Missing Billboard Categories

[oldmanclippy]

I believe that billboards that are similar to ones in real life is a big immersion boost. Wyoming brought some good billboards like the wind advisory one, the watch out for wildlife one, and the See Wy tourism ones. But with Montana and Texas we haven't gotten any similarly high quality billboards. I'd like to see that change, so I figured I'd give some examples of the types of billboards I think could be included in ATS.

Category 1: billboards that advertise to a specific location

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Category 2: official [insert product here] of [insert local sports team here]

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Category 3: billboards that aren't confined to a rectangle

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Category 4: billboards that advertise something off of an upcoming exit (most common with fast food and gas stations, but also with normal restaurants, car dealerships, and certain roadside attractions)

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Category 5: law firms, real estate agencies, and insurance agencies (these are so common that they deserve their own category) - there are some in ATS but they are base map assets so new ones should be added - these often but not always include the phrase "Se Habla Español" or "Hablamos Español" to show that they can do business with Spanish-speaking clients, even in states not near the border

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Of course there are many types of billboards out there besides these but these are the main ones I can think of that SCS is missing or needs more of, that would greatly increase immersion. I'm sure others can add some too.

[Optional Features]

More billboards are definitely needed. There's a spot on I-5 with a near forest of them along the highway. Spammy irl, but would be nice to see in-game.

[oldmanclippy]

More billboards are definitely needed. There's a spot on I-5 with a near forest of them along the highway. Spammy irl, but would be nice to see in-game.

35E in Texas has a stretch like that, it'd be nice to see tweaks with regards to realism and making things feel more built up come when the rework team makes their way to the early paid DLCs.

[Optional Features]

Yeah, for sure: billboards are like the original advertising network.

[KeganMinecraft]

we need digital billboards!!

[oldmanclippy]

Yes digital billboards for sure, not sure how I forgot about those! They're everywhere in big metro areas.

[angrybirdseller]

More lawyers billboards be nice digital ones be nice. Arizona and New Mexico are pretty bad with lawyer billboard every intersection looks like accident waiting happen.

[oldmanclippy]

Yeah Jim Sackall or whatever his name is is all over the base map Could use some variety state to state since lawyers usually only practice within a small region.

A lot has changed billboard-wise recently with the introduction of the trivision/rotating billboard types, and the IRL adverts from Schneider. Right now I think the biggest problem is that billboards are often placed in the wrong context. It is absurd to have a billboard advertising the El Paso airport outside of southwest Texas, yet it's all over the place even outside of Texas. Same with Space Center Houston, I saw an ad for that in Las Vegas. Maybe Disney World would advertise in other states but not NASA. Generally there's also too many billboards for companies that would never have billboards IRL, like NAMIQ, Equos, etc. If they want to have billboards for all types of companies, then those sort of companies should just make "We're Hiring" billboards instead of advertising their mines or distribution centers.