Agreed and I'll admit its your map that I like to reference the most. Its the closest speculation we got to being accurate almost every time. You are mostly 8590%+ correct most of the time. SCS tends to make a little more density than what you have which is great. I don't think your East is too optimistic at all which is why I trust your map the most. You don't go overboard with it and then people get disappointed. Its your map that honestly got me super excited about states other than Texas and wanting to learn the cities and roads more. The massive potential in other states, in Canada and in Mexico.....mmmm.
I remember when you started creating this map. I wanted more and more. When you did finish, I was like OMG. This is about 85% or better of what ATS could possibly look like if ATS is still being supported to the end. The big thing that the East can do is provide lots of road density because of all the vegetation. Soooooooooo many tree wall roads and tree tunnels is how a lot of that density comes. Not to mention cities buried in vegetation. That works into SCS favor even more. So don't worry about being too optimistic for your map. Its the Midwest and the East that makes the detour feature worth adding. Right now, its just before its time but Texas sims to make it worth the add. From here on out, ATS should be more of a grid type for roads. They are everywhere East of I-35.
One thing SCS has started doing is what I like to call Reforma style. SCS is starting to get off the main Google Maps trajectory line and not attempt to make the road as accurate as possible but also make if fun. Sure all grades won't make the map but the map is SCS's best thing going for the company. For me, I'm a map person first. I love exploring new roads, cities and then ICCs. To me, its worth the cost. For others, they need new features to keep going. Features are bonuses to me. They are needed but they alone don't keep everyone playing. There should be a balance though.
Lol. You posted before finished by above post, lol. But yes I totally agree. I think SCS gets in a few more state and US hwys than ads shows but to keep it reasonable, I like what he has. It too unpredictable for state and US hwys. So yeahhhh, the vegetation will be a huge factor for the East. People will even start to complain that it all looks the same. Well yeah.........because that's what real life looks like as well.Gormanbros wrote: ↑05 Nov 2022 16:26 If anything, based on how dense east TX is, the east coast might even be a little denser than it is on your map. Pretty reassuring