ETS2 Drivable Buses

[haverfordwest]

thank you young man

Mike.

[seagoon]

It’s the Florida Sunrail loco!!

It looks like the arse-end of the old Milwaukee "Olympian Hiawatha" in a new paint scheme!

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(Pic taken from this nice article on the "Hiawatha" trains).

[haverfordwest]

Just looks like an arse..............

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Next expansion incoming for ETS2 (no ETA as yet):

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2004210/Euro_Truck_Simulator_2__West_Balkans/

Think this will be worth getting, nice mountainous part of the world.

[haverfordwest]

I was quite happy with ETS2 and Grand Utopia 1:1. When i saw there were two expansions for PM 2.68, Cork in Eire and a proper connection to the West Balkans dlc. So i thought i will have some of that. Got to Fishguard and was told to turn left when entering the port. Then immediatly ended up in the sea under the approach road. I know PM's is a bit iffy, but never had that much of a problem with their addon before.

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Why I tend to blow hot and cold with PM. Not sure which version I’m running but I was quite excited to see they have expanded into the west coast of Norway, Trondheim, Bodo, Narvik etc. Some of it is nice but a lot of tunnel use to divide areas and you cannot drive from Trondheim up towards Mo I Rana which you can IRL. You either need to detour inland via Sweden or take the coastal ferry, for which there is no visible ship or animation. If SCS really wanted to make a mint of money they should do a Norway and Iceland etc. set of expansions which would remove the need for PM.

[haverfordwest]

You love the old frozen north, Vern. I have hardly ever driven Scandinavia in ETS2, so cannot really comment on it. I like Romania and the other countries in the region. I paid for the ROEX mod years ago and all the updates have been free since. Still prefer ATS overall, as the scaled down distances do not seem as bunched together. Like in ETS2, obviously because of the size of the US and Canada.

Mike.

[Scandic]

If SCS really wanted to make a mint of money they should do a Norway and Iceland etc. set of expansions which would remove the need for PM.

https://blog.scssoft.com/2024/01/introducing-nordic-horizons-expansion.html

[haverfordwest]

Scandic, you have just made Vern, a very happy bunny

Mike.

[eric]

I might have to give that one a try myself...

[Scandic]

I was also pleasantly surprised by this announcement.
The only reason why I use Promods is the Scandinavian part.
Downside is that whenever SCS does some major update Promods becomes obsolete for a couple weeks or months.

[NorthernWarrior]

A very happy bunny… Bye bye Pro Mods.

[haverfordwest]

Thought so Vern......... ProMods went yesterday here. Doesn't work with ROEX and also messes up destinations in the West Balkans dlc.
Even with the supposed fix i installed, i had a couple of WB countries along the coast, where every town had been wiped out by PM.

Mike.