http://blog.scssoft.com/2018/08/world-of-trucks-testing-of-new-website.html

Testing and fixing of open betas for both Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator is in full swing, but there is even more happening behind the scenes. We would like to ask you to also take a quick test drive of updated World of Trucks; a new site update is in open beta starting today.

The World Of Trucks website is in the final stages of extensive internal restructuring. The new system should allow for easier iteration of new features, faster deployment of updates, and even localization, but also nice to have things like responsive layout. It should give us more precious time for development instead of spending it performing the old maintenance routines.

At this moment, our goal is to ensure that all of the existing web features on the testing site are operating exactly the same as the current live web.

If you are willing to take a look at the testing site, your help and feedback will be really appreciated. Head to openbeta.worldoftrucks.com, and begin testing it feature by feature, link by link, page by page. The look and feel of the open beta web should be identical to the live site at worldoftrucks.com. There are some minor layout improvements and better wrapping of some texts on various browsers in the new system, however, feature-wise they should be totally identical, and any difference is unintentional and worth reporting.

In case you'll find any inconsistency or bugs, please report them here on the Dedicated Section on the Forum. We are really grateful for your help!

http://blog.scssoft.com/2018/05/ats-and-ets2-update-131-out-now.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D80nTXTgtAA

We are happy to give you official new updates for both our flagship truck sims, at last. Testing of this update wave took us longer than we had hoped, both internal tests and the open beta revealed a lot of areas requiring our attention before we could call the update done. There's quite a lot of new content and functionality for both games there, and we have run into some unexpected problems when things refused to work together.



Thumbs up to everyone who participated in the beta (for both of our games) and sent us his opinion and reported any issues. We would like to express our sincere thanks for all your help, bug reports, and general feedback, they were even more important and helpful than usual. After over a month full of testing, bug fixing, (and sometimes yelling and panicking), we're finally there. Update 1.31 is out for both of our games!

You can find the long and dry list of changes and additions below, but for those of you preferring moving pictures to written words, here is a very nice overview of the major changes in the 1.31 update courtesy of Squirrel's YouTube channel:




CHANGELOG - MAIN FEATURES:

Power/air lines between truck and trailer(s) (read more)
More realistic mirror rendering (head position-based FOV)

ATS only:
New road through Yosemite added - CA-120 (read more)
New trailers (bottom dumpers)

ETS2 only:
Random road events
8x4 Scania R and S truck chassis
New routes for Special Transport DLC missions (read more)
Mighty Griffin DLC aftermarket tuning parts for next-gen Scania S & R (read more)


MINOR CHANGES:

Job selection screens have new filter and cargo search elements
Parking brake automatically ON after truck spawn (g_park_brake_init)
Screenshot name format now based on date and time
Increased precision trip data (dashboard computer display)
Fixed torque converter locking
Fixed damaged predefined trucks in dealers and quick jobs
Fixed trailer damage reporting
Fixed HDR interpolation

ETS2 only:
UK trailers no longer have a different license plate from the lorry
Faster gear shifting for new Opticruise transmissions
Fixed/updated license plates in various countries (Belgian, Norwegian, Polish, Czech)


TOOLS/ MOD:

New terrain brushes in the map editor
Dropped support of very old maps (pre ver. 4.38)
Mirror_data
A trailer can be registered as standalone or not
Variable shift length
Truck dealer trucks are not in a single file/list anymore, the game reads all files/units in the given directory, making things friendlier for mods to coexist
Steerable wheel independent on wheel model
Dropped support for old attributes

Make sure to OPT OUT of beta branches now and your game will be automatically updated on Steam. For the legacy non-Steam edition of ETS2, the update should be ready in a few days. Enjoy!

http://blog.scssoft.com/2018/04/ets2-baltic-border-crossing-prefabs.html

Beyond the Baltic Sea, the new DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2 that we are working on now, will be one of the largest and most complex expansion regions. The area we plan to cover is vast, and it involves parts of five different countries. This is an additional challenge for us with all the various regional differences, like road signs, or the local industries.



Particular focus is also required for country borders. The border crossings between the EU and Russia are a new phenomenon in our games, as there is much stricter regime there than within EU. Customs checks are taking place on both sides of the border line and they may take a long time to spend in a queue, which may turn out to be clashing with our desire for fluid gameplay.

In our effort for maximum realism in the world, we are building new prefabs to represent the unique architecture of these border crossing hubs. It's not just the buildings of crossings themselves, we also want to improve the fidelity with some still-functional as well as no-more-functional installations from the Soviet era which can be found along the roads near the borders.



Let us show you a little gallery of screenshots including examples of the prefabs that our team is building for the various border crossings for Beyond the Baltic Sea...

https://ets2.lt/en/happy-easter-3/

http://blog.scssoft.com/2018/03/tioga-pass.html

From time to time, we like to revisit a region already covered in our games, and change things around, or add a new route. You can look forward to such retouches appearing especially in Europe later this year ;). For today, we would like to show you a new route that we are adding to American Truck Simulator's California.



With the scale of our worlds compared to reality, we simply have to focus on major road arteries to form the road network. There is usually not enough room to even think about squeezing in any lesser roads. But we enjoy making exceptions and based on feedback from our fan community, so do the players. We have noticed a bit of empty space next to the Sierra Nevada, did a little research, and felt that it would be a great opportunity for one of our new map designers do cut his teeth designing a pass across the mountain range. There was just one small problem - typically commercial trucking is restricted in US national parks! Still, this region is so scenic and the task was so tempting, we decided to give it a go, and to find an excuse in the game for allowing the player to travel across the mountain pass.


The national park in question is considered one of the most beautiful and possibly scariest of them all. But no need to fear. While it's home to many legends and mysterious creatures - be it Wendigos, Seeahtiks, various ghosts or famous Bigfoot – all the encounters took place far away from the road on which you'll travel.



The road in question is one of the very few connections leading through this territory, as almost 95% of this area is considered wilderness. Its designation is CA 120 - the famous Tioga Pass. If you immediately thought that we were talking Yosemite National Park, you were right.

The new route is coming in the next update of ATS, the upcoming version 1.31. This addition to the game map, as well as many other small and not so small touches and additions to California, Nevada, and Arizona, will, of course, appear in the game for free for all the game owners, as a small token of gratitude for the loyalty of our fantastic trucking community!