Just want to learn to reverse!

[Lion Llew]

Hi, I like gaming but the real reason I got this game wasn't for it's edge-of-your-seat nail biting gameplay... I am learning to drive for my CE licence and I want to practice my reversing in a virtual environment. I am shocked there is no "free roam"/ "unlimited" mode straight out of the box, as we oldies would say.

I would actually appreciate a reverse obstacle course where the aim is to get the truck from a to b backwards without hitting any cones. Are there any mods that can accomplish this? I really don't care for the career mode, but a series of challenges to do obstacle courses (like crazy taxi) would make this a worthwhile purchase for me.

[pizza7]

does not exist as far as i know.and i dont think you can practice parking on a computer.
maybe on a special simulator?

[Lion Llew]

Originally posted by pizza7:

does not exist as far as i know.and i dont think you can practice parking on a computer.
maybe on a special simulator?

The mechanics are already in the game/sim, it's a simple case of willingness to make it a thing. I can do some basic practice if i want to out of the box, especially once I unlock the free play once i get a truck and drivers to pay for the fuel costs... I don't have time to get that into the game.

The game more than has the capacity to be able to do what I am asking, trust me. I can practice turning an artic using the vehicles in Teardown if I want an easy way to get used to the the inverse controls, but they don't have the in-cab view or the realism that this game does.

It is possible in this game if there is a modder or if the devs want to do it.

As it stands I think I can still get a refund. I want to practice reversing an articulated vehicle, not some bulldust economy sim.

[Salem Graves]

There's a game called City Car Driving that has driving courses. I'm not sure if you can practice backing trailers in it, but I'm pretty sure you can drive a tractor and trailer.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/493490/City_Car_Driving/

[.MISTY]

Heya, if you really want to learn driving a truck together with all the actions like parking, reversing etc, let me introduce you to 'Scania Truck Driving Simulator'. Here you WILL learn how to reverse. I know, cos I have it. :)

I don't know if it works with wheels and pedals cos I played it with keyboard and mouse. Same dev company, so you will see how old the ETS2 engine is.

Hope this helps. Feel free to add me as friend, if you want.

[Underscore_101_3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/302060

[Goose_Few]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/258760/Scania_Truck_Driving_Simulator/

There you go. all you are asking and more.

[Reese]

Both Trucks & Trailers and Scania Truck Driving Simulator are excellent for this. Physics aren't as good as ETS2, but they're still plenty playable.

As for ETS2 itself, you can use a Jump Start mod, giving you instant levels and money, allow you to buy anything you want. Perfect for just practicing.

[Maya-Neko]

What stops you from simply accepting a random contract, then driving to multiple companies in that city and trying to reverse into some of the possible parking positions?

If you want some extra challenge, then you could even take the way from company A to company B completely in referse, as well as trying to search for more complicated companies (there are some very narrow places for example.

Also oil-companies tend to have bigger company ground, often with some steel pillars, which you can easily use to train some slalom.

[spuranz]

They have created some pretty tricky parking spots, the only I could remember was in Helsinki. But there's also some in their latest DLC, "Iberia", and within their rework countries, like Germany, and Austria.....

[Lion Llew]

Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply! I got both of those as they are on sale and relatively cheap at the moment. I can safely say that the Scania simulator is by far the better of the two for what I wanted, it has the same controls as this game. I don't know why they didn't add something similar to this game in terms of a driving licence at least, it would have been a welcome addition.

[_KC76_]

The other option you have is to use a "money and XP" cheat, to gain lots of money and XP on very few jobs .. I did the tutorial that you just basically drive across the street, and made level 44 in 3 minutes. One job can earn you 200K euros.