So Just Where is Goldcrest Valley?

[mattgo]

It doesn't tells us in the game like FS15 said Westbridge Hills was in New York so I looked into it and concluded it is most likely in Vermont:
1. The sign on the Highway says it's Route 242. I googled this and found only 3 or 4 states with a state route 242. Vermont was one.
2. The name of the town is "Maplefield." Vermont is well known for Maple Syrup
3. It's somewhat mountainous of a map - Vermont is the only state with a route 242 with similar geography.

[THE_Maverick]

Could be Vermont. I had the feeling that it was more Pacific NW, but I've never been to either I can't be sure.

[mattgo]

Originally posted by THE_Maverick:

Could be Vermont. I had the feeling that it was more Pacific NW, but I've never been to either I can't be sure.

I thought that at first due to the name of the one sell point, but these other things push it the other way. Never been to either myself, but don't live that far from Vermont.

[Alshain]

It's pretty clearly patterened after central California, in the general neigborhood of Sacremento to Bakersfield. I mean Gold nuggets, mountains, farming. Route 242 and Maplefield are just fictional.

[Jarl Thidrandi]

I know this post is old, but it caught my interest. I think based on the overall look/feel, the date of the towns establishment, elevation and being on route 242; My best guess would be this town is based on Sisters, Oregon, nestled right under several cascade mountains. 242 runs east west through town and the biome is close, it definitely has a northern cali feel to the area. The layout is similar (ish) and the size is relatively the same. I know Goldcrest is a fictional map, but i see a very strong resemblance here. Check it out on google maps. its northwest of Bend, Oregon.

[GrimHarlequin]

Originally posted by Thidrandi:

I know this post is old, but it caught my interest. I think based on the overall look/feel, the date of the towns establishment, elevation and being on route 242; My best guess would be this town is based on Sisters, Oregon, nestled right under several cascade mountains. 242 runs east west through town and the biome is close, it definitely has a northern cali feel to the area. The layout is similar (ish) and the size is relatively the same. I know Goldcrest is a fictional map, but i see a very strong resemblance here. Check it out on google maps. its northwest of Bend, Oregon.

I agree. I lived in Seattle for many years and the map "feels" like the Pacific NW to me. Perhaps somewhere just east of the Cascades in southern Washington or northern Oregon. There are many small, farming communities that shunt right up next to and through the Cascades. The map still reminds me of home.

[max954]

In the lastest video "the makìng of farming simulator 17" the developer said the map was inspired by the area around montana

[Smartparttart]

The map reminds me of Mount Saint Helens because of the clear disruption of the main mountain in the distance, and how part of the mountain is half gone.

[Junk Master]

I thought that I would chime in and point out that on the Ravenport map in FS19 there is a route 242 that runs north-south with a sing on the northbound lane indicating that you are heading to Maplefield Goldcrest Vally. Taking into account that Goldcrest Valley route 242 is east-west the only real life route 242 that I could find that was close to the correct orientation and had details that sort of resemble both maps, not looking at the satellite view, is in North Carolina right here https://www.google.com/maps/place/NC-242,+North+Carolina/@34.4439319,-78.8978152,15.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89ab07d1c2ef5bcd:0x87347906fc254ba2!8m2!3d34.4081955!4d-78.901022

Notice the lake to the west of the stretch that is heading north-south, that is were Ravenport would be and Goldcrest Vally would be around Jones dr.

By the way, the devs might not even realize that there was an actual route 242 that would sort of line up with the ones from there maps IRL and for all that I know, they might have even forgotten that route 242 in Goldcrest goes east-west when they decided to put the sign in to Ravenport.