more lights or light bars

[SecondThirtyMinutes]

why do we only have the beacons? in ets 2 they have led strobs and light bars, while in ats we only have beacons. are we going to get light bar for the trucks?

[Hypertext Eye]

I'm guessing it has something to do with U.S. regulations.

[Capt Fuzzy]

Originally posted by Hypertext Eye:

I'm guessing it has something to do with U.S. regulations.

Yup, here in the US, most of that is illegal on commercial trucks.., and before you even bother saying, "But it's just a game", it's also classed as a simulator, and as such, has to conform to some basic sense of reality where it can, and that's just what SCS has been doing...

[MTSpartan117]

there are plenty of Mods though that do allow you to add light bars and strobes to the existing trucks.

[Violentdawg]

They could at least put the becons right behind the lights on top of the cab or put them in front of the wing mod... Why put them on the back? A lot of us enjoy the wing that actually serves a purpose IRL, the beacons being behind it is useless. Also I belive LED caution light bars are legal all it does is replace the old fashion light bulb spinner.

[Capt Fuzzy]

Originally posted by Violentdawg:

They could at least put the becons right behind the lights on top of the cab or put them in front of the wing mod... Why put them on the back? A lot of us enjoy the wing that actually serves a purpose IRL, the beacons being behind it is useless.

Yeah, I agree on the wing thing.., lol

Originally posted by Violentdawg:

Also I belive LED caution light bars are legal all it does is replace the old fashion light bulb spinner.

Yes, you are right about the LED flashers, beacons, ect., they are legal, I was referring to other, more customizeable light bars. The type that can display messages, or are meant to be similar to spot lights for off-roading...

[TwinShadow]

I don't know if it varies by state, or if its from the NHTSA or something, but I do see many a truck here with LED light bars for oversized loads and such. Which honestly, look much better than the old rotating beacons used in the game currently.

And yeah, I do prefer that if we do get them, that we're about to mount them on the roof of the cab in such a way that they wouldn't be behind any of the aero wings or anything instead of being on the back of the cabin.

There's a possibility that we'll get a couple once the special transport jobs come for ATS, just like they did with ETS2.

[Elwenil]

There are LED/strobe type light bars available as mods. Some of them can be mounted in different places, but it is more related to the truck and where accessories can be mounted and what mods you have that can change those locations.

As for wings, most heavy haul trucks do not use wings or even hi top sleepers as wings and tall sleeper fairings are designed to push air up and over the front of the squared off van trailers. They don't serve any purpose on a truck that always pulls a lowboy or flatbed with irregular shaped loads.

[Capt Fuzzy]

Originally posted by Elwenil:

As for wings, most heavy haul trucks do not use wings or even hi top sleepers as wings and tall sleeper fairings are designed to push air up and over the front of the squared off van trailers. They don't serve any purpose on a truck that always pulls a lowboy or flatbed with irregular shaped loads.

Well, sounds like I'm good then, because I don't pull just lowboys or flatbeds with irregularly shaped loads... lol

[Elwenil]

Originally posted by Capt Fuzzy:

Originally posted by Elwenil:

As for wings, most heavy haul trucks do not use wings or even hi top sleepers as wings and tall sleeper fairings are designed to push air up and over the front of the squared off van trailers. They don't serve any purpose on a truck that always pulls a lowboy or flatbed with irregular shaped loads.

Well, sounds like I'm good then, because I don't pull just lowboys or flatbeds with irregularly shaped loads... lol

True, but in the real world, the trucks that regularly do pull heavy loads are built and outfitted completely different than a "normal" OTR truck. Most OTR trucks will have decent sized sleepers with tall roof cabins and various aero mods and fairings. Most heavy haul, wide/oversize load and even many flatbed haulers will have flat top sleepers, permanently installed beacons, headache racks, heavier bumpers, wet kits, heavier front axles, heavy rear suspension and axles and potentially more axles. Since this is a sim game, it makes sense to copy the mounting for certain accessories on the stock game trucks at least. Again, there are mods to do just about anything with a few compromises. My heavy haul Pete looks more like a wrecker with all the flashing nonsense on it, but it's fun.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1429018911

But I usually just run nothing but the heavy haul loads unless one is not available, and then I compromise and just haul a van with the Pete as it is and no aero fairings. If you run mostly van loads and want to keep a wing or tall sleeper fairing, then you might have to compromise with the beacons unless you run a few mods.

[TwinShadow]

Originally posted by Elwenil:

There are LED/strobe type light bars available as mods.

Got any links by any chance? I've been trying to look for some on occasions and for the life of me I can't find any.

[Elwenil]

Go to the Workshop for ATS and look on the menu bar to the Right and immediately under Truck Parts should be the link to Beacons. That will show you a few of them, others may be out there with the wrong tags or something, but the ones I use are the two by BigT and the two Whelen light bar mods.

Beware, when you mix and match various beacons you may end up with some that look different when they light up, but the BigT and Whelen lights seem to work good together.

[Kris P Bacon]

There is a Whelen Edge mod that adds a set of different bars for your trucks

[TwinShadow]

Originally posted by Elwenil:

Go to the Workshop for ATS and look on the menu bar to the Right and immediately under Truck Parts should be the link to Beacons. That will show you a few of them, others may be out there with the wrong tags or something, but the ones I use are the two by BigT and the two Whelen light bar mods.

Beware, when you mix and match various beacons you may end up with some that look different when they light up, but the BigT and Whelen lights seem to work good together.

Guess I'm out because I don't use the workshop for mods for this game to begin with. Oh well, guess my search continues.

[Violentdawg]

The thing about the mods is 99% are not allowed on MP mod, so if the devs implement these lights then we would then be allowed to use them on the server! This is why so many people ask the devs for something even though there are mods for it. I do wish the MP mod was a little more lenient on mods but at the same time i understand hundreds of players with different mods could cause issues.

[TwinShadow]

I don't personally use the MP hack, so I don't have to worry about that liability. XP