There's a substantial part of Wales and Scotland missing, which could either come for free with the UK rework or paid with the Island of Ireland DLC. I agree that there is a degree of risk in Northern Africa and the Caucasus, more than West Balkans anyways. So if things don't go their way yeah they will run out of places to map pretty quickly. And if that happens, then there's no way that Ukraine and Russia will be on the table that early. So it'd be a bad domino effect for SCS's plans. That's why I mention the idea of separate modules as an option that would allow them to go back to existing countries in greater detail for a different kind of experience than the main Europe map represents.velles wrote: ↑04 May 2023 15:56 What rest of UK? There's only Northern Ireland and some few remote areas in Scotland but that's not enough to sell as a separate DLC, Northern Ireland should be bundled with Ireland (maybe even Ireland + Iceland DLC). Moldova is also to small for separate DLC. Northern Africa is not a stable region (civil war in Libya), Caucasus has a lot of breakaway states (Artsakh, Abkhazia, Ossetia) and potential for another war, especially between Armenia and Azerbaijan. It's hard to tell if Ukraine conflict will end by 2028, especially since it was already since 2014, albeit frozen. It may be frozen again but making Ukraine or another Russia DLC is a gamble.
Let's be honest - after Northern Scandinavia release the only real DLC large options that aren't a potential minefield are Turkey and maybe Belarus.
Australia Truck Simulator is possible but more as an interim solution - while Australia is only slightly smaller than Lower 48 US, it has much much less dense road network. And no expanstion potential, other than New Zealand.
Australia Truck Simulator wouldn't launch with the whole country, it's too big even at 1:19 and even with how sparse it is. New Zealand should definitely be part of it, so Oceania Truck Simulator might be a better name. New Zealand would be just one DLC itself, and Australia it's hard to say, but I think base game + maybe 2-3 DLCs? If they go for a $20-30 base game and a 1:19 scale and similar DLC sizes to ETS2. The reason Australia/Oceania would be a good choice is because they already have a relationship with a lot of the manufacturers (the big caveat being that the relationship with the European branch might not mean they have a relationship with the Australia/NZ branch), whereas Japan for example they'd have to start from scratch.
I don't mean that Germany is the weak point now, that goes to UK of course, but once every other country has been reworked using the Austria strategy (and presumably post-Scandinavia DLCs will get at least a touchup eventually), then Germany will be one of the weak points. But that's a long ways away from now.velles wrote: ↑04 May 2023 15:56 One year ago (before Hannover rework was announced) I wouldn't be so sure but now I can safely say that Germany definitely won't be a weakest part of the map. Autobahns are okay (nothing special but they're not bad either) but recent cities reworks make up for that, they're some of the better cities in the game. I'd say Nurnberg is the best looking city it ETS2 period - it is large, intricate, feels like an actual city, has both industrial areas and landmarks and from what I've seen on GSV it it also pretty accurate - this should be a template for all future city reworks. I'd also rate Vienna high, but there are some downsides though - the city is mostly Schonbrunn Palace, the actual city feels a little too small and due to scale limitations some important landmarks like Karlskirche are absent, lack of A23 between Danube Canal and Vosendorf is also annoying because you have to use Vienna bypass for no reason.
Anyway, German reworks are already more interesting than many DLC cities - for example Rome in Italy DLC is really boring and doesn't do the justice. I obviously never expected to drive truck into St. Peter's Square, but areas like EUR district should be included.
