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If ProMods ever does the US, redo Texas.

Posted: 15 Jun 2023 19:15
by Trakaplex
I do believe ProMods will only do Canada? If they ever come to the US, here is one thing. I would suggest they redo Texas in their standards. They did Iberia well and it shamed SCS's version in terms of accessible roads. Now onto Texas. There are lots of things lacking in SCS's DLC that ruin the immersion, even the smallest signage details such as exit advisories and county border signs. The metro regions are way too small, when there could have been easily more space cheated like between Dallas and Fort Worth for example (one tiny exit in between completely ruins the feel you are in the DFW landscape). Houston and Galveston more into the Gulf. In today's blog, SCS managed to shove in the megalo High Five when it probably will chew up remaining space. Add more roads in Texas too. Extend US-180 past Lamesa past Anson. Add huge chunks US-281, which is nonexistent for three-quarters of SCS DLC. My main gripe is the metro areas, which have tall skyscrapers with nothing around them, or Austin, which has barely any offroads.

I do believe 1:20 scale is a suspect, but only part. Blame the rules SCS has for mapping too, such as ascribed grids per developer. There was an old video on the ProMods channel right after ATS's release about DFW signal testing, I think. This will be more drastically problematic when the map migrates east if SCS mapping quality does not improve.

Re: If ProMods ever does the US, redo Texas.

Posted: 16 Jun 2023 00:41
by ScuL
SCS have a set of strict rules and guidelines in order to find a balance between adding detail and realism versus keeping the game at a playable level for people with poor performance PC's (aka potatoes)
We have more liberty as we do as we like. Unfortunately we do not have the resources to do any rebuilds in the US parts of the map at the moment

Re: If ProMods ever does the US, redo Texas.

Posted: 16 Jun 2023 20:41
by Shiva
Trakaplex, you could try it yourself?