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| One of the many box art covers for Euro Truck Simulator |
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| Developer(s) | SCS Software[1] |
| Publisher(s) | See Publishers |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | Vehicle simulation game |
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Euro Truck Simulator is a truck simulation game created by SCS Software, using OpenGL, set in continental Europe. The player can drive across a depiction of Europe, visiting its cities, picking up a variety of cargos, and delivering them.
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Players choose their starting country, from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom(V1.2 & V1.3 only). Initially players only have access to their starting country, except where it contains less than three cities. In this case one or more adjacent countries will be accessible as well. For example, starting the game in Italy or Switzerland will allow immediate access to the other country. Then players choose their first truck with a budget of €100,000.
After this, players can start taking jobs from various fictitious companies and delivering cargo to various cities in their starting country to earn money. This money can then be spent on a new truck, upgrading the current truck, expanding the business to other countries and obtaining a license to drive flammables and chemicals.
As the game is set in Europe, it features European truck designs exclusively and all trucks use models based on real trucks, with actual working instruments such as flashing indicators, temperature and low fuel warning lights, wipers, and gauges.
Version 1.0 of the game is already completed. Euro Truck Simulator was shipped to stores in Germany on August 6, 2008. Release date in Poland was August 20 and the release date in the UK was August 29.
Version 1.2 is already released for UK CD (Excalbur) and Online Download versions, but is yet to be released for CD versions from the other countries' respective publishers. The new version adds the UK (including driving on the left, and London, Manchester and Newcastle as cities), a Dover-Calais ferry, more roads in Germany and Poland and improved DirectX compatibility.
There are several different publishers, depending on the country. Following is a list of all the publishers in the certain country.
| Country | Publisher |
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| Germany | Rondomedia |
| Portugal | PlayGames |
| Russia | Akella |
| United Kingdom | Excalibur Publishing |
| Poland | TopWare |
| Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia | Seven M |
| France | Anuman |
| Scandinavia | Wendros |
Please note: other countries also sell this product.
On October 10, 2008, SCS Software released teaser shots of their first patch. The shots include pictures of more local roads in Germany and Poland, as well as a UK addition to the game.[2] The release date of the update, although only available if the full game is purchased, was April 15, 2009, and it is being marketed as 'Euro Truck Simulator Gold Edition', by publisher Rondomedia[3]. The Gold Edition game is currently on sale at Amazon.de.
A free patch containing the Gold Edition contents was released on April 17, 2009, although only compatible with UK Published (Excalibur Publishing) CD version of the game[4]. A patch for those with the Trymedia online download version of the game was released on the official Euro Truck Simulator website on April 18, 2009[5]
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