http://store.steampowered.com/app/270880/









Euro Truck Simulator 2 was one of those games I really tried to get into, but never took off with me, so I will pass on this.

Still, looks pretty decent.

Time to break out my Elite Dangerous trucking gear. A gif for when you see bizarre lag and a song for the road:

Yeah, it better have a timed Coors run in there somewhere. I'd rather run block in the TA though.
That would be a GREAT Need for Speed co-op game.

Cool looks like Euro Truck Simulator 2 came to the states... will add this to my wishlist to pickup in a future sale.

ETS2 is a good game to relax with sometimes.

It's amazing to me the popularity of these mundane "work" sims. Like street cleaner sim, truck sim, bus sim.. Perhaps all the unemployed folks want to know what it's like to work... Shrug....

So it's like Euro Truck Simulator without the occasional novelty of changing which side of the road you drive on?

Didn't see any classic long nose Macks or Kenneworths in the video so I guess no Smokey and the Bandit adventures.

why can I see a modder doing something like that?

+1

I guess people have gotten bored of actual real sims like flight, racing and naval simulators?

When it comes down to it flying airliners in MS Flight Simulator isn't really much different to Truck Sim.

Now if only we could strap some machine guns to our Mack

ala Spy Hunter FTW!

I don't fly civilian flight sims at all. If it ain't got weapons and if I ain't knocking out enemy aircraft and/or ground vehicles then I don't play it.

I'll buy it when it goes on sale. I had more fun with ETS2 than I should have.

They announced they are going to release it later today, about a day ahead of schedule, which is nice

I may try one of these truck "sims" at some point. And based on comments from others who play them, I think that the software is approachable within a time investment level that a great many people can afford. Sort of like some of the combat and flight simulation software of years past. Not something where I will be studying checklist for longer than the actual flight mission, then forgetting most of it by the time I sit down to play another mission in a weeks time.

Similar with racing sims. Once I got into racing simulations above a certain point, it was crushing. Hours of practice laps, fuel strategy planning, test races to verify fuel use rates... And I could not sustain it.

I saw a review on it and I think it is better to wait for the summer sale, or in my case, winter sale.

The bad:

- Just two states in this release - California and Nevada.
- Just 2 trucks included. Others delayed due to licensing issues.
- Exactly the same interface as ETS2.

The good:
- Those 2 states alone are bigger than most European territories.
- New trucks will come out for free as DLC once the licensing issues are solved.
- They did capture the feeling on driving in a California/Nevada highway VERY well. Lots of details.
- Exactly the same interface as ETS2.

Ah yes, nothing more exciting than driving through Nevada. How much desert and semi-desert can you stand to see?

I must admit I do enjoy ETS2 from time to time. Stepping into my 700 HP Mercedes Benz truck, tuning the in-game radio to some country station and just...drive

I do miss a thermal imaging sight and a high-velocity gun but... it's strangely satisfying simply driving from A to B without causing an accident or getting a speed ticket.