FS17 v Euro Truck Simulator

[Sapper]

Anyone else play this game just for the Trucking part of it, I mean in this game you get to load the trucks and transport them then unload them. in ETS al you get to do is couple a trailer and transport it to a destination you have no control over and that is it. or am i missing the point of ETS.

[bigsnag]

staring at a computer rendition of europe

[unclefreddy]

I think the point of ETS is to get the load to its destination, it's not earning if its standing hence the "drop and run" nature of work. I don't just play FS for the trucking, but it is one my favourite aspects of the game. I use rigid hooklifts for general farm haulage and a very large capacity trailer with a Volvo F16 globetrotter 750 for sales haulage and machinery moves.

[ZeroReady]

I just wish vehicles in FS17 felt like the trucks in ETS2. Drive in ETS for a day, then come back to the farm and it feels like you're driving toys. The tractors have no weight feeling like the trucks in ETS

[Willow Rivers]

Originally posted by ZeroReady:

I just wish vehicles in FS17 felt like the trucks in ETS2. Drive in ETS for a day, then come back to the farm and it feels like you're driving toys. The tractors have no weight feeling like the trucks in ETS

Yup. Different companies making the games. I get the same feeling.

I play ATS, ETS2 and FS17. Would definately be cool if the vehicles handled like ETS2.

[Boatabike]

I would like to see games like these working together, offload your crops at a special silo and then fire up Trucking game to pick up at that silo and deliver your crops across Europe by truck... come on industry, cross platform is old hat now time for cross gaming!!!

[Willow Rivers]

Originally posted by Boatabike:

I would like to see games like these working together, offload your crops at a special silo and then fire up Trucking game to pick up at that silo and deliver your crops across Europe by truck... come on industry, cross platform is old hat now time for cross gaming!!!

Would be doable if both games were made by the same developer. Don't know of any cross gaming between different developers out there.

[Boatabike]

Why i said "now time". Game companies could work together to make cross game use, promoting 2 games or more working together to enrich the gaming experience... a simple data point linking the 2 in question would be all the actual code needed to share. Just think it is abou time the gaming industry looked at other ways to enrich and entertain :)

[cycleboxer]

Spintires+BeamNG+Farming Sim 17 = Perfect game

[BanDHMO]

Originally posted by Sapper:

Anyone else play this game just for the Trucking part of it, I mean in this game you get to load the trucks and transport them then unload them. in ETS al you get to do is couple a trailer and transport it to a destination you have no control over and that is it. or am i missing the point of ETS.

Totally different experiences, to me. FS is always in a hurry. I have lots to do and figure out all the time: making sure the AI workers get what they need all the time, making sure the prices are good, there's enough storage space if they are not, keeping track of the many activities and businesses, what I did when, what needs doing, and if there's a spare moment, running the numbers on whether some new equipment would be worth it, which order to buy it in, how to fit new activities into my day, etc.

ETS is the opposite. Plug in a trailer, turn on a euro radio station, and follow the road watching the pretty graphic effects, relaxing and thinking about nothing at all. For hours. So tranquil, it couldn't feel more different from FS.

[Kaeru Gaman]

it's just the way you play it... nobody forces you to manage a dozen fields and workers.
you can plug on a plow, get on a field, turn the radio on and draw your rows ... also 'tranquil'

for me, ETS2 is less relaxing because it's less casual, I got to get the wheel out of the box and fix it to the table. FS goes with keyboard.

[BanDHMO]

Originally posted by Kaeru Gaman:

it's just the way you play it... nobody forces you to manage a dozen fields and workers.
you can plug on a plow, get on a field, turn the radio on and draw your rows ... also 'tranquil'

for me, ETS2 is less relaxing because it's less casual, I got to get the wheel out of the box and fix it to the table. FS goes with keyboard.

True, but I can say the same.

It's just the way you play it... nobody forces you to get a wheel out of the box and fix it to the table. ;) Personally, I'm perfectly happy with a keyboard in ETS2.

And plowing is a poor example, IMO. Turning at the end of a field is a pain, and it breaks the rythm. You don't get the same lull effect as you do from driving on a highway at night in ETS, where reflexes take over and your mind is somewhere far away. Harvesting would be a bit closer, except you have to watch your grain tank, which fills up very quickly and then switch tasks/vehicles every once in a while. Fertilizer spreading is even closer. But still, it's not the only thing you are doing in FS, unless you just do missions.

It's all in how you play FS, like you said. It's a game with more coverage overall, which means it's not as detailed. If you just want to relax with a single activity, boot up ETS. It's better polished, more beautiful, etc. If you want the depth of simulation of running a business in addition to driving heavy machines then go with FS. And if you can only afford one, get FS, since it has everything, just not as nice.

[Kaeru Gaman]

Originally posted by BanDHMO:

Personally, I'm perfectly happy with a keyboard in ETS2.

okay, now you got me trying THAT again. *lol*

[Neuro Divergent]

Funny I should find this topic now. For the past month I've been seeking to combine FS with an ATS/ETS "feel" and so, I started my own map. I've always liked the idea of working the farm in one area and then having to deliver the goods long haul but could never find a map that filled that desire. So I made one. My ultimate FS map would be a 16x with multiple cities, each containing industries which accept specific types of goods. For example, city 1 may only have grain companies that want corn and wheat. If you want to sell soybeans, cities 2 and 4 have companies for those, etc. But for now, I just did a 4x map with a farming community on one side and a city on the other, separated by a river and connected by a highway bridge. I also set the highway traffic to around 65 mph so a 25 mph tractor dragging a little metaltech across there would take forever. This map is made for, "long haul." :)

Also, you start with no fields .. not even a farmhouse. There are placeables for building the house, fences and hedges, etc. and for fields, you just have a ton of land and can plow them out however you want. It's not finished but here are some screenshots to get the idea.

https://i.imgur.com/IyVfD8I.jpg
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I've also started a video series on youtube .. just a way to test the map while playing it out as normal. I'll be tweaking it and completing the city as I go.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8UVrrUO97q--9Nj1fiJKlK-9qIKNd1tC