Australia expansion pack, anyone?

[Rhys Gardiner]

Two words: Road Trains.

I'd like to see how people handle driving one of these monsters through 3000km of red desert!

 

[Senad Subasic]

Oh yes, hours and hours of straight roads and nothing but dirt for miles

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

Oh yes, hours and hours of straight roads and nothing but dirt for miles

You could say it's a challenge in and of itself...

 

[Marco Bijl]

Lol Try parking that one backwards on a small sized industrial area

On a more serieus note, althoug I do understand the specialness in this, I do doubt if it would last. A lot of the fun of the game is the dricing backwards, and driving through the narrow streets of a city. These monsters don't come to a city, so it would indeed be just the desert runs. I think people will get bored with them soon. After all, when driving in a straight line, it doesn't matter that much how long the vehicle is.

 

[Ron Squire]

dont want to be captain obvious or nasty but isnt the game called Euro Truck Simulator 2 if so what are you putting a country from Australasia in a game that is made for trucking iin europe

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Oh road trains

Bit offtopic but doesnt Australia have a normal network of train connections?

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

These monsters don't come to a city, so it would indeed be just the desert runs. I think people will get bored with them soon. After all, when driving in a straight line, it doesn't matter that much how long the vehicle is.

How about driving on unsealed roads?

dont want to be captain obvious or nasty but isnt the game called Euro Truck Simulator 2 if so what are you putting a country from Australasia in a game that is made for trucking iin europe

I'm not being serious about this.

Bit offtopic but doesnt Australia have a normal network of train connections?

Yes we do, but only in the south and east. Many of the major mining operations in the northwest and interior of the country don't have railway connections to the ports and cities - only highways. That's where the road trains come in. This map of the major roads and railway routes should clarify: http://www.sydney-australia.biz/maps/australia/graphics/australia-rail-map.png

 

[Marcel vd Aa]

Well, there are some rumours surrounding ETS2 that we might get double trailers in the future.
Which in europe look something like this:

 

[Marco Bijl]

Would be nice! Although I really wonder how people drive backwards with a double trailer .

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

...With great difficulty...

 

[Kai Lohmann]

You know the
Elphinstone Easyloader

 

[Craig Hume]

oooh, can we get one of these going (joking)

 

[Mark Reynolds]

Well, there are some rumours surrounding ETS2 that we might get double trailers in the future.
Which in europe look something like this:

We wont be getting them in the UK any time soon, a local large haulier has been pressing for this for a while now and recently got arrested after a PR stunt demonstrating these combinations on the public road ( Company is called DENBY from Lincoln UK )

Spooky spooky, just found this updated news report on this very subject, how odd !!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-20318649

 

[Mark Reynolds]

oooh, can we get one of these going (joking)

LOL, all that engine and steel, and then the tiny little pokey driver cabin perched on top

About sums up where in the food chain the average driver is considered in the industry.

 

[morsify]

I'm not being serious about this.

Don' t know why not. It could be an addon - drive the distance with 4 trailers, and then unhitch and park them up individually at the depot.