athorneycroft4
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Reviews
What it does right:
Non collision zones in most useful places (ports, most delivery locations, major rest stops ect...)
Lets me play online.
What it does wrong:
Playability, you'll frequently run into places with people that are lagging heavily and the game itself just isn't made with multiplayer in mind. If you don't have a decent rig then you'll be hitting low FPS whenever there's a lot of players around. Some areas can put my rig (4690k @ 4GHz and a GTX 980) down to 20fps (max settings).
Policing the main server. Admins will hang around high traffic areas and they wont sort out problems, such as blockers, if they aren't doing it in places like Europoort or Amsterdam. The punishments are inconsistent, some players get kicked for running a red light while others receive permanent bans. Most of this applies to the main server EU#1.
They don't test the mod AT ALL. I haven't been around long but a very recent example would be patch 0.1.3. This patch was supposed to add several things such as synced weather and traffic lights. Well, 99% of the traffic lights you came across were broken, something that 5 mins of testing would've shown. The weather? It snowed (it should rain if you don't use the included winter mod) 90% of the time. So 0.1.3 R2 comes along, same problems, clearly another untested patch. 0.1.3 R3 comes along and they fixed the traffic lights but the weather is still broken.
The community. The community is okay but the people you meet in game are pretty bad. Despite there only being 2000 or so people on the server when I play, I commonly run into trouble makers that will ram you and other trucks or just block the road. Very few people seem to know how to drive as you'll constantly be cut off
AI, or should I say the lack of AI. It's just you and other players. Again, this comes down to the fact that this game just isn't made for multiplayer.
The concept is good but the game just isn't made for multiplayer. Not to mention the devs were constantly begging for votes on here.
Overall:
It's nothing special. Try it if you want but be aware that you'll probably run into someone that wants to ruin everyone's experience in your first session.
