Why is backing up into that white box so hard?!

[Obim Sol]

I can't be the only one who has a hard time.. Any tips?

[BCS]

try to look at this video, maybe you can learn something there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLgzCy2I2WE

And when you can do that maybe this will work too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nSWoJ7A3Do

[John1973]

yes one tip for you move to the outside view way easyer to reverse in the box

[A-Space-Turkey]

When I reverse, I use the interior cam and stick my head out of the window.
When you do that, turn the wheel left and the back of the trailor will turn left.

Try and use as much space as you can, that's what it's there for.
Line yourself up with the spot as much as you can, then go slowly.

Also, practice as much as you can. Every job, try to reverse into the park.
Practice and consistentcy are your best friends here. :)

Good luck with it, dude. Took me a few times to get the hang of it.

[Blaagh]

îf you want practice go to the next supermarket and use the shopping cart in reverse :D

[Dave]

7% hit it on the head. It sounds and looks complicated but that's literally exactly what it's like; pushing a couple of trollies/carts around, for ETS2 at least that is. When you get the hang of it you'll understand and see how similar it is.

[xFKratos]

If u r using ur keyboard to play, it helps to increase the steering sensivity its listed under "controlleroptions"

[TigerXtrm]

Best advice I can give you is to take it SLOW. Back up slowly and feel how your actions influence the movement of the trailer, and finetune it from there. You'll get the hang of it soon enough.

[76561198188152325]

It's hard as F! I can never get the trailer to go in the right direction.

[Wolfpig]

Originally posted by Lord ♠ Revan:

It's hard as F! I can never get the trailer to go in the right direction.

Try it for longer and it will work out sometime.
Had problems with that (and i think a lot of other too) at first too, but with the time it went better and now i only park the trailer with the cab view and the sidemirrors of the truck.

[malphilos]

Originally posted by Lord ♠ Revan:

It's hard as F! I can never get the trailer to go in the right direction.

A way to think about it that helps some people is to move the BOTTOM on the wheel in the direction you want the trailer to go when in reverse, just as you move the top of the wheel in the direction you want to go while driving forward.

[BlackBloodRum]

Your trailer has a white light at the corner, you want that white light to line up with the box. What I mean is, aim that light SLOWLY at the white line on the box. If you line it up correctly and the light is aimed correctly you'll find your trailer just go straight in with no problems.

The other option is to watch where your wheels are going, but the you have a risk of your trailer ending up right on the edge of the box or possibly over slightly if you're not very good at reversing.

In most cases you'll probably have your trailer in the spot in one shot like most people.

[King Of Essex]

Dont stick your herad out of the window when you are trying to reverse, I did that and a seagull ♥♥♥♥♥♥ on me ed

[Nimir-Raj]

MTCougar parking it like a boss at Norrfood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb8X54OMPgs

(For those that don't know, it's Michal from SCS)

[Stringbean]

I still have difficulty parking although I'm getting better but I hate having to park in the dark, especially when there's a trailer already parked on either side of where you have to slot into.

[Futuristic Hexagon]

It is something that takes a couple times to get used to, but once you get the hang of it, you get quite good at it. Just remember to take it easy and slow, even stopping a bit to readjust your steering or gauge where the trailer is going to end up going at that point.

In my opinion, the worst in this game are the Trameri yards, where you don't have much space to move around and require quite a bit of correcting at times. I wouldn't recommend jobs to those yards as they're not as forgiving to people not used to backing in a load and would like to get used to it (amongst other issues, like the unique super narrow gateway (which also tends to be on two lane roads).

On the other hand, Most everyone else is pretty good.

I still have memories of 18 WoS: ALH on having to back in double trailers in similarly narrow yards. That can get a little difficult as to move the back trailer, you move back to using the normal logic on reversing a vehicle without a trailer, but have to quickly correct and straighten it out to compensate for two trailers. For smaller yards, or ones with less forgiving geometry, this became a puzzle that could take quite a long time.