The #OperationGenoaBridge event is a success and we couldn't be more proud of our community! This task was by no means small, yet drivers from around the world united in Euro Truck Simulator 2 to help complete a new state of the art bridge in Italy.



With beacons ablaze and goal in mind, you set out on June 4th to deliver materials, fuel, and construction vehicles back and forth from each of the west and east depots. Just 24 hours after the event started, you had already reached 200,000 deliveries, and 72 hours after that, our community had smashed through the halfway mark of 500,000!


However, putting together this event was by no means an easy task. From creating cut scenes, special companies for the event to finding a road network solution that allowed everyone to take part; this was one of the more technically challenging events our team has created. We were very happy to learn that you really enjoyed the extra effort and detail that went into this event, especially the cut-scenes and the way the bridge was lit up at night in the colors of the Italian flag.

You also flooded our social media channels with many pictures & videos, with hundreds upon hundreds of posts on Twitter and Instagram with the hashtag #OperationGenoaBridge. It was great to see virtual trucking companies, streamers, and truckers from around the world participate in completing this event. Drivers who took part in TruckersMP were among some of the more patient truckers, where traffic jams of up to 3 hours were reported!


Many drivers even went the extra mile by completing more than the required personal goal. Some individuals even achieved over 100 personal deliveries during the event, incredible! To all of you we say thank you, no matter how large or little your input, you have helped complete and bring the new Genoa bridge into the Euro Truck Simulator 2 world.



While the real-life Genoa Bridge is still set to open in July of this year, we are excited to open its virtual counterpart for truckers in ETS2 to drive on. This new state of the art bridge is self-monitoring using solar power and has a sleek and modern look.



Don't forget to claim your rewards if you achieved your personal goal for this event! You can claim your rewards from https://worldoftrucks.com/by going to 'My Page' and then clicking on events. We hope you enjoy wearing your paint-job and hanging accessory with pride as a reminder of this event.


We look forward to seeing your in-game pictures with this newly completed bridge which you can share with us across our social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter). We'd like to once again thank you, our #BestCommunityEver, for heeding the call to help take part in this special World of Trucks event.

We are always excited to show our community what changes and updates we are working on for the next version of Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator. Today we want to focus on one of the bigger changes drivers in Europe can expect to see in the upcoming 1.38 update.


Introducing the French city of Lille, an important logistics link for truckers travelling between Belgium and the Netherlands, but not as you may remember it in Euro Truck Simulator 2. Lille has received a major reskin, giving it a fresh and up to date look for 1.38. So what exactly has been changed? Let's take a closer look.


As you can see from these comparison shots, many of the older vegetation models such as trees and wildflowers have been replaced with newer ones, which gives the city a completely new look in terms of natural beauty. Another major change made to Lille is to its roads and junctions; many of the road junctions have been re-worked to be based on more true to life layouts.


Road signs and roads, in general, have also been updated with more accurate, realistic, and detailed textures. While many of the major changes are quite obvious, we will leave it up to you to explore Lille for yourself to spot them all!


We look forward to sharing more with you about what is to come in 1.38. Watch this space and keep an eye on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for the latest news and announcements. 

With the Operation Genoa Bridge event still ongoing and the bridge nearing completion, you may have noticed that Euro Truck Simulator 2 received a small update on Steam earlier today. Don't worry, we did not release the next update behind your back. It was actually a focused, small but important mini-update that deserves explaining.




This 'rebalance package', as we like to call it, contains numerous sound improvements and adjustments. Our SFX team keeps working hard on sound improvements, the sound revolution in the update 1.37, and switch to the FMOD library was a critical junction but not the final destination for them. We received a ton of feedback from our community, and most of these changes come as a response to this input. It is quite possible that you can see further mini-updates in the future, outside of the big "point release" update cycle, as we continue to keep addressing your reports.

Today's update carries a few SFX changes such as:

• Polished sound transitions (e.g. for both loaded and unloaded engine/rpm)
• Several new sound samples for AI vehicles
• Overall re-balanced sounds, and volumes
• And more!

As we said at the beginning of the year, we still have a long journey ahead in bringing better and more realistic sounds to our games in general. We know that with the help of our community, we can achieve our goal. Collectively, we have vast experience across the whole spectrum of vehicles and their specs. Please continue sending us your feedback, particularly with the sounds.

You can also stay up-to-date by subscribing and receiving information and notes about smaller updates on our ETS2 forum,
Steam, as well as our ATS forum and Steam.

Thank you!

There is no time to waste! Our team is continually working on bringing more content for the community to enjoy. In our next update, we will be introducing new jobs for one of our more challenging DLCs, the legendary Special Transport add-on.


We are excited to announce that we will be delivering 3 new routes for drivers to take on in our latest map expansion for Euro Truck Simulator 2, Road to the Black Sea in an upcoming 1.38 update. These routes are:

• Resita to Targu Mures
  
• Istanbul to Edirne
  
• Pleven to Sofia

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Each journey will come with its own challenges. So make sure to adhere to the GPS advisor and speed limit which have been set-out for you before your departure, as there is no room for mistakes!


For owners of Road to the Black Sea and Special Transport for Euro Truck Simulator 2, this will come as a free update in our next version release. If you don't own either of these DLCs yet, don't panic! Rumors say that Steam's Summer Sales are just around the corner!


https://store.steampowered.com/app/558245/Euro_Truck_Simulator_2__Special_Transport/

Once again we're really amazed at the great efforts put in by our players for the ongoing World of Trucks Operation Genoa Bridge event!



When we launched the event on Thursday, we thought that asking for a million jobs was very ambitious and that it would take some three weeks for the event to be concluded. Just a few hours back, we posted that half of the community goal has been reached. Euro Truck Simulator 2 players from all over the world took less than four days to deliver more than 500,000 jobs to help build the new Genoa bridge!

We are really proud to see that this event has been welcomed and accepted by our fanbase so well. It was really awesome to see so many of you taking part in it, sharing your stunning screenshots under the #OperationGenoaBridge hashtag across different social media platforms. We probably couldn't find all even though we tried, but by our counting, there are now more than 1500 tweets, 1686 minutes of video content on Facebook, and more than 100 hours of YouTube content!



We love watching your videos, streams, and all kinds of other content, and especially reading the few motivating and heartwarming emails about what this event means to you; how you see it as something that honours the extremely hard-working team that has toiled away to bring the new state-of-the-art bridge to life.



There are still about 470,000 jobs remaining to be hauled to or from both sides of the construction site before the new bridge is built, but we have no doubts that our community will make light work of it. If we can maintain this high effort we will soon be able to reopen the area in ETS2!

Join the event now if you don't want to miss your chance to participate, contribute to the community spirit, and earn unique rewards. Read more about this in our previous blog post.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/227300/announcements/detail/2226414325781427331

For the last twelve months, the Italian city of Genoa has been focused on constructing a new state-of-the-art bridge. Local civil, structural, design, electrical and mechanical engineers, construction workers, logisticians, and city planners have all been working around the clock to build a bridge across the Polcevera river valley that will reconnect the city with France, the port, and surrounding areas. Their work is almost done, but there is plenty still to do.




We think that it would be fantastic to help out in our own way. The heroic people of Genoa are trying to mend more than a critical city artery, and we would like to salute their effort and dedication. We would like to give our incredible game community a chance to get this beautiful new Italian bridge built into the world of Euro Truck Simulator 2!


We're asking the community to come together and help by delivering materials, fuel, and vehicles to the construction site by way of its two depots, one at either end of the bridge. We also need to collect excavated rubble and waste, along with used vehicles from the depots and transport them back to their respective collection points.


Needless to say, times are difficult for many these days so let's provide a helping hand as best we can, let's pull together as one and help out as a part of our in-game Operation Genoa Bridge event.

Rules:


Using external contracts with a World of Trucks-connected profile in Euro Truck Simulator 2, the community is to make deliveries of construction materials, fuel, equipment, and waste either to or from two new temporary depots. Each depot requires 500,000 deliveries and can be found at either end of the new bridge construction site in Genoa, Italy.

To complete your Personal Goal, complete at least 12 deliveries, 6 to/from the East Depot and 6 to/from the West Depot.

The depots are owned by the Costruzione di Edifici company (CDE for short) and are called:

• EAST bridge depot - CDE EST
• WEST bridge depot - CDE OVEST

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1,000,000 deliveries have to be equally divided between each depot. The community must help make:

• 500,000 deliveries to/from EAST bridge depot - CDE EST
• 500,000 deliveries to/from WEST bridge depot - CDE OVEST

Locations offering cargo to the depots:

• Turin
• Milan
• Verona
• Suzzara
• Parma
• Bologna
• Florence
• Livorno

Note: Genoa City itself will accept waste cargo but will not offer cargo to the depots.
Rewards:


Personal goal: Individual player contributions of at least 6 deliveries to/from each depot will gain that player a personal World of Trucks Achievement and a terrific new ETS2 truck Terra Constructor paint job Steam inventory item.




Community goal: Build the bridge! Once the community goal of 500,000 deliveries to/from each depot is met, we will update the game with the new bridge. So long as the player has also achieved their personal goal, they will receive a little extra gift - a hanging Plush Terra Road Roller Steam inventory item.




We look forward to seeing how our community will work together to complete this important project for Italy. The end of this event will be completely down to how quickly the goals set are achieved. However, we may allow for some extra-buffer time at the end of the event for those with a little less driving time on their hands.

For new players of Euro Truck Simulator 2, remember to join our World of Trucks platform and connect your profile by registering at this link, which will be necessary to generate external contracts.

For a limited time, we have also made available an Operation Genoa Bridge Steam Bundle which will include a copy of Euro Truck Simulator 2 with DLCs Italia, Italian Paint Jobs Pack, and the Window Flags DLC. This bundle is especially suited for new drivers who would like to assist in this event, it will be available only for a limited time. We have set up the event so that is is possible to complete it with only the base game, but it is certainly more enjoyable for owners of the Italia DLC and with more types of cargo to choose from.

Be sure to share any screenshots or videos with us from this event on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using the dedicated hashtag #OperationGenoaBridge.

We love seeing our community customizing their trucks and the amount of time some drivers take to make sure their rig is perfect for the road. That's why today, we are excited to announce the release of a brand new tuning pack.

Introducing the FH Tuning Pack for Volvo Trucks in Euro Truck Simulator 2



The Volvo FH is a highway legend and has been a beloved truck within the Euro Truck Simulator 2 community since our early beginnings. Offering a wide range of engine options for a variety of jobs, we know how important it is to get your rig looking just right.


With a wide range of tuning options, this pack will allow you to personalize your Volvo FH truck just the way you want it! Featuring over 80 exterior customization options including chassis covers, rear bumpers, exhausts, sun shields, premium lights, stone guards, front fenders, side skirts, front masks and grilles, bull bars, front and rear mudflaps, door and window trims, 2 new paint jobs and various cabin accessories like curtains, mugs, LED logos, dashboard tables, and driver/co-driver plates. The possibilities are endless!


The tuning pack isn't the only way to get your hands on new accessories for the Volvo FH however. We are also releasing an update which will include various items and tuning parts as a free update for owners of Euro Truck Simulator 2. Some of the new parts included are a front bumper, slots for small lights, engine badges, a door handle, front grille, removable deflectors, and more! You can see some of these in the picture below.


Show us how your Volvo looks with these new customization options by sharing your photos with us on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram using the hashtag #FHTuningPack. We would love to see and share them with our community!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1299530/Euro_Truck_Simulator_2__FH_Tuning_Pack/

What a competition the #TWC2020 was! There were many unexpected twists and changes that happened during the voting. The closer we got to the final round, the more tension we could feel from the participants; but the contest is over now and we have a winner!




We send our biggest congratulations to Burakref, the ultimate winner of the Trucks World Cup 2020 Renault Trucks screenshot competition! It was not an easy road from the moment he was selected as one of the 32 participants. During one of the semi-final matches, it seemed like that he would not proceed to the final round, when in his semifinal match he lost against Ilya 29 RUS. But when we contacted his competitor, he himself said that he actually thinks that Burakref's truck is better and that he should have won instead and left the final round for him! By this decision, Burakref was back on the road and on the way to the final round! What a twist, right?!




The final round was really tough and extremely close. We actually had to go into the statistics and compare the very exact numbers of votes that came to each of our finalists, because the graphics were saying it ended 50% vs 50%. But numbers do not lie and so Burakref won with a hell-of-a-number of 6666 votes vs his competitor Spring with 6574 votes!




We really enjoyed bringing you this exciting competition and we're really glad we have been able to bring it to you along with all the really cool items in the rewards pool kindly provided by Intel, Thrustmaster, Tobii Eye Tracking, HyperX, Renault Trucks and us too. We send a big thank you to our friends at these great companies!



Our winner has made it through all levels, earning very cool prizes all the way through till the final round to claim the ultimate reward. The title of the Trucks World Cup 2020 winner, the amazing T150 Pro Steering Wheel from Thrustmaster, a very special Steam key that unlocks every DLC/map expansion we have ever released, but also ever will release for ETS2 (the second place will get one of these too!), and a secret prize provided by Renault Trucks. Unfortunately, due to the current situation around COVID19, they were unable to go through with the initial plans for this prize. However, our friends at RT are planning a new idea for the secret prize, which will be confirmed by them as soon as possible.


Those who made it to the selection of 32 participants and further, please double-check your email inbox, because we still have no replies from some of you regarding your rightful rewards. We'd love to get in touch with you to be able to send you prizes you've won, but if we do not get any reply from you by the 10th of June 2020, then we won't be able to send you the items. We also ask that you please have some patience with us, as shipping the goods to your address might take a longer time than usual due to the current world situation.

We also want to send a BIG thank you and virtual high five to every single member of our #BestCommunityEver who sent us his or her screenshots and entry to this competition, to every one of the 32 selected participants and to all those who made it through to some upper levels of this contest. We've loved every image we received! Thank you, stay awesome and we hope that soon we'll be able to bring something similar to you again!

Last week we posted a teaser image of a construction site hard at work in an unknown location within Euro Truck Simulator 2. After thousands of comments of speculation from our community, we are excited to announce what this image represents.



We are calling on you, our community, to prepare your trucks for a very special World of Trucks event to help complete the new Genoa Bridge, located in the northwest of Italy. The construction of this bridge has become a symbol of hope for Italy; with the help of thousands of industry professionals having worked around the clock for the last seven months, even during the current coronavirus outbreak, to finish this important connection.


With this project set to be completed in the near future, we plan to reflect that reality within Euro Truck Simulator 2, but this won't happen without the help of our community. We hope that you can all come together and assist in delivering the materials, equipment, and manpower needed to complete this very special project.

While we make final preparations for the start of this event, keep an eye out on our socials and blogs announcing the start of this event in the near future, tentatively in about a week from now.

Recently a traffic camera picked up this interesting scene. It appears that a construction site is hard at work! Rumor has it they might need a lot of drivers to assist in this project.

Let us know if you have any ideas on what might be happening!