Euro Truck Simulator 2

Euro Truck Simulator 2

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Asterix

24,438 posts

229 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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callmedave said:
Asterix said:
Finished the demo. Do I buy..?
Yes you do! if you have the time to play (and PC spec) it is worth it.

Did you ever play ETS1?
I'm getting 80+ fps on ultra settings so it's not the spec I have to worry about. Just time really. I play lots of Arma2 and the alpha for Arma3 is just about to go live.

ian_c_uk

1,247 posts

204 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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Rob P said:
Any tips on getting the G27 set up correctly?

I only seem to use 90 degrees of lock and it's way to sensitive when belting down a motorway. Can't see any options in game, do I need to use the Logitech profiler?
I use the logitech profiler but had the same problem with my Logitech DFGT. Exit the game, install profiler, then in that, then goto options and global device settings - the degrees of rotation was low on mine, 200 I think, now running much better around 350.

Art0ir

9,402 posts

171 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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Asterix said:
I'm getting 80+ fps on ultra settings so it's not the spec I have to worry about. Just time really. I play lots of Arma2 and the alpha for Arma3 is just about to go live.
Is it a case of signing up for the Alpha?

Asterix

24,438 posts

229 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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Art0ir said:
Asterix said:
I'm getting 80+ fps on ultra settings so it's not the spec I have to worry about. Just time really. I play lots of Arma2 and the alpha for Arma3 is just about to go live.
Is it a case of signing up for the Alpha?
Yeah - I started a thread about it a few days ago in this section.

Arklight

891 posts

190 months

Friday 1st March 2013
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Step 1 - Buy a new truck

Step 2 - Mount several cars



Gun

13,431 posts

219 months

Sunday 3rd March 2013
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Bloody Range Rovers


sidaorb

5,589 posts

207 months

Sunday 3rd March 2013
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Slowly upgrading the old girl, more lights and other odds and sods. Only hauling plant equipment.


vonuber

17,868 posts

166 months

Sunday 3rd March 2013
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This really wasn't my fault.


FiF

44,144 posts

252 months

Monday 4th March 2013
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This one wasn't my fault either, frustrating when the job expires soon.




vgrey

27 posts

150 months

Monday 4th March 2013
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I've recently downloaded this, and have to say it's far more fun than it really should be. My question is, with skins to replace the in game company trailers with real ones, is it only one per company or can you have more than 1 and i9t's pot luck what you get?

LouD86

3,279 posts

154 months

Monday 4th March 2013
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Enjoying this game far too much, played yesterday morning when the OH was at work. Doing ok, no loans, 2 trucks with two drivers, both all kitted out with lights etc, and Im driving for other firms to build up extra cash. Almost at truck no.3 now, the garage is a 5 bay, so shouldnt be an issue!!

How sad that Im planning ahead in a game.

One gripe, got the xbox 360 wireless controller set up, however, doesnt appear I can assign the buttons to do cruise, indicators, trailer drop, etc. I can look, and use the shoulder ones for throttle etc, but cant use the buttons. Anyone know a way round this?

egor110

16,892 posts

204 months

Monday 4th March 2013
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What planning/tactics are you all using?

I've got a base in london with 1 driver and a base in bern with 3 drivers, i've got 2 trucks but not sure if i'm hiring a driver with nothing for him to drive!

Spending most my time doing long distance runs, the traffic jams for the toll roads still catch me out.

y2blade

56,129 posts

216 months

Monday 4th March 2013
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egor110 said:
What planning/tactics are you all using?

I've got a base in london with 1 driver and a base in bern with 3 drivers, i've got 2 trucks but not sure if i'm hiring a driver with nothing for him to drive!

Spending most my time doing long distance runs, the traffic jams for the toll roads still catch me out.
I'm based in London too, tbh I wish I'd based myself on mainland Europe now tbh.

ctid

202 posts

184 months

Monday 4th March 2013
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LouD86 said:
Enjoying this game far too much, played yesterday morning when the OH was at work. Doing ok, no loans, 2 trucks with two drivers, both all kitted out with lights etc, and Im driving for other firms to build up extra cash. Almost at truck no.3 now, the garage is a 5 bay, so shouldnt be an issue!!

How sad that Im planning ahead in a game.

One gripe, got the xbox 360 wireless controller set up, however, doesnt appear I can assign the buttons to do cruise, indicators, trailer drop, etc. I can look, and use the shoulder ones for throttle etc, but cant use the buttons. Anyone know a way round this?
If you go into the keyboard setup screen, it lists all the functions and their assigned buttons. Click on one you want to change, and press a button on your controller. It should update to use the controller instead then smile Took me a few minutes to work that out!

Busterhighmen

365 posts

150 months

Monday 4th March 2013
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I have a 5 bay garage in Duisberg with 4 drivers + me and 5 trucks. Have 200k sitting in my bank so tempted to open another garage somewhere else, maybe Calais? Also if I have 4 drivers all doing long haul out of my one garage, is there going to be a shortage of jobs?

callmedave

2,686 posts

146 months

Monday 4th March 2013
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Ive got a garage in Dover with 2 additional drivers + trucks, My next garage will be in France, and il try to get one in each country, each with 2/3 drivers.

Im trying to get my xp up quick as poss to get the upgrades. i want a fleet of the renault trucks (magnum?!?) in matt grey all top spec. smile

sidaorb

5,589 posts

207 months

Monday 4th March 2013
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Alex@POD

6,158 posts

216 months

Monday 4th March 2013
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For people thinking of opening different garages, bear in mind your drivers can uses the ones they are not assigned to. This helps them get different jobs if required:

With one garage, the driver goes from A to B, then needs to find a load back to A. If you have several garages however, he can find loads to those instead, before getting back to A eventually.

For that reason, it's worth getting them spread out to limit the number of empty return loads.

For the controller, I have:
Bumpers: Indicators
Hat up: Lights
Hat down: Wipers
Hat left: Horn
Hat right: Cruise
Left stick up: Flash
Push left stick: High Beam
Back: Action
Start: Hook/unhook trailer
A: Gear down/reverse
B: Gear up
X: Satnav
Y: Job details
Push right stick: Center camera

I wish I had more buttons, I need one for the damage level and one for stopping the engine.

callmedave

2,686 posts

146 months

Monday 4th March 2013
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Alex@POD said:
For people thinking of opening different garages, bear in mind your drivers can uses the ones they are not assigned to. This helps them get different jobs if required:

With one garage, the driver goes from A to B, then needs to find a load back to A. If you have several garages however, he can find loads to those instead, before getting back to A eventually.

For that reason, it's worth getting them spread out to limit the number of empty return loads.

Thats what i thought, thats why im trying to get one garage per country

callmedave

2,686 posts

146 months

Monday 4th March 2013
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Whats mods are people using? can you name them (maybe give a link) and a short description? oh, and marks outs of 10?