Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia look like dwarfs compared to the likes of California, Arizona, and New Mexico. Speaking of ATS, it’s amazing that a lot of US states are actually a lot bigger than many European countries. ETS 2 has always had more greenery than its sibling title, and now the amount has been boosted even more. This is in stark contrast to the majority of the landscapes over in American Truck Simulator, which mostly consists of dry, rocky deserts and valleys.
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Most of my time with the Beyond the Baltic Sea DLC consisted of driving through vast country vistas, mainly composed of farmland, rolling hills, and small towns with the cozy-looking Baltic architecture. While I know next to nothing about any of these new countries (I actually had to look at Google Maps to verify where they are in the real world), comparing some in-game shots to real-life photographs shows that the scenery designers did their homework. The scenery designers over at SCS have continued their great work at bringing real-world locales into the virtual world. Everywhere looks perfectly ripe for pulling your truck to the side of the road and taking in a big whiff of fresh air. The pristine mix of nature and man-made structures is clearly represented here. Many of the towns feature a lot of brightly-colored topiary, and the look of the buildings is also quite beautiful. Even so, there are beautiful sights all around. Even when I found myself on the coast, the view of the sea was often obscured.
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A lot of the routes I ended up on had me extremely inland. Most of the new road networks do live up to the name of being “beyond the Baltic Sea”. I Didn’t See the Sea, but the Scenery was Scenic You don’t get to see much of the Baltic Sea most of the time, but the scenery is all gorgeous. But that didn’t happen much, to my surprise. I wanted to straddle the coast as much as possible to try and actually see the Baltic.
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I made my way back into Estonia, followed by Latvia once more, and then back into Lithuania (ending in the city of Liepaja). So, while I didn’t stop in Estonia, I did see a lot of its inner region before picking up a ferry in Tallinn that took me to the docks of Helsinki. The next job I picked up in Pskov had me going straight into Helsinki, Finland, via Estonia. Since this is the western part of the country, it still has a lot of greenery, compared to the barren, rugged terrain I was expecting. But it was definitely a lot more noticeable making my way into mainland Russia, with the destination being Pskov. The scenery in both countries look quite similar, so I hardly noticed when I passed through the border. The Kaliningrad Oblast is quite beautiful in real life, and that’s replicated here in ETS 2.įrom there, I took up another job which sent me up to Kaunas in Lithuania, followed by Daugavpils in Latvia. Traffic gets quite congested here, but the process is fairly swift (albeit not as simple as just driving between borders without interruption like the rest of the countries). I don’t recall encountering this in ETS 2 before, so it was interesting pulling up and having my papers checked. Since Russia isn’t a part of the EU, there was a border control point.
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The haul I was tasked with took me to Kaliningrad, which is a Russian territory that’s sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, completely separated from the Russian mainland. In order to see as much as possible as quickly possible, I decided to make at least one stop in each of the new countries. It’s quite a lot of ground to cover with unique architecture, industry, and transport infrastructure an area that will be very different from the rest of the world we have so far.It’s been hard to stop jumping into Photo Mode. This new DLC will include the whole of the three Baltic states Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, but also southern Finland and bits of Russia including Russia’s second largest city Saint Petersburg. You can see it in the schematic map below. We are happy to confirm that the next world expansion that we are building for Euro Truck Simulator 2 is the region Beyond the Baltic Sea (working title). It probably wasn’t overly hard, as we have placed quite a few hints here and there to give you a chance to find out the right answer on your own. Very quickly though, the majority opinion has settled. Euro Truck Simulator 2: Beyond the Baltic Sea DLCĪfter our recent teaser post with screenshots, we have seen a lot of speculation and wild guessing initially.