Parking brake -> brake lights are on [NOT A BUG]

[fallow-x]

If I use the parking brake the brake lights are shining. I don't know if it is the bug (I'm not a truck driver) but it is little bit strange for me.
I tried it with Scania and Volvo trucks (engine must be switched on) in the game version 1.3.

Is it ok or not?

[erkinalp]

It is not a bug, it is power-on self-test, that is, it tests everything except engine before engine startup.

[ohaha]

I noticed, too, that everything involving braking (parking brake, service brakes, retarder) will turn the stop lights on. Frankly, I don't know the real behavior in a real truck.
I'm sure that this is intended by SCS, but I don't know if it's because it's realistic or not.
Thanks for the report, though. I'll post it to Bugs.

[BleDrajor]

I noticed, too, that everything involving braking (parking brake, service brakes, retarder) will turn the stop lights on. Frankly, I don't know the real behavior in a real truck.
I'm sure that this is intended by SCS, but I don't know if it's because it's realistic or not.
Thanks for the report, though. I'll post it to Bugs.

Regarding the retarder: I hope I'm not wrong now. When I drove behind trucks here (Germany) and we went downhill, the stop lights were always turned on when they held their speed or slowed down. So I think this behavior in ETS2 could be correct.

[fallow-x]

In my car if you are using the parking brake the lights are not shining. From this reason it is strange for me because in this game the lights are shining. You can try it in the game. Just drive and use the parking brake and you will see what will happen with the lights.

[BleDrajor]

In my car if you are using the parking brake the lights are not shining. From this reason it is strange for me because in this game the lights are shining. You can try it in the game. Just drive and use the parking brake and you will see what will happen with the lights.

Little misunderstanding here: I talked about the behavior with the retarder and the post was more meant for ohaha. I just thought this way because it doesn't make sense to brake all the time when driving downhill. Regulary the drivers let the truck roll and brake for a short while to slow down, then they continue by letting the truck roll and so on. Nearly noone would use the brakes all the time, because of consumption. And I thought the following traffic has to be warned in some way that the truck uses a retarder.


In my car, the brake lights of course don't shine when the parking brake is being used. But I don't know how they behave on a truck. Sorry for that confusion. I already edited my previous post.

[celestra]

The brake lights should only come on in trucks when you press the brake pedal not operate the handbrake.

Unless this has changed in the last couple of years since i stopped driving them .

I do not know how the retarder is wired up as i always used to have trucks that had an exhaust brake which never used to make the brake lights come on

[Space_Night]

you can set this to off in the onfiguration file.

go to your profile folder,
from there go into the config file and change
uset g_brake_light_all "1"

to

uset g_brake_light_all "0"

[xXCARL1992Xx]

you are 7 years late buddy, and this cvar only exists for 1 to 1 1/2 years

[plykkegaard]

Brake light when parking break is on has been like this since I started playing ETS2 in the early days
IRL you need a helper, co-worker, mop or stick to check if your break lights are working properly

Retarder: IRL it depends on manufacturer whether the brake lights are turned on when it is engaged