that is ok to use. It has a tiny, and very unrealistic feeling sequential shifter if you fancy that, hey, you can manual shift so it's ok for some cars, I don't like to use paddles in cars that are just manual originally. You may be able to get one really really cheap used.
Next step-up would be the Logitech G29 (slightly better pedal set, you have a clutch, but no shifter). Good ones are super expensive - direct drive wheels and load cell brake pedals - but the above are ok for casual use.
I play Assetto Corsa on occasion (I been to Nordschleife and plan to go more so it never hurts to practice the track a bit :D) and I played ETS 1 and 2 as well with this one and it works.
How is Samsung from Erlangen when it's a Korean brand? (I guess you meant Siemens?)
@@Lukas-eh4cf s-s, all the same :D thanks
It’s a game that keeps on giving, you’ll get more and more out of the experience as you delve more into it
Trucks are limit at 80km/h, but most go around 90km/h. Buses can be going faster, mostly around 100 km/h.
If you go in your settings menu, you can switch the truck limiter off and your topspeed will be around 130 km/h. Cruise Control by default is "C".
If you press "I" in the truck you will change your display and you can see how much fuel you have and how far you can drive with it.
Press the numbers on your keyboard and you will switch camera.
Some tips for the future:
- Stay in the right lane with your truck, if you're not about to pass other traffic or have to turn left,
- Look on the Route Advisor more often, it indicates when you have to use a specific lane at interchanges,
- When you start the truck, turn on the lights immediately, no matter the weather conditions or the time by hitting L twice, specially Scandinavian countries require you to have headlights always turned on for example,
- Hazards are on the F key, if I remember correctly,
- Cruise Control is on the C key, and then you can increase and decrease the CC speed with Num-Pad + and - keys,
- On the quick jobs the fuel in the truck is usually sufficient for the job length, and as long as the fuel indicator in the Route Advisor is yellow, you have plenty of fuel in the tank, no need to worry,
- Traffic lights being on your side of a crossing, you'll get used to,
- You can set the wipers to Automatic with rain detection in the Gameplay settings somewhere, might need to scroll a bit through it,
- Truck, Trailer and Freight Damage has no visual representation, but you can see it when hitting the F7 key, with the F6 key you can see some information about the job, with the F5 you get back to your navigation,
- Trucks in ETS2 are vanilla capped at 90kph indeed.
Hope these tips help you and have a lot of fun in ETS2.
In Germany on the autobahn you see, when coming up on an exit, these blue distance markers telling you how long till they'll come up and you'd already have to signal that you're getting of at the 300m sign.
The traffic lights in Europe aren’t on the opposite side of the road to make drivers stop before the intersection so the cars don’t block pedestrian crossings
Consistency is the sign of a true master, missing every single exit is an art hehe.
In Europe, heavy traffic (e.g. trucks) have different speed limit than cars. As a result, trucks get overtaken a lot. For example, here in Finland, trucks can legally do 80 km/h max and they typically have limiters set to 87-89 km/h. Police starts ticketing in Finland when you go 4-6 km/h above the speed limit.
I'm going to check in Erlangen what you have damaged. ;-)
Isn't that the corner that looks 'vandalised' in real live as well ? ;.-D
Tip for roundabouts. When you enter the roundabout and when you are inside it you don't use your turn signals because you can only go right and then only left, you use your turn signals only when you are exiting the roundabout
The best wheel for this game is definitely Logitech G29, I recommend a set of wheel, pedals and shift lever.
logitech g920 is almost the same and it is little bit cheaper (compatible with pc and xbox)
FIREE🔥🔥 i have an "budget" steering set. I have the logitech g920 it converts well in my opinion. But its a bit soundy and not the greatest option for sims but works for me.
In the quick jobs u shold be able to make it into ur destinations with the default Fuel amount they give you if u can drive the navigator route.
I have not played in a while, so do not recall if it is a mod or expansion, but you can even transport oversized cargo or very heavy cargo like you see in the vids you have been watching. Delivering a 90 ton train car or a huge piece of wind turbine brings your skills to the next level 😄
thats the 'heavy cargo pack' dlc - also part of the essentials bundle
As for "Ausfahrt" I can say "fahrt" meaning journey or trip has been a very funny anecdote from my now 99 year old grandma and my grandad who died 20 years ago. He married her from Vienna after WW2 and brought her back to England. She knew a good amount of English but when she settled on the final journey from Austria to the UK, she let out a sigh and said to the whole carriage "My, that was a very long fahrt!". Grandad and the carriage burst out laughing and she didn't have a clue, bless her.
you are right: Ausfahrt means exit. The sign is directly at the point were then lanes split, but have there are blue signs with 1 to 3 bars on it in front of the exit indicating 300m (blue sign with 3 bars), 200m (blue sign with 2 bars) and 100m (1 bar) until the exit.
Also: blue signs are Autobahn, yellow means countryside
WRONG! Ausfahrt is the most famous city in Germany, every Autobahn leads there! 😜
@@anubis1724 I felt the same way in France. I was amazed how big the town of "Sortie" is, although I had never heard of it.
Few tips for driving this side of the pond. Trucks are limited to 80 km/h (50 mph) in most countries. Some countries allow 90 km/h (56 mph) which is also the limit for trucks in Europe. This is an electronic limit and (i believe you will loose your license if you are found to exceed this). In game there is a setting where you can disable it, but i don't remember the setting. Generally you always drive in the right lane and only go to the left if the map shows you to do so or if you overtake a slower vehicle. In this video i see your truck has a satnav and you also have the map open. This is not needed and may be confusing to some.There are satnav mods which have audio. You may benefit from using one of those. Until you have your own truck you won't need to worry about fuel unless you get too lost. You decouple too early. Your trailer is not in the right position. When trailer and truck is in a good position the white blinking markings will be green. Then you can decouple and get your experience points and money earned. Tips to use your points for skill: long distance, dangerous goods and heavy goods. These will help you gain more experience and earn better money. In some/many European countries you are required to have lights on. So turn on your low beam. And as for realism....remove that mirror in the top right corner. You won't have that in real life :P
Just a few tips. 1. Until you buy your own truck the trucks will always have enough fuel.
2. Nobody likes the Iveco
Fun to watch for a crusty old 10 year veteran of ETS2 👴, The game has changed quite a bit since initial release and many original areas have been (freely) upgraded such as parts of Germany, Austria, and ?soon? Switzerland. However if you want the original look (if better gameplay), take the Chunnel or one of the ferries to the UK and see exactly how it used to look.
You are a good reverser. Some 'hard' parking spots are tougher than others, like the notorious American Truck Simulator rail yard 'U' parking spot.
You can hide the on-screen map when the truck has a map on the dashboard (press F5 twice (another time to bring it back, or just pause using F1 to see it)). Keep an eye on the map and you won't miss your turnoff which you did at least twice during the episode.
A full map can be seen using the map option from the main screen. This lets you see where you have gone.
Try out the drive-by view (I think the button is 8 or 9). Just be ready to switch back to normal driving view (1).
Note, if you want to see an upgraded England (and MANY other parts of Europe), get Promods. Be warned, that it requires *ALL* ETS2 official maps. Probably best to wait until you are sure you want to keep playing. Best done with an alternate profile too, as ETS2 updates disable such mods until they are compatible.
Speed limit for trucks are different than passenger cars. In the game the speed signs are for the players but in real life the signs are for cars, and the truck drivers have to know by heart their own speed limit, and that is usually 10 under the signs, and max 90 on the highways IIRC
trucks are official allowed to go 80,they are limited to 90 and usually the police dont mind,if you go 90.but if you go over 90 for a longer time,there will be no mercy.busses can go 100.
Better keep the voice navigation on, pretty useful when switching lanes at junctions.
Loved to see your excitement for the game / sim. You can open / close windows...I mapped mine to 7/4 and 9/6 on the keypad to simulate up/down on each side respectively. Look forward to the next one !
I did the same thing
Great advice I’ll try the same thing 😎
Is there even anyone who has this assigned to different keys than 7/4 and 9/6 lol
For cruise control - hit "C" , For the Speed Limit on the truck - there is a setting in the "game" menu where you can turn that off. For the realistic traffic - look up "jazzycat traffic mods", he has a few that add a lot of real cars, trucks, buses, etc. For the speed you maintain with the truck - in EU, trucks and cars speed limit has bigger gap if i can put it like that. The trucks drive with 80-90, while the cars can do 120-140km/h on those autobans. Thats why they are passing you so fast. Pressing F6 while the navigation on the bottom right corner is ON, you will be able to see the job details - what stuff you deliver, which city you deliver to, what is the weight of the cargo and in what time it should be delivered. In the game settings you can assign a button for the "interior zoom", which will allow you to zoom in when you are driving in the interior view. In the EU (i think all countries or at least most of them) you need to have your lights turn on at any time. Yours weren't on, so you got a fine. You need to press L two times, because the first ones are just a running lights. Also hitting P multiple times will increase the wipers speed. If you see this comment and you need any help with the game, mods, rules, etc - find me on discord: ᴍɪᴅɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴄʟᴜʙ | s𝟷ᴄᴋ`#2937 . I will be happy to help.
The satnav by default routes you down the motorways, it can be well worth turning on the small roads options so you get out into some of the twisty and interesting side roads.
I've driven on the 661 past the Frankfurt skyline so often.. I live just north of Frankfurt and used to work near Ikea, so this was fun to watch😄
Logitech G25,G29/G920 (same wheel just different compatibility with consoles. G29=PlayStation,g920= Xbox) or Thrustmaster T-150. These wheels and pedals are more then enough for ETS2/ATS
for steering wheels i us and love the logitech g 25 it comes with 3 pedals and shifter for dirt cheap and for me it was the best generation of logitech, love from spain
This is a great game to play. Fun to play and fun to watch people play. It will be good to see if you keep playing this enough to get to the properly long distance jobs. They do take a while.
Great video ian and i look forward to seeing more of these.
12:09 The white sign with five slim diagonal black lines means "no speed limit"
Awesome, fun to see you enjoying the game :D I play it with a DualSense (PS5) controller, gotten quite used to it, just had to dial in the right sensitivity.
- Suggestion for controller input: in Options -> Controls, set the steering sensitivity to around ~20% and the non-linearity quite high.
This results in smoother steering, letting you make small turns without having to go back-and-forth so harshly all the time :D
Not sure how sensitive the Xbox controller is, but a very slight turn of the stick should let you make small curves with ease. Try slowly and smoothly moving the stick.
- I would also recommend setting L3 (left stick click) to "Interior camera", as it's often difficult to line up straight ahead.
As far as i know (at least in Lithuania) in roundabouts, TURN SIGNALS are used when leaving the roundabout or changing lanes inside it.
Good job. The second drop of was very well done!
You can also put everything in familiar terms like miles & US gallons. And yes there's a real businesses mod that's really good to use.
For the DLC's maps and the cargo ones are pretty much all you really need to buy, cabin accessories is good optional one later in game when you get your own truck cab (I paused just after 4 minutes to put this out there)
The term Ausfahrt (pronounced ous-fart, ous as in spouse) is used for vehicle exits. It literally means „out drive“. An entrance for vehicles on the other hand is an Einfahrt (pronounced ine-fart, ine as in spine), more or less lit. „into drive“. E. g. in a parking garage.
For your first mod add on I would get the exotic/classic cars mods so you can do some car spotting while you drive. To get your company up and running fast 1, do long hauls as they pay the best! 2,when you can buy the cheapest Inveco buy it and put a driver in it so you have 2 incomes, 1from the AI driver (skill them on long haul then go auto) while you continue to try different trucks with quick jobs
My European brain screams "KEEP RIGHT!!"
Just wait until you need to deliver a double trailer to Trameri
Heyo, i play both truck simulators a lot, if this is useful for you, here is the xbox gamepad layout that worked out great for me:
Left stick sideways: steering
Left stick up/down: shift gear up/down
Left stick press: Dashboard function button
Right stick: lookaround
Right stick press: Camera zoom
LB/RB: turning lights
Left trigger: brakes
Right trigger: accelerate
Y: Adetach trailer
B: Reset camera
A: Interaction button
X: Set Cruise control
Dpad right/left: Increase/Decrease cruise control
Dpad down: Map
Dpad up: Cycle through cameras
By the way: In the gameplay setting, you can set cruise control to also actively decelerate if necessary, and most importantly, disable the truck speed limiter, so you can properly use the Autobahn and go NYOOOOOOM (prepare for fines, though some may consider it Worth It :) )
After your first Euro Truck video, I had a look on Steam for it. Lucky for me it was on sale, so I've been playing it for the last week or so. Lots of fun, crashes and driving like an idiot!
Thank you for introducing the game to me. Love from Scotland
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Loved the streaming! I hope you continue these uploads! just an advice since you're not using any graphic mods, you can easily set the graphic settings to ULTRA, I think it will perform really well, and you will enjoy it more and see far stuff clearly. and last thing: when buying a truck stay away from IVECO they're the weakest in the game haha.
- You're really good at shunting backwards. But I think you already have experience with trailers.
- Trucks must drive on the right in Europe. Out of town and from 7.5t also in town.
- At the roundabout you have to pay attention to the blinkers of the vehicles. You blink to the right when you want to leave the roundabout.
- There are skins for your truck but you can paint it yourself in the garage if you have your own.
- Seeing the red lights is also a real problem in Germany. This is really better in US.
- I used to have a MAN like that. It really does look like this from the inside. The motor really has that much bass, but it's a little quieter. You can only hear it under load. MAN is known for this subwoofer sound. Extremly at low revs.
- There is a physics mod for ETS2. Haven't played for a long time but in the original game the brakes weren't simulated well. The faster a truck is, the worse the braking effect, which was not well simulated at the time. In addition, the engine brake in the original is far too strong and far too undynamic. It is actually stronger at high revs and decreases as the revs drop. The retarder is very effective at high speeds and becomes weaker as the speed decreases. Also, the mass was not well simulated on a slope. But there was a mod for it.
There is also a mod with real company names.
At the point when you were talking about speed limits and the cars were passing you, the speed limit for trucks was 80km/h (as stated on the sat-nav screen), meanwhile the speed limit for the cars was i believe 110km/h at that point as is normal for EU motorways.
I dont know if this is a thing in the US where the speed limit is different for different categories of vehicle.
I know that here in the UK, we have "National speed limit applies" which means 70mph for cars and 60mph for trucks (if on a dual carriageway)
Anyway, that's enough waffle from me. Great video and I am excited to see this more frequently in the future!
This was fun to watch thank 😊 you made my day today!
Instead of honking to say thank you when you pass the truck you put your hazards on for a couple of flashes - that’s what we do in the UK anyway, a honk is usually negative
If you want a less traffic sim and more _action trucking_ kind of experience, you can tweak gameplay settings to
1) turn off speed governor, and
2a) set "Route advisor speed limit" to "Show car limit" which allows you to drive at higher speeds legally, or
2b) turn traffic offenses off entirely.
To get smoother braking, consider using engine brake ("jake brake") and the optional retarder. Both come with some cool sound effects as well.
Cruise control relaxes driving a lot. Hope your controller doesn't run out of buttons to bind.
Some extra info if cars serm to go faster than trucks (at least in Norway, and the rest of Europe i believe): Trucks have an upper speed limiter of 90 km/h. So if the speed limit is 110 km/h, the truck stil can’t go over 90, but cars can. Back in the 80’s there were no limits, and truckers drove as hard as they could. 110 km/h on sommer road with 80 km/h speed limit and 90 km/h on winter. (Info from my friends father that used to be a trucker
The first roundabout was correct btw, left lane for going left on roundabout, right lane for turning right and either lane for straight through.
It's also how you can tell if a vehicle should be turning off before you if they have come across from opposite in the outside lane they shouldn't be turning to their left, but as always, don't assume because you don't know who's driving! lol
Hahahahaha I was watching this and screaming "STICK TO THE RIGHT LANE DAMN IT!" hahahaha Euro highways man hahaha this was a really nice video!
I don't know how I ended up here but Im watching this while drinking 😂
always put your lights on , the green arrows on your minimap show the direction , offramp , onramp you need to take
22:45 In most European countries, you won't find traffic lights at the opposite side of intersections, as many intersections are so irregular, that this would more confuse people than help, as they would have to figure out a) where "opposite" is in this case and b) which of the opposite traffic lights are actually theirs.
In those "rented" trucks you have enough fuel to finish the job. When you will buy your own truck then you will have to take care of fuel.
...unless you take the scenic route ;p
I loved when you were going out of the parking lot for the first job 😂 I hope our Europe pleases you 🇪🇺❤️
Most trucks are electronically limited to 90km/h here in Europe. In most of Europe trucks are only allowed to drive 80km/h with a trailer and 90km/h without… France is an exception I believe or at least it is in the game, your allowed to go 90km/h in France in the game.
do Bulgaria or Romania, I'm curious how an American would deal with our challenging roads.
I don't think he has Road to the Black Sea yet.
Im still playing vanilla game for now as well, so much fun. My DAF truck, the new model, looks amazing!! Glad you're having fun!!
I play a few racing games as well and i highly recommend you getting a wheel, feels a lot more immersive!! There are some great DD (direct drive) wheel out there, some really cheap!!
I usually go 3/4 km/h over the limit without a problem 😄 One option that really helps navigating is enabling "voice navigation" Great backing up at 28:00
For any sim I would recommend the Logitech G29. It's just a great allrounder and it's got enought buttons for a senseful setup. Thanks for making those videos!
Agreed, I've had G27 with the Shifter + SKRS for over 5 years and it still works amazing. There are also pricey Thrustmaster based setups but that's just overkill unless you're building entire Sim room.
@@dwightk.schrute8696 There are affordable Thrustmaster setups like the TMX as well.
@@dwightk.schrute8696 Thrustmaster are not pricey in any way, they're pretty much equal budget as Logitech, like for example the Thrustmaster T150 or the T300. If you want pricey go with a top DD wheel from Fanatec or Simicube where you can easily spend £2k on it. Also you don't need to build an entire sim room to have a good wheel but the top tier ones do need a sturdy table or a sim rig, a wooden table would break from the forces a DD can put out compared to the tiny amount the lesser wheels can.
One thing is the speed limit on the highway, but the other is also for the Vehicle/ trailer.
So it doesnt matter that the highway limit is 90/110/130, because you still need to adhere to the speed limit of your vehicle or your Trailer. Thats why you always see the 80 on the screen to the right, but the rest of the passanger cars wizz away because they can go the 110 limit, while you cant due to your truck/trailer limit.
Even when the truck/trailer is permisible to go 90, I heard that truckers still go mostly 80km/h because it saves fuel, rather then going 90.
If I remember correctly, trucks have to have a system installed that basicaly checks and records how fast are you going.
So if Police stops you, they can ask for this data and when they see that the avarage speed is over to your permited speed of your Truck/Trailer, you get fined to hell.
Same goes for driving hours. If you drive over your 8 ( or 9) hours, you also can get fined.
Not to mention you have to be the limit of the weight that your truck/trailer can carry. If you are over the mass you tow, BooM!!!...another fine. So Police is mostly targeting the weight towed and the speed....at least thats what I heard here in Slovakia.
Trucks have other speed limits than cars in europe. The speed limit on the highway depends.on what type of truck you have.
In sweden trucks have a limit of 80 or 90 unless the sign say something less
If i understand it in germany they have 80, 90 or 100 for trucks. Trucks are never alowed to drive more than 100 regardless what the sign say. In the game they simplified this and put 80 as a top speed ever where.
in the game its actually not 80 at everywhere, some countries like france have 90
@@tompsu9536 well. I have not driven in france in the game.
But what I was refering to is that the signs on the highway is 80 but in real life they would be 120 or what ever and the truck driver sulose to know how fast he is alowed to drive depending on the truck configuration.
I seen some new trucks have a computer that tells the driver what the top slowed speed is.