Greetings,
Here are some images from this weeks progress.
Trudeaux is going to be the biggest company in Shumen. Although this is an SCS prefab and Trudeaux is an in-game company, I must say that this area and its surroundings are inspired from a real-life company which looks quite similar to this image from the building colour to the fork. Unfortunately, I was unable to place it to its real-life location considering my long-term plans on E871. However, given that there is also a company located by I-2, I have decided to place it to on that company's location. This surely provides a less boring experience with respect to real life.
Last week, I told you that the Russian assets came with 1.44 were handier than I expected. And frankly, using them wasn't even in consideration given the cancellation of the concerning DLC. Nonetheless, here is a sneak peak from the eastern side of I-2. As you can see, all the vegetable stalls and fences behind are Russian assets which allow me to provide an enriched experience with respect to real life.
To be fair, eastern I-2 covers endless flat fields in real life which I resemble to Nebraska. Hence, this would add nothing to the player. For this reason, I decided to play with the brush tool a lot, excluded all the empty dull land all along the road (well, except a small area to be able to reflect this, as well) and to add every single detail I could remark.
Great news is that except far models (they are a bit tricky when you work in an existing country), the entire I-2 and and the eastern connection to the city are complete. Now, I can completely focus on the city itself. Which is at least done by 30%. Regarding this news, I presume that the first ever version will be ready within 2-3 weeks.
Wish me luck and see you next week!