UK Update please.

[Fast]

No excuse for the state of the UK.
Its been left since launch, with no improvements , graphical pass or updates, thats like 11 years.

Thats two game dev cycles for the average massive AAA game , and they havent managed to update the UK.

Get it done please. Stop wasting time and making excuses. Its a large part of the game and requires attention.

[gallagher4005]

It's gonna be a while before this happens.
You'll just have to wait like the rest of us and hope it gets done soon.

[magicISO Sweden]

and you could not use the search bar for this ? and you would have the answer faster

[strker]

I think they hear that complaints about the UK twice a day. They will do it, but not know. The work on the UK is like making a complete DLC. It takes a lot of time, research etc. The map is based on the UK Truck Simulator and it is also in the wrong size. So it has to be completely rebuild from the ground up.

First West Balkans DLC, then Switzerland rework. On the base map is Benelux the next thing that will get a rework.

If you are not happy with UK now, then use ProMods.

On a AAA game are working a lot of people and there is a lot of money involved. SCS doesnt have either of this.

[Oz Gaming]

Originally posted by Fast:

No excuse for the state of the UK.
Its been left since launch, with no improvements , graphical pass or updates, thats like 11 years.

Thats two game dev cycles for the average massive AAA game , and they havent managed to update the UK.

Get it done please. Stop wasting time and making excuses. Its a large part of the game and requires attention.

Nope............Not happening any time soon. Maybe come back in a few years.

[IndigoAK]

Originally posted by strker:

I think they hear that complaints about the UK twice a day. They will do it, but not know. The work on the UK is like making a complete DLC. It takes a lot of time, research etc. The map is based on the UK Truck Simulator and it is also in the wrong size. So it has to be completely rebuild from the ground up.

First West Balkans DLC, then Switzerland rework. On the base map is Benelux the next thing that will get a rework.

If you are not happy with UK now, then use ProMods.

On a AAA game are working a lot of people and there is a lot of money involved. SCS doesnt have either of this.

SCS has nearly 300 employees and are the second largest game developer in the Czech Republic. They are not a small indie studio.

Edit: And before anyone mentions budget, they're also second in revenue, and income. They're not struggling to keep the lights on by any means.

Edit 2: Just want to make it clear that I'm not taking a side on the debate over timeliness, just refuting the common misconception that SCS is a broke indie developer of like 15 people.

[Finney]

Agree no excuse!

[Motorhomegirl14 [UK]]

Originally posted by Finney:

Agree no excuse!

Agree totally !

[Supernovae]

Originally posted by Fast:

Get it done please. Stop wasting time and making excuses. Its a large part of the game and requires attention.

Is the rework of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland "wasting time"? Those are all transit areas while the UK is off in it's own corner.

Not saying the UK shouldn't be reworked but Rhine-Rhur and Benelux need to come first.

[Nimir-Raj]

Excuse: There's no reason to do it until all the rest of the base game is updated. UK is an area that is basically stand alone which is why they have stated numerous times it will be done last.

It will also be one of the longer jobs due to lowering the scale to match the rest of the map. Give it 3 years.

[dave46563]

Agree, no excuse anymore. They're not the small company they used to be.

[dave46563]

Originally posted by strker:

I think they hear that complaints about the UK twice a day. They will do it, but not know. The work on the UK is like making a complete DLC. It takes a lot of time, research etc. The map is based on the UK Truck Simulator and it is also in the wrong size. So it has to be completely rebuild from the ground up.

And they'll keep hearing it until it gets done. It'll likely be a new DLC, perhaps with Ireland.

[Fast]

Originally posted by Nimir-Raj:

Excuse: There's no reason to do it until all the rest of the base game is updated. UK is an area that is basically stand alone which is why they have stated numerous times it will be done last.

It will also be one of the longer jobs due to lowering the scale to match the rest of the map. Give it 3 years.

I just checked the valuation of the company and number of employees at SCS, they could do it easily, they just choose not to, because they are likely gonna tack a DLC on it.

They could just like HUNDREDS OF OTHER DEVELOPERS, do multiple areas at once.

If their engine or tech doesnt allow this, then dump the engine, build a new game, and adjust your licensing agreements, its not uncommon to adjust licensing terms or agreements, only in the gaming industry with these mid tier devs do people ramble on about "WAAAH WAAH licensing WAAAH", No one else has a problem re licensing. Its pretty normal across media, TV, radio, publishing, but god forbid a game dev needs to re license or adjust their licenses to make a new game, people start screaming into the void.

The reality is, they dont care, its not a cost effective way to manage the game so they dont do it.
They should do it because its a scuffed way to manage the game though.

[Oz Gaming]

SCS will Not be making a new game engine. They are updating the one they are using. They also will Not redoing their license agreements. Also they will Not be building a new game. ETS2 will be updated as needed.

[Fast]

Originally posted by Oz Gaming:

SCS will Not be making a new game engine. They are updating the one they are using. They also will Not redoing their license agreements. Also they will Not be building a new game. ETS2 will be updated as needed.

Needs an update for an area left for 11 years

Has not been updated as needed. /logic

Self awareness.

They dont need to make a new engine, just license one, its not complicated or complex if one man indie devs can get games to market in less time than these guys can update their game./

[Supernovae]

Originally posted by Fast:

They dont need to make a new engine, just license one, its not complicated or complex if one man indie devs can get games to market in less time than these guys can update their game./

You really don't understand game development do you? SCS is currently working on upgrading the game engine and will support DX12 and Vulcan. The maps are all built to work on SCS's in-house engine Prism3D. Not only is it unnecessary to take say a 5% hit on revenue from licencing UE5, the optimisation, physics, lighting, mapping, etc all need to be changed and modified to work. This is a ton of time and money and even moving forward the developers are less familiar with the engine and toolset so progress would likely be slower than continuing to build upon existing technology that's already in use.

There is currently 1 map team working on DLC maps to the best of my knowledge, and one other map team working on reworks. Overall employee count really doesn't specify how much manpower SCS has to throw at ETS2 map reworks. Currently the rework team is doing German cities and Switzerland (+surrounding area). The UK will be updated and I'd say @Nimir-Raj's estimate of news in 3 years is a pretty strong estimate for timeline.