TruckersMP

on November 15, 2024 at 6:46 pm

Greetings truckers! It is time for the long-awaited return of the TruckersMP Tournament! The TruckersMP Tournament features some of the most competitive challenges in ETS2 on Haulie Island, our custom-built island! These challenges include the drag strip, knock the cone, dirt track and if you make it to the semi-finals, the racing circuit! This year, the Tournament will take place on the 23rd and 24th of November, so make sure to set a reminder in your calendar! Click here for more time zones. The Tournament will see hundreds of truckers attending to compete for the prestigious golden title of – ’’2024 Tournament Champion’’. This event is famous for its high-speed action, spin-outs, crashes, jumps, and drifting. It is an event you truly don’t want to miss! To get to Haulie Island, you will need to catch the ferry connections from Europort or Hull. Don’t worry, we’ve made sure the ferry price is affordable for everyone. The event consists of five rounds that are spread over two days, each with its own unique challenge. Every round will have some racers succeed, while some will, unfortunately, be eliminated. You must be available for the entire event to enter! Would you like to take part in this year’s TruckersMP Tournament? Then make sure to mark your attendance on our event page! All the results will be published on a forum topic called TruckersMP Tournament 2024 Results. The results might take up to 10 minutes before showing on the forum topic. Day 1 – Saturday 23rd November Round One The first event will consist of drag races, with eight players competing in each race. Here are the requirements and instructions on how to enter: Be available from 16:00 UTC. (The first drag race starts at 17:00 UTC). Able to understand English (to read event instructions). Connect to the TruckersMP Tournament 2024 server. Ensure your truck is fully fuelled, serviced, and prepared for the first event. (There is a service station and fuel station on the Island) Meet up at Haulie Island using the ferry connections at Europort or Hull. Enter the Drag Strip queue, following the designated signs! Please ensure you’re familiar with the event rules before participating! From the queue, eight players will be selected (first come, first served) to compete in a drag race. The amount of players that will qualify depends on how many players attend. For example, if 432 players compete, only a quarter will qualify, meaning the fastest 2 out of 8 from each race will qualify. Whereas if 216 players compete, only half will qualify, meaning the fastest 4 out of 8 from each race will qualify. The maximum number that can compete is 432 players! After all the races have concluded, the fastest 108 players will qualify for the next round. *If you didn’t qualify, you might still have a chance! Should a qualified player not turn up for their event, we will randomly select a runner-up that is online. Round Two Round Two will be your big moment if you have managed to qualify for the championship! Brace yourself for the infamous knock the cone event, the ultimate test of speed and braking precision. How late do you dare to slam on? If you have qualified from round one, please ensure you are online throughout as we will start to place you concurrently alongside the first event. Here’s a quick overview of what to expect! You will only have one practice run to get a feel where the cones are at the end of the drag strip. Your goal is to knock the front cone (marked by the first of the two white lines) over WITHOUT hitting the back two over (marked by the second of the two white lines). If you hit the back cones (or cross the second line) you will be disqualified. The first to hit the first cone but not the second is the winner! Day 2 – Sunday 24th November Round Three – Quarter-Final The second day kicks off on the Dirt Track. This will start at 17:00 UTC! (The server will open at 16:00 UTC) This year you will be expected to complete 2 laps on the Dirt Track! This track will have its challenges like harsh turns, hills, and one tough terrain to drive on. Round Four Semi-Final Congratulations on making it this far! You will now get the chance to race on our sought-after Island Racing Circuit! You will race against six other players on our track with your starting position being judged by your finishing time on the Dirt Track! The top three from both races will qualify for the final! Round Five – Final Congratulations on making it to the final six! This is the last race of the series and you’ve managed to outrun (or brake) the competition and you will not leave empty-handed! Survive this round to be crowned the 2024 Tournament Champion! Didn’t make it to the final round and want to watch the grand finale? Then head over to the TruckersMP Twitch channel! Where the final round will be streamed. Rewards Qualifier Each Championship qualifier will receive a unique profile award! Finalists If you make it 2nd or 3rd on the final you won’t go home empty-handed. 3rd Place – 5 EUR Steam Gift Card + Map DLC of your choice. 2nd Place – 10 EUR Steam Gift Card + Map DLC of your choice. Tournament Champion Being crowned the 2024 Tournament Champion will also grant you the following rewards: Exclusive Champion Award on your profile, for all of your well-deserved bragging rights! 25 EUR Steam Gift Card + Map DLC of your choice. Gift cards will be automatically converted to your local currency via Steam. -TruckersMP Team

on October 19, 2024 at 10:00 am

Greetings truckers! The scariest time of the year is creeping closer! This year again, the ghosts and ghouls at TruckersMP have decided to celebrate the spooky season with a dastardly duo of events including The Big Pumpkin Pickup, and our unique Halloween experience. You’re in for a treat… or maybe a terrifying trick! Continue reading, to find out more information…if you dare! The Big Pumpkin Pickup Lots of hard work has been put into constructing 2 brand new farms, just outside Cologne & Las Vegas, where magically large pumpkins have been growing just in time for Halloween. Massive pumpkins were set to be hauled to various destinations throughout Europe and the United States. But something eerie happened on route! Under the cover of darkness, the skilled drivers tasked with the mission disappeared without a trace. They were last spotted near a notoriously haunted highway. We’re calling on the community for your help, to ensure all the deliveries are made in time! Here are all the details: To pick up these seasonal cargoes, simply head to our custom farms just outside Cologne & Las Vegas. Check out the map below! As a reward for taking part in The Big Pumpkin Pickup, you will earn a special achievement for your profile. To get this achievement you must deliver a minimum of 5 seasonal cargoes across the map. You must drive at least 75km/47mi per job to count. The cargoes for this event are called “Giant Pumpkins”, “Halloween Decorations”, “Halloween Gifts” & “Halloween Supplies”. This event will begin on the 19th of October, and you have until the 1st of November to finish all the deliveries. TruckersMP’s Halloween Experience Prepare for even more chills this Halloween at TruckersMP! We’re excited to show our spookiest event yet, featuring three new bone-chilling routes for you to experience. This year’s adventure promises to be more terrifying than ever! Join us on the 27th of October on American Truck Simulator to be part of a spine-tingling experience. We’re keeping most of the details under the graves for now – after all, revealing too much might spoil the magic! One thing’s for certain though, here’s what you need to know: The server will open at 15:00 UTC and the event will finish at 21:00 UTC. You may join the server between any of these times. Alternative Timezones When joining the server you MUST spawn at Los Angeles, Las Vegas or Fresno Please do not spawn at any other city as the roads may be blocked/closed and will be classed as free roaming. Once spawning at one of the cities above, there will be a custom queue system, we ask you to respect and follow all instructions from Event Staff and signage in the area. This experience will not be like a convoy as we plan to manage it a little differently from previous years to make this experience even better. The routes are designed to be driven with large gaps between each player. Please keep to the speed limits set on each route. You can view the event rules here By daring to participate in the Halloween Experience, you’ll unlock an exclusive profile award, for your bravery. If you have any feedback about our Halloween events we’d love to hear from you – let us know what you think on the forum, Discord or by submitting a feedback ticket to Event Management Wishing you a frightfully fun and spooky Halloween! -TruckersMP Team

on October 18, 2024 at 8:38 am

Greetings TruckersMP Community! If you have been around TruckersMP you know Haulie, our mascot. Haulie is the friendly truck that appears on our different platforms, such as on the forum as reactions and on Discord as emojis and stickers. You can also find Haulie on our Twitch channel, social media, and merchandise. But, Haulie now needs your help to come alive as a plushie! You heard it right, Haulie is turning into a plushie you can have at home, perfect for when you have been rammed on the CD road or got stuck in a traffic jam in Kirkenes. You have the chance to receive an exclusive, real-life Haulie plush now by supporting our campaign until the 28th of October 2024. With a pledge of only US$ 2, you reserve your very own plush! If our campaign is successful, you will be charged the remaining amount of ~US$ 28 (and ~US$ 9 shipping): your Haulie will then be shipped directly to you. Support our campaign now through the Makeship petition page here! Not convinced yet? If we collect 200 pledges before the 28th of October 2024, we will add a Haulie plushie to both ETS2 and ATS truck cabins! Anyone who supports our Haulie plush campaign will receive an exclusive Discord role! To receive the role, just send a screenshot of your confirmation email to ModMail. If the campaign fails and Haulie does not end up as a plushie, you will receive your US$2 pledge back. If you have any questions, you can ask them in our exclusive #haulie-plushie channel on Discord. You can also get in touch with Community Management by creating a feedback ticket. We can’t wait to see Haulie guide you through your TruckersMP journeys! Will you help us bring them to life? -TruckersMP Team

on October 11, 2024 at 2:43 pm

Greeting TruckersMP Community! After the great success of our improved chat system, we have come back with improving your TruckersMP experience even more. This time we have completely reworked the old Scoreboard into a more interactive, modern, and informative interface. Goodbye Scoreboard, hello Player Panel! We decided to change the name from ‘Scoreboard’ to ‘Player Panel’ because there is no ‘score’ within TruckersMP. The Player Panel is built instead to serve more purposes than just listing the surrounding players by offering interactive features and a modern as well as scalable interface that adapts perfectly to your screen settings. We want to give a special thanks to our Patron supporters for providing their valuable input on the panel. What’s new? Our goal has been to create an informative panel with interactive elements and easy navigation. Additionally, we have changed the design of the panel to be more modern, which was a highly requested feature from the community. Let’s check out what’s new! Functional Scaling One of the most requested features from the community was to implement functional scaling, which is now implemented. The panel now automatically adjusts its size based on your screen resolution and settings. You can also manually adjust the size of the different HUD elements to suit your preferences better. Font & Text Render We have integrated a new font engine, which means you will now see better support for a wide variety of languages and character sets. This way, you can see names and tags that contain special characters correctly. With that change, we’ve also changed the font to look more modern. Player List We improved player listing by merging player tag and name columns, which makes the list more compact. The player tags are now highlighted in bold to make them stand out more when players use similar colours. On top of this we have implemented icons that appear next to player names. There are icons for Steam friends, VTC members (if you are in a VTC), Patrons, and TruckersMP team members. You are also able to see your own icons if that applies to you. Steam friends VTC members TruckersMP team members Patrons We have furthermore added a new column containing different actions. Through this you are able to easily report, mute, and unmute a player. For now, these are the only options, but we might expand this to cover more features in the future. The context menu (right click on a player), where actions such as ‘Show Steam Profile’ and ‘Show TruckersMP Profile’ are located, remains the same. Lastly, the panel now opens in the middle of your screen by default, and we have placed the report button at the top for easy access. Sorting Players are now automatically grouped, first by friends, followed by other VTC members (if you are on a VTC). You can still change the grouping, for example with sorting manually by ID or Distance. You can now maintain these settings by checking ‘Save Player Panel’s customization’ in your settings under the ‘Interface’ tab. Searching Searching is no longer hidden as a toggle option; instead, it is a permanent part of the panel. It works the same way as before, allowing you to query players by their ID, tag, or name. Needed Removals Due to technical reasons, two features that were previously part of the Scoreboard had to be removed: Custom UI packs no longer apply to the Player Panel. This is due to changes to the current UI skin. In the future, we would love to support the ability to customise the colours, font sizes, and spacing, but at the moment this is not possible with the technology we are using. To streamline the overall design of the panel, we have disabled the date/time functionality. Since this information is available on most devices, we simply felt that offering it was redundant and didn’t justify the resources required to keep it maintained. Your Feedback Matters! As with any update, your feedback is very valuable to us. We want to ensure that the new Player Panel meets your expectations and works seamlessly. Make sure to contact the Support Team if you find a bug and Community Management for suggestions and feedback. This will help us to refine and improve this release further. Don’t forget to share your thoughts on our socials by using the hashtag #PlayerPanel! The new Player Panel is ready for action, and we can’t wait for you to try it out. Happy trucking! -TruckersMP Team

on August 16, 2024 at 4:15 pm

Greetings truckers! We have received alarming reports of the poor state of some roads in the Austrian Alps. A freak weather event has severely damaged the roads, rendering them almost undriveable, affecting delivery times and damaging cargo! Fear not, our “Road Maintenance Team” (Event Team) are springing into action, preparing the site, equipment and personnel required for any repairs necessary. With this comes the return of our Featured Zone events following the success and engagement received from the previous edition. What are we up to? In this edition, for a 2 week period starting on the 30th of August until the 13th of September on Simulation 1, the creation of operation sites and roadworks repairs will be happening live on the Austrian alpine roads. To allow for swift resurfacing, we will be closing the road in one direction at a time. There will be diversions and changes in directions of travel, as well as temporary speed limits for safety. Temporary traffic lights may also be put into use. For this Featured Zone, there will be a total of 4 different phases. Phases 1 through 3 will increase in intensity, meaning more additions and activity. From Phase 4 the workers will finish off their roadworks. Keep an eye out on our socials to see what is coming up next! What to expect in future Featured Zones? We began Featured Zone with a bang, with a live, in-game construction project to bring the highways around Calais up to ‘Managed Motorway’ standards. Now, we’re back with our second edition. However this time things are a bit different to the 1st edition. Going forward our operations that are part of Featured Zones will be on a smaller scale than you have previously seen. This edition will not result in permanent changes to the area, although this is still a possibility for future editions. Whilst travelling through the area please remember the following: Queues are likely, please be patient and follow all road rules. Follow all signage and instructions provided by TruckersMP staff. Reduced speed limits are in place throughout the zone. Do not stop in the zone: if you break down, use F7 to teleport to services. We hope that you enjoy this edition as much as the original Featured Zone from TruckersMP! We’d love to hear your feedback, so let us know what you think on the Forum, Discord or by submitting a feedback ticket to Community Management. Make sure to share your pictures with us on Facebook, Instagram or X/Twitter using the hashtag #FeaturedZone -TruckersMP Team