Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator coming to PS5/Xbox Series
Diseased Yak
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That's pretty cool for those without a PC, I've dumped many, many hours into both of these.
Skifi28
Member
For whatever reason I could not find an official announcement from SCS, but both Euro Truck Sim 2 and American Truck Sim are listed on the Xbox and PS stores. They seems to be next-gen only. No specific date yet.
Consoles are filled with crappy clones, but this is finally the real deal. I've been playing these games for hundred for hours on PC and can recommened them to anyone that likes driving (not just truck enthusiasts) as there's lots of exploration and a building your company from nothing to an empire. It has been my go-to method of relaxing for years. They also work surprisingly well with a controller so no wheel required. The only issues on PC have been performance which has been slowly degrading over the years and there's a bit too much DLC available for each game. If they can make an optimised console version and sell a complete edition with most DLC included, this is a must-buy for me.
Edit: Shit, I missed the original thread.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Travel across Europe as king of the road, delivering cargo across huge distances
store.playstation.com
American Truck Simulator
Experience legendary American trucks and deliver various cargoes
store.playstation.com
Consoles are filled with crappy clones, but this is finally the real deal. I've been playing these games for hundred for hours on PC and can recommened them to anyone that likes driving (not just truck enthusiasts) as there's lots of exploration and a building your company from nothing to an empire. It has been my go-to method of relaxing for years. They also work surprisingly well with a controller so no wheel required. The only issues on PC have been performance which has been slowly degrading over the years and there's a bit too much DLC available for each game. If they can make an optimised console version and sell a complete edition with most DLC included, this is a must-buy for me.
Edit: Shit, I missed the original thread.
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naguanatak
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After discovering Mudrunner and Snowrunner I searched for something that would scratch a different itch, but was bummed that these games are PC only. Excited to dive in when it finally releases on PS5
nemiroff
Member
Prism3D... They're trying their best to avoid license costs.. Their argument is that it's tailored to "handle the unique demands of a trucking simulator, like rendering vast, open-world environments with long draw distances, detailed vehicle models". Which is ironic when it looks like it does. But tbf, the game is played by people on a wide range of hardware.
With that said, the new Nordic Horizons DLC looks pretty nice.
Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Nordic Horizons: Settlements - Steam News
On your journey across the upcoming Nordic Horizons DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2, you’ll encounter far more than iconic cities and majestic landscapes. Scattered throughout Norway, Sweden, and Finland are numerous smaller settlements, each with its own unique charm, history, and character...
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Gonzito
Gold Member
This is the problem I have with these games. I like them and I have dozens of hours with both of them but the visuals are rough. Thankfully they added TAA a couple of years ago but their engine is just too old at this point. I would love to have these simulators with more realistic graphics
StereoVsn
Gold Member
The cost would be quite significant to upgrade the engine and the huge amount of textures for all the locations.
Result would be amazing but this is a fairly small company and the genre is pretty niche.
Personally I would buy Euro Truck Sim 3 with that stuff (RTX and good rain / snow would be amazing), but how many people would plunk down a lot of $ for that?
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nemiroff
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For reference, Euro Truck Simulator 2 sold 13 million + 80 million DLC.
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diffusionx
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I am waiting for ATS to cover the whole US. They're up to the Mississippi River.
lughnasadh123
Member
It's an unrealistic dream of mine to one day have versions of this or just driving in general with in a world similar to what MSFS does. Even if it was just select areas to download without everything being streaming.
xrnzaaas
Member
I think it's also the case of not trying to mess with something that works and that already has a ton of content. Saber is doing a similar thing with Snowrunner. They're not making a sequel, but just keep delivering more (paid) content and also keep preparing different smaller games like Expeditions or Roadcraft.
I am definitely interested in ETS2, but I'll wait for impressions how it runs and most of all how it plays on a controller.
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StereoVsn
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That's over how many years though? And the game and a lot of DLC goes for very cheap prices quite often during sales.
nemiroff
Member
I'm not 100% disagreeing with you; I'm just pointing out that they more than likely have some resources to update the engine's technical capabilities to make it more contemporary. They just don't feel like they have to.
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Skifi28
Member
They certainly have made some substantial upgrades over the years, but unfortunately the engine was never built for them so they came at a heavy cost with the whole thing creaking very badly right now. Performance can be terrible on the new maps and your hardware makes little difference as the game is hopelessly CPU bound and single threaded. I can only hope that a new port might be a good chance to revisit some of that ancient code and maybe with the platform in-built tools they can utilise the console CPUs a little better. We'll see I suppose.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
You need to get him on Farmer Sim!
