Hello, like many other topics similar to this one I feel compelled to reply to this one too...
Point 1: TruckersMP is a FREE version of the game that modifies the gaming experience by allowing you to join other players, create VTC's,create convoys, have fun together etc. instead of being alone in singleplayer, maybe for someone is getting bored and looking for company...
But you are NOT obligated to play it.
Point 2: There is NOT only Calais-Duisburg/Dusseldorf. There's a huge map to explore, and it expands even more if you buy the DLC.
Point 3: Calais-Duisburg/Dusseldorf we can now say that it is a "meme" of this game, it has existed practically almost since the born of TMP... and at the time it was much more disastrous than now, as there were not enough GMs to manage the situation ...I don't know if you remember, but years ago, given that the admins could be counted by how many they were...when there were situations that were too disastrous such as the former Duisburg intersection and the service station, some admins rage quitted from the game instead of banning them,or they just kick..., for the too much chaos..or at worst, there were those who banned "innocent" players and abused of them and next they got perma banned from TMP Staff like Lorena,K7V excc...then over the years it improved, but today we find ourselves perhaps at the beginning...too many players (not to mention that perhaps the 70% of 5Millions are ALT accounts of players who have been banned or perma banned...) and without logic, they all go to the CD just because there is chaos... some like being there and behave well by observing and respecting the rules, others instead they prefer to play like on NFS, ignoring everyone and creating trouble.
Point 4: Everyone goes on the CD because it's cool and there's traffic, for some it could also be a challenge to learn to drive... while for others it's just a bore, especially those who travel with heavy cargo at 30-50kmh ...
Point 5: I am part of a VTC we can call it medium large, it has around 180 players, and I don't know if it is written in the rules, however other VTCs I have been through, much larger ones like Prime, Viva in their rules there is written that they don't want their drivers to go on the CD, precisely to avoid being banned for stupid causes and to jruin the reputation of the VTC since when you join in you're responsable of your actions and of your bans/punishments,you read the rules and accepted them..
The VTC's that close, will close for their personal reasons, which many of them could be the change of their passions, lack of interest of gaming, maybe they grows up and has other hobbies, studies, work problems etc.
We are all human and have a life beyond gaming..
If the CD hasn't changed so far, it will never change, it will always be worse...
It will only change if SCS does a great job and widens the road and turns it into a highway like the one on April 1st last year... otherwise there is little chance that the CD will really change... It's been 9 years now. ..
In short I'm making you understand that there is not only the CD, explore the map that there are also other beautiful places, such as the West Balkans and Iberia... Don't ruin the gaming experience because of children who don't know how to play... avoid chaos. Or if you want to go there, you do so at your own risk, aware of the actions and their consequences.
Kind Regards,
Rossoo770s.
Aurora Driver & Media Team | Veteran Driver | TruckersMP Member since 2015.