International Traffic Pack

[Elitesquad Modz]

Abstract
This modification enhances the realism of in-game traffic by introducing vehicles with foreign license plates, elevating the overall gameplay immersion to a higher level.
Detailed spawn configurations have been crafted for each country and traffic type to replicate international traffic patterns as faithfully as possible.
The mod includes foreign cars, semitrucks, buses, vans, campers, and caravans, encompassing all countries featured in the base game (including all map DLCs).
There are plans to develop a ProMods Edition and add-ons for Jazzycats traffic mods.

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Motivation
The absence of foreign traffic in Euro Truck Simulator is a noticeable void in the game's otherwise immersive experience. Especially when it comes to foreign truck trucks,
which hold a significant share in European traffic. For quite a while, the prospect of incorporating foreign traffic appeared to be a daunting challenge, seemingly impossible to achieve by both modders and even by SCS Software.
As I was experimenting with custom license plates for the ProMods map mod, I discovered a novel approach that could make this long-awaited feature a reality. Hence, I was determined to show its potential and built custom code to produce this rather complex mod.


Features Vanilla Edition
This mod...

• adds foreign car, semitruck, bus, van, camper and caravan traffic to each of the countries featured in the vanilla game (including all map DLCs)

• features spawn rates per foreign country and vehicle type, based on statistics and expert evaluations, so that the real-life traffic distribution is accurately simulated

• adds traffic from random countries with a small probability

• allows foreign vehicles to spawn at parking spots

• maintains the native distribution of spawn rates for the different vehicles abroad so that those with high/low spawning rates have high/low spawning rates abroad as well

• guarantees that vehicles maintain the steering wheel orientation of their origin country when driving in foreign countries

• features vehicles from the vanilla game only

• features a subset of all trailers to appear abroad to prevent memory overflows and to filter out trailer types that generally appear only in national traffic

Compatibility
The mod is tested on 1.59

Map mods
The current edition is aimed at the vanilla game, but it can be used with any map mod that features (a subset of the) vanilla countries.
However, do keep in mind that vehicles from non-vanilla countries will not appear abroad. I am currently working on a version aimed at ProMods, in which I will add vehicles from all the countries featured in their main map mod.

Traffic mods
This mod works by adding a country-specific variant of each traffic vehicle to the AI traffic. The spawn rates are designed with the set of vanilla vehicles in mind.
Hence, any mod that adds additional AI vehicles will likely result in a reduction in the proportion of international traffic. Mods that alter the overall traffic density
should work just fine in combination with this mod. Several supplementary add-ons have been created to extend the functionality of this mod to third-party traffic packs. You can find these below.


Contribute to this project

• Feel free to take a look at my GitHub repository to look at the technicalities of the mod

• Feel free to produce add-ons using my code or an adaptation of it, under the condition that the original project is mentioned and credits are given

• The current spawn rate configuration be found here

• If you have any feedback on how to improve the parameters, please let me know via this thread or open an issue on GitHub

Conditions for redistribution of the mod

• You are allowed to publish this mod on other websites, under the condition that the original download link is featured and credits are given as shown here

• You are allowed to create add-ons for this mod featuring additional vehicles or countries, under the condition that the original project is mentioned and credits are given as shown here

Download links

• Vanilla Edition [V1.4] - Steam Workshop

• Vanilla Edition [V1.4] - ShareMods

Changelog

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V1.1:
- Compatibility for version 1.53
- Added realistic spawn rates for foreign buses, vans, campers and cars with caravans based on proximity and real statistics.
- Added new Vanilla AI traffic vehicles
- Added support for the Greece DLC
- Decreased the number of parked foreign cars
- Corrected spawn rates for Russian vehicles due to EU sanctions
- Optimized file structure, added missing files and added HashFS support

V1.2:
- Compatibility for version 1.56

V1.3:
- Compatibility for version 1.57
- Added new AI vehicles

V1.4:
- Compatibility for version 1.59
- Added new AI vehicles

Credits
Mod author: Elitesquad Modz
Research, reference & technical assist: The ProMods Team, Ultras KP, Daniminho

Although the mod is free, you are always welcome to donate via Paypal

Copyright © 2026 All Rights Reserved



Add-ons
Enable these with higher priority than the main mod.
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Add-on for AI Truck Traffic Pack by JAD
This add-on for the International Traffic Pack sets the license plates of the 60+ semitruck combinations of real world companies introduced by the JAD AI Truck Traffic modification to those of their origin country.
It also guarantees that the trucks maintain the steering wheel orientation of their origin country when driving in foreign countries.
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Required Mods

• JAD AI Truck Traffic Pack [V1.2]

Download link

• Add-on for AI Truck Traffic Pack by JAD [V1.1] - ShareMods

Changelog

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V1.1:
- Compatibility for JAD AI Truck Traffic Mod V1.2
- Added HashFS support

Credits
Mod author: Elitesquad Modz
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Add-on for AI Traffic Pack by Jazzycat
This add-on for the International Traffic Pack adds foreign vehicles from the AI Traffic Pack by Jazzycat.
The spawn rates of the foreign vehicles and their colors are based on the mod Real AI Country Spawns Add-on for Jazzycat by Egon for more realism.
The archive also includes a small modification that features reworked car paint materials for the vehicles in the AI Traffic Pack by Jazzycat. The shininess is adjusted so that the paint materials match the settings used by SCS.
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Required Mods

• AI Traffic Pack by Jazzycat [V21.8]

Recommended Mods

• Real AI Country Spawns Add-on for Jazzycat by Egon [V21.8]

Download link

• Add-on for AI Traffic Pack by Jazzycat [V1.0] - ShareMods

Credits
Mod author: Elitesquad Modz
Model-specific spawn rates and colors: Egon
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[emhogg]

The concept is really cool. I have tried to think about it as well, but my aproach was adding invisible city def files that have foreign plates for my map.
Your aproach is much better and allows for easy tweaking as well as good compatibility.

I have stubbled upon a couple of issues though, depending on how you look at it of course.

For example the A4 and A1 in Bulgaria are filled with Turkish trucks. My guess would be around 30%, but outside of these roads Turkish licence plates are very rare.
I don't think there is a solution for that, but of course I could be wrong. Something I though of is making different configurations for different types of roads like: highways, national/regional roads, and dirt roads, but this would affect all of the same type of road which doesn't necessary match the licence plate distribution.

Something else I though of when looking at your concept is a new line which is for the rest of EU traffic. I don't know how to explain this, so here's an example
For Netherlands you have 80% native and 20% foreign traffic split between 5 countries. I think you should make it possible to have something like 80% native 17% foreign split between commonly seen license plates and 3% for the rest of the EU. (Of course values are not necessary realistic)

Lastly something I though of is different time of the year as for example in Bulgaria during Autumn, Winter and Spring there 95% native plates (not accounting for trucks), but during the Summer there are a lot of foreign plates. Of course ETS 2 doesn't have seasons in game, but it has a 24h cycle. I am assuming some countries do have a discrepancies during different times of the day.

Anyways that was a bit of an ambitious perspective and I don't even know if it is possible, but I hope you manage to create this as it is a really great concept a lot of people will like.

[stefanxcz]

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"romania": {
    "national": 0.92,
    "international": [
        ("ukraine", 0.05),
        ("bulgaria", 0.03),
    ]
}

[Nissantruck]

Hello! Päivää!

I wanted to help you with your making of the foreign license plates mod at least,when it comes to license plates in Finland.

Usually,if you forget about Finnish license plates you can see these license plates in Finland:

-License plates from Sweden and Estonia can be seen in Finland really often.
-License plates from Germany,Norway,Denmark,Lithuania and Latvia can be seen sometimes too.
-License plates from Russia was really common in Finland before the Ukrainian war,but not anymore now they are really rear these days,but they can be seen here too mainly in buses anymore.
-License plates from other European countries can be seen here too,but not often for example Poland,Belgium and Netherlands.
-License plates from Ukraine can be seen here too sometimes,because many Ukrainian people live here now.

I hope,that this can help you and if you need more help from me,then you can ask me more information about Finnish License plates in the Promods team Discord.
Ps.in Finland Diplomat License plates are blue here with white letters/numbers and army License plates are yellow with black letters/numbers.
Ps.I hope,that your mod will work with my ai cars/vans pack for the ets2 too.

[Rafaelkai]

As the image says "vanilla edition", I asume you intend to implement countries present in mods in the future. If that's the case, here's my suggestion: A lot of Moroccan license plates can be seen in Southern Spain (trucks mostly), but some cars too. It could be nice to have license plates from MaghrebMap's Morocco in southern Spain.

BTW, will you do something similar for ATS? It makes even more sense to have different states license plates all over the USA.

[Egon]

Wow, that is really something! Nice work, keep it up!

[Spontini]

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"turkey": {
    "national": 0.80,
    "international": [
        ("bulgaria", 0.07),
        ("germany", 0.06),
        ("greece", 0.03),
        ("romania", 0.02),
        ("macedonia", 0.01),
        ("bosnia", 0.01)
    ]
}

[Elitesquad Modz]

The concept is really cool. I have tried to think about it as well, but my aproach was adding invisible city def files that have foreign plates for my map.
Your aproach is much better and allows for easy tweaking as well as good compatibility.

I have stubbled upon a couple of issues though, depending on how you look at it of course.

For example the A4 and A1 in Bulgaria are filled with Turkish trucks. My guess would be around 30%, but outside of these roads Turkish licence plates are very rare.
I don't think there is a solution for that, but of course I could be wrong. Something I though of is making different configurations for different types of roads like: highways, national/regional roads, and dirt roads, but this would affect all of the same type of road which doesn't necessary match the licence plate distribution.

Something else I though of when looking at your concept is a new line which is for the rest of EU traffic. I don't know how to explain this, so here's an example
For Netherlands you have 80% native and 20% foreign traffic split between 5 countries. I think you should make it possible to have something like 80% native 17% foreign split between commonly seen license plates and 3% for the rest of the EU. (Of course values are not necessary realistic)

Lastly something I though of is different time of the year as for example in Bulgaria during Autumn, Winter and Spring there 95% native plates (not accounting for trucks), but during the Summer there are a lot of foreign plates. Of course ETS 2 doesn't have seasons in game, but it has a 24h cycle. I am assuming some countries do have a discrepancies during different times of the day.

Anyways that was a bit of an ambitious perspective and I don't even know if it is possible, but I hope you manage to create this as it is a really great concept a lot of people will like.

Distinguishing between the different road types would require edits to the map. I would like to prevent that. I like your suggestion for the EU traffic. It does require a quadratic specification of traffic files though, since any country would need to be defined for any other. I will experiment with that. As for the times of the year, I don't see a smart solution for that, rather than to use a different version of the mod for each season for example.

[Elitesquad Modz]

As the image says "vanilla edition", I asume you intend to implement countries present in mods in the future. If that's the case, here's my suggestion: A lot of Moroccan license plates can be seen in Southern Spain (trucks mostly), but some cars too. It could be nice to have license plates from MaghrebMap's Morocco in southern Spain.

BTW, will you do something similar for ATS? It makes even more sense to have different states license plates all over the USA.

I will indeed first create a vanilla version, after which I will make a ProMods ready version. I let people free to make extensions to support other maps like MaghrebMap.

[Elitesquad Modz]

@Stefan E., @Nissantruck, @Dejf94 , @Spontini thanks for the support!