Friday, September 19, 2014

New countries, new opportunities

During development of DLC Scandinavia we felt that our roads need further push of variation and fidelity.

There are tons of new assets like new highway junctions, local roads with new crossroads, or new types of roads with different lane count on each side, as it often happens in reality. The main idea off course is to make sure they actually look and feel close to their actual Scandinavian representation.

Check out the following screenshots that bring a little glimpse of how it is shaping up:






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    1. Release date: 26.09.2014
      Price:17,99 €

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    2. Sold! Will be nice to drive on those new junctions. I hope the rest of Europe will get an overhaul as well, as I just hate those sudden exits for which you have to change lane suddenly.

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    3. I don't think the DLC will come out so soon... I expect it to be released in October/November ;)

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    4. As you can see here: http://blog.scssoft.com/2013/08/going-east-almost-there.html the release date about Going East! DLC was announced on 30th of August, and the release date was 20th of September... so that's almost a month in advance... Also we haven't seen the blog about the DLC going into beta testing, so I expect the DLC to be released in October/November as I said before ;)

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    5. According to Amazon UK it'll be released by Excalibur Publishing on 26th September, however, that's next week and I don't even think the DLC has been completeted yet, and then it has to be boxed and sent out to publishers, so, I wouldn't take these dates as being true, it's going to be a few months I think before we can buy it.

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    6. There is no release date for the DLC and the release dates that you see are speculation. Scandinavia DLC will be released when its READY.

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    7. People love to make stuff up LOL !

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    9. Para o ETS2 ficar bom, tem que ter mais emoção. Tipo:

      1. Buracos nas pistas
      2. Tem que quebrar amortecedor
      3. Estourar pneus
      4. Tem que ter desgaste de pneu
      5. A cada 25 mil km trocar os pneus
      6. Tem que secar os pneus e fazer uma parada nos postos e encher cada pneu
      7. Tem que ter troca de oleo
      8. O caminhão tem que sujar
      9. Tem que ter barro na estrada
      10. Tem que ter lava-jato
      11. Tem que sujar o vidro da frente
      12. Tem que ter agua no limpador de para brisa
      13. Tem que aparecer a fumaca do caminhao
      14. O KM tem que ser mais realista
      15. O TEMPO tem que ser mais realista
      16. O lataria do caminhao tem que sofrer danos
      17. Amassar para choque
      18. Quebrar lanterna ( dianteira e traseira )

      E por ai vai. Se não tiver isso ai, tá muuuuuuuuuuuuito longe de ser um simulador com condições reais ( Marcelo Cardoso )

      Steam: [ Truckers BR ] Celo

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    10. isso, e eu acrescentaria mais umas coisas!

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    11. concordo plenamente, gosto e jogo muito, mas ta bem chatinho...

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  2. yes, it feels great, really freat, congratulations!

    by the way... didn´t you forget anything? not a single word about new DAF, Mercedes.... next update..... nothing?? really?

    Cheers

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  3. volvo xc60 on 4th picture. Does it comes with update?

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    1. That was a Scania Streamline and a Renault. I dont see any Volvos in the picture.

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    2. take another look at picture 4 and then especially to the car on the left that is a volvo XC70

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  4. WOW! It looks fantastic! Great work SCS. :D

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  5. ProMod people said that you're working on Ireland also? Is that being rolled into this map update, or a separate project?

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    1. Now, we know for well you're working on it SCS.

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    2. hmmmm ... I'd love it, who wouldn't but really ??????? I'll wait for official confirmation here on the blog with all due respect !!

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  6. Awesome Screen shots SCS. Looking forward to the DLC. You guys at SCS really know how to keep the fans of ETS2 on the edge of their seats. Great work and keep it up.

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  7. Still waiting for the Mercedes Truck

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  8. still waiting for the v1.13 update ;)

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  9. This is a DLC I am 100% buying. it looks great!

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  10. Hoping for the same with the yellow line, as i'm from Norway myself ;)

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  11. wen is ready?? release date scs please !
    perfect DLC ! Perfect Team SCS software !!
    Cheers from Romania

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    1. Mariane esti un amarat de pupin curist,ce este perfect la jocul asta????

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  12. I'm from Sweden and I got to say this:

    The map and signs are MUCH F*****G BETTER THAN PROMODS!

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    1. Promods is just the same, you can't judge because you have seen 6 pics ..

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    2. I seen the rest of the scandinavian pictures, and the models and the nature! IS AMAZING! (BETTER THAN PROMODS!)

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    3. (Sry for little spam) For an example, Look at this picture: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5tT0ozn-uUU/VBwYLQBah5I/AAAAAAAABFY/WJfvMBwV8cM/s1600/002.jpg

      Then think, ProMods doesn't have Swedish triangle stop marks...

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    4. I never KNEW ETS2 was Second Gen. I guess they have it on Maximum quality which proves ETS2 is a hybrid of Current Gen/Next Gen.

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  13. Ow comon it looks good but I just want a releasdate

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  14. Nice! This is something that has been rather lacking in the game.

    Also, I want more updates on ASL! :(

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  15. I talked with a guy from amazon, he told me it would be released around the 28nd of september

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  16. For me, low roads deversity is the biggest con of this game. So I'm looking forward to this DLC.

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  17. Very good work! But why sky is so shine??? It's a north, no Italy, sky must to be more cloudy and dark...

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    1. Yes))) But I am looking on the photo and see real Norway...
      https://h-a.d-cd.net/483d394s-480.jpg

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  18. all previously promised community sees no earlier than Christmas comes?)))))

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  19. The 3rd and 5th picture is from Vassumkrysset. It's were you would take of to Drammen from Akershus, via Oslofjordtunnelen.

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  20. Excellent news - thanks for the update. The screenshots look good.

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  21. So, the new roads and possibilities are only for this DLC ? It's gonna be like two different games...

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  22. Thanks Viktor. Looks really good. I'll be buying it for sure...take your time and make sure it's up to your usual very high standards! Any ideas on rough time scales for it's completion!. Thanks again to all the team at SCS for all their hard work!

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  23. Be honest guys, and tell people who made this roads,crosses and other stuff for real !! That will be better ;) .... behind this roads are others,not just SCS team ;) !!! Tell to people true.

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    1. yep , They couldn't have done it by themselves , some people who make map mods for ETS2 helped them , if you know what I mean.

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  24. Nice work, When it gonna be released ?

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  25. I'm glad to read that efforts were taken to improve the variety of roads and prefabs. I really hope you will follow the same philosophy with the areas of the vanilla map, and will overhaul them some time in the future.

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  26. I dont want to comlain or overrush things, I mean the work you are doing is great but im really asking myself on which timeschedule we can expect the next big patch/dlc/update i dont care. I am really looking forward to the release. Keep the work going guys and do the things you're good in: Making this game one of the best -if not the- best sim out there!

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  27. "New countries, new opportunities" Portugal? Spain? The rest of France? When will we have a DLC with this countries?

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    1. Gamewise South West Europe is boring like Germany, highways, highways, highways. For that reason i like to see more exotic Scandinavia and in future i would like to see Balcan Peninsula or East Europe for they lack of highways.

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    2. download TSM map 5.1 then activate it and you have france,spain,italy,portugal,libya,greece,syria etc

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    3. If I were SCS I'd do a deal with the trucksim map guys... running TSM 5.1 here and although there are some problems it wouldn't take that much to get it up to standard. I did try reporting to TSM but it's pointlessly difficult (e.g. you have to supply screenshot etc even for a bug where screenshot is meaningless)

      If SCS bought the TSM map, polished it some and released it, then they could spend more resource on making the new American game :D

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  28. Good work SCS! I'm Anxious for that and the new cargo system.

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  29. SCS why you don't stop this nonsense there is a lot of maps out there we want the new game American truck real simulation don't get mad there's a lot of people who wants this game for this new year's don't hate you cabover driver's you know you want this game to *-.:.-*

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    1. There is only 20 people working in SCS Software.Now please be quiet.

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    2. You be quiet you id#!t there is only 19 people working on ets and 1 working for american truck simulation way you complaining

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    3. Always funny when a guy, who can't even use proper grammar or punctuation, calls someone else an idiot. The irony is real...

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    4. They are working on the American game, there were screenshots not long ago. And unless you know more than me about who in SCS works on what, then I suggest you keep quiet as suggested...

      I would like SCS to involve the mod community more - there are a lot of people out there doing good stuff, if they would get them onside they could avoid duplication, creating what has already been done, sometimes just as good as SCS's stuff (no disrespect) - and that way they could expand their creative input with less cost than expanding the core business. Mind, I don't either know how SCS runs internally, but if I were running it it's something I wiould be looking at.

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  30. Please put Portugal, Spain and the rest of France, Italy, Hungary and put more cities in Poland. I see it uncompleted in some places.

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    1. download the TSM map from any mod site and you will have all those places you want

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    3. Such mods are not realistic and look shabby
      We want official Portugal, Span, continue Italy to Rome including and south of France!!!

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    4. to be fair, TSM5.1 is pretty good. It's not *quite* as shiny as the new DLC screenshots we're seeing, but it's pretty good. And it has north Africa :)

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  31. How about Iceland that is in Scandinavia??????'????????????

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  32. SCS You guys obviously heard of Promods why are you making Scandinavian DLC what a waste of time go further East or do Ireland and Iceland or Spain even anything but Scandanavia it's already been done???

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    1. Yes, but, it won't be the same as ProMods, I don't like their mini roundabouts, and it doesn't feel the same as a proper SCS module, I'm looking forward to this far more than the ProMods offering, even though I have to pay a small amount for it, it'll be worth it, carry on SCS you're doing a great job.

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  33. Sam Wase: What about the people (like myself) who don't want to download mods? Are we just to sit on the sidelines and get nothing atall, because ProMods and others have already done it?

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    1. I was just like you, but recently I installed a few mods, mostly the Jazzycat trucks and trailer mods, and believe me, it adds so much to the game. You hardly ever see the same truck twice anymore. :)

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    2. I hear what your saying Kev, you can consider a DLC a mod? So to speak though couldn't you I have going east that's a mod from SCS, I install only the highest quality aftermarket mods such as what drakhor said. Try a few on a separate profile it will not contaminate your vanilla game just be selective. I'm just blown away by Promods" I don't mean to plug them here. Well it's in the pipe now and SCS will make this going north so it is what it is just leaves a sour taste for many who have been up and down the promod highways ;0

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    3. Sorry Sam, but, DLC is NOT a mod, a modification is a hack job of something that already exists, mods are freeware, you don't buy them.

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  34. Omg scs just don't tell me that this I need buy?

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    1. You should be ashamed of. nSCS uses the money thats coming from DLC`s for new sound recordings, people to hire and even for licenses for the new trucks, that people like u are complaining on every blog post, that they're mssing.....think, before u write.

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  35. Is it Volvo XC60, on 4th photo??? Cool...

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  36. Feue mich schon darauf, dort zu fahren. :-)

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  37. Any news about release date of Mac version of ETS 2 ?

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  38. waw that's awesome... when the realese date?

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  39. SCS Software. You make us all happy as hell! If i would have a chance...i would give you anything i have.And i mean everything.

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  41. I pay 20 Euro for ETS 2,and now pay for f*cking new DLC ? Of course not !

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    1. You ungrateful bastard. You do realise that SCS are still providing technical support and constant new updates and content for a game that is over 2 years old? Most developers would have given up by that point. They listen to what the players want and then implement that into the game. How many other developers can you name that actually give a toss about the players?

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    2. I've been playing ETS2 for more than 2 years now, I think I paid $25 dollars, the game is awesome and payed for itself in the course of these years....
      You can't say the same thing about any other game out there (which costs around 60 euros and gets replaced in the next year with another one).
      I'm definitely gonna buy this DLC, and ATS and Euro Coach Simulator too. I'm not rich but I value companies like SCS

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    3. When you could have bought it off Humble Bundle for about €3 for quite a while now. Your own fault if you paid €20.

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    4. I agree with you mr.president, i bought the original game foor 32 euros two years ago and i am really pleased that they keep updating the game and so waht if i have to pay foor the DLC, i bought going east for only 9 euros

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    5. Some folks expect everything for free *and* constant updates and support and then they moan like a foghorn when anything is slightly wrong. I call 'em freeloaders.

      I pay for games I like, whether purchases like SCS or extras in F2P online games. This proposed DLC costs what, about the same as 4 pints of beer for me, well worth supporting. You should be thankful that people are prepared to pay so you can get tons of s**t for free you tight git.

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  42. Браво! Обещали и сделали! Классно!

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  43. Keep going guys, keep going! You make a verry good job! :))

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  44. Kindly show screenshots of the Øresund Bridge and Lærdal Tunnel. It is very interesting to look at them, what do you do them in the game.

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  45. I like the large roundabout in picture 006. I'm used to seeing these here, and expect that it will be easy to navigate. The pleasant color palette is quite a relief after California. :)

    The amount of fine detail in games of this "gen" is staggering. The pictures scream for 8x oversampling so that you can tell a light post and barrier from an approaching car.

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  46. Oh yeah thanks. It's such boring to always cross the 5 same intersection..

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  47. The new DAF in the middle of the month. The promise is empty...?

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  48. Looks amazin! Anyone knows if this will make promods obsolete...? or will they work together in some way...?

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  49. Looking forward to seeing this new DLC. I spend more on 2 cats for cat food and cat litter every month or two so I don't see why some whine about costs. Either you enjoy this game or you do not.
    Thanks to SCS for keeping it alive with patches and updates. .. ... but ...

    I want my ATS news and Maypo by Xmas.
    With sugar.

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  50. Myself and many others would love to see seasons weather and doubles?

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    1. I bet you can afford 18 euros if you didn't waste it on alcohol and cigarettes, think about it.

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    3. Yeah, it is a lot, but if you wait for a sale you can probably get it for 5 euros.

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    4. you can get the game for only 4 Euros in the Humble Bundle
      https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/eurotrucksimulator2_storefront

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  52. So if i earn 500 euros, i get 450 for living, transport, food, net, mobil... sure i have yet 50 + - euros for me on month!, god bless our country, our politics... thats why I download from torrent, and if someone dont understand then F*ck you!!

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  54. mine is 250 euros xD so if i waste on games i wont to have a none € till next month...I respect SCS that still trying to update a old game....Like a Jonh..god bless our country, our politics......Yea someone saying isn't much but for me it much ! Also i still respect SCS

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    1. There will be a patch which will add support for the DLC before it will be released just like Going East DLC.

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  56. I am Big fan of SCS..Keep up the great work..!!! Can you please post the pictures of Scandinavia cities.. :) :)

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  57. wow this looks great with road paintings varying per country ! congrats !

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  58. where already daf euro 6? How much longer to wait? Enough already weary expectations, release !!!

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  59. Not to sound impatient or anything but.... Do you have an ETA on this DLC or Update.

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  60. This is very encouraging to read concerning the DLC as it IS the time to ensure this type of fidelity is indeed built into the product. I cannot help bemoan some of the original maps highway / autobahn junctions and lane counts, the missing exit ramps and general lack of realism [one isolated example does not justify the over use of lane highways with one actually being a very long exit ramp!]

    The images look excellent and I am really looking forward to this formal extension to the map.

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    1. When its ready. There are still 7 days until September is over.

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  62. Yo aún estoy esperando por los mapas de España, Portugal y el resto de Francia e Italia...

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  63. Can we please also have some more urban roads instead of constant motorways?

    Also, elements such as roadworks and accidents would make the journey more interesting and involve either careful navigation or complete detours?

    Landslides could force drivers to carefully drive around narrow pieces of road avoiding the debris.

    Accidents would force drivers to take detour routes through urban environments instead of joining another piece of motorway.

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  64. Where has this DAF Euro 6!? , Release it immediately !!!!
    Where has this DAF Euro 6!? , Release it immediately !!!!
    Where has this DAF Euro 6!? , Release it immediately !!!!
    Where has this DAF Euro 6!? , Release it immediately !!!!
    Where has this DAF Euro 6!? , Release it immediately !!!!

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    1. Do you want a finished bug free truck or an unfinished truck that is full of bugs? Daf Euro 6 will be released when its READY!. We still have 6 days until September is over.

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  65. Scandinavia Add-On now to be released on February 4th 2015 according to Amazon UK, 9 days BEFORE American Truck Sim is released, that doesn't give us much time to play with this module before the American offering, that wasn't very well thought out, was it, SCS ???

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    1. Amazon UK are pulling dates out of nowhere. They are simply guessing, just like all the previous dates they claimed release. It's a ploy to get people to pre-order and pay in advance.
      Until SCS releases the dates, even Amazon UK don't know.

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  66. Looks fantastic SCS!! Can't wait to drive this.

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  67. For the ETS2 be good, has to have more excitement . type:

    1 Holes in lanes
    2 has to break damper
    3 Burst tires
    4 Must have tire wear
    5. every 25,000 km change tires
    6 You should dry the tires and make a stop at gas stations and fill each tire
    7 Must have oil change
    8 The truck has to get dirty
    9 Must have mud on the road
    10 Must have car wash
    11 It has to dirty the glass front
    12 Gotta have water in the windshield wiper
    13 Has the smoke appear the truck
    14 The KM has to be more realistic
    15 The climate has to be more realistic
    16 The bodywork of the truck has to suffer damage
    Knead for 17 shock
    18 Breaking flashlight ( front and rear)

    And so on . If you do not have it there , okay muuuuuuuuuuuuito far from a simulator with real conditions.

    Thanks! a player and fan from Brazil.

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  68. tomorrow is Friday, I hope we'll see patched with Scandinavia, and DAF XF Euro Euro 6
    Thank SCS Software!
    Greetings from Romania

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  69. please fix the speed limit. signs show me that I can drive 90km/h and I get flashed every f*cking time because the navigator show me 80km/h...

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    1. That sign is for cars only.... check your GPS and it will show 80 as max speed.

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  70. Why do i have the feeling that we will not have new DAF or any update?

    Why do i think SCS will gives us some more pictures about ATS or Scandinavian map to keep us scratching our backs one more week....

    I still respect your work SCS, but sometimes it´s a little bit hard to deal the way you announce your work release.

    Cheers

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  71. i hope today we have news about new dlc.. including new DAF xf euro 6.
    Every hour i check this blog :)
    Cheers all !!!

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  72. Today it will be a news about achivments done, 2 weeks passed. I would have no illusions that it will be some other update.

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  73. Давайте уже выпускайте DAF Euro 6 , хватить тянуть кота за яйца!!!!!!!

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  74. SCS at IAA Hannover 2014!
    No Achievements! No DAF! No DLC Scandinavia!
    No updates in September!)))))
    No DLC Scandinavia - no sense to introduce Achievements - meaning DAF input is lost)))))
    Make a post about how to enter licensed trailers)))))

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  75. Patch 1.13 and the Daf Euro 6 will be release when they are READY! If you want to see a finished bug free truck then have some patience.

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    1. STOP talking as an SCS owner .

      Only incompetent companys say their products will be released when they are READY. Never see this kind of atitudes anywhere.

      If they don´t know what they are doing don´t say nothing to anyone untill it is ready, always giving false hopes to costumers... unbelievable.

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    2. stop all of you acting like 12 year old children, where is my daf euro 6?? where is patch 1.13??
      Its done when its done.

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    3. I agree with Joao Pereira. It's better don't say nothing until it's ready - I mean this particular case - DAF Euro 6, because it's a year since SCS advertise that it will be made. Scanialoverr - people are angry, and belive me they are not 12 years old children, but people in middle age. I my opinion SCS should work on its own image. We - the players - support them by our money (game + DLC etc.) and we want with return some updates. One thing, which people doesn't like the most is failure to comply with the word. It's not because of a week or two, but all year. SCS maybe you should think about this and change your priorities.

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  76. DAF Euro 6 will still not perfect, so that the mistakes that fix better not do it.

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  77. So not even a full year is not enough for scs to make a truck with poor textures and design, bugs and things missing inside or outside cabin.
    But it`s ok, after 2 years i`ve learned this wannabe gaming company is slow and their employees hate to work.:)
    So take your time scs, doesn`t matter what bullshit told us/promised us on the last year, we wait for your lazy bones to finish and release a buggie truck -steam first yes- and hope moders can make something decent out of it.

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  78. so no news come on scs give us something

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  79. Dear SCS, when it will be released? when will be new DAF?

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  80. Amazon.co.uk says 4th of February 2015.
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Euro-Truck-Simulator-Scandinavia-Add-/dp/B00M6SFN9W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411818952&sr=8-1&keywords=euro+truck+simulator+2+scandinavia+add-on

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    1. SCS haven't mentioned a release date for the DLC so everything is speculation.

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    2. Amazon is a spekulations supplier in terms of such data

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    3. SCS said Friday, May 23, 2014:

      Still, we are not rushing anywhere. There is a stream of updates coming for ETS2 through 2014 that will be provided for any edition of the game. If things go well, there is a major map expansion add-on coming later this year that will not require Steam, but just like Going East! will just work with the retail version. But this will introduce a third set of non-Steam Product Keys, and we fear that this will be the limit of what the customers and our customer support can still deal with.

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  82. SCS lie to us with fake future games like American truck fake simulation so we can b happy OK...

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    1. Scs ................... ................................ ............................ ........................Lie's

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  83. Come on. SCS went on vacation last minute fry asses in the sun, and you here about DLC and patches. There will be not DLC and patches soon

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  85. There are rumors that SCS release DAF Euro 6 at the end of October, 28th. Because of problems with achievement and so on. It's true I'm not sure.

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  86. Cant wait!!Do also FIN !!! and Stockholm of course in Sweden!!!And you should also add the baltic countries!!!! THANK YOU

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  87. Very nice done SCS, but I feel like the others, you feed us with edited pictures and teasers but nothing is coming...
    And, we don't have yellow double lines in Sweden.

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  88. I hope it includes 3 Baltic States too.

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  89. scandivian http://goo.gl/MbvMLz

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