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As we are getting closer to the finish line on ETS2 Scandinavia DLC,
it's time to show you more of what we have in store for you. Here is a
small scale map to reveal the destination cities we are putting into
this world expansion. This little map doesn't tell the whole story - the
highways, roads and city streets are now a much more detailed system
than what we currently have in the older parts of our ETS2 universe.




We have dedicated a lot of time and attention to recreating Scandinavian sights and landmarks in
order to make the scenery more vibrant and lifelike. We tried hard to
distill the looks and sights of the region to stay true to its spirit,
and in the process created a lot of new assets to make driving more varied and the exploration more interesting.






The scenery is additionally supplemented with new delivery types and unique locations such as Scania and Volvo Trucks factories.
Since ferry transport plays important role in this area, Scandinavia
DLC also will feature numerous ports and deliveries aimed at supporting
those locations.

Let's take a look at Örebro today - one of Swedish cities that is pretty
much finished and ready for Scandinavia DLC. We hope that you will
appreciate that we are borrowing from reality as much as we can; the
locals should definitely recognize some of the sights below.



As we are switching into high gear in the final tuning and tweaking of
the new DLC, you can now expect a lot more media from our virtual
Scandinavia covering the places of interest. There is so much to explore
there! Don't worry, even if we plan to show quite a lot here in the
coming weeks, way more will be left for you to discover on your own!

Oslo happens to be one of the largest urban agglomerations featured in
Scandinavia DLC, in fact Oslo and the surrounding areas is possibly the
largest city we have built so far in Euro Truck Simulator 2.

As you can see in the screenshots below, we are using new types of
junctions and intersections extensively in Scandinavia, in this
particular case to connect the city to the large port that incorporates a
ferry terminal.

Oslo itself is filled with several smaller loading docks in different
districts of the city located a couple of kilometers away from each
other. There are so many opportunities for exploration!

Scandinavia is a very different space to work and create in than the
territories we have created in the past - it's not just the different
sights, it's the fact that the countries are not landlocked like most of
the environments in existing Euro Truck Simulator 2 world.








Our previous post contained
a general review of the map that might have given you some idea on the
scale of the DLC. The Scandinavia territory in Euro Truck Simulator 2
will feature a total of 14 new ports and ferry locations that allow you
to board the ferries directly.

















We felt that ferries are an integral part of Scandinavian transportation
and decided to go an extra mile to ensure that ship models and ferry
locations in the game closely reflect the ferry ports and ships you can
see in real life. We've spent considerable amount of time to recreate
this aspect of Scandinavia in great detail - many of the ports in the
expansion have the size of entire cities you've seen in current Euro
Truck Simulator 2.













The sea transportation network will allow you to use alternate
connections between locations in Scandinavia and other territories of
the map, as the ferries will also connect destinations in Poland and
United Kingdom. At the same time, we wanted to avoid abuse of the ferry
system that would allow players to just "hop" around the map quickly
without the need for much driving, so the ferry network is intentionally
not as dense as in the real world.

Trailers and cargo are an essential part of the world of Euro Truck
Simulator 2. For Scandinavia add-on release, we are going to add several
new trailer models for players to pull, we are also expanding the list
of cargoes with over 80 new options.




As you can see on the screenshots, new trailers will range across
multiple industries. These include wind farm parts, truck carrier rigs
delivering trucks from Volvo Trucks and Scania factories to their
respective dealers across Europe, and semi-trailers designed for
transporting livestock. The new windmill set will be a part of
Scandinavia DLC, while the livestock trailer and truck carriers should
be a part of a new free game update for all users. This update will go
out in sync with the release of the add-on.





Over 80 new cargoes are spread through several categories including:
food, machinery, construction, ADR as well as general supplies. Of
course each cargo has been assigned only to locations where it makes
perfect sense to haul from or deliver to. As an example we went as far
as separating farms into two groups: plant farm and animal farm. Each
farm type of course has different production output and receiving needs.
This trend is kept across the entire expansion with a lot of tweaks in
the core game.



Questions about our planned release date are pouring at us every day. We
hope to be able to announce official release date soon, we are still
testing and fixing and improving, but we hope that the quality we expect
of ourselves is within reach. Our goal is to put Scandinavia DLC in
your hands within the next two months.



Before the release, we will most likely also go through another open
beta round with the core game. For those participating in the beta, this
would mean being able to take a look at things like the new trailers or
the new daylight cycle system ahead of the Scandinavia official
release.

Today we would like to discuss another feature that should be included
in Euro Truck Simulator 2 update 1.17, appearing along with the release
of Scandinavia expansion.

We have been receiving a lot of feedback from the players that truck
wheels customization in the game is too limiting, as truck rims and
tyres are essentially baked together now in game data. In the Real World
out there, the truck owner is of course free to choose any rim and
match it with any compatible tyre type.





We are happy to report that at last we have separated the rubber part
and the metal part into two separate pieces - tyres and rims. This
should provide way more flexibility in tuning the trucks both with stock
game content as well us with mods (existing mods should not be badly
broken on 1.17 release, but mod authors will want to revisit their
creations and reorganize their wheel mods to take advantage of the extra
degree of freedom).

Another good reason for us to focus on the wheels now is that we keep
trying to establish a working dialogue with tyre manufacturers. How
great would it be to introduce real tyres from the likes of Michelin,
Continental, Goodyear, or Bridgestone into the game simulation,
including not just the looks but also actual technical data and physical
properties!




We do not think the changes should stop at cosmetics alone, we are sure
that gameplay would only benefit if different tyres would have different
properties, and it would be up to the player to choose the correct tyre
for a given situation. So for future evolution beyond the 1.17
update, we plan to get inspiration from real world tyre labelling when
expanding the simulation properties. We think of adapting the officially
existing tyre grading system for our needs...