Euro Truck Simulator 2: Update 1.3

Marco Bijl · Feb 6, 2013

SCS Software released their Patch 1.3 for Euro Truck Simulator 2 today. Steam edition will follow soon, but all digital and retail copies can be updated!

At last, we are releasing a new update to ETS2! Lots of fixes and improvements, and a new patch application which should hopefully make the updating procedure a lot smoother.

It may be a good idea for you to back-up your player profile (look for it in Documents > Euro Truck Simulator 2), especially if you are using mods which may have compatibility problems with this update. This way you would have a fall-back option to temporarily revert to a previous version in case of problems.

Steam edition of the game will be updated later today, please have patience with us, this patch is applicable to all retail as well as digital editions of the game except for the Steam build.

Find the update here.

What's new in this update:

official licenses from Iveco and Volvo

ability to change the company name, logo or preferred brand

retarder (automatic or manual)

per-profile mod selection (can be overridden using -force_mods command line parameter)

support local currencies of each country in the game

gearbox accessory selection

new online radio stations (now up to 190 stations)

physics takes into account different weights for trailers and cargos

Renault Premium upgrades

Renault Magnum side-skirts are now an optional upgrade

hired driver log

hired drivers more likely to find suitable cargo on the way back

re-hired driver issue fixed

ferry fee is not charged to player for quick jobs

UK distances in GPS fixed

fixed memory leak when playing mp3 files using radio

improved handling of corrupted save files

improved resiliency to some types of corruptions caused by mod removal

fixed cabin blur during rain

over 200 map changes and fixes

several German roads thoroughly tweaked and prettyfied

bump causing damage on German A3 fixed

powerline columns in the middle of the road removed

gas station in Bremen

AI curves fixing on some prefabs

increased vertex buffer sizes to improve game stability with more detailed vehicle models

Product Key verification step added, only genuine keys in good standing accepted as of version 1.3+

Further information and support can be found on the ETS2 forum.

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Boby Kim · Feb 7, 2013

After one hour intense racing with R3E it's nice to cooldown with ETS2. The patch feels much better. Actually now i have feeling driving a truck with a heavy load

. Im not a nerd, i just like driving

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2CV SUPER GT · Feb 8, 2013

I did test the patch and it's a welcome improvement

Marcel vd Aa · Feb 8, 2013

SCS released a new patch which to some extend sorts out game crashing problems with update 1.3:

Trying to help broken mods - Update 1.3.1

We could not stay deaf to so many complaints as people were struggling with mod incompatibilities. So we spent the day today reproducing the most common issues that you guys were reporting to us, and trying to implement workarounds that would mean that the game doesn't crash when it encounters the problem.

The result is a new Euro Truck Simulator 2 update - version 1.3.1. There are no new features in it, not even any fixes of game functionality itself. All that's new are a few extra robustness improvements in the code when the game loads savegames/profiles with problematic mods created for older versions of the game.

Find the patch here: http://www.eurotrucksimulator2.com/update.php

Note that we have created a very small version of the patch if you are already running 1.3.0, but also incremental patch from the 1.2.5.x edition and a full patch from any previous version.

If you are not using mods, or haven't bumped into any mod-related crashes, there is no hurry for you to update. But if you had trouble even reading the player profile, or crashing when using retarder, or using physics mod, this is the patch you should look into, it may help.