Mod maps with hills?

[Durcaz]

So i have always been looking for hills to put my gearshifting to the test, but this game has none. Are there any map mods with crazy hills?

[Ryu]

I remember the EAA Brazil map had some big hills. Haven't run that mod in a while...

[gallagher4005]

The TSM Map is real good for hills. Need to be in Algier and then, East or west from there. Promods and Iceland is fantastic for a good climb.

[The Silent Gamer]

On ATS there is a hill South of Labrador City that makes Mt Everest look like a molehill and West of Jackson there is rumoured to be a hill that cannot be driven over but that one is yet to be confirmed.

[RedWolfSniper]

The base game also has some really good hill driving around Italy

[Durcaz]

Originally posted by MoonSponge (Youtube):

The base game also has some really good hill driving around Italy

Yeah ive been in those winding mountain roads before, however they aren't very challenging gear wise, ive found those pretty easy to fly up in and down in gear 5-7 almost the whole time unless im hauling an excavator in the first iveco.

Gonna try a map mod.

[Xyzan]

With 700BHP engine you won't find challenging hills ;) Try to lower your truck's power. A lot of people have problems with leaving quarries on default map ;)
Try to put real size engine (440, 480 or something similar) and go to the mountains ;) You will see the difference. There is a lot more fun driving with smaller engines - as you have to working on your gearbox, to keep speed.

[Durcaz]

Originally posted by Xyzan:

With 700BHP engine you won't find challenging hills ;) Try to lower your truck's power. A lot of people have problems with leaving quarries on default map ;)
Try to put real size engine (440, 480 or something similar) and go to the mountains ;) You will see the difference. There is a lot more fun driving with smaller engines - as you have to working on your gearbox, to keep speed.

Im aware of this, but even with the weaker trucks it still isnt "Difficult" just not as easy

[RedWolfSniper]

Getting up hills in a real life truck isn't very difficult though, especially considering that 95% of european trucks are automatic nowadays anyway, but even if you're unlucky enough to be stuck in an old manual 12 gear you're not going to have much difficulty getting up hills unless you deliberately make it difficult for yourself.

Perhaps set yourself a challenge! Try to get up the steepest hill you can find in no lower than 8th gear, while obeying the speed limit, and not slipping outside your line or cutting a corner line, with the truck and/or trailer. That might be fun! =)

[Durcaz]

Originally posted by MoonSponge (Youtube):

Getting up hills in a real life truck isn't very difficult though, especially considering that 95% of european trucks are automatic nowadays anyway, but even if you're unlucky enough to be stuck in an old manual 12 gear you're not going to have much difficulty getting up hills unless you deliberately make it difficult for yourself.

Perhaps set yourself a challenge! Try to get up the steepest hill you can find in no lower than 8th gear, while obeying the speed limit, and not slipping outside your line or cutting a corner line, with the truck and/or trailer. That might be fun! =)

I appreiate the reply howver Ive tried to so things similar to this in my mid power mercedes i drive ingame and it still worked pretty well. I think the problem is more the trailers rather than map design. There aren't any trailers that are so heavy to the point that they're dangerous. I know there are laws that force the game to do this to stay realistic but still, why cant we have special missions where they tell us how much power we need and we bring a beefy Volvo or something and haul a train across the map? (Yes i know there is a 75T train mod).

The older games were so much cooler with this stuff, i remember in one of the games from around 2005 they would give you loads heavier then the legal limit and tell you to be careful not to get caught.

The older games were a lot more creative too. There were cool side missions where you could go drive a firetruck to a emergency in New York on a side mission for example.


EDIT: Not hating on ETS2 btw, i have 370 hours and its a great game

[Silverbiker]

Just pulled this over the alps in promod map.
Weighs 120t. That was a challenge. Using crawler gears quite often

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=868990870

[Durcaz]

Originally posted by Silverbiker:

Just pulled this over the alps in promod map.
Weighs 120t. That was a challenge. Using crawler gears quite often

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=868990870

That generator is tons of fun! Im downloading promods for the first time as i type this, gonna give it a go soon.

[Durcaz]

Paid 1USD for quick downloads to get things moving, but i didnt know i needed Vive le France DLC to play it, damn.