Dumb question: Which areas are included in base game?

[tahrey]

I fancy buying this to play online with some discord folks, but now I look at the page there's a LOT of DLCs that seem to cover, well... pretty much every European country? Like France and Spain even, which I've seen them drive through before.

I can't get the online manual to load in Steam, so, if I just buy the basic game, what countries / areas are even included with that? There's no list on the main page etc. I don't mind buying one or two packs in order to join in, but I can't afford to buy the entire set all at once and may as well abandon the idea if that's required.

Or, if someone hosting a game already has the DLC, can you drive in those areas if you join their server, even if not in singleplayer?

[bricksathome]

Roads marked in white in this image are the areas included in the base game.
The image also helpfully colour codes all the currently available map DLCs
https://www.reddit.com/r/trucksim/comments/178jy5i/ets_2_v1485_full_map/

[Reese]

In text: Germany, England(and a tiny little bit of Scotland, up to Aberdeen), Northern France, Belgium, Netherlands, West Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland.

[MirkoC407]

Only a slice of Slovakia (Bratislava) and I don't remember any Hungary at all.

[MagnusA]

.. and a couple of cities in Wales (Cardiff and Swansea). ).

No Hungary in base game.

[Scaramouche]

Northern Italia too, from Torino to Trieste

[MagnusA]

To summarize ETS2 base area:

• United Kingdom (England, southern Scotland and southern Wales)
  
• Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg
  
• Germany, Austria and Switzerland
  
• Northeastern France (Calais,, Lille, Paris, Reims, Metz, Strasbourg, Dijon and Lyon)
  
• Northern Italy (Turin, Milan, Verona, Venice and Trieste)
  
• Western Poland (Wroclaw, Poznan and Szczecin)
  
• Western Czech Republic (Prague and Brno)
  
• Western Slovakia (Bratislava)

[tahrey]

Thanks everybody. So, kind of a triangle through mid and northwest Europe, with one corner being southern enough to hit Italy at the expense of ducking Denmark? Looks like I might be in the hole for France and Iberia at least then and maybe Scandi, though I'll have to check with the other players. At least they're a lot cheaper than normal right now!

[tahrey]

Originally posted by bricksathome:

Roads marked in white in this image are the areas included in the base game.
The image also helpfully colour codes all the currently available map DLCs
https://www.reddit.com/r/trucksim/comments/178jy5i/ets_2_v1485_full_map/

That's very useful, saved.

Also a bit amusing, at least looking at British Isles and northwest continent. Luxembourg just being a dot, and how little of Wales and Scotland (nevermind Ireland) are included. Trying even to work out what some of the roads are meant to be there and why some little ones appear but big ones don't! Hopefully some town spelling goofs were corrected in-game after the map was made, too...

Maybe Ireland was dodged so they then wouldn't have to include Holyhead, Milford and/or Fishguard?

[tahrey]

NB. Do you have to own a particular DLC area in order to play it in an MP server (or even join said server at all) or is there a degree of sharing?

[MagnusA]

Originally posted by tahrey:

NB. Do you have to own a particular DLC area in order to play it in an MP server (or even join said server at all) or is there a degree of sharing?

AFAIK you don't need to.

However you won't be able to drive in that area. if your friends drive into areas you don't own, you can't follow them....

[Sima | Marco]

fun fact: Britain is not part of the EU, but part of ETS2 base game. ("EURO" Truck Simulator)

[tahrey]

Originally posted by MagnusA:

Originally posted by tahrey:

NB. Do you have to own a particular DLC area in order to play it in an MP server (or even join said server at all) or is there a degree of sharing?

AFAIK you don't need to.

However you won't be able to drive in that area. if your friends drive into areas you don't own, you can't follow them....

Haha, OK. That could lead to some lulz but ultimately be not that fun overall. Guess I'll be picking up some expansions then.

[tahrey]

Originally posted by Sima | Marco:

fun fact: Britain is not part of the EU, but part of ETS2 base game. ("EURO" Truck Simulator)

Aw come on now, we WERE when the game launched. Plus then there's an excuse to have the channel crossing and the switchover for driving side and speed/distance units ;-)

And who knows we may yet return?

That does further beg the question of why no Eire though...

[bricksathome]

Originally posted by tahrey:

Also a bit amusing, at least looking at British Isles and northwest continent. Luxembourg just being a dot, and how little of Wales and Scotland (nevermind Ireland) are included.

Maybe Ireland was dodged so they then wouldn't have to include Holyhead, Milford and/or Fishguard?

There is a map mod you can get called ProMods which expands the base map & rebuild it's existing areas be be more realistic, The UK being an area of particular improvement. Though it does require you to own all the currently available map DLCs for it to work, so probably best to stick with the base game for a while.

Here's an albeit slightly outdated version of what the PM map adds
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/627231290881474562/1149461168763703336/PM2.66-ME2.66-world-map.jpg?ex=668d0762&is=668bb5e2&hm=5c803d440db27d3717bb1c5583b875a5fe02f0474ce0802866fc1e58cf7ea288&

[Wille Wilse]

Originally posted by Sima | Marco:

fun fact: Britain is not part of the EU, but part of ETS2 base game. ("EURO" Truck Simulator)

UK are a part of Europe, you cant leave a continent...