West Balkans DLC - some positive thoughts

[Neil]

There has been a ton of "this DLC is buggy and broke my game" posts here since release, but to give credit to SCS I have had no issues with the new areas, rock solid frame rates (much more consistent than in the ATS DLCs for me, not that the latter are bad ones) and well impressed by the level of detail particularly in the urban areas with the street furniture and debris (Tirane for example).

I hope many others are as happy with this long-awaited DLC region.

Big question is what comes next - we know of the next 3 ATS regions, but not seen much info (or speculation..) on next release for ETS2?

[Wolfgang]

Up for speculation is both Greece and the north of Scandinavia (+Finland).

[Cathulhu]

Or the UK rework which is long overdue.

[Sara]

There are lots of people with genuine problems with the Balkans DLC, like me for example. I have removed it and re-installed it three times after pc reboots and even re-installing the entire game but I still get zero jobs in the Balkans. I can't deliver anything to or from there. I don't think that's particularly positive.

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by Sara:

There are lots of people with genuine problems with the Balkans DLC, like me for example. I have removed it and re-installed it three times after pc reboots and even re-installing the entire game but I still get zero jobs in the Balkans. I can't deliver anything to or from there. I don't think that's particularly positive.

That issue is on your end. Check your mods and make sure the DLC is connected to your WoT profile.

[Grapesalad]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

Or the UK rework which is long overdue.

i wonder when this will happen..

[roggek]

Originally posted by Grapesalad:

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

Or the UK rework which is long overdue.

i wonder when this will happen..

Probably never, since Great Britain isn't a part of Europe anymore.
The best option would to delete it entirely from the game and add Ukraine, Greece and Cyprus instead...

Otherwise West Balkans is a jewel to drive in, except for the stupid idea of implementing the "X-ray buildings" at the border crossings...
Who's idea was that???
Pain in the hole to navigate into them with a long trailer...

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

If you don`t use mods there is not much issues, runs rock solid for me. Only thing is that you will have border crossing PTSD.

[Underscore_101_3]

Originally posted by roggek:

Probably never, since Great Britain isn't a part of Europe anymore.

Maybe learn some geography, the UK is still part of Europe, they didn't suddenly became their own continent.

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by roggek:

Originally posted by Grapesalad:

i wonder when this will happen..

Probably never, since Great Britain isn't a part of Europe anymore.
The best option would to delete it entirely from the game and add Ukraine, Greece and Cyprus instead...

Otherwise West Balkans is a jewel to drive in, except for the stupid idea of implementing the "X-ray buildings" at the border crossings...
Who's idea was that???
Pain in the hole to navigate into them with a long trailer...

The UK is still a part of Europe. And it will be for the next few millions of years.
The UK is NOT a part of the European Union anymore which is something entirely different.

[Neil]

Originally posted by roggek:

Originally posted by Grapesalad:

i wonder when this will happen..

Probably never, since Great Britain isn't a part of Europe anymore.
The best option would to delete it entirely from the game and add Ukraine, Greece and Cyprus instead...

Otherwise West Balkans is a jewel to drive in, except for the stupid idea of implementing the "X-ray buildings" at the border crossings...
Who's idea was that???
Pain in the hole to navigate into them with a long trailer...

I've yet to be called in to one of those for a check on West Balkans (though I have at the similar facilities on the Road to the Black Sea DLC).

[Neil]

Originally posted by Wolfgang:

Up for speculation is both Greece and the north of Scandinavia (+Finland).

I was thinking Greece as I looked at the high-level map. North Scandinavia might be difficult due to the snowy roads and associated physics?

[Cop Unit 12]

Originally posted by Neil:

I was thinking Greece as I looked at the high-level map. North Scandinavia might be difficult due to the snowy roads and associated physics?

The og reason as to why northern Scandinavia was not done was because most towns get their delivery's via local systems. Northern Scandinavia is not snow all year long and looking at google maps satellite view most of the major towns are paved and have paved roads going to them. If you play ATS and have the Montana DLC I would assume that northern Scandinavia would have a similar environment. ETS2 and ATS are in perpetual summer and we will be driving in summer on paved - gravel roads. Not spintires (yes I have the og game) roads.

Speculation: Greece is more of the islands and which ones will be added and which will not. Crete and "Euboea" are the most likely islands going to be added but Rhodes is the only other one that would be logical to add as the rest are too small and or have no road traffic.

Originally posted by roggek:

Probably never, since Great Britain isn't a part of Europe anymore.
The best option would to delete it entirely from the game and add Ukraine, Greece and Cyprus instead...

Otherwise West Balkans is a jewel to drive in, except for the stupid idea of implementing the "X-ray buildings" at the border crossings...
Who's idea was that???
Pain in the hole to navigate into them with a long trailer...

1st part. That's like saying Serbia is not apart of Europe because it's also not in the EU, same applies to Albania, Belarus, Bosnia - Herzegovina, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.

2nd: Cyprus will most likely never be added for 3 main reasons combined. Cyprus has THREE countries in it plus a DMZ. It's only 9,251 km² while Corse (the french island above Sardinia) is only 8,722 km² and last it's a VERY touchy political topic for some but with Kosovo and Serbia being added this may not applies as much as it use to.

3rd: The UK will be revamped AFTER the rest of the BASE GAME is done. We still have Czechia, Benelux, Base game Eastern France, Base game Northern Italy (though tbh it's only 3 -5 cities that need it like Venice) and Base game Western Poland. Switzerland is "almost" done.

4th: Ukraine is most likely to not be added along with Belarus and Moldova due to the current situation going on.

5th: Boarder crossings are not meant to be fun but annoying. It is a random chance you will need to go through the X-ray building. You can turn off Fines when going through the boarder crossing and skip that part if you find it that annoying.

[roggek]

Originally posted by Cop Unit 12:

5th: Boarder crossings are not meant to be fun but annoying. It is a random chance you will need to go through the X-ray building. You can turn off Fines when going through the boarder crossing and skip that part if you find it that annoying.

Well, the border crossings at the motorways are fine, I was referring to the border crossings at small country roads.

One border crossing in particular east of Tirana (on SH9 coming from north), when you have to make a sharp right turn, and then a sharp left turn to enter the X-ray building. Its almost impossible with a trailer to straighten up, and enter the X-ray Building. If the building had been more to the righthand side and a liitle wider carports...
I do't understand why everything in ETS2 is so "narrow" (toll gates, border crossings etc). It's like the developers has "tunnel vison mode" on...

[Cop Unit 12]

Originally posted by roggek:

Well, the border crossings at the motorways are fine, I was referring to the border crossings at small country roads.

One border crossing in particular east of Tirana (on SH9 coming from north), when you have to make a sharp right turn, and then a sharp left turn to enter the X-ray building. Its almost impossible with a trailer to straighten up, and enter the X-ray Building. If the building had been more to the righthand side and a liitle wider carports...
I do't understand why everything in ETS2 is so "narrow" (toll gates, border crossings etc). It's like the developers has "tunnel vison mode" on...

Game is wider then normal European roads.

[Dark & Realistic™ Nessie]

Originally posted by roggek:

Originally posted by Grapesalad:

i wonder when this will happen..

Probably never, since Great Britain isn't a part of Europe anymore.

What?! A strong earthquake moved it out of the continent?!