Free Roam ?

[Artemis Chanchan]

So, basically, is there a way to just really drive freely ?
Without any money/job/unlock stuff to worry about ?
I don't care at all about all of that, I just want to drive from point A to point B at my liking, without any objectives or restrictions, no marker etc...
I just want to pick a truck and be dropped into the map.

[Gamer Mickey]

Originally posted by Gizmosellsbunnys:

Originally posted by Acurisur:

The clue is in the title of the game. American TRUCK simulator.

If you want to drive cars, you bought the wrong game.

I don't interpret items at literal level and know people add cars to every truck simulator before ETS 1 came out. Purist and rivet counters are pet peeves of mine because they cant see what hits them between the eyes.

You said you think the developers should add cars.

I'm telling you you're living on fantasy island if you think that'll ever happen.

If you want to drive cars in this game, or any SCS game, you'll have to use mods.

[Gizmosellsbunnys]

Originally posted by Acurisur:

Originally posted by Gizmosellsbunnys:

I don't interpret items at literal level and know people add cars to every truck simulator before ETS 1 came out. Purist and rivet counters are pet peeves of mine because they cant see what hits them between the eyes.

You said you think the developers should add cars.

I'm telling you you're living on fantasy island if you think that'll ever happen.

If you want to drive cars in this game, or any SCS game, you'll have to use mods.

I know they will someday as trucks only have limited appeal and money will talk. It's comes down to $$$ and if it can add to user base who buy map DLC it's worth the payoff. People that would not buy map DLC now will if you sell automobile DLC content.

There is bus coach being added to ETS2 can't see why you can't do that with cars, farm equipment. The one size that fits all abolsute approach to ATS and ETS2 is not practical.

Map DLC won't sell as well without other drivable vehicles in ATS in long run. Your building the North America 1:20 scale sell its makes perfect sense to sell other drivable vehicles. Bigtent approach Is best approach

[Gamer Mickey]

Originally posted by Gizmosellsbunnys:

Originally posted by Acurisur:

You said you think the developers should add cars.

I'm telling you you're living on fantasy island if you think that'll ever happen.

If you want to drive cars in this game, or any SCS game, you'll have to use mods.

I know they will someday as trucks only have limited appeal and money will talk. It's comes down to $$$ and if it can add to user base who buy map DLC it's worth the payoff. People that would not buy map DLC now will if you sell automobile DLC content.

There is bus coach being added to ETS2 can't see why you can't do that with cars, farm equipment. The one size that fits all abolsute approach to ATS and ETS2 is not practical.

Map DLC won't sell as well without other drivable vehicles in ATS in long run. Your building the North America 1:20 scale sell its makes perfect sense to sell other drivable vehicles. Bigtent approach Is best approach

Bus and coaches are only available as mods in ETS2.

ETS2 has done just fine without cars being added officially, there is also absolutely no need for SCS to add them when there is also tons of mods available to add them, both in ETS2 ans ATS.

[HGV Driver]

Why are you bothered by it You don`t even OWN the game.

[WinterQueen]

Originally posted by Gizmosellsbunnys:

I don't want just truck simulator as could add real cars to drive like 51 olds 88 model in ATS. Flower power radio playing in 66 GTO across Utah and Nevada that immersion.

Purist viewpoint is not sustainable longterm as some will buy ATS just for the maps to drive on. They wanna drive the USA and Europe in muscle car or low rider with hydraulics blasting snoop dog. If adding drivable car physics could sell extra 10,000 tp 40,000 probadly worth doing it in couple years time.

My concern with rescale at 1:20 instead of 1:35 users will start to complain deliveries are taking too long,

well why dont you save up a couple of thousand real life bucks, send that overnight to SCS and ask them to make a American CAR simulator and a European CAR simulator for you.

If you want to drive cars, either get mods or play a game that allows you to drive cars in a simulated world, SCS have no interest in adding cars to a TRUCK simulator.

I mean, the biggest clue to what the game is about is that its called a TRUCK simulator, so by definition it simulates driving a TRUCK, not driving cars or buses or vans.

There is a reason why these cames are extremely popular with mod authors, because they can put their own twist on the base game, whether its adding different trucks, different maps or giving you cars to drive instead of trucks, why should SCS add in something that mod authors are all to happy to do themselves anyway?

[Ryu]

I've personally checked out a couple of the car mods that have have surfaced over the last couple of years. While visually appealing, they're crap to drive and there's nothing to do with them except to drive. Then what? You have to do trucking jobs to earn money in order to buy more fuel for it and to repair it.

I don't think SCS is interested in creating another sub-economy of "car jobs" to accomodate the small minority of players that just want to joy-ride in their game's world. Nor is it likely that they would have much success in securing licenses for cars in their TRUCK simulator.

I've got nothing against the folks that just want to drive around in cars. But I can not understand the logic that drives anyone to buy a truck driving simulator and then demand that the developer change things to accomodate something that was never intended to be part of the game.

[ThunderMonkey]

Originally posted by Acurisur:

Originally posted by Artemis Herdmann:

I don't want to insult the type of game that you like or anything, you probably see me as a "casual", but it's just that I don't like playing like that.

Then take the advice given and drive a truck in GTA V, which is an open world game.

This is a simulator, so of course you can't just drive around all over the place in a truck owned by someone else.

Just do the quick jobs until you have enough money to buy your truck, then you can do whatever you want.

Erm, depends on a person's definition of "simulator". Certain simulators have everything unlocked so you can freely "simulate" any given situation/scenario in a sandbox style... just saying.

[Gambler]

Sometimes I bobtail and go touring around instead of dragging a wagon around.