Hello Drivers!
The wait is almost over! We are ready to fully unveil version 1.02 or rather the Enhanced Driving Update! A very fitting name as numerous parts of the game have been rebuilt and enhanced. This update is packed with community requested additions, optimizations, bug fixes, and much much more. Lets unpack!
Core Update Changes:
- Brake Overheat Simulation
- Vehicle Paint/Lighting/Physics Overhaul
- Manual Transmission for Controllers
- Remodeled Wheels & Truck Exteriors
- Vastly Improved Multiplayer Synchronization
- New Dynamic Camera
- Smarter Recovery System
- Bug Fixes & Optimization
Watch the Enhanced Driving Update trailer here:
Check Out Our Enhanced Vehicles!
New clean looks!
We dedicated a lot of time to increasing the quality of our vehicles. Vehicle paint has been remade with better lighting, reflections, and looks. Almost every vehicle and trailer has brand new wheels with unique designs and brakes! More wheel damage has also been added, where hub-caps of some vehicles will pop off. Heavy truck trailer now have a king pin for trailer connections to add to the visual realism. New mirrors, door handles, and more details have been added to our MAN and Scania trucks!
Let there be light!
Our MAN and Scania truck's headlights have been completely remade in 3D! All vehicle headlights have been remade to now have daytime driving lights for better visibility on the road. All vehicle and trailer brake/reverse lights now light up the environment. Trucks and trailers have received more marker lights for brighter and cleaner looks. We hope you love the new looks of our vehicles and trailers!
Have more control over YOUR vehicles!
Brake overheat simulation has been added to all vehicles and trailers. Brakes are fully simulated with proper calculations for heat. When your brakes overheat, you will experience a loss in braking power and control!
We heard our community LOUD and CLEAR. Manual transmission is now supported on controllers, giving you a new layer of control. With a complete remake of vehicle wheel colliders, you'll experience more immersive and realistic physics with accurate suspension inertia and more.
The camera systems for both the interior and exterior have been remade. Using the acceleration of the vehicle, road forces, and impacts, it properly offsets & rotates the camera, giving a better feeling of physics and movement.
Enhancing Your Quality of Life!
Better connecting you with your friends!
We have completely rewritten the code that handles multiplayer position tracking and synchronization. No longer should you see other players stopping and freezing due to latency and ping. Additionally other players should now move more fluently on the road especially when at high speeds. Thanks to the brand new daytime lights for vehicles and new marker lights for trailers, it is now much easier to see and be seen on the road!
A faster and smoother experience!
We dedicated a lot of time to optimizing the game for a better all-around experience. The reflection and mirror system for vehicles and the environment has been completely rewritten to enhance performance on all platforms. Vegetation loading stuttering has been reduced, and lighting and reflections on car surfaces and interiors have been optimized. Console render distances for reflections and mirrors have been improved, especially for lower graphic settings. Additionally, shadows have been significantly optimized and their quality enhanced. Finally we improved the UI and vehicle recovery systems to improve the overall experience for everyone!
Our Efforts to the Community!
Your feedback has been invaluable!
Your feedback after release was amazing, and it has helped us has shaped this update to be what it is. We listen to each and every comment you all leave both here, on Discord, and our other socials! We want to thank all of you for influencing the development of this update. So many changes were added by request of YOU!
Bugs be GONE!
This update has by far the most amount of bug fixes to date and we could not have fixed all of them without you! Thank you for reporting issues and bugs to us and being patient with us as we fix them! Check out the full change-log to see just a small handful of the issues we have fixed thanks to YOU.
You can find the patch notes for the update here: Trello - Change Log
Thank you for your patience with us with this update, we hope you enjoy it when it releases on July 16th! See you on the road!
Your Truck & Logistics Simulator Team