[SCS Blog] ETS2 Baltic: Border Crossing Prefabs

[SCS Blog]

Beyond the Baltic Sea, the new DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2 that we are working on now, will be one of the largest and most complex expansion regions. The area we plan to cover is vast, and it involves parts of five different countries. This is an additional challenge for us with all the various regional differences, like road signs, or the local industries.

Particular focus is also required for country borders. The border crossings between the EU and Russia are a new phenomenon in our games, as there is much stricter regime there than within EU. Customs checks are taking place on both sides of the border line and they may take a long time to spend in a queue, which may turn out to be clashing with our desire for fluid gameplay.

In our effort for maximum realism in the world, we are building new prefabs to represent the unique architecture of these border crossing hubs. It's not just the buildings of crossings themselves, we also want to improve the fidelity with some still-functional as well as no-more-functional installations from the Soviet era which can be found along the roads near the borders.

Let us show you a little gallery of screenshots including examples of the prefabs that our team is building for the various border crossings for Beyond the Baltic Sea...

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[Guest]

Good news, we are waiting for a new dlc)

[SpeedyTMP]

its looking great guys, cannot wait to get driving there

[[MCG] Kien Giang]

Look great  Can't wait for new DLC  

[caff!!!]

I wonder if this means having to wait at the border as well, it would be a nice touch.

[Guest]

Looks really awesome so far! 

Already hyped! Well still need to wait until the end of the year but anyway! 

[ALTUNSOY.]

Great job SCS. These border crossings are looking very much like the real thing. I have high anticipiation for the Baltic DLC. 

[Performanze]

Nice. Looks great. Can‘t wait for it

Thank you for another blog

Regards  

Performanze 

[MikeOG]

Not going to lie, it does look really polished so far.

[Loghaire]

If they implement waiting on border crossing that feature will be the death of CD road

[Guest]

Great SCS ,  New baltıc border  

[Aves]

https://streamable.com/lx9nk 

[XioPlay]

I think it's going to be another nice DLC!!

[Lukas4544 [LTU]]

Finally my country. 

[Smalley]

Oooooh looking good. Im looking forward to getting the DLC

[Leon Baker]

Looks really nice. Can't wait when SCS will release it  

[Vennas]

Looking good as always.

 

In case you're curious about real life looks;

 

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I'm not entirely 100 per cent about this one but this border crossing is roughly 95 kilometers away from the one seen above and is the Russian side of the crossing which looks similar to another photo in the post (even the satellite dish is there);

 

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[Fanatico]

look great. Good job from SCS!

[ShawnCZek]

That looks great! I am looking forward to it and I will play it for sure!

[Fanatico]

me too

[Skorpion_TMP]

Look great! I think that will be the best DLC of map! Good job and good luck SCS Team!

[Guest]

18 hours ago, VampireOfSnake said:

Look great! I think that will be the best DLC of map! Good job and good luck SCS Team!

it's nice to hear such reviews about developers)

[Guest]

23 hours ago, caff!!! said:

I wonder if this means having to wait at the border as well, it would be a nice touch.

maybe they in this respect will do something interesting for us)

[[ATL] VLAD (UA)]

Well, not bad, but I want to sooner 1.31.

[*Ulises*]

very good, the best is coming!