Poll: Choose (3) States you would like to see next

What state should be next

Kentucky
11
2%
Mississippi
30
6%
Iowa
102
20%
Tennessee
25
5%
South Dakota
98
19%
Louisiana
127
24%
North Dakota
46
9%
Illinois
84
16%
 
Total votes: 523

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Re: Poll: Choose (2) States you would like to see next

#5471 Post by Bob123412 » 27 Sep 2021 19:03

Yeah the tech used in flight sim wasn't perfect but it was using top down satellite imagery which is really hard to capture 3D. Using something like google street view would make it much easier to make a 3D world than just using satellite images. It also depends on the quality of the images too so if the last time the area was scanned with satellite or street view car was in 2008 your going to have bad results anyway. The results with our technology at is current state would still be no where near as good as all the models and textures being hand crafted.

I decided to look it up and it turns out google already is working on a project that could allow this to happen and have an product released. So we could be seeing other games released in the next few years using this technology. In the tech demos they showed, nothing had any textures, so if their product only does 3D modeling that still makes it a huge task, even if half the work is done.

A 1:5 city would still be better than a 1:20 city. I think 1:1 is definitely too much work, as much as I would like to see it .
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#5472 Post by Bedavd » 11 Nov 2021 17:05

So we’ve had Montana teased as the other 2022 state. Does that mean the poll resets once it’s officially announced? Because that’ll be two states for 2022 with Texas and Montana and we would move on to guessing the 2023 states, yeah?
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#5473 Post by flight50 » 11 Nov 2021 17:08

Yes Sir, you are correct. Once its more set in stone, I'll remove Montana replace it with North Dakota.
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#5474 Post by Bedavd » 11 Nov 2021 17:11

Okay great lol. I came back to look at this thread and thought it had already been moved to 2023. I think that will bring some very interesting discussed because it’s the first time in a while that SCS’s direction isn’t quite so obvious. OK probably 100% but LA or KS, I’d say, is anyone’s guess.
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#5475 Post by flight50 » 11 Nov 2021 19:28

Yes....once Montana is in its a guess. But what I don't think SCS will do is create gaps. So Oklahoma or Louisiana are my only two options after Montana. To do any other state creates a C-shaped map and to me, that makes zero sense. So building South to North, West to East and/or Northeast to me are the only solutions.
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#5476 Post by interstate trav » 11 Nov 2021 20:30

I think after Montana it’s going to be Louisiana and then I’d guess Oklahoma and then I’m hoping to keep the step map Kansas.
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#5477 Post by flight50 » 11 Nov 2021 20:51

Honestly Louisiana before Oklahoma makes too much of a L shaped again. Texas is already wide and Louisiana makes it worse. I'd be surprised if Oklahoma doesn't follow Montana honestly. I'd probably go Kansas too before Louisiana but after that, people will want something new vs only getting flat open great plains. With Texas, Montana, Oklahoma and Kansas, we are getting a good amount of flatter lands in the Great Plains. I'd love to see Louisiana pop in after Kansas.

Ideally, I want Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana to surround Texas asap. From there SCS can build North, Northeast and East easily.
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#5478 Post by interstate trav » 12 Nov 2021 03:30

I’m not wanting an L shape I’m just wondering if reaching the east coast is more of there goal. I personally want to not go to L shape again.
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#5479 Post by flight50 » 12 Nov 2021 09:13

I'm sure Pavel wants to still see Florida sooner than later. Will SCS b line to Florida? Will they stair step the map? Or will they stack states in columns (South to North) first before moving one state East, do another column of states. Finish that column and repeat all the way to Maine. Its intriguing to see how they will build out the US post Texas.
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#5480 Post by LeGod7 » 12 Nov 2021 17:10

I'd rather they filled out the midwest a bit more before moving eastwards, so for me Montana, Oklahoma then Kansas. Perhaps after that they could go to Louisiana for a bit of variety. On the other hand Florida is my favourite place in the world so it would be amazing to be able to truck there sooner rather than later.
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