Is it possible to detach the trailer and just drive around town?

[Yirg]

I'm looking for a driving sim to practice driving on the left side of the road. Doing it with a long truck is quite challenging and isn't what I'm looking for right now. Is there a way to detach the trailer and just drive freely around London without a specific goal? I already own ETS2 and would prefer to not buy another game just for this.

Thanks!

[Atlas International (Scotland)]

yep

[ZWest1987]

Once you own your own truck you drive with or without a trailer anywhere you choose.

[gwait]

Play enough until you have enough money to buy your own truck. Once you do, you will be able to roam wherever you want.

[Mousey]

Yeah man. As soon as you own that baby.....go for it.
Personally, I like the way the trucks handle with the trailer better than without but yeah, explore. That’s why all the hard work went into the game.

[gallagher4005]

Originally posted by Mouse Michaels:

Yeah man. As soon as you own that baby.....go for it.
Personally, I like the way the trucks handle with the trailer better than without but yeah, explore. That’s why all the hard work went into the game.

AGREED!!!!!!

[Reese]

Tractor-trucks are designed to always have a trailer behind them. You remove that trailer, they behave way differently due to having no weight on the rear.

[Bucketsmith]

Once you buy a truck of your own, the standard is driving without a trailer.
You'll have to find jobs in the freight market and go fetch the trialer with your own tractor/cab before they'll attach. :)
So you get to freeroam as much as you want, but your truck does need servicing. If you hire AI drivers, which you'll have to buy a truck for as well, they make you money, but they also cost money. If they cannot find jobs they still get a loan off of your paycheck. :>
Freeroaming is often a good choice to explore nearby towns to unlock them in the freight market as a starting location for jobs, and to discover the question marks. (Which are truck dealers and recruitment agencies that unlock AI drivers to hire from a randomised pool.)
It's just that, until you get around 100-125k for your first truck, you'll have to do quick jobs with someone else's truck, and always having a trailer to deliver somewhere.
Sometimes you can deviate from your route to explore a nearby town as well, but it is dependant on what the deadline for the job is and how much time you'll need to drive there.

[Yirg]

Thanks for all the replies. If I'm only (at this stage) interested in free roaming without the trailer, it kind of defeats that purpose if I have to first drive many hours with the trailer, no? Is there another option (e.g. a cheat code)?

[gwait]

Get an autosave off the Internet where there is a truck unlocked.

[pieperjohanns]

You can always detach your trailer, even on quick jobs.

[Bucketsmith]

It doesn't take long to unlock the credit score to get a loan, plenty to buy a truck. Though, you'll have to make enough income to deal with the loan, so I guess that's not ideal for what you want either.
There's mods that give you cheats or a head start or such, browse the workshop! :)

[J4CKI3]

Originally posted by Yirg:

Thanks for all the replies. If I'm only (at this stage) interested in free roaming without the trailer, it kind of defeats that purpose if I have to first drive many hours with the trailer, no? Is there another option (e.g. a cheat code)?

Look on the workshop, lots of mods where all you have to do is one job to be fully loaded with XP and credits.