Gameplay

Improving Your Truck

Buying A New Truck

At the start, when you buy your first truck, you are offered
a wide range of trucks to buy. At first you can only afford
the lowest grade, class C vehicles, but later you can visit
the showroom again (during working hours) through the
Truck Dealers you will encounter in the cities. There you
may exchange your truck for a new one if you can afford it,
you will even get a trade-in value for your used truck.
Truck Dealer

Upgrading

You may also upgrade your truck on several levels at the

Service garage. Upgrades include: increasing the power of
your engine, tuning the engine to decrease fuel
consumption, improving truck handling or even changing
the colour of your cabin.

Notebook

The notebook is a very helpful aid on your travels as well as enabling you to check
your business status. It contains a navigation map, economy map and it keeps
track of your career as well as your overall game progress. From here, if you find
yourself in trouble, you can also call the SOS emergency service.

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Navigation Map

The navigation map represents your driving atlas with three different levels of
detail. Zoom in or out using the or icons in the lower right corner of the
screen, or by using the scroll wheel on your mouse.

"You are here" marker

Cargo destination marker

Petrol station

Road designation

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Economy

The economy map shows which countries you can access and which still remain off
limits. The green countries are completely accessible and you can roam them
freely. The red ones, on the other hand, are locked to you at the moment, but you
may expand your business to cover them. Simply click on a red country, and a
button will appear with the costs associated with such an expansion. If you have
enough money, press the button and the country will become accessible. The grey
countries are completely out of reach until you have access to at least one of their
neighbouring countries.

Hovering your mouse cursor over a country will provide you with some
general information about it.

In the lower left corner of the map you can see the ADR certificates you possess.
An ADR certificate is a special certificate of approval issued for a vehicle
following inspection of the vehicle in pursuance of the European Agreement
Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road.

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Career

There are five career levels through which you can gradually
advance – Novice, Experienced, Professional, Veteran,
and Master. Each level consists of five stars, the criteria you
need to meet before you rise to the next level.

The career progression represents your degrees of

achievement in the game, it does not affect the other parts of
the game. Achieving the highest rank does not mean that the
game is finished, just like gaining access to all the countries or
earning money to be able to upgrade to the best class of
trucks, it is just a way to measure your improvement and
progress.

Statistics

On the statistics page of your notebook you may follow your progress through the
game. There you will find interesting information such as how long you have been
playing, how many cargoes you have delivered or how many kilometres you have
driven. There is also a brief timeline represented by a log, in which important
events are recorded at the time of their occurrence.

Statistics page also displays the list of feats – sort of

award medals that you can collect. The list is initially
empty, but it will grow with time as you accomplish
certain achievements. Feats are one of the indicators of
your progress through the game. Just awarded feats are
displayed after a sleep pause or after delivering a cargo.
Each feat has four levels - starting with bronze, going
through silver, gold up to platinum.

Emergency Service

If you run out of fuel on the road, damage the truck so

badly that it can hardly move, get your truck overturned
or stuck in a place that you cannot free yourself from, your
only option is to call the SOS emergency service (112)
from your notebook. It will be expensive and provide you
with only basic first aid, just enough to get you moving
again so you can drive to a proper service station, so
before you call think twice about whether you really need
it.

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Menus

Main Menu

New Game — Start a new game.

Load Game — Continue with a previously saved game.

Options — Change graphics, sounds, controls or gameplay settings.

Credits — See the names of the Euro Truck Simulator's development team.

Quit Game — Exit the Euro Truck Simulator.

— Go to the SCS Software web site.

Options

Display:

Here you can change resolution, tweak brightness and set your own balance
between looks and performance of the game.

Keyboard:

Here you can reassign the keys to match your controller better. Just click on the
action you wish to remap and type the new key (or press Esc to cancel).

Controller:

Here you can select the desired game controller. The default is keyboard only,
but you may add alternate game controlling devices, including steering wheel,
joystick, or gamepad. Just plug it in, start the game, go to the controller options
and then choose it in the combo box at the top. Caution, certain keyboard
controls (especially related to steering) may become disabled when an additional
controller is activated as they are overridden by the controller.

Audio:

Here you can adjust the volume of music and sound effects.

Gameplay:

Language — Choose the language in which you would like to play the game.

Transmission — Set whether you want to shift gears manually.

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Gauges — Select between an analog or digital look for the emulated gauges.

Interior Mirrors — Disable real reflection in the wing mirrors if you

experience frame rate slow downs.

Fatigue Simulation — Enable if you wish to simulate having to rest after

every 12 hours of driving.

Tutorial — Enable or disable the tutorial. If reenabled, it will only become

active for the new games that follow.

Pause Menu

Load Game — Leave the current game and continue with a previously saved
game.

Save Game — Save the current game progress.

Options — Change graphics, sounds, controls or gameplay settings.

Quit Game — Leave the current game to the main menu. The progress will be
lost.

Back — Return back to game.

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