which is better, this or ATS

[The_Lone_Merk]

i have ATS but was wondering if the older ETS is better and more fun, i imagine they're generally the same, but i always notice way more palyers in ETS, is that solely due to mods?

[Caes3r]

i guess games like this are simply more popular in europe

[Madkine]

Neither is better, they just have different maps.

[Wolfgang]

Both. Both are good.

[Antaiir]

Define "better"? Better in what?

[MagnusA]

Personal oreferences.

One of the games is in american (US) environment. One is in european environment.

Play whatever you prefer. Many players have and play both games.

[col273]

I also have ATS and ETS2 i play both as they are both fantastic and relaxing after a stressful flight as i usually play on my flightsim most of the time.
When relaxing with the truck sims i usually spend around an hour on each

[Underscore_101_3]

There's a free demo, though playing that might be a little bit dissapointing compared to ATS because a lot of it hasn't been (completely) reworked yet, not sure how many versions the demo is behind.

But recent dlc and updates (Austria and Switzerland) that have been done are all of great quality.

I have about a 5/1 preference for ETS2, there are a few minor difference between the games (aside from trucks and trailers), but the ones that are just annoy me too much (except one) to play it often.

[Kackstift]

ATS
pros: more speed, heavy/wide loads are actually working
cons: scales.. alot of them.., boring highways(you are as fast as anyone else...)

ETS2
pros: good highways with proper traffic(you will be overtaken), more diverse landscape and roads
cons: "slow"...max 90km/h, unrealistic police presents :)

there are more things but the game is mostly the same.

[🦊 Hermit]

ATS's scenery feels very compartmentalised to me - you have a road with one biome or point of interest on it, then you go through a junction which feels like a sharp transition between one type of scenery and another, then you're on another road which has it's own biome or point of interest on it. The seams between those areas feel a little jarring and sudden at times. On the other hand, ETS feels more like one unified landmass, where the different countries seem to blend better into one another seamlessly.

ETS also has more variety. You get a wide selection of scenery and architecture to look at from all the different countries as you pass through. While ATS is all one country where all the structures are broadly the same, and all the cities feel similar. Plus in landscape you have 'desert', 'forest', and 'dry grassland', and not much else beyond that, it's always one of those three.

Another difference is the roads. ETS's roads are much narrower, more twisty, and challenging. While ATS's fare are almost all very wide and mostly straight, built for cruising with the CC on rather than winding around obstacles and through scenery.

All told, I do generally prefer ETS myself. However that's not to say that ATS is a bad game, they're both great. Just that ETS feels a little more immersive, engaging, and challenging.

[pizza7]

ets has a lot more variety, and much more mods. but i play both

[Lord Odin]

I like and play both, i do prefer the Trucks in ATS (Big Boys Toys). I actually don't mind the Long Straight Highways. Find a Truck you like,put the radio on and fly down the long straight roads. ETS 2 is also great and has some long stretches of road. I am equally as happy in my Renault T as in my Haterbilt 379/389. I will say that ATS is pretty boring on TMP.

[Pew Pew! McGoo]

I guess it depends on what you consider "fun." I like ETS more because of the scenery as I'm driving around the different countries. ATS is fine, I've played some, but I haven't put in the hours because, to me, it just doesn't hold up the same. Plays quite similarly, but it just isn't as appealing visually. But I am also quite a visual person and environments are more meaningful to me, so if you don't care about that kind of thing, either is fine.

Though I'll also say that ETS 2 is MEGA on-sale, so it might be worth getting just so you can try it for yourself and see which you prefer. :)

[Aspen Ridge]

ETS2 for me...even though I'm Canadian and have been exposed to the North American trucking environment my whole life I still think ETS2 is the better game. Both are good but it comes down to personal preference.

[MirkoC407]

Originally posted by Aspen Ridge:

ETS2 for me...even though I'm Canadian and have been exposed to the North American trucking environment my whole life I still think ETS2 is the better game. Both are good but it comes down to personal preference.

Just the other way round, I prefer ATS. If I want to drive on European roads I go downstairs and start my car.

[Jon the VGNerd]

Why not both, OP? They're both made by the same devs, after all.