American Truck Simulator: Version 1.5 und Rescale-Update

(MST/Speedmaniacs.de) - Nach über 1.000 Arbeitsstunden die man innerhalb der vergangenen sechs Monate in das Rescale-Update investiert hat, ist nun für den American Truck Simulator das Update auf die Version 1.5 erschienen.

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Mit Version 1.5 wächst die virtuelle Truckfahrerwelt Zoom

Dieses bringt nicht nur einige bereits aus dem V1.26-Update für den Euro Truck Simulator 2 Verbesserungen, Fehlerkorrekturen und Features sondern setzt die virtuelle Spielwelt in einen neuen Maßstab von 1:20. Damit verbunden sind längere Distanzen die zurückgelegt werden können, eine neue Stadt, zahlreiche überarbeitete Verkehrsknotenpunkte und eine insgesamt realistischer wirkende Umgebung, zu sehen im World Rescale-Trailer, einige der bekannten Sehenswürdigkeiten und Truckstops für den Zwischenhalt.

Rescale-Update-Features:
Rescaled map main features:
-Scale 1:35 to 1:20 - 1,75x larger map
-Hundreds of miles of new longer roads
-A new city - Santa Maria
-Completely reworked city - Oxnard
-Reworked roadsystem topology:
-New Interstate I-580 and I-80 connections
-I-5 near LA topology corrected
-I-5 Redding topology corrected
-New stretch of CA-101
-Correct interstate junctions - no more same level crossing, freeways exiting on itself, etc
-28 reworked or new junctions - most notably - Reno, San Francisco, San Diego, L.A.
-6 new custom rest areas - truckstops
-More accurate height profiles - new steeper climbs and descends
-Famous recognizable landscape landmarks: Donner pass, Grapevine, Kumeyaay highway, Picachio peak, Humphreys peak, Cajon pass

American Truck Simulator - PC-Patch V1.5-Changelog:
Main features
-Map rebuilt in 1:20 scale
-Upgrade Shop and Truck Browser Search Tool
-New chassis options (6x2 & 6x2 Midlift)

Game
-Adjustable interior FOV per truck
-Weigh station UI behavior made more real
-Truck repair/refuel performed by hired driver cost money, included in logs
-Added informational dialog showing when game detects upgrade or downgrade
-Added pounds + short tonnes as weight unit option
-Add possibility to buy driver and co-driver plate in truck dealer
-Online job offer: Replaced refresh button with browse jobs
-Better trailer air pressure simulation
-Low air warning should only be active with running engine
-Parking brake mechanical safeguard on low air added
-Revised rolling resistance computations
-Hired driver use same math for eco skill as player
-Added selector modes to shift layout, correct detection of split shifts (advanced mode)
-Adaptive shifting logic improved
-Mod manager: Added link to load game screen in case game crashed and user has at least one mod activated
-Mod manager: Added possibility of setting profile by name and by user profile pointer
-Mod manager: Added dlc dependency list to mod manifest
-Prevent to AI trucks disappearing in players view
-Tweaked traffic spawn frequencies

MOD
-Changed map parameters (climate_profile, map_data)
-Moddable interior camera zoom parameters. (speed, factor)
-1 degree rotation on Ctrl + R, 90 degree rotation on Home
-Merged editable sign and sign dialog
-Refresh sign template and its model from content browser
-Added letter-spacing to sign editor
-Store content browser navigation history
-Support for day/nigh effect switching and child hookups for lod_model_hookup_u
-Undo of veg sphere manipulation