mdowner Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Mainly for the community! I haven't been here for a good two, three months. Yet I return and all of a sudden, Europort is peaceful, and this road Calais to Duesberg ( sorry if spelling is bad ) is the new europort, if not worse? Why has all of a sudden traffic movement changed? I just find it quite bemusing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 They changed some stuff or not, I don't even know. I think the road blocks did it or because of the way the ferry works and where the players are more inclined to go based on GPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirko9 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Really dont know how that road become famous.If you go there,please read rules before. And one suggestion,if you go there,use recording softwares to report bad drivers later on website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SvenCRO Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I really do not know how it happened anyway I wish you a safe journey and a nice play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffSFC Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I don't know if anybody really knows exactly why players have changed where they drive. Regardless, welcome back. Drive safe. Intel i7 7700k│ASUS ROG Maximus IX Hero│G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 16GB 3000MHz │EVGA GTX 1080 FTW│EVGA SuperNOVA 850W P2│Samsung 970 EVO 1TB NVMe M.2/Samsung 850 EVO 500GB│Corsair H100i v2│Corsair iCUE 465x RGB Audio Technica AD700's│Beyerdymanic DT770's 80Ω│Corsair Strafe RGB Blues│Logitech G502 Spectrum│Alienware AW3420DW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordBenji Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Rumors are that some famous YouTuber went there and attracted people there. Crowds attract virtual "dashcammers" like me. I remember one night, I told my friend "Let's go from Duisburg to Calais", but I never made it with him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caff!!! Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I think a very large convoy went down the road once, word spread fast of this new exciting queue, and the road became the nightmare it is today. Even before the C-D road became a nightmare, it had loads of gotta go fast drivers and some very tight corners creating plenty of locations for accidents to happen. Independent driver On 8/28/2018 at 2:16 PM, caff!!! said: to quote Revolver Ocelot: I love to reload shift gears during a battle delivery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 The road can go to Germany's Duisburg, you can go to the Nordic, you can go to Rotterdam, and Calais. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.Rucker Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I think actually most of the traffic that was created at the Calais-Duisburg road didn't end there just because of a YouTuber or the challenging, twisty parts of the road. I think the shift of the traffic movements is just a result of the constant map expansions. Back in the past, when Scandinavia wasn't out yet, Europoort was the main connection between the UK and the rest of Europe. However, nowadays the UK isn't that crowded anymore, as a result Europoort lost it's importance to the traffic around. Moreover, if you just look at the two newest map expansions, Scandinavia and Vive la France, the Calais Duisburg road is actually more or less a direct link between these two, and since usually the later DLCs are the areas that see the biggest population in MP, Calais-Duisburg is very busy at the moment. I think the road itself wouldn't actually be all that bad, it's just the one junction with the motorway coming from Rotterdam (i guess it is Rotterdam, correct me if i'm wrong), where people usually just tend to ignore the road signs and traffic laws, as a result there is usually a huge traffic jam in this area as both roads of the junction are rather busy. And of course these days everyone knows about the driving challenges you will encounter on this specific road, meaning some players (including myself to be honest) are searching for routes that will lead them across Calais-Duisburg road, just for the entertainment value and challenge of this drive. Visit us on stvtc.co.uk or join our Discord-channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless Ghoul Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Players go where other players are it's our nature so it can from time to time move around. Welcome Back. Regards, Nameless Ghoul. Current Advisor of TruckersMP.com Player Reports: https://truckersmp.com/reports Ban Appeal: https://truckersmp.com/appeals Game Rules: https://truckersmp.com/rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Hello @mdowner, let me quickly demonstrate the current situation with some screenshots I've taken: I quickly edited this images with Paint, so don't expect masterpieces, please. The red coloured parts of the road are supposed to show high traffic areas whereas the purple parts indicate total mayhem. The pictures are in the spoiler below to prevent this post from being too long. Spoiler How and why it happened has already been explained by previous answers so I am not going to repeat this. Kind regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 I don't like the traffic jam, so I choose to bypass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chileno Trucker Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 I started driving there to avoid rotterdam but then suddenly that road became worst than rotterdam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killua // Ireland ^_^ Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Not sure how it actually started but I like the busy/crazy areas and used to spend alot of my time going through EP nut then when that started to get quite and I heard on the fourms about the C - D road I went there I'm assuming thats how alot of people just went there aswell Kinda sad that Europort is now so quite I miss it being busy Is still go there sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dragon Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Yeah, it's a mystery. I used to drive down that road. It was very pleasant. Pretty quiet, pretty sights, etc. Then suddenly, BAM! It's as if Rotterdam and Europport got on together and had a baby. And this baby is Death Road (that's how I like to call that road). It's about two to three times worst than both those places combined. It started kind of overnight last November, too. One day it was quiet and peaceful as usual then on the next it was utter chaos. And so it has been ever since. It caught me by surprise when the madness began and nobody seems to really know why it is happening. It's not like something in the game changed or anything. Some people should really get a license before even thinking about buying Euro Truck Simulator 2 or American Truck Simulator. Drive safely, folks! < < < Don't bet on sinking ships because they'll turn your chips to trash! > > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babou71 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 If there are 500 players in the server, it's no recommanded to go the calais duisburg, rotterdam, these are zones with a lot of people BABOU71, un singe génial #TPMP & #TMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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