Add GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) in the Player's Tag.

[Granite [SVK]]

Suggestion Name: 

Add GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight) in the Player's Tag.

 

Suggestion Description: 

GVW includes weight of the truck, trailer and cargo. A typical unloaded truck with trailer in ETS2  weighs about 12-14t (4x2 truck with 3-axle curtainsider), in ATS it can be up to 16-17t (6x4 sleeper with 53 ft tandem van trailer).

When fully loade, the maximum weight limit of these trucks is 40t or 36t (80000lbs) respectively, but wide variety of trailer combinations and oversize cargo allows you to reach gross weights up to 80t.

The Scout car in the game weighs unrealistic 9t (also has more than 300 litre tank), likely for balancing reasons due to programming restrictions.

 

Any example images: 

GVW can be shown in the player's tag in the same way as ping.

It could be in brackets and possibly color coded in intervals and enabled optionally:

• below 10t (GVW:9t)
• 11 to 20t (GVW:18t)
• 21 to 30t (GVW:26t)
• 31 to 40t (GVW:36t)
• 41 to 50t (GVW:44t)
• over 50t (GVW:61t)

 

Why should it be added?:

Save editing is common in TMP, and that includes tampering with trailer weights, altered trailer combinations likely with inproper weights, and also "fake" cargo models.

Knowing the player's weight would give me a lot of useful information about the player, what they are doing and what can be expected from them, it could be useful to differentiate legit players from the rest and be warned of heavy loads, for those who care.

 

[MartinV90]

Personally, don’t see any need for this to be implemented. It literally does not bother me how much weight a truck is Carrying that are driving past.

[M Λ Z Λ L]

@MartinV90I agree, I personally drive 4*2 Scania, and I pull 60 tons of cargo, this is my taste in the game, I think such an Update will force players to Drive trucks they don't want to drive.

[djoh]

Would be a nice optional feature

[Granite [SVK]]

1 hour ago, ALABÖRÜ said:

I think such an Update will force players to Drive trucks they don't want to drive.

What, how it will force anyone to do anything?

It would be completely optional information, just like you don't have to see ping or TMPID in player's tag, if you don't care.

It's just an idea, some people might be curious about how much that one truck they just passed weighs. 

[poopingcorn]

This can be a neat feature, it can be used to let others know that you'll be driving on lower speeds because of heavy cargo, for example.

[Interstate Nomad]

I agree to your suggestion, because it's an optional feature.

[[IMP] Rimuru Tempest]

its a nice option feature so to that i would say yes...

it is also helpful information when you have a truck in front of you on a steep hill and you see he is GVW:61t you know he is going to struggle up the hill and you better go around him if you weight less.

sameway if you are the one with a gvw of 61t and you drive up hill and person in front of you has a gvw of 51t you better stay behind him as you will struggle more then him climbing the hill so don't have to even think about overtaking as you cant cuss your gvw is higher then his on that hill.

so allowing the lane besides open for players with like a gvw of 15t to easily pass the heavier ones on said hill as you do not try to overtake only for it not to work because of this information.