So I went driving on TruckersMP....

[mpo1973]

I went for a small load of TruckersMP. I was disappointed that there is no regular vehicle traffic to contend with. There were also very, very few truckers, besides myself that day.

[Dark & Realistic™ Nessie]

Pretty much because it's simply a choice between driving with real people or driving with generated traffic.

I'm not into the code of this game, but must likely its limitation for multiplayer is having a "spawn bubble" around the player that generate traffic. In a mod that allows several simultaneous players, on several different spots on map, with several different connection issues, this would be a nightmare - even The Crew which was made for this had issues.

The official convoy "fixes" this by allowing only fewer players, preferabily near each other. Each player still has their own "spawn bubble", but as they all intersect, there's not such an issue.

[Wolfpig]

Originally posted by mpo1973:

There were also very, very few truckers, besides myself that day.

That is normal and was the case years ago too.
If you want to get a lot of others on the streets which will cause you trouble, play it with ets 2 on the non dlc areas.

[mpo1973]

I will try it with ETS2 next time. It should be interesting with the narrow European roadways.

[Slippin' Jimmy]

Originally posted by mpo1973:

I will try it with ETS2 next time. It should be interesting with the narrow European roadways.

Heh, Who wants to tell him? :-)

[mpo1973]

Now you have my attention. I haven't been active on ETS lately.

[GamerXT]

Do you need to ask ? Simply the usual nonsense in online driving games, if you play with many randoms.

[Walta Gaming]

Playing in peak areas at peak times on truckers MP in ETS2 turns the game into a horror game where death can occour at any second.

[mpo1973]

Sounds like a deal breaker. Maybe there's a different place for truckers on the web.

[GamerXT]

Unless there's a way to simply play with those from a friends list, and then there's the convoy mode on game menu, havn't tried that though.

[Slippin' Jimmy]

There was the infamous Calais - Duisburg road: Guaranteed to be a horror show. There are youtube vids that will give you an indication of what it can be like.

[mpo1973]

Originally posted by Slippin' Jimmy:

There was the infamous Calais - Duisburg road: Guaranteed to be a horror show. There are youtube vids that will give you an indication of what it can be like.

I watched some of those videos. It was insane! But it at least got me interested in playing some more on ETS2!