Rigid trucks

[Helicopter200]

Devs are aware that people wants rigid trucks for so long why they dont add them? It would be cool to drive a smaller truck

[Wolfgang]

Because they need licences for that and to make it not just a smaller truck they would have to rework the whole economy allowing for multiple pickups and drop offs.

[KongHarald]

Where I live rigid trucks are just as common as semi's and they're not small either, some of them even pulls an extra long trailer. It's a mysteri to me why they haven't implemented such trucks after all these years. Yes I know there are mods but stll...

[Antaiir]

Originally posted by KongHarald:

.... but stll...

... it depends on licensing.

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by KongHarald:

Where I live rigid trucks are just as common as semi's and they're not small either, some of them even pulls an extra long trailer. It's a mysteri to me why they haven't implemented such trucks after all these years. Yes I know there are mods but stll...

Again:

Originally posted by Wolfgang:

Because they need licences for that and to make it not just a smaller truck they would have to rework the whole economy allowing for multiple pickups and drop offs.

That is the whole reason behind that.

[KongHarald]

Originally posted by Wolfgang:

Originally posted by KongHarald:

Where I live rigid trucks are just as common as semi's and they're not small either, some of them even pulls an extra long trailer. It's a mysteri to me why they haven't implemented such trucks after all these years. Yes I know there are mods but stll...

Again:

Originally posted by Wolfgang:

Because they need licences for that and to make it not just a smaller truck they would have to rework the whole economy allowing for multiple pickups and drop offs.

That is the whole reason behind that.

What do you mean "smaller trucks", 3 or 4 axle rigid trucks together with 3 or 4 axle trailers aren't small are they? They can carry just as many tonnes as a semi, no?
And licenses: so go and get them, how hard can it be? SCS must have good connections with the truck manufacturers already since they've been making digital models of their trucks for a decade or more already, and they've done a fine job, the trucks in the game are highly detailed and beautiful so why would it be difficult to get licenses for rigid trucks? It's more free promotion for them and SCS can make it into a rigid truck DLC and make more money themselves because the players will love it. It's a win win win for everybody.

[johnwdane]

I would love to have Rigid Trucks available to use from the Truck Dealers on Euro truck simulator 2 and would be quite happy to pay for the Rigid DLC if it was ever available but i also understand that it may not be as easy at it seems due to design and then getting the data into a game and I'm not too clever with computer programming or what they need to do to get anything into a game but i do agree with KongHarold about how it should be easier to get the licences needed as SCS have been have been making digital copies of their trucks for a decade but maybe even if they could look into it would be start

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by KongHarald:

Originally posted by Wolfgang:

Again:

That is the whole reason behind that.

What do you mean "smaller trucks", 3 or 4 axle rigid trucks together with 3 or 4 axle trailers aren't small are they? They can carry just as many tonnes as a semi, no?
And licenses: so go and get them, how hard can it be? SCS must have good connections with the truck manufacturers already since they've been making digital models of their trucks for a decade or more already, and they've done a fine job, the trucks in the game are highly detailed and beautiful so why would it be difficult to get licenses for rigid trucks? It's more free promotion for them and SCS can make it into a rigid truck DLC and make more money themselves because the players will love it. It's a win win win for everybody.

You forget the whole aspekt of having to rework the whole economy. Right now there are not multi drop off points which these rigid trucks are more used for.
And licencing costs time and money. SCS still has to pay for licences and if trucks will be added to the game, they will be free for everyone who bought the base game.

[KongHarald]

Originally posted by Wolfgang:

Originally posted by KongHarald:

What do you mean "smaller trucks", 3 or 4 axle rigid trucks together with 3 or 4 axle trailers aren't small are they? They can carry just as many tonnes as a semi, no?
And licenses: so go and get them, how hard can it be? SCS must have good connections with the truck manufacturers already since they've been making digital models of their trucks for a decade or more already, and they've done a fine job, the trucks in the game are highly detailed and beautiful so why would it be difficult to get licenses for rigid trucks? It's more free promotion for them and SCS can make it into a rigid truck DLC and make more money themselves because the players will love it. It's a win win win for everybody.

You forget the whole aspekt of having to rework the whole economy. Right now there are not multi drop off points which these rigid trucks are more used for.
And licencing costs time and money. SCS still has to pay for licences and if trucks will be added to the game, they will be free for everyone who bought the base game.

Fair enough, if these licenses are expensive I get it.
But your point about "reworking the whole economy" is a made up problem imo, you don't need multiple drop off points just because you think that's how it is in RL.

[mojo_musica]

Originally posted by KongHarald:

*snip* just because you think that's how it is in RL.

I thought that was the whole point of a "simulation"?
Why have rigids in the game if they do the exact same jobs as all the existing trucks?
If they don't do what they do IRL, it seems a bit superfluous to spend time and money creating them.
One other point: historically, all trucks in the game are free content for everyone, any level.
I don't know how sustainable it would be for SCS to release a new category of trucks from many manufacturers with full, expensive licenses and a new team of devs working on them, and still be free.

Anyone who feels they would like SCS to adopt rigid trucks in the future:
The location for suggestions is on the wishlist thread at the SCS Forums:
https://forum.scssoft.com
https://forum.scssoft.com/viewforum.php?f=185


This is the Steam player to player forum, NOT SCS, the actual game developers.
Sadly, nobody on here can "fix" anything in the game itself, we can only help and advise players.
These forums are NOT the official way to contact SCS, so any comment on here is unlikely to get any response from them.

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by KongHarald:

Originally posted by Wolfgang:

You forget the whole aspekt of having to rework the whole economy. Right now there are not multi drop off points which these rigid trucks are more used for.
And licencing costs time and money. SCS still has to pay for licences and if trucks will be added to the game, they will be free for everyone who bought the base game.

Fair enough, if these licenses are expensive I get it.
But your point about "reworking the whole economy" is a made up problem imo, you don't need multiple drop off points just because you think that's how it is in RL.

So you don't want it to be like it is IRL? Then what is the damn point of having rigids in the game if the current big rigs that are already in there do the exact same thing?

[KongHarald]

Originally posted by Wolfgang:

Originally posted by KongHarald:

Fair enough, if these licenses are expensive I get it.
But your point about "reworking the whole economy" is a made up problem imo, you don't need multiple drop off points just because you think that's how it is in RL.

So you don't want it to be like it is IRL? Then what is the damn point of having rigids in the game if the current big rigs that are already in there do the exact same thing?

I never said that I don't want it to be like in RL, I said 'you don't need multiple drop off points just because YOU THINK that's how it is in RL'. See the difference? I'm questioning your perception of reality, I'm not saying ETS2 shouldn't aspire to be as realistic as possible/feasible. Rigids and semis does the same job, they transport goods, multiple drop off points or not and when I see plenty of big rigid trucks with trailers on the roads in RL I think it's very reasonable to expect them to be implemented in the game, we like realism right?

[KongHarald]

Originally posted by mojo_musica:

Originally posted by KongHarald:

*snip* just because you think that's how it is in RL.

I thought that was the whole point of a "simulation"?
Why have rigids in the game if they do the exact same jobs as all the existing trucks?
If they don't do what they do IRL, it seems a bit superfluous to spend time and money creating them.
One other point: historically, all trucks in the game are free content for everyone, any level.
I don't know how sustainable it would be for SCS to release a new category of trucks from many manufacturers with full, expensive licenses and a new team of devs working on them, and still be free.

Anyone who feels they would like SCS to adopt rigid trucks in the future:
The location for suggestions is on the wishlist thread at the SCS Forums:
https://forum.scssoft.com
https://forum.scssoft.com/viewforum.php?f=185


This is the Steam player to player forum, NOT SCS, the actual game developers.
Sadly, nobody on here can "fix" anything in the game itself, we can only help and advise players.
These forums are NOT the official way to contact SCS, so any comment on here is unlikely to get any response from them.

But isn't that why this is called 'steam forum', so we can come in here and just blow off some steam?

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by KongHarald:

Originally posted by Wolfgang:

So you don't want it to be like it is IRL? Then what is the damn point of having rigids in the game if the current big rigs that are already in there do the exact same thing?

I never said that I don't want it to be like in RL, I said 'you don't need multiple drop off points just because YOU THINK that's how it is in RL'. See the difference? I'm questioning your perception of reality, I'm not saying ETS2 shouldn't aspire to be as realistic as possible/feasible. Rigids and semis does the same job, they transport goods, multiple drop off points or not and when I see plenty of big rigid trucks with trailers on the roads in RL I think it's very reasonable to expect them to be implemented in the game, we like realism right?

Alright if they do the exact same, why have both IRL?

[mojo_musica]

Originally posted by KongHarald:

*snip*
But isn't that why this is called 'steam forum', so we can come in here and just blow off some steam?

Sadly, it is moving that way. Pointless suggestions, demands and threats are the order of the day. All a waste of time, this forum isn't SCS and they don't officially monitor it, carry on discussions here, or reply to any of the bright ideas that get posted continually.
I imagine they took one look at the posts and ... never came back.
Who can blame them?