Tires

[George W. Kush]

does different brands of tires affect fuel consumption in this game i been trying to figure it out, i have the oshkosh defense hemtt working fine but i use the tires and rims from one of the sets that came with it on my semis says its an offroad tire so i just wanted to figure out if tires affect fuel miliage at all

[Hypertext Eye]

They can. When you buy a tire in the upgrade shop, you'll see an icon with a fuel pump and a letter next to it. The letter tells you how fuel efficient that tire is, with "A" being the best.

Edit: Sorry, I was thinking about ETS2. I had a look in the game files for ATS and there is no variable for fuel efficiency on the tires like there is in ETS2. So no, they are all the same. ETS2 has the icons in the upgrade shop, but not ATS.

[George W. Kush]

kk thanks alot

[Wille Wilse]

I have a feeling though that different tires has different grip and/or degradation levels. I may be wrong though.

[Hypertext Eye]

Originally posted by Wille Wilse:

I have a feeling though that different tires has different grip and/or degradation levels. I may be wrong though.

They do in ETS2 but not in ATS. There is no system for it in ATS. All tires are cosmetic.

The Michelin DLC for ETS2 is when they added fuel efficiency (roll_resistance), wet grip (wet_grip), and noise levels (noise_volume) to the tires. Since we have no tire DLC for ATS, and we only have 3 tires in the base game, there hasn't been a need to add these variables. All tires perform the same.

[Wille Wilse]

Originally posted by Hypertext Eye:

Originally posted by Wille Wilse:

I have a feeling though that different tires has different grip and/or degradation levels. I may be wrong though.

They do in ETS2 but not in ATS. There is no system for it in ATS. All tires are cosmetic.

The Michelin DLC for ETS2 is when they added fuel efficiency (roll_resistance), wet grip (wet_grip), and noise levels (noise_volume) to the tires. Since we have no tire DLC for ATS, and we only have 3 tires in the base game, there hasn't been a need to add these variables. All tires perform the same.

Ok, thanks for the information. I knew it about ETS2 but wasnt sure for ATS. Maybe my imagination carries me away a bit :)

[Ryu]

Originally posted by Hypertext Eye:

Since we have no tire DLC for ATS, and we only have 3 tires in the base game, there hasn't been a need to add these variables. All tires perform the same.

Actually, wouldn't this be a reason to add the variability? The lack of a DLC shouldn't preclude the addition of these variables since, as it stands, the three different tires all perform identically. I think that since the functionality has already been added to the game engine, that the tires in ATS should be updated to be different. :)

[Hypertext Eye]

Originally posted by Wille Wilse:

Ok, thanks for the information. I knew it about ETS2 but wasnt sure for ATS. Maybe my imagination carries me away a bit :)

It's easy to assume that features in one game are also in the other (as I did in my first post), but that is not always the case.

Originally posted by ~{DCMT}~ Ryu:

I think that since the functionality has already been added to the game engine, that the tires in ATS should be updated to be different. :)

Fair enough, but I guess SCS didn't see it that way.

[omni2226]

I know this is a very old thread, but did anyone ever find out? Does the tire brand make a difference or is it all cosmetic/bling?