Euro
Truck Simulator is
a truck simulation game created by SCS Software,
using OpenGL, set in continental Europe. The player can
drive across a depiction of Europe, visiting its cities, picking up a variety
of cargos, and delivering them.
Gameplay
Players choose
their starting country, from Austria, Belgium, Czech
Republic, France,Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United
Kingdom(V1.2 & V1.3 only). Initially players only have access to
their starting country, except if it contains less than three cities. In this
case one or more adjacent countries will be accessible as well. For example,
starting the game in Italy or Switzerland, you get connection to the other for
free. Then, players choose their first truck with a budget of €100,000.
After this,
players can start taking jobs from various fictitious companies and delivering
cargo to various cities in their starting country to earn money. This money can
then be spent on a new truck, upgrading the current truck, expanding the
business to other countries and obtaining a license to drive flammables and
chemicals.
Trucks
As the game is set
in Europe, it features European truck designs exclusively and all trucks use
models based on real trucks, with actual working instruments such as flashing
indicators, temperature and low fuel warning lights, wipers, and gauges. If you
would like to change the controls, on the Main Menu, you can click options,
then the Controls option. From there, you can set most of the controls in the
game. If you happen to be driving and you would like to change the controls,
press the ESC button and click on Options. Then click on Controls and from
there you can change the controls.
Release
Version 1.0 of the
game is already completed. Euro Truck Simulator was shipped to stores in
Germany on August 6, 2008. Release date in Poland was August 20 and the release
date in the UK was August 29.
Version 1.2 is
already released for UK CD (Excalbur) and Online Download versions, but is yet
to be released for CD versions from the other countries' respective publishers.
The new version adds the UK (including driving on the left, and London,
Manchester and Newcastle as cities), a Dover-Calais ferry, more roads in
Germany and Poland and improved DirectX compatibility.
Publishers
There are several
different publishers, depending on the country. Following is a list of all the
publishers in the certain country.
Patches
On October 10,
2008, SCS Software released teaser shots of their first patch. The shots
include pictures of more local roads in Germany and Poland, as well as a UK
addition to the game.[2] The release date
of the update, although only available if the full game is purchased, was April
15, 2009, and it is being marketed as 'Euro Truck Simulator Gold Edition', by
publisher Rondomedia[3].
The Gold Edition game is currently on sale at Amazon.de.
A free patch
containing the Gold Edition contents was released on April 17, 2009, although
only compatible with UK Published (Excalibur Publishing) CD version of the game[4].
A patch for those with the Trymedia online download version of the game was
released on the official Euro Truck Simulator website on April 18, 2009[5]
