In Euro Truck Simulator 2, the player assumes the role of a professional driver. At the beginning of the game, the player now has the opportunity to select a Avater to name the company and a selection of 8 different logos. Then select the city still in the then the company is located and there you go.
After that you will be guided directly by a "control assistants" who leaves a lot of different options open as you want now control his truck. Either a keyboard or mouse and keyboard or holding the steering wheel. Also, various switching options available to the player available here. Ranging from the simple combined automatic transmission through to manual Double-H circuit with the clutch. For advance kudos for the games manufacturer.
Here, however, it must be mentioned that the proper calibration of a steering wheel (dep. Of steering wheel manufacturer) takes a certain amount of fine tuning and it may take a bit until we found the perfect setting.
At this point I would also like to respond briefly to the graphics options. Here, the manufacturer of the game has indeed delivered a great graphics, but I have personally deduct a point here, because it is clearly noted that here the requirements appear at the PC higher than indicated in the minimum requirements. I personally use an i7 laptop with a 2GB graphics card and 8GB of RAM and have on Ultra settings significant performance problems. In the community forums can be read by some problems, so here is still room for improvement in terms of performance.
Back to the Game: The player now has the choice whether he initially wants to seek jobs as a hired driver or equal to taking a loan from the bank and would like to start with his own truck through. The choice has as one I think deserves no major impact on the other players with two methods fast money.
The successful drive of orders you get his reward and experience points with which the driver increases his level of experience. Pro level then you get another skill point which you can distribute in a skill tree. I think that's a great idea and motivated to keep playing. Therefore, here also a positive conclusion.
If at some point independently with their own trucks and have enough money accumulated you can continue to build its trucks with optical and technical tuning aids. Here are example lamp bracket, Bull catcher, exhausts etc. available to his truck to beautify visually. Here is a great idea in my opinion, but I must assign a point of criticism here. Because I think it is not realistic that you're the only one on the road of such a thing on the truck. Here you would have to give way to realism and to bring the KI optical tuning means to the trucks.
If you have enough money, it is possible to expand his garage and to purchase more trucks and those with other riders to show the drive for his own company. A great idea that has been implemented in my opinion more than bad. Because it is not possible to dispose the trucks, let alone to make settings for the driver in front. The current model envisages that the driver takes in the hometown of charge, this delivers and then always travels empty back home. So always to B and back to A. I would have liked, if you have no influence on the disposition has the driver from A to B to C to D and back moves for weekend A. Only of A Since this is not the power of the truck really only between 400-800 euros per day in sales. For comparison itself creates quite loose 10.000 - 20.0000 and even in the first level.
Here I would like to see a patch because that motivated not to build his own company great. Mention must also be that its own driver may not be seen by a self on the road. So why here tune the trucks ??
A word about the KI: I think the AI is improved to ETS 1 but far from realistic. The KI hidden example when driving with high beam. Even waving the AI one of a confluence per headlight flasher. it's good. To the contrary, the AI also has many quirks. In most cases the cars stay on turn left just standing without oncoming traffic. Groundless braking in a straight line has also often. Threading also works only partially. Since 20 cars remain seitwohl from behind no one comes. Toll I find that you can now significantly more traffic also on country roads. Partly it accumulates even.
I summarize the pros and cons together again:
PRO:
- Great graphics
- Many control options for players
- Many tractors
- Good menu navigation
- Motivation by level system
- Good AI traffic
- Tuning possibilities of trucks
Cons:
- No own Dispo possible
- Drivers make little profit
- Partially quirks in the AI traffic
- Partially perfomance problems
- Relatively small map
Not to see Tuning to other trucks -
- Own driver are not visible on the road
Conclusion:
One of the best, if not the best driving simulator which is available so far. The game is fun! The game promises long-term motivation and I think SCS is still a lot to do to make the game continue to improve. There is already a great community and soon a lot of mods refine the game. Therefore, the game 4 stars and a strong buy recommendation !!! :)
