Wheel & Tire Questions

[[P|Я]GOT 'EM HATIN]

Hi All - I have two questions. The first one may seem rather simple but I'm curious. As I was playing around with Tire Configurations last night I started to wonder if different tires have any affect on vehicle performance?

Ex. Larger Tire Size, Tread, Etc. impact vehicle speed, fuel economy, handling? OR is it all default.

Second question I have is on wheel packs. I have a number of Wheel Packs from the steam workshop but I cant seem to find the wheels I want. Where can I get the old school 5 spoke wheels that match the Mack R600? Or the other heavy duty steel wheels, where the front rim sticks out passed the hub?

Thanks for your help!

-T

[AyMazingATS]

First question...not really.

The 5 spoke that you are referring to are called Dayton Rims(v 3.1). There is a mod at modsats.com that has these and still works. Just search for Dayton wheels.

[[P|Я]GOT 'EM HATIN]

Thanks, really appreciate the fast reply!

This is one of the better gaming communities on steam.

Drive Safe ;)

[Hylton Trucking]

As near as I can tell the type of tires make no difference to performance

[[P|Я]GOT 'EM HATIN]

This Dayton Wheel Mod is full of subfolders and a bunch of different files. It looks rather complex, I unzipped it into my \mods folder, activated what showed up in the mod manager but I'm not finding anything new at the Service Center or Dealerships.

Has anyone installed this mod before that can tell me where I went wrong or what you did that made it work?

Thanks,

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[AyMazingATS]

It is a .zip file. Don't unpack...add the zip to your mod folder.

[blueshift1980]

.scs files go in the mod folder. If there's one or more inside the zip, put them in Documents/American Truck Simulator/mod and they'll appear in the mod manager.

[Fury6]

Originally posted by P|ЯGOT 'EM HATIN:

Hi All - I have two questions.[...]I started to wonder if different tires have any affect on vehicle performance?

Tyre choice absolutely has no effect whatsoever on vehicle performance, with the exception of over/under diameter tyres from mods which will affect fuel efficiency to an extent.

ETS2 does implement tyre performance across three differing grades of tyre (as per EU/European tyre classification specifications), ATS doesn't.
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Second question I have is on wheel packs. I have a number of Wheel Packs from the steam workshop but I cant seem to find the wheels I want. Where can I get the old school 5 spoke wheels that match the Mack R600?

What on Earth do you mean by 'match the Mack R600'? Do you mean 'match' the rims that appear in the screenshots for the Mack R mod (and many of the repaints)?

If so, those are Spider 5-spoke demountable rims which so far as I've ever been able to find are only really available from RTA as part of their Superliner and (I think) T908 mods (maybe others also).

As far as freeware mods go, as AyMazingATS says above the Dayton rims mod is about the closest you'll get to them. At some point I've gone so far as to seriously consider making a set myself some years ago but have just never really got around to it as yet (heh, sound familiar?)

[[P|Я]GOT 'EM HATIN]

Thanks for your note Fury,

AyMazingATS was helpful in getting me sorted out. Dayton Wheels are what I was referencing and we were succesfully able to get the mod to work.

What I meant by "Match" was vintage specific, IE matching the time period that the Mack R600 was on the road. The Dayton Wheels are what I was thinking of.

Have a good weekend