Things That Should Be Corrected, Improved & New Ideas.

[Patrick]

More weather types would be very nice like snow (I thought it was in but cant find it) and thunderstorms.
Option for the timer.

Fix the menus! I am getting huge framedrops when entering a menu. Driving the truck is all good (getting a decent fps) But in a menu it drops to less than 8 fps.


Is there any news on a new patch? It is very odd that there still isnt released a patch after all these months with such a buggy game..

[USA Trucker]

Let's not derail this thread with questions about "when will a patch be released"? When the powers that be announce it, it will be posted in the 'Patch Announcement' thread. This thread is about Corrections, Improvements & Ideas.

[ROTrkFan]

Originally Posted by USA Trucker

The 'L' key is for low-beam & the Ctrl+L is for high-beam, and back to low-beam.
Also, what steering device do you have? Most problems with steering in this game can be fixed by going into the config file directly to over-ride the files in the game itself. I have posted them in the "Control Devices & Wheel Issues" thread HERE, and it seemed to help others. I use the Logitech G25 with pedals & shifter. Wheel Devices may differ, but generally this is where you need to go, because the in-game configurations tends not to save most changes, and reverts back to default. Don't ask me why.

Thanks for tip on the lights!

As for the steering device, I have a fairly generic one which I no longer use due to the physical aspects of the device: huge dead zone, stiff turning, and the fact that the wheel re-centers itself.

Having said that, I did manage to come up with satisfactory solution (after some experimentation) to steering with the left and right arrow keys which others may find useful:

1. Within the 'Settings'>'Controls' menu, adjust the 'Sensitivity' to its lowest setting. This can be accomplished by either clicking on the left arrow button until only one green light is visible or by just clicking on the leftmost green light.

2. Completely turn off the 'Centering Force' option by clicking on the left arrow until there are no green lights visible.

Using this setup, the player can "crank" the wheels all the way to the left or right and they will stay in that position until the player turns them back. This setup also reduces the amount of input needed to steer the truck while driving since the steering wheels do not re-center themselves.

As a word of caution, this setup does take a little while to get used to but it does allow for some fluidity with the steering of most trucks.

[raven28690]

Originally Posted by flykas

Mods that I'm expecting to see are:

Trailer physics fix.

Truck damage and physics modification. I think there should be some unlockable stuff that was taken out of the final or just by editing parameters something could be changed. Cuz now I have never had a flat tire,and my engine never got high temperatures, and it doesn't take damage from going on imposible rpm's like 16000. And then shifting R gear doesn't damage gearbox. And some other things. Would be nice to reduce hanging parts amount to 1 or 2 cuz now it looks silly sometimes.

- Reenabling some other old stuff. Cuz I saw that there is a "helicopter" named file in games dir. Would be nice to enable weight stations.

I completely agree with all of your suggestions.
Would love to see the occasional tire blow out, overheated engines and brakes, broken part, etc that incurs on a trip as it further adds simulation to the game. (when i drove OTR from North Carolina to California, trips without any incidences were few and far in between. Tire blow outs, stopped up fuel filters, clutch brakes, broken belts, truck computer malfunctions, injector problems, turbo problems, etc.. etc..)
Im not even going to mention problems with the reefer as there are too many painful memories associated with it

My other wishes for the game
-Realistic trannys. Yes there was 5 speed trucks at one time (macks for one) but the OTR trucks now are running at least a 9 speed transmission with the majority being 10 or 13 speeds.
-Weigh stations should have been added.
-The ability to use the running lights without the headlights for parking.
-Trucks in truckstops at night with their running lights on.
-Longer delivery times. (Yes, I had delivery times when I drove OTR but I had more than enough time to stop and eat, fuel, shower, stretch my legs, and trash around truck stops and still deliver my load with time to kill)
-More in game trucks in addition to the ones that were removed from the final game.
-CB chatter.
-Truck washes. Trucks should get dirty while running through rain, dirt roads, snow, etc so in game washes to return the shine to the truck.
-Manual trailer backing for loading/unloading.
-Customizable company name and logos
-Rest areas
had some others but thats all I can remember atm.

Actually the trucking games are more simulation to the real thing then alot of you may realize.
For instance drivers have been requesting better pay and more home time since I can remember and it always falls on deaf ears.
Trucking game fans have been requesting the above mentioned items for some time but our request are still falling on deaf ears LOL .

[USA Trucker]

Hello, and welcome to the forum.

I moved your post here, as I believe this is more suitable to your post than Modeling. Most of your ideas fall into a patch/upgrade category.

As to your list...

1) I think weigh stations would be good if we had more States in the game, like 18WoS. However, we are for the most part only in California. If one would be placed it would be at the Reno, Nevada area.
2) CB chatter... Yeah, I mentioned that too, and would add a little more spice to the game.
3) Rest areas... The Russian upgrade added some more, but as of now the English version has not yet received one, and I don’t know when we‘ll ever get it.
4) Running lights... Yep, this seems to be a popular request.
5) Better trailer physics, and loading/unloading... This leads the list of improvements.

[gameking47]

Originally Posted by USA Trucker

3) Rest areas... The Russian upgrade added some more, but as of now the English version has not yet received one, and I don’t know when we‘ll ever get it.

I saw one rest area near Santa Barbara

[USA Trucker]

You posted that before, and I deleted it because it’s not what we’re talking about. We are looking for more, not one rest area (Truck Stops excluded). I think everyone knows about the one near Santa Barbara because that’s where you pick-up Jessica.

[raven28690]

apart from having more trucks added, im still real partial to trucks getting nasty from driving in the rain and so forth.

its only cali but there are quite a few weigh stations in cali.
its been so long since i ran that state i had to cheat and break out my trucker road atlas and double check LOL.

yea, usa trucker hit the nail on the head as far as wanting more rest areas. i was aware of the rest area sign near SB and was disappointed when i checked it out and it was just another bar/motel

[USA Trucker]

Originally Posted by raven28690

its only cali but there are quite a few weigh stations in cali. its been so long since i ran that state i had to cheat and break out my trucker road atlas and double check LOL.

What I meant here was... Yes there are a lot of weigh stations in California, but they are located reasonably close to the State Borders for trucks goining in, and out of the State like other weigh stations in other States, and seems being that we are primarily dealing with California, there is no real need for them unless crossing State lines (like Reno, Nevada).

yea, usa trucker hit the nail on the head as far as wanting more rest areas. i was aware of the rest area sign near SB and was disappointed when i checked it out and it was just another bar/motel

Gameking47 is right. There is one legitimate ‘Rest Area’ that he is referring to. This is were you pick-up Jessica on Hwy 101 heading north to SB. It’s a long strip on the shoulder of the road. Long enough to park a few trucks end-to-end, and 2 or 3 abreast. This is the only one I can remember in the game, but I have not made it a mission to find more.

[raven28690]

including the ones that are near the state line, there are a bunch in state aswell.
UNLESS, they have changed since my road atlas is a 2002 publication.

my 02 atlas is showing weigh stations closer in state at
Banning I-10
Temecula I-15
South of San Clemente on I-5
Cajon Junction I-15
East of Fullerton and Anaheim on 91
Carson I-405
West of Thousand Oaks on 101
Santa Clarita I-5
Tehacapi on 58
South of Wheeler Ridge I-5
Then even more as you get up around San jose and I opted not to list all of those.

Cali is one of those states that had scales scattered all inside the state unlike others whereas you just had them mostly near the state line as you had mentioned.
One of the reasons I knew this is because I have never had so much problems with scale houses in other states as I did with Cali (Cali scale house put my truck out of service one time) so it's been etched into the back of my mind LOL

But like I mentioned, some of those scales may have closed or moved since my trucker atlas was published in 2002 and I stopped driving OTR around that year.