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The release of the much-anticipated Scandinavia map expansion DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2 is finally here.

The activation keys in retail box editions of the game sold across
Europe should start working right now, and your game should
automatically update to the DLC content to be compatible with latest
game version just after installation.

The launch date for digital portals is May 7 as well, so you will start
to see the game appearing now as well on many 3rd party distribution
sites.

We are of course offering the game for sale directly ourselves through our two official channels:

1. You can buy the Expansion from ETS2 Scandinavia Steam page.

To make you decide fast and buy the game during its first week on sale
(it would be nice to place high on the sales chart after the release
also to remind the gaming press that yes the truck sim genre is
relevant), we have decided to sweeten the deal for the early buyers:
Purchase the Steam version now and get a bonus Viking Legends Paintjobs DLC for free.

2. Alternatively, if you want to avoid installing the game
through Steam, we are still offering the Scandinavia expansion through
our legacy activation system on the official Euro Truck Simulator 2 website.
For technical reasons we are unable to provide all the wide and growing palette of additional DLCs
for the game outside of Steam, so you are limiting your options to
further enrich the game. But we respect that some of you have a strong
opinion about Steam and prefer the standalone version of the game.
That's why we are releasing the crucial map expansions also this way.

On a related topic: We have an interesting option for how to update the game for non-Steam users: the Updater.
We have been working on the Updater tool for some time, it's been used
extensively in our small-group closed beta testing, so we have reasons
to believe that it's robust and stable now, but it's still a little
Spartan with no shiny interface. So we intended to "soft-launch" it
(happening here and now) before recommending it as the primary
download/update method on the official website. Updater uses
peer-to-peer protocol for speeding up the download especially with more
people connected to get the game files, which should considerably
shorten the download time especially during peak demand periods. Please
find the ETS2 Updater for download here. Put this file into the folder where you have installed the game and run it to update the game from any previous version.

Finally, the release of Scandinavia DLC is a great opportunity to
increase the pool of available country-specific paint-job DLCs for the
game. We are happy to announce immediate availability of Danish Paint Jobs Pack, Norwegian Paint Jobs Pack, and Swedish Paint Jobs Pack DLCs.

We are happy to announce the availability of Open Beta build of 1.18
Update for Euro Truck Simulator 2. You can find it in a "branch" on
Steam. (Steam client -> LIBRARY -> right click Euro Truck
Simulator 2 -> Properties -> Betas tab -> public beta - 1.18
public beta).

The main star of this game update will be the introduction of a new truck: Mercedes-Benz New Actros.

We are very excited about obtaining this truck manufacturer license,
with Mercedes-Benz trucks becoming a part of the ETS2 universe, now all
"Magnificent Seven" European truck manufacturers are finally in the
game.

The 1.18 Update also brings several additional bug fixes based on reports since the release of 1.17 update and Scandinavia expansion:

• new truck - Mercedes-Benz New Actros
• Mercedes-Benz brand is in the game
• Improved vegetation (prefab vegetation distances, rebalanced vegetation LODs, more settings)
• DRL (Daytime Running Lights) for Iveco Hi-Way, Mercedes-Benz New Actros, Volvo FH, DAF XF Euro6
• new trailer skins
• new radios
• support for weather-based pedestrian spawning, support for multiple animations
• over thousand minor fixes in models and in the map
• "known issue: New Actross sfx still need rebalancing"

This is a beta, there may be issues, after all that's why the beta is
here to have many eyes looking at it and find any problems so that they
can be fixed. Please use our forum to report your findings.

After a fruitful open beta period, we believe that the Mercedes-Benz New
Actros truck is ready for release at last. We'd like to thank all beta
participants for helping us make this Euro Truck Simulator 2 update as
polished as possible!

Further tweaks to the vehicle are still planned (in fact to most other
trucks in the game); we'll be adding more tuning options in future
updates for example. But you can already have a ton of fun driving the
new vehicle in the current form for sure!

Without further ado feel free to update your Euro Truck Simulator 2 immediately.

For Steam users its an automatic process. Retail users are now able to use our Updater tool to sync their game to the latest version.

Let's do a quick recap of what went into 1.18 Update of Euro Truck Simulator 2:

• New truck: Mercedes-Benz New Actros
• Mercedes-Benz brand is in the game
• Improved vegetation (prefab vegetation distances, rebalanced vegetation LODs, more settings)
• DRL for Iveco Hi-Way, Mercedes-Benz New Actros, Volvo FH, DAF XF Euro6
• New trailer skins
• Updated radios list
• Support for weather-based pedestrian spawning, support for multiple animations
• Over a thousand minor fixes in world models and in the map

We are happy to confirm that we are on the final approach for ETS2 1.19 Update release. An Open Beta is available on Steam now.




The most prominent features of this update are:

• Hungary expansion - we have added two new cities to the Going East! content - Pécs and Szeged

• Mod Manager - for ease of preview and organization of modded content. We encourage all mod makers to check out Mod Manager documentation for instructions on how to make sure that your mods are well prepared for the new Mod Manager.

Other notable improvements include:

• Manual control for automatic transmission (shifting hints, switch between manual/auto)

• Controls for dashboard navigation map (zoom, turn off)
• Driver controlled trip info stored in truck computer (distance, consumption)
• Editor improvements (see Modding Info)
• Matching truck cabin interior looks shown in exterior view.
• Improved readability of dashboard info in some trucks (computer display, GPS map)
• Added wheel sounds on different surfaces (+ re-balanced sounds)
• Added sounds for sticks and buttons in truck cabin

You can find the beta in the public_beta branch on Steam. (Steam
client -> LIBRARY -> right click on Euro Truck Simulator 2 ->
Properties -> Betas tab -> public_beta - 1.19 public beta)



Please note that Open Betas are released for advanced users who want to
get a preview of upcoming stable release functionality, and for mod
makers to give them a chance to make any necessary changes before the
official update is out. Anyway it's a good idea to make a backup of your
player profile if you want a safe route to revert back to stable
version.



Please report any issues with the Beta you might find in our dedicated forum thread.

We are happy to announce that after a short but productive beta the
Update 1.19 for ETS2 is ready for release. If you are on Steam your game
is probably getting updated automatically just as you are reading this.
Retail edition users can use the Updater to grab this update immediately.





Let us recap what's coming with this update:

• Hungary expansion - we have added two new cities to the Going East! content: Pécs and Szeged
• Mod Manager - for ease of preview and organization of modded content. We encourage all mod makers to check out Mod Manager documentation for instructions on how to make sure that your mods are well prepared for the new Mod Manager.
• Manual control for automatic transmission (shifting hints, switch between manual/auto)
• Controls for dashboard navigation map (zoom, turn off)
• Driver controlled trip info stored in truck computer (distance, consumption)
• Editor improvements (see Modding Info)
• Matching truck cabin interior looks shown in exterior view.
• Improved readability of dashboard info in some trucks (computer display, GPS map)
• Added wheel sounds on different surfaces (+ re-balanced sounds)
• Added sounds for sticks and buttons in truck cabin

We would like to express our sincere thanks to all the beta participants
for your help in polishing this update. It was also fantastic to see
the reception and feedback for the Mod Manager feature. We hope that in a
short time all modders will be able to utilize its features so that the
players would have an easier time tracking, sorting and organizing
their favorite mods.

It may look as if we are trying to ride the current dino craze, but in
fact this paint job set was put on our wishlist almost a year ago.
Dinosaurs were a clear choice when we tried to ask our own kids for a
suggestion on what to put on the trucks. We believe that the resulting
paint jobs will make them happy, and perhaps strike a chord with some of
you as well.

Check out our all new Prehistoric Paint Jobs DLC on Steam!

We are happy to announce that open beta of 1.20 Update of Euro Truck Simulator 2 is now available on Steam.

There are a ton of minor improvements and fixes included as usual, you
can see them listed in the change log at the bottom of the blog post,
but let us elaborate on three major features that we would like to bring
to your attention:

1.20 kommt nun bald und ist aktuell OPEN Beta

1. GPS ROUTE CUSTOMIZATION



From now on you will be
able to customize the route set by the Route Advisor, or create your own
route at will if no job had been taken. Route configuration is
performed on the map screen. You can modify the existing route by

• adding up to 10 custom waypoints;
• inserting waypoints into existing route;
• interactively moving waypoints;
• or adding waypoints at end of a route.

We hope that you will appreciate the flexibility and simplicity of the
system, as you can really now create any route you desire.


Man kann nun seine Route an seine Bedürfnisse anpassen. Bis zu 10 Wegpunkte in verschiendenster Weise.

2. GEOGRAPHICALLY CORRECT SUN POSITION



We have received plenty of feedback from our fans in Scandinavia
territories that we have the same daylight and night periods in the game
as in southern Europe. Well, not any more!


To address the problem, we have written new code that positions the sun
at the exact astronomically correct place in the sky as you would expect
for the given geographical location at the particular time of day. In
fact the definitions driving the whole system allow now to set up any
location on the globe if anyone would so desire. The new system produces
quite different feel of the day cycle depending on whether you in the
north or closer to the equatorial. The sun is higher on the sky at noon
in the south than we had it hard-coded before - with appropriately
quicker sunrise and sundown - while in the north the sun is correctly
following a lower curve in the sky with prolonged evenings and mornings;
lingering low at the horizon. We had to adjust our weather profiles and
sky textures to correspond to physical sun location (mod makers
beware!).


Die oftmals eigenartigen Sonnenstände werden nun korrigiert.

3. IMAGE SPOTLIGHT



We see so many fantastic community-created screenshots on World of
Trucks website uploaded every day, with inspiring content that is
leaving us speechless. We felt that these images are so cool that more
people should see them, not just regular visitors of the site.

We are introducing a new feature - "Image Spotlight." Hand-picked
selection of images from World of Trucks will now be made available to
the game as additional loading splash-screens. The first batch is there
now, we plan to update and refresh the selection from time to time with
newly coming images. You can browse the current selection inside the
Image Spotlight screen, accessible from the Photo Studio screen, if you
want to drill deeper and see the original image in full detail.

For this feature to work, you will have to enable it at the game start.
We did not want to unleash it at everyone automatically, as the images
are downloaded from our server (however just once), and not everybody is
comfortable with applications accessing network without their consent.



In general, the images had been and will be picked from Editor's Pick from World of Trucks,
but that's not necessary a must for the selection in the
future. Although there's a huge amount of quality images there, not all
of them can go into Image Spotlight for various reasons. For example we
have to avoid featuring real brands in the game for which we do not have
an explicit licence signed. Also, sometimes even a gorgeous image
didn't fit into the aspect of the loading screen for proper composition
needs.

The code is set to randomly choose between loading screens of the
original game and Image Spotlight images. We hope that you will enjoy
this little feature as much as we enjoy seeing user created images in
the loading screens ourselves.


Wenn ihr wollt werden bald schöne Screenshots von Word of Trucks eure Ladebildschirme ersetzen.
Das Feature muss aber manuell aktiviert werden und erfordert natürlich eine Datenverbindung.

The list of fixes and improvements in ETS2 Update 1.20:

AI

• Increased traffic density in city areas
• Added 'village area' rule to allow specifying urban area without increased traffic density
• Fixed non-urban speed limit in UK
• Support for spawn_trailer_count attribute of traffic_vehicle_type
• Lower probability of spawning an AI truck without a trailer
• Fixed license plate definitions switched between bus and trailer
• Uses correct wheel position when placing AI trailer wheels on ground
• Fixed rear wheels of AI vehicles not being placed on ground in steep hils
• Fixed vehicles remaining on wrong way lane after avoiding obstacle in some cases
• AI vehicles turn off engine during fueling

Viele Kleinigkeiten im AI Verkehr, der ja fast immer optimiert wird.


EDITOR

• Free camera supports inverted mouse (respects the c_minvert input constant)
• Changed design of road dialog
• Fixed "grave" key not working with some keyboard layouts (e.g. Hungarian)
• Separate snapping of nodes and control points
• Editor shortcut mapped to bezier patch
• Added support for rotation undo for bezier patch control points
• Increased node joining tolerance to fix problems with joining nodes far away from center of the map
• Grid size shortcut changed from Alt+wheel to Ctrl+wheel

VEHICLES

• Mercedes Actros 2014: Fixed
  speedometer in UK variant, Improved interior, Tweaked normal map,
  Smoothed some hard edges, Shadowcaster tweaks
• Iveco Hiway: Smoother horns
• DAF XF Euro6: Cleanup of the models
• Scania Streamline: DRL
• Fixed UV on bulk cement trailer
• Fixed missing wheels on brick trailer
• Vertex optimizations of AI trucks for DAF Euro6, Man TGX, Scania R
• Volvo: Original sound of blinker on/off, Original sound of wipers, Equalization of gear_air sounds for interior
• Mercedes Actros, Renault Premium: Fixed armrests missing in the exterior view
• Fixed size of wheels

Gefixte Truckes, teils andere Sounds und anderes.

MISC

• Particles are not generated for lifted wheels
• Mirror resolution setting is not disabled on high quality
• Longer mirror distances on high and ultra settings
• Enabled support for download of
  additional hand-picked loading screen images from WoTr. All images can
  be seen using the "Image Spotlight" feature in "Photo Studio".
• Brake lights activate on slightest pedal touch
• Correct turbo sound used on reverse
• It is possible to use Steam controller-based keyboard for entering search text in mod manager
• Fixed reporting of no-lights offense when driving in rain
• Improved compatibility with Windows XP

Bei Regen demnächst Lichtpflicht Steam Controller Unterstützung, verbesserte XP Performance, (das ist das alte Windows vor Vista ) aktiveres Bremslicht und Verbesserungen an Spiegeln.

As of now ETS2 1.20 update is live. We would like to thank all participants of the open beta for helping us polish this release.





A quick recap of the three main features of this update:

• GPS route customization
• Geographically correct sun position
• Image Spotlight (community feature)

Plus a ton of other tweaks and fixes we listed in our previous blog post.

Steam version of the game should be updated automatically unless you
have opted out of automatic updates, the legacy retail/digital edition
of the game can be updated through our Updater tool.


We hope that you will enjoy the new features! Keep on trucking - many cool things are planned for update 1.21 and beyond!

Today marks the fifth anniversary of our blog. Those five years were a very exciting time for us; the success of Euro Truck Simulator 2
has absolutely exceeded our expectations. It would not be possible
without the support of our loyal fans, thank you guys and girls!

However, we are still just warming up for bigger things to come!

With the release of the starter edition of American Truck Simulator,
we'll finally set our foot on the new continent to attract new fans. We
are crossing our fingers for at least moderate success with the game's
release - to earn additional resources to keep growing the SCS Software
team. We would like to accelerate the pace of development considerably,
and I am sure you would appreciate it too.

Meanwhile, work continues on World of Trucks.
It may not be visible yet as the website is currently focusing mostly
on presenting cool screenshots, but the grand plan for it is to make it a
destination providing deep gameplay features for both ETS2 and ATS -
features that would not be possible to pull off in the context of our
current single-player games .

We have made the commitment to continue supporting and expanding the
universe of Euro Truck Simulator 2 for many years after its release, and
there are many cool features and great new content in development for
the game. See below for a glimpse of what is coming soon...