Why has Ireland been forgotten in ETS2?

[English Range Rover (UK)]

Literally the only part of the game people forget about

[magicISO Sweden]

its not forgotten

[Rivaldman]

Well, from what I know by far, the UK will have a long long time for its rework. And Ireland could only come after the rework of the UK, why would it appear now when the UK is differently scaled from the rest of Europe?

At least when the UK is fixed (i.e. properly scaled and updated).

Note: the current UK map is a legacy map.

[Wolfgang]

It was never oart of the legacy map and will likely be added when the UK gets a rework at some point.

[Briannospam]

When I started playing ETS2, Ireland wasn't even on the map, it's been added since then.
Therefore, my first thought to the question was that perhaps in the beginning of the game it could have something to do with eu membership.
But no, Ireland became a member of the eu in 1973.
But what about NATO membership, Ireland is neutral and therefore not a member of NATO.
No, that cannot be the reason either, because Switzerland is not part of NATO either and Switzerland has been on the base map from the very beginning.
Nor can it have anything to do with having to use a ferry connection, because right from the beginning of the game you have also had to use a ferry or the rail tunnel to travel between GB and the mainland.
Sorry, I can't make any guesses that might sound credible.

[English Range Rover (UK)]

Originally posted by Rivaldman:

Well, from what I know by far, the UK will have a long long time for its rework. And Ireland could only come after the rework of the UK, why would it appear now when the UK is differently scaled from the rest of Europe?

At least when the UK is fixed (i.e. properly scaled and updated).

Note: the current UK map is a legacy map.

Literally it’s been untouched since 2010 but a ferry port was added for the vive la France dlc in 2016

[garyh2462]

The United Kingdom is a hub. Just like Ireland would be. Whereas the European Continent is a gateway to many countries both on the continent and Africa. The UK is a drop off and turn around set of countries. Therefore, I think not as important to the Devs to develop. I am hoping, that once the European continent is finished, They may make a start on the UK and Ireland. No one knows what SCS will do until they announce it. Till then, enjoy the fantastic network that is Europe. You can get Promods by the way.

[Spicy_Satoshi]

Originally posted by Rivaldman:

Note: the current UK map is a legacy map.

Besides, add BeNeLux, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary. Dated grahics with low res cheap textures. Huge discrepancy when compared reworked and expansion pack areas.

[malchaeus]

Anyone else remember seeing a blog post recently that said they were working on a surprising yet unannounced rework? When I read it, my first thought was UK and Ireland.

[Nimir-Raj]

Originally posted by Rivaldman:

Ireland could only come after the rework of the UK

What a load of nonsense.

Ireland will come whenever they decide it will. There is nothing about the current UK map that would prevent them releasing an Ireland DLC.

[Rivaldman]

Originally posted by Nimir-Raj:

Originally posted by Rivaldman:

Ireland could only come after the rework of the UK

What a load of nonsense.

Ireland will come whenever they decide it will. There is nothing about the current UK map that would prevent them releasing an Ireland DLC.

Releasing an Ireland DLC at the current state of UK doesn't look good. I'm not talking about technical issues, just something people tend to do.

[Briannospam]

Originally posted by Rivaldman:

Originally posted by Nimir-Raj:

What a load of nonsense.

Ireland will come whenever they decide it will. There is nothing about the current UK map that would prevent them releasing an Ireland DLC.

Releasing an Ireland DLC at the current state of UK doesn't look good. I'm not talking about technical issues, just something people tend to do.

You are both right in some of what you say, but there is also something wrong in the other part of your debate.

Think about Corsica... That island was not included when the France DLC was released, nor with the release of the Italy DLC.
And since they haven't yet started a rework of all of France, but have only done the necessary rework for the addition of Iberia, but since Iberia could easily have been added without Corsica, you can't say that Corsica is a part of it either necessary rework in that context.
Corsica was simply a free addition to the map, so I see nothing preventing Ireland from being added either for free or perhaps as part of another DLC at some point, before the rework of England, for example. e.g. Greece+Ireland, or northern Scandinavia+Ireland

[Rivaldman]

The state of UK and France maps are/were not comparable in my opinion, the UK is the only legacy map, which I mean not belong to ETS2, quality and setting wise.

I'm not talking about whether it's possible to add a region with or without its parent / neighbouring countries. It's about the deviation it will look once they do this.

Some players may say it's better than nothing. But some will express disappointment (during cross British deliveries) with a brand new Ireland DLC / giveaway, if not bundled with the reworked UK.

Anyways, I am just saying that, in my opinion, it's better to release them all at once, or a reworked UK map before the Ireland. But I am the one who thinks it's better than nothing.

To think about what has held up the UK rework, there is some reluctance over that part, at least for the time being.

[MirkoC407]

As their building style did not change for some time, UK may be the only real legacy map, on the base map at least Czechia and Benelux are at the same "quality" level. As is the whole Going East DLC, i.e. Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. The first recognizable landscapes together with some subtle hints of individual junctions instead of the 3 prefabs used before are in Scandinavia DLC.
And even ATS was planned to be built in this style. I still remember preview videos pretty close to release of the original game, showing a standard ETS cloverleaf intersection somewhere in California, with just some dummy bridges not useable for players trying to give the impression of a typical US junction with direct ramps. Not sure if they fixed that for game release or with the rescale, because I bought ATS only after the rescale was done.

[Rivaldman]

That's what I am thinking about.

Before the rescale of ATS, there were 3 available states, i.e. CA, NV and later AZ (which came as a free update) with no other map DLC.

There it went through the rescale from 1:35 to 1:20 for those 3 states. All the other map DLCs, which were in 1:20 and built around the base map, would come after that rescale that expanded the whole game map (it got bigger).

I wouldn't look into depth for what consideration went into their minds. But this is what, in my perception, people tend to do, and what they actually did.

[Wolfpig]

Originally posted by Rivaldman:

I'm not talking about whether it's possible to add a region with or without its parent / neighbouring countries. It's about the deviation it will look once they do this.

As Irland is an Island.... it would not matter how other parts of the map Look like.

If that ever would have been a problem not a single dlc would have been released in the past.