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I think they put their calendar reminder on the wrong day.

Maybe you could try to verify your ETS2 files via Steam. Some good other suggestions are available here: https://truckersmp.com/knowledge-base/article/148 Hopefully something there can at least keep your game from crashing. I know when you drive to an area with lots of trucks my game lags, but not driving past just a few.

Thank goodness for that. I cannot believe it was a month of that. Should have been 2 weeks max. I'm sure it has caused a lot of headaches for people, including op it would seem.

As explained here https://truckersmp.com/knowledge-base/article/1572 "Bans that expired over a year ago will not be taken into consideration anymore, and we do not remove them either. We only remove them under rare circumstances." So although they are still on your profile they are not counted toward anything. Just hide your ban history and nobody will know. More info can be found in that article link under Ban Related Questions > Do you remove bans after a certain time? For example, in one year?

Y'all do remember this is a video game, right? If you don't like the ability to drive and text then don't do it. And since this is a video game, the more customizable things a user can make their own, the better. Again, if you find it more distracting you can use the new color customizer and made the chat invisible!