Multiplayer, what to choose?

[Gołąbki]

I tried truckers MP and loved big servers. the only bad thing about it is lack of traffic... Is there any other mp client with massive multiplayer experience? What is world of trucks?

[Hatlábú Farkas [LINUX]]

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[Reese]

There is only 2 options for multiplayer. The built-in multiplayer called Convoy. The 3rd-party mmo-style called TruckersMP.

TruckersMP came first, and has a pretty large community. But you play at the mercy of those players. You can find busy locations and see where players are from the below links:
https://map.truckersmp.com/
https://traffic.krashnz.com/

Convoy came recently, with more control and mod support. But you're limited in amount of players(8).

In the 8 years TruckersMP has been around(formerly ETS2MP), there have been zero alternatives to multiplayer. No competition has ever arose. Some projects have been started, but only 1 had shown any amount of progress and they stopped.

[Ankua]

You're never at the mercy. Play arcade or when something starts to go wrong just turn off your headlights for a few seconds and poof your logged out of the mp map.

[Hatlábú Farkas [LINUX]]

Truckers mp have the most bug amounts of trolls, your truck will be crushed in no time. U will see, or if u wise, just type truckersmp to yourube, and see 4 yourself. Really no traffic ⛔ at all ...

The conwoy mode is better, only a few trolls, mostly admins there, password protection, massive Linux support, great level 1-2 traffic, so its better .

[MagnusA]

In TruckersMP you play on servers with thousands of strangers. Some are nice and drive carefully, some are nice but clumsy, some race like Need for Speed Truck Edition. Some are trolls whose only interest is to destroy other player's fun.

Convoys is built in the game and hosted by by a player and currently limited to 8 players. I think the intended audience is groups of friends that know each other and want to drive together.

"what to choose?" Completely up to you and what YOU want from multiplayer. No one else can decide for you.

[Vellari]

Originally posted by MagnusA:

Convoys is built in the game and hosted by by a player and currently limited to 8 players. I think the intended audience is groups of friends that know each other and want to drive together.

I you want "hassle free" experience this is the way to go. Trick is to find said group of like minded drivers.

I should also mention, Convoy mode being part of the "actual" game, has other traffic in it.
TruckersMP mod does not have other traffic in it, only other player trucks. This makes the game less immersive, but at the same time more manageable for less experienced drivers.

[Gołąbki]

i played truckers mp for like 30 hours and high density lcoation full of players like Calais are great!! Too bad 90% of driving means highway and no traffic at all. Would love if someone could figure it out - NPC traffic spawn in low density lcoations.

[Hatlábú Farkas [LINUX]]

There will be no traffic in truckersmp