SCS Software has told us before that they will be releasing updates of Euro Truck Simulator 2 very soon. So here you go, this time they are showing us the "Day & Night Cycle of the game. This "Cycle" is way more advancend then the previous games developed by SCS Software. To be fair with you, you can't even compare them anymore!

SCS Software made a few screenshots of this phenomenon. Enjoy!

In the old Euro Truck Simulator, the player/driver has at all times been basically self-employed, owner-operator one-man company. In GTS and UKTS, there was a stage when the player was forced by the game to work as an employee for some time, but later this changed completely as the player has started his own company. In some of our older 18 Wheels of Steel games, you may remember that we even had three evolutionary stages as the player progressed "from rags to riches" (quiz for veterans, was it Across America or Pedal to the Metal?), and we also tried a different approach where the main menu of the game would give the player the choice of either campaign game or a quick-game with just one arbitrary delivery.

All this was done as SCS Software was trying to satisfy the various types of players of the games - the older players want as deep simulation of every aspect of a trucker's life as possible, but the younger players often just look for a quick-to-get-into driving experience involving big vehicles, they don't want to worry about managing a company and wait hours and hours to see it grow.

In Euro Truck Simulator 2, they would like to pick and combine the best of all these approaches and give the player more freedom of choosing his or her playing style without artificially breaking up the game into any separate stages or separate play modes.

So at all times, you will always have the choice of getting hired for a wage and sit behind the steering wheels of somebody else's truck (equivalent of employee stage or a quick job), but also - once you start building your own truck fleet - drive your own truck and offer full logistics services. You can switch between the two freely: you may already have a nice small company going, but why not break the monotony when an interesting offer comes for a one-time job, especially if they are offering special conditions for an expert help, or driving an exciting tractor that you yourself still haven't managed to afford?

This kind of freedom of choice should accommodate different play styles in the same framework of how the virtual world is functioning, and give the player satisfaction of progress. For somebody who never bothers to worry about starting his company, he can just hop from job to job, and still see progress - as next to his wage he would gain XP points to help his personal growth. For somebody who is keen to start building a trucking empire as soon as possible, he can get a bank loan early on and never look back to working for somebody else.

Now that there have been different updates for Euro Truck Simulator 2, SCS Software received some complains about the mirrors that were on the truck. SCS Software took this complain seriously and have finished working on it! They are happy to show us the new mirrors!

After waiting for a long time, the moment has finally come, this is the update what everybody have been waiting for! The full map of Euro Truck Simulator 2. Previously there were screenshots emerged from the map of Euro Truck Simulator 2, but you were not able to see the full size of all country's and roads. With these screenshots you can see whatever you want!

After Euro Truck Simulator had been released, SCS Software was flooded with suggestions for more local roads. There were so many suggestions that SCS Software had decided to do something about this in Euro Truck Simulator 2. The map of Euro Truck Simulator 2 has been made with much more details, so that the possibilities are much greater than in Euro Truck Simulator. The map must be more scaled than before, not like the map of German Truck Simulator or UK Truck Simulator.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 is an expended version of German Truck Simulator & UK Truck Simulator. The revealed map will be expanded in the future by SCS Software. Because SCS Software is paying more attention for the details of Euro Truck Simulator 2, it will take a lot longer before the virtual world has been realised.

SCS started on a small scale, after 4 years of hard work and 30 man-years that have been invested on Euro Truck Simulator 2 to build the whole map & new prefabs & new models for in this world. SCS Software has putten a lot of effort in Euro Truck Simulator 2, and this is the result they got so far!

SCS Software wants to copy whole Europe, but this will take much time and money. That's why SCS Software is encouraging everybody to buy Euro Truck Simulator 2, so that SCS Software can grow financially, so the project of Euro Truck Simulator 2 can continue with many expansions!

And ofcourse, SCS Software has released some screenshots of the map. Watch and enjoy:

Now that the map of Euro Truck Simulator 2 has almost been finished, it needs some testing. The screenshots beneath were taken during a trip through Europe. The cartrailer you see can be changed, according to SCS Software.

As you can see, the graphics of Euro Truck Simulator has been improved a lot if you compare it to the previous games from SCS Software. Take a look at the screenshots and see what you can achieve by working hard for a few years!!