Euro Truck Sim 2: Version 1.11 Delivered

After a sustained three week-long beta testing program, SCS Software has finalised its latest update to Euro Truck Simulator 2. The revision takes ETS2 to Version 1.11.1 and is available to all users. Steam users can let the client automatically update the game and direct purchasers can visit SCS Software’s Update page for a range of download options that will bring any earlier version up to the current package number.

Euro Truck Sim 2 V1.11 thoughts…

An immediate reaction to the list of changes is that the SCS team appears to have left little untouched. Away from behind-the-scenes code, the most notable ‘main’ change is the arrival of the seat adjustment that was announced in April with a look at an early GUI element. With point-of-view an almost standard in-game option for years and Euro Truck 2’s view never feeling quite right, the lack of such control was a rare, if slight negative point in the early haulage experience. The fantastic news with this update is that SCS have extended the options beyond those suggested in the early ‘teaser’ image.

We can see that the possibilities for movement were perhaps sufficient but few there. Not only that but the traditional look of the interface was definitely looking a bit old.

Move on a couple of months and development added to the lower/raise and fore/aft movement with three-way positioning of the virtual driver’s head. Maintaining the appearance of ETS2’s interface, the Seat Adjustment overlay nonetheless saw a refresh with the adoption of head and seat icons.

It just needs a similar element for field of view now!

As passingly mentioned in the change notes below, the interface has more generally received a lick of paint. Little touches throughout the UI have refreshed Euro Truck 2’s appearance with attention having reached even the loading screen. It’s a particularly small change but is more attractive and includes both the time of day in the game and the truck’s status as the saved point loads.

With the appreciated POV addition covered for this Euro Time-Sink 2 game, here’s a reduced form of the change list. To pore over the entire run of revisions, pay a visit to ETS2’s Patch Notes page.

Main changes

• 3 new cities: Venice, Klagenfurt, Graz
• Seat adjuster
• Truck/car speed limit shown in Route Adviser
• Improved UI for in-game radio with sorting and favourite selection (global across all profiles). To take advantage of the new features, use the “Update from internet” button to update the radio streams
• UI facelift

Gameplay

• Ability to relocate player and sell empty garage
• Digital cruise control: speed increment, speed decrement, resume
• Fixed route animation on UI map
• Adjusters UI unified and linked to common key (F4)
• Support for resetting mirrors in the mirror adjuster to default position
• Mirror adjuster can be controlled using keys on numeric pad
• Truck configuration screen pre-selects owned accessories
• Live fuel consumption displayed in litres/100km if vehicle is moving
• When miles and gallons are used, consumption is calculated inversely (in gallons per mile)
• Automatically generated h-shifter layouts (for any number of gears, even more than 12)
• Mirror reflections realistically change in relation to camera movement

Simulation

• Hinge inertia is calculated from shape
• Centre of gravity of cargo affects the trailer’s centre of gravity
• Added option slider controlling trailer stability (center of gravity offset)
• Updated physics-related properties of materials to account for physics changes
• Modified weights in suspension filtering

Map

• Many map fixes in all countries
• Deleted unused map segments

Vehicles

• Scania: Fixed mapping on dashboard, changed mirrors
• Stralis: Fixed bad reflections
• Hiway: Fixed engine torque
• Volvo 2012: Removed side-skirts from default set-ups, fixed distorted mirror
• Volvo FH-16, Man: Fixed holes
• Renault Magnum: Fixed the Blade paint job
• DAF XF: Improved interior mirrors

Models

• Proper detail vegetation texture is selected for prefabs
• Proper detail vegetation texture for road with centre terrain only
• Added ‘crossroad end’ rules for highway prefabs to properly cancel previous speed limits if any
• Added ‘crossroad end’ traffic rules for petrol stations
• Fixed vertex, AI info and terrain points on various prefabs
• Fixed navigation curve on roundabout and fork prefab
• Fixed map points and AI locators on cross prefabs
• Fixed roll of AI curve on some prefabs

Code

• Improved speed limit detection
• Some improvements in handling of both DirectX and OpenGL
• Fixed Alt+Tab after changing graphics settings in the DirectX mode
• Fixed crash during exit when another copy is already running
• Support for specific license plate format for buses
• Support for different license plate background for trucks
• Refined physical geometry for generated roads and some prefabs to improve physics behaviour
• Prevented crash if there are missing cities or cities without any brands when sending initial “dealer unlocked” email (TSM mod)
• Prevented crash if driver log contains city from mod which was removed
• Fixed repair of Man, Stralis and Streamline trucks after removal of accessory mod
• Fixed crash when trying to sell truck whose cabin accessory is missing as result of mod removal
• Fixed crash in management screens when sorting by city name when city is missing as result of mod removal

AI

In addition to the condensed feature list below, many changes have been implemented for the movement, speed, generation and detection of non-player vehicles. Look at the full set of patch notes for the details!

• Speed limit is not reset until the end of crossroad
• Reset vehicle speed limit when the corresponding rule ends
• AI vehicles turn their lights on or off based on the actual light conditions instead of the time of day
• Prevented overtaking near traffic accidents in the opposite direction
• Decreased lane speed interval size to lower the number of slow vehicles on highways
• Prevent vehicle spawning near vehicles overtaking in a wrong-way lane during the whole overtaking process
• Fixed overly frequent use of low probability paths
• Fixed handling of splitting lanes
• Fixed use of indicators and lane merging for French, Polish and Austrian toll gates
• Fixed vehicles not finding correct path on roundabouts
• Fixed handling of priority rules
• Fixed crashed AI vehicles trying to move before the reviving process is possible
• Fixed AI vehicles moving too slow in outer lanes in some cases
• Improved lane merging
• Improved handling of country speed limit
• Improved collision handling
• More AI fixes

Sound

• Rebalanced sound volume of all trucks and volume of rain inside cabin
• Added wind sound while driving in exterior
• New sound for forest
• New factory sound
• Changed ambient sound in vicinity of cities

Editor

SCS has extended its work into modification support and the editor of Euro Truck Sim 2. It’s a long list of amendments, so we’ll include some key points and link to the full notes once more.

• Notification about auto save and can now be postponed
• Loaded map auto save behaves as normal map
• Fixed interaction between zoom using mouse wheel for zoom and change of fly speed
• Map overlay dialogue supports multi-selection
• Fixed showing vegetation assets in content browser
• Editable sign dialogue has position and rotation edit boxes
• Added traffic area item for specifying local rules for the AI
• Added undo for node dialog
• Improved drag and drop

Modding

The mod revisions have a separate set of comprehensive notes.

• Significantly increased number of cities supported on the UI map
• Maximum driving time and sleeping time are configurable in economy data
• Added red light offence tolerance to police data
• Air resistance and friction is configurable in physics.sii
• Renamed some traffic rules related to city areas

Everything went smoothly here with the update on a mod-free installation. The upgrade and the first session on the road – played via keyboard this time, no less! – were incident-free! Not that the driver didn’t have some plenty of near-misses…

True to its history with Euro Truck Simulator 2, SCS Software’s mainland trucking development continues even as the team develop an American counterpart. Steam Achievements, Oculus Rift support, extended territories – there is a lot more to come!

Why can’t everything be supported like this?!