I cannot find a KW W990 am I missing something?

[UniBaLL]

The W990 is not in the Kenworth dealership. Wondering if I am doing something wrong. Have they not included a W990. I actually own a 2020 W990 in RL. Thought it would be cool to set one up in game like I actually own.

I started this game while in CDL school three years ago. Have not played in the past couple of years, driving for real. Now have my own authority and own W990. Why do they not have the W990. It is the perfect blend of old & new. Same chassis as W900, cab of T680. Can stand up in cab, modern sleeper, wider cab, more room inside. Long hood like the 900, yet different, bit more aerodynamic, no big airfilter tubs hanging out in the airstream. Pulling 53 foot step deck, 18spd manual, 565 hp 1850tq Cummings.

The game not like RL. Yet kinda fun. Not something I want to do play after driving all day. Truck in the shop getting maintenance done. Thought I would revisit game. Set up same truck & trailer I have. But no KW W990. WTF?

[Drive Safely]

The Kenworth W990 is currently only available as a mod I believe. I haven't tried it yet myself but here is a link to one:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1781104022

[Wolfgang]

That is because that truck doesn't exist on the vanilla game.

[mojo_musica]

Every real life truck in the game has to be officially licensed by the manufacturer or rights holder. Each one has to be negotiated for the appearance of it and modelled, then approved.
SCS can only use trucks that are made available to them, and nobody but SCS knows what negotiations are on-going. Asking in the suggestions thread on the SCS forum is the only way to let them know you are interested.
https://forum.scssoft.com
https://forum.scssoft.com/viewforum.php?f=5

[UniBaLL]

No biggy, truck in the shop getting worked on. Girlfriend out of town. Thought I would have some fun setting up in game like my actual truck & trailer. Oh well, be back on the road again, for real, in a week or two. Few W990's on the road. Doubt they will spend time & money, since they have not already done it. W990 been around since 2020. Might give the mod a try. I have some mods already installed older trucks. Kinda a shame, they only do new stuff out of the box. So many, old trucks that are way cooler than the new ones.

Got my eye on a 1981 International 9600 Cab Over with with a NTC400 Big Cam Cummins 13 speed. Not telling you where its at! For doing some local runs & as a back up truck. There are kits that allow the NTC400 to be turned up to 700 HP 2,000+ TQ, better have a trans that can handle it though. Thinking bump it up a bit, throw in a 18 2050 TQ. Turn it up to about 550-600hp & 1,900-2,000 TQ. Pass them new trucks like they standing still on the hills.

The megas typically run 450hp 1650tq & auto trans. For fuel economy. One of the flatbed companies I drove for, saved $3 million a year by going to auto trans. 1,200 trucks 1 gallon a day saved makes a big difference over the year. It sucks driving those trucks, 25 mph going up hills, if you get slowed down, will not get over 15 mph going up the grapevine. Had that happen to me two times. Sucks climbing at 25, but when someone causes you get slow, cannot get over 15, really sucks. Of course that is just short of gross, 80,000 lbs.

[Wolfgang]

Just because they haven't done it yet doesn't mean they won't ever.