Today we wanted to share our final Feature Preview on Update 1.02 or the “Enhanced Driving Update”! The focus of today's shorter preview is to show off the brand new truck exteriors and new trailer lighting! Finally we are thrilled to announce that we will be sharing the release date for the update very soon!Let's unpack!
We heard you, some of our vehicle models, especially trucks needed some attention. After we completed work on remaking all of the vehicle wheels, we set our eyes on enhancing the overall quality of our Scania and MAN trucks! After all, those are the player favorites. These trucks have gotten redesigned exteriors with new 3D headlights, new mirrors, door handles, bigger navigation displays, and more!
Vehicles are not the only thing to get some remodeling! We spent some time rethinking lighting patterns and enhancing the quality of our heavy truck trailers. All trailers now have more, brighter marker lights increasing its visibility on the road. It is now easier to see and be seen!
The update was envisioned differently when we first announced our work had started. We took a long look at the feedback we received from our community and kept adapting and adding to our list of items to get done. This is in conjunction with our efforts to deliver major updates that have a lot of content rather than smaller ones that are not substantial. We would like to thank our community for their continued patience with us. The update has been submitted for testing and certification and we will announce the release date next week!
Check out a video showcase of the highlighted features here:
Well that's it from me! We hope you are looking forward to the full announcement of the Enhanced Driving Update soon!
You can find the development patch notes for the update here: Trello - Change Log
Stay tuned, and see you on the road!
Your Truck & Logistics Simulator Team Mehmet, Sumeyye, Osman, Gustavo, Olena, and Michael
we recorded an interview for you, in which Mehmet tries to answer most of your questions regarding the upcoming Update 1.02..
Check out the Dev interview here:
We talk about Enhanced Wheel & Suspension Physics, Vehicle Exterior Lighting, Manual Transmission, KingPins, Synchronisation, Camera & Car Paint, Brake Overheat Simulation & New Wheels and much more!
Stay tuned, and see you on the road!
Your Truck & Logistics Simulator Team Mehmet, Sumeyye, Osman, Gustavo, Olena, and Michael
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Truck & Logistics Simulator | Feature Preview 5
Hello Drivers!
It has been a little bit, but we are back! Welcome to our fifth Feature Preview! The focus of today's preview is looking at the brand new vehicle wheels and showing off the brand new brake overheat simulation! Additionally we want to talk a bit about the final items we are completing before release, it is coming very soon! Lets unpack!!
We have been hard at work on vehicle exterior redesigns! What better way to start it off then to show the band new wheels for vehicles & trailers. These new wheels not only look shiny and sleek, but are crucial for the new brake overheat simulation! Wheel colliders are now much more realistic for better physics immersion. Additionally with the new wheels brings new damage! Be careful and make sure to drive carefully or some of your vehicle might pop off!
Brake overheat simulation is here! Vehicles and trailers now have proper brake simulation allowing brakes to overheat and affect vehicle physics! We tried to make this feature simulate as close to reality as possible! As you slam on your brakes down a hill, be careful to not overheat the brakes and lose braking power. Up to 75% of braking power can be lost due to overheating. Along with our physics improvements shown before, we are very happy with the new levels of realism we have created for our vehicles!
Trailers have gotten all the same treatment with brand new wheels and brake overheat simulation!
Update 1.02 is nearing completion! We will have one final Feature Preview for Update 1.02. Currently we are working on re-modeling some of our truck exteriors and remaking some of our lighting patterns for heavy truck trailers. We look forward to showing those off to you soon! Here is a small teaser of our improved Man model!
Check out a video showcase of the highlighted features here:
Well that's it from me! We will be back again soon with Feature Preview 6!
Update 1.02 is in full active development and will arrive very soon. You can find the work-in-progress patch notes for update 1.02 here: Trello - Change Log
Stay tuned, and see you on the road!
Your Truck & Logistics Simulator Team Mehmet, Sumeyye, Osman, Gustavo, Olena, and Michael
Welcome to our fourth Feature Preview! The focus of today's preview is showing off enhancements we have made to the camera system and car paint! Additionally we want to talk a bit about bugs and we will show a small look at DLC Pack 1! Lets dig in!
Since launch the camera has always felt a little stiff. With update 1.02 we have completely rebuilt the camera system to feel more realistic and give better movement! The exterior camera now takes your vehicles acceleration, position, and road forces to offset and rotate the camera. This gives the exterior camera a better feeling of physics and movement!
The interior camera now has dynamic movement! The camera will push back based on acceleration or sudden movement. Now you will feel every crash and jolt!
Vehicles have gotten a new paintbrush! Paint is now much more detailed, brighter, and more reflective. Especially with the upcoming SuperCar, you will be driving in sleek clean style!
For those of you with a high end PC, reflection quality has received a massive upgrade! Higher quality reflections on vehicles are now possible.
We wanted to talk a bit about bugs. We have tried our best to deliver a fully playable and polished game. However some issues can still arise even after testing. We first want to thank everyone for reporting issues to us! Without your help, a lot of bugs can go unnoticed on our end! With update 1.02 we are delivering a bunch of bug fixes! Numerous crashes, mission issues, and environment issues have been fixed! A lot of these were fixed thanks to YOUR reports! Please continue to report bugs to us over Discord!
We are wrapping up our Feature Previews for update 1.02! We plan to have one more Feature Preview for Update 1.02 before we move onto DLC Pack 1! We hope you enjoy this small teaser of one of the new things coming with the DLC:
Update 1.02 is in full active development and will arrive with the release of DLC Pack 1. You can find the work-in-progress patch notes for update 1.02 here: Trello - Change Log
Check out a video showcase of the highlighted features here:
Stay tuned, and see you on the road! Michael | Community Manager
Welcome to our third Feature Preview! The focus of today's preview is showing off enhancements we have made to the game with update 1.02!
We heard you LOUD and CLEAR! One of our biggest requests since release was adding native support for manual transmission for controllers. You can now manually shift on any controller! Xbox: While holding RB, press A/B to shift. Playstation: While holding R1, press O/X to shift!
A lot of work has gone into multiplayer synchronization. We have vastly improved position tracking of other players and reduced de-sync causing other players to freeze. Additionally players moving at high speeds will now move more fluently on the road!
Heavy trailers now have a Kingpin for connection. Not only does this add to the visual realism, this also helps to assist bugs with trailer connections!
Finally, the vehicle recovery system has also received enhancements! When a re-spawn point is invalid, it will skip it and try to locate another point to re-spawn, you no longer will re-spawning on the same point!
Update 1.02 is in full active development and will arrive with the release of DLC Pack 1. You can find the work-in-progress patch notes for update 1.02 here: Trello Roadmap - 1.02 Changelog
The next Feature Preview is still TBD, but we plan to showcase some brand new enhancements to the camera system, new car paint, and brake pad simulation.
Check out a video of the highlighted features here:
Stay tuned, and see you on the road! Michael | Community Manager
Welcome to our second Feature Preview! The focus of today's preview is showing off changes to vehicle lighting in update 1.02!
First we are happy to showcase a major request from the community! With update 1.02, all vehicle and trailer reverse/brake lights now dynamically illuminate the environment! Making reversing into parking spots and navigating in the night much easier!
All vehicles now have daytime driving lamps! When you start your vehicle's engine, the daytime lamps will kick on. These lights will help increase visibility for players in multiplayer who may have a different time set than yours!
There has been a complete rewrite of the lighting and reflection system for vehicles. The game now sets up proper graphics levels for updating reflections and mirrors for vehicles/environment, improving performance, lighting and reflections on surfaces and vehicles. Better Interior lighting of vehicles and optimized render distance for mirrors has also been achieved!
This update is in full active development and will arrive with the release of DLC Pack 1. You can find the work-in-progress patch notes for update 1.02 here: Trello Roadmap - 1.02 Changelog
Next we will be showcasing some more enhancements to the game with update 1.02!
Check out a video of the highlighted features here:
Stay tuned, and see you on the road! Michael | Community Manager
Welcome to our Feature Preview series! These posts will showcase teasers of our upcoming content, both DLC and Free Updates. This is one of our many upcoming Feature Previews that we will be sharing over the coming weeks!
A very large part of the free update 1.02 is a complete overhaul of the wheel and suspension system in game! We have 3 main changes to show to you:
We have enhanced and modified wheel physics and tire traction to significantly reduce unrealistic wheel slippage when you come to a full stop on hills!
Camber tilt has been added to certain vehicles. Based on a vehicle's weight by cargo, the frame of the vehicle can compress down, increasing realism!
Suspension now has inertia, enhancing realism when wheels experience a sudden change in height. Additionally vehicles will drive over bumps more authentically!
Update 1.02 is in full active development and will arrive with the release of DLC Pack 1. You can find the work-in-progress patch notes for update 1.2 here: Trello Roadmap - 1.02 Changelog
Next we will be showcasing some brand new enhancements to vehicle lights!
Stay Tuned and see you on the road! Michael | Community Manager
We made a highlight video for you of the last Truck & Logistics Simulator Q&A live session that took place in TruckSim Discord! 😊
This is your chance to get insights into the game's development!
Ask us your burning question either in a discussion post or on our Discord Server! T&LS Discord
Live Q&A session with Simula Games on Friday, January 19th, 2024!
We're happy to announce that Simula Games will be hosting a live Q&A session on Friday, January 19th, 2024! This is your chance to get insights into the development of Truck & Logistics Simulator, ask burning questions, and connect with fellow players and the truck simulator community at large.
To make it even more exciting, there's a 5 key giveaway for those who actively participate by asking questions during the Q&A, so if you’ve yet to play the game, or if you want to snag a key for one of your friends, please join us! Get more info on the T&L Discord: Join the Truck & Logistics Simulator Discord Server! T&LS Discord
