Euro Truck Simulator 2

Euro Truck Simulator 2 is a 2012 vehicle simulation game published and developed by SCS Software for Microsoft Windows, Linux and macOS.

Gameplay
It is an open-world game that lets you drive around, or deliver cargo of different kinds, throughout different, European countries, from normal cargoes to even the most heaviest cargoes (or Oversize load). The Special Cargo can be bought as DLC and unlike normal deliveries, you cannot stop at rest areas or gas stations and must not deviate away from your intended destination. Unlike the first game, you can drive actual, real-life trucks that are included in the game, and they are quite customizable too! To make things even better, the game also includes a large variety of mods available, notably trucks, truck/trailer skins, more variety of traffic, and even map expansions (notably ProMods). And with more countries being released for you to drive around and make deliveries, you can bet that this will be one heck of a trucking journey.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Large amounts of cities, villages and towns to explore, along with landmarks from different cities in different countries. Although its scaled down, its still a relatively large journey, be it just cruising around or making deliveries.
 * 2) While you start out small, you will gain pretty handy perks as you level up. And the payouts for each and every delivery is incredibly satisfying.
 * 3) There are a large number of trucks for you to choose from, and they have sweet amounts of customizations to suit your tastes. And select tuning DLCs for truck manufacturers (which include Volvo Trucks, Mercedes Actros, and Scania Trucks) opens up more customization options. And even moreso with mods made by the users too for others to use!
 * 4) Each and every DLC opens up more countries to drive around and make deliveries. They may be pricey but they're still worth the money (usually at discounted prices or if you have enough money to buy them).
 * 5) Has a good number of radio stations to listen to throughout your trucking journey, which can add an even better experience. You can also put your own MP3 music files to the folder though be mindful that the game might end up skipping specific songs so you'll have to use some applications such as the ID3 remover to be able to remove it for the game to play your song.
 * 6) The specifications are on the more forgiving side though a higher-end spec PC might still be a necessity for mods that demand a bit more power to it. Especially for having true, graphical quality if you're going for 4k resolution.
 * 7) Gaming wheel with pedals can provide much better experience than with a keyboard and controller for those who want to have more precision to it. A gaming controller (preferably an Xbox 360 controller) can still work, though you'll have to be sure to map them correctly. The PS4 controller could also work, but the R2/L2 controllers are extremely sensitive regardless of settings.
 * 8) The overall environment is incredibly organic, relaxing and puts your mind at ease.
 * 9) Initially single-player only, it, along with American Truck Simulator, SCS has introduced Convoy mode, which can allow you and your friends to truck together and make deliveries together. A good internet is needed.
 * 10) *The update now allows you and your fellow players to use mods in Convoy mode, albeit limited to only 70 mods enabled. ProMods is even included in Convoy mode.
 * 11) The overall community is quite amazing, and the devs are known to be quite communicative with other people. Although their development team are small in numbers, they're the greatest devs that know how to deliver with each and every release. And their office in Prague is state-of-the-art and they also accept people (regardless of where they live) with the technical know-how such as map designing (along with photography) and fixing bugs found in the game, and with open arms too. They even have their own lounge and fitness center to work and relax too! And they also have their own garage containing trucks that were brought in for testing prior to including them in their games (with the use of licensing rights from real-life truck companies, along with real-life trailer companies such as Krone and Schwarzmüller).
 * 12) By far has the largest amount of mods to choose from, which can also include user-created trucks and trailers, more variety of AI traffic (famously Jazzycat's and TrafficManiac's traffic packs that uses real-life vehicles added to the game, along with skins for buses and trailers with skins based off of many real life companies), along with interior improvements and more cabin add-ons (courtesy of SiSL who made this work). Be mindful when subscribing to mods that are either broken or outdated; they may break your save progress.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Some of the countries (such as Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, and the European countries from the Going East DLC) feel more of the same and the road layouts feel rather recycled, and doesn't have the actual feel of any real life countries. The United Kingdom is a special case because it certainly feels nothing like the UK and it just doesn't have that overall, British feeling to it and it just feels rather bland to drive through so its not currently known if SCS Sofware will give these countries, especially the United Kingdom, a major reskin.
 * 2) *Of course, this can be rectified with the use of ProMods which gives these countries a huge makeover, looking like the real deal too. It also expands Norway and Sweden than in the base game though its unknown if SCS Software plans on expanding Norway and Sweden, along with upgrading Denmark.
 * 3) **Currently, the Balearic Islands in Spain are not accessible for the time being, but you can expect it to be free if it happens.
 * 4) The traffic AI isn't very consistent for the most part, even with mods.
 * 5) The pedestrians (and pedestrian models) are relatively basic and don't have a lot of variety. They also really don't do much in terms of daily activities, and their animations are rather basic at best, and they don't really seem to react either. And no, you cannot run them over, because in doing so will damage your truck instead. This is not Grand Theft Auto.
 * 6) The driver yawning - whenever the fatigue meter rises - can get annoying to hear, and the fatigue meter can speed up a bit when taking the "Urgent" deliveries, making it a challenge to finish. Luckily, you can turn off "fatigue simulation" in the Gameplay options menu if you just want to make deliveries without having to make frequent rest stops at the risk of arriving late of your deliveries.
 * 7) *And even more luckily enough, there is a mod that extends the delivery times ten-fold without the worry of late deliveries.
 * 8) No damage model whatsoever for trucks and traffics alike (though mechanical damages in trucks do exist). Of course, why would you want to try and wreck your truck anyway?
 * 9) *While rain drops does trickle down on the truck you're driving, your truck never gets dirty whenever driving on a dirt road.
 * 10) You can't access through blocked-off roads (roads that are marked with "X"), therefore leaving you unable to access through the insides of large cities (you'd have to be lucky if you have the knowledge in modding to lift those restrictions for you to drive and explore, and having the know-how in map designs, and be able to remove invisible walls).
 * 11) The fines can be rather lenient at times, such as when the traffic somehow bumps into you and the game instead punishes you for it with a fine.
 * 12) Mods that are outdated or broken can affect your save progress so be extra mindful when downloading them.
 * 13) (Subject to change) Sadly, the game's latest DLC, Heart of Russia, will not be getting its release because of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and its unknown if SCS Software will lift its postponement or not.