JolliciousJosh wrote: ↑13 Jul 2022 15:12
Winchester1979 wrote: ↑12 Jul 2022 12:59
Which means that the game can potentially expand all the way to South Africa, India, Indonesia, Japan, and South America, because they all drive European truck brands (In addition to their own home-grown ones in many cases, but still). And it also means that as the game expands to those places, the local brands can also be added giving at least half a dozen more brands that I know of (VW in South America, DongFeng, JAC, and whatever else there is over in China; Mitsubishi in Japan; Hyundai in South Korea, and Ashok Leyland in India).
In the case of Japan, they have four major makers, the Mitsubishi Fuso (which is partnered by Daimler), Isuzu, UD Trucks (both partnered by Volvo Trucks) and Hino. The workhorse of these trucks, in majority, have 380 hp (which is the standard power output, while its maximum workhorse is 520 hp, the same manner as Chinese-made trucks). Apparently, Japanese trucks have different specs and brands, depending on a certain country market that suits and fits the emission regulations and demand. MAN is rarely visible on other countries beyond Europe.
It is a very-long term for that to expand the map to the East, as far as Japan, the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. And its a long term to acquire trucks that need licensing approval to the manufacturer.
ASDF wrote: ↑12 Jul 2022 18:07
I think the introduction of medium-duty trucks such as Scania G/P, Volvo FM, DAF CF, etc., which are positioned for urban distribution, into the game is also a prospect that can continue to develop in the future, which can not only increase the size of urban areas, but also allow drivers to Delivering goods in person to supermarkets or convenience stores can also increase the density of urban towns.
I support his opinion on entering medium-duty trucks to the game since these they also have tractor variants.
For the case of Mercedes-Benz New Actros, it has an F variant which is the combination between the Antos and the Actros L. In game, we don't have that variant, only Dotec has it when his mod get released in the future.
I'm more into entry-level trucks that has a displacement of less than 8,000 cc, and I frequently drive it, either an Actros MP4 (with a drivetrain revision mod by Galimim), Eugene's Next Generation Scania P (G/R/S) and Sogard's 5/6Series Scania P/G/P4 Add-on paired with a single axle, and is alternative from the traditional 4x2 rigid chassis, which is ideal for inter-regional distribution, short-medium distance trips. I noticed some trucks with a single-axle trailer can do long distance trips.
PS: It might have an idea to add single-axle flatbed (with or without container pins)/dropsides, with its maximum load of 15 tons for the perfect fit of these medium-sized trucks.