ATS Washington (Pre-Release) - Northside to Colville

[@verisence]

The round about reaction though 😆😆 Was like seeing an old friend

[@bartonez123]

I've been watching the video whilst also following the road on google maps, it's incredible how they've managed to get all the key bits into the scale of the game. SCS have really outdone themselves.

[@vamp4997]

I did the same. Sometimes I record my own play and follow it after.

[@Wraithdagger]

This DLC is amazing. Love seeing my state represented in game!

[@dennisverdaasdonk6191]

Does is it look the same?

[@Wraithdagger]

@@dennisverdaasdonk6191 It's very accurate. Love the scenery.

[@poopeater8111]

It dose not show where I live )::::

[@MrMrduke1975]

I’m interested to see if the road going out of the port on the way north goes up hill like in real life?

[@dennisverdaasdonk6191]

Nice👌🏼

[@CJamesGoode]

@1:33 Truck Works looks a lot like a tire retailer that is in the North West region. Les Swab Tires. The Rocky Mountain Doubles are a 48' and a 28' trailer plus the gap between the two trailers. @27:00 There are a lot of Metal grate bridges in Washington and Oregon. It aides in snow removal.

[@Jagthunder1]

Metal Grate bridges in PA too. Great for snow removal but slicker than a whales ass from freezing all the time in the winter. Id rather have the snow for a bit of traction lol

[@truthfilterforyoutube8218]

They are bringing the realism of truck traffic in the mountains of Washington to life. I have trucked these states for 25 years. Just wait until they eventually add the British Columbia DLC

[@yungkidnf]

Me: *starts drooling*

[@wileylong3470]

ProMods should be coming out with one soon so be sure to check that out. SCS probably won't expand outside of the US for a good decade

[@eddog6666]

20:30 that is one of the more famous bridges in the Washington state. Its called Deception Pass bridge

[@AFlyGuyYYC]

I was just going to say that!

[@stefanochiodi8800]

Epic

[@patrickmusson4571]

It be nice to see some NPCs camping by Colonial Creek and Diablo Lake.

[@brandywineben3624]

14:30 we do have the small “inverted ice cream cones” here in the United States but they are used on smaller road i.e. residential road or single lane roads with low traffic the construction barrels there are used more in the highways because they are bigger and can be seen farther away and also if need be they can be filled with water to help slow down cars if one should happen to unintentionally decide to rather abruptly enter the construction area.

[@harkaransandhu3504]

The bridge you went over is called deception pass bridge. I live just 1 minute away from that, the sunsets on the bridge are breathtaking.

[@InitiateDee]

Keanu Reeves: YOU'RE Breathtaking

[@keereelewah4524]

I live in Oregon, and have lived in Washington. The scenery is exactly as it should be. Very well done. As a side-note. Dashed lines at least in these parts means you can pass in the oncoming lane. With double solid, you can't. Dashed and solid means the side of the road with dashes can pass, but the other lane can't. "Suicide lanes," a third lane in the middle of the road, aren't to be used for passing, only for turning onto a side road. Hopefully that made sense.

[@daviddryden8088]

Accidentally ended up on 20 after a wrong turn many years ago. It was a road worth being somewhat lost on, the scenery was absolutely amazing.

[@stewartadams5884]

Like eddogg said, the area where those two back to back bridges are located is called Deception Pass. I was visiting my son in Skagit Valley and we went over there. I walked out on the bridge with my wife but I couldn't get the nerve to go to the railing and look over. You also were very close to the Boeing mfg plant when you hopped on the ferry which I also took after visiting the Boeing site. This is really cool and nice detail. At minute 22 so I'll have to keep watching for more.

[@alanhyt79]

Been there, and I did look over. It's an unforgettable adrenaline rush. We know exactly why the speed limit is slower there. It's bad enough when cars drive by on the bridge at 30... the bridge moves a bit and the wind adds to the terror. No way I'd want to be standing on that long bridge with double trailer loads of lumber flying past at 50mph. I'm already gripping the rail when a Mazda Miata cruises by at 30.

[@michelj.gaudet5048]

We call the small shopping ares 'STRIP MALLS', due to them USUALLY being just a few stores in a straight line, or STRIP of land. ;-)

[@BadWebDiver]

So ... no hookers then? ;)

[@nerezza5943]

They can be called shopping centers too. There's a particularly large and well-known one near me (north side of Houston) where the stores identify themselves by the shopping center's name instead of the roads they're off of. Basically the shopping center or strip mall is owned by some sort of entity that rents out the space to businesses. The business gets the benefit of a building shell already set up for them, parking space, and adjacent businesses to help attract prospective customers to their area.

[@anthonyspecf]

@27:00...Mackinac Bridge in Michigan is a 5 mile (8 kilometer) long suspension bridge connecting Michigan's lower and upper peninsula. I mention it because the two inside lanes of the bridge are metal grates as well. Imagine that on a massive suspension bridge :). The engineers did this because the Mackinac Straight is known for high winds and therefore lots of things like that were done to give it much more stability in those windy conditions.

[@scottsmith1525]

Those "cones", are often referred to as "Highway Barrels" in most of the U.S. Here in Ohio, they are considered the "state flower", as they come out every spring. lol I gotta say, they really stepped things up on this map. It looks epic.

[@whataqtify]

FYI, on the road markings in the states. Double yellow solid line, means that there is no legal passing on either side. Solid yellow line on one side with intermediately spaced yellow lines on the other means, one side (with spaced lines) can pass the other cannot. Only intermediately spaced yellow lines mean, passing on either side is legal.

[@whataqtify]

Well I went back to what you said and now I'm not sure what you meant. "White on the outside with yellow bits in the inside"

[@Bendigo1]

White lines are the "fog lines" always represent the right hand side of the road. Yellow defines left side. Either color if its solid you should not cross it if its double lines its illegal to cross dashed on one side you can cross from the side with dashed lines. Single dashed lines can cross from iether side. Standard in pretty much all of the states.

[@Alefroth]

Man, the attention to detail is just fantastic. That huge lumber mill in PA actually exists, that large ranch you passed was growing lavender, which is big in that area. The intersection at Discovery bay and the cliff coming in to Port Townsend are spot on.

[@Mr.Ramirez95]

1) Hwy 20 closes for the winter. 2)Some of the billboards and store signs are actually there irl. AMAZING! 3) immobile caravans are called manufactured homes 4) we have plenty of roundabouts in Washington 😂 5) scumbag game

[@larsjohansen821]

I would love for them to go Canada and Alaska as well to include ice roads

[@herzglass]

It is so much fun rewatching your old ATS videos. I wished you still did more of these. Really nice stuff.

[@MrMrduke1975]

They did a real good job to keep it close to Port Angeles. I have driven though there about 1/2 a dozen times on the way to the North east coast. Excited to see this in VR!

[@paultauriainen]

Washington State Route 20 is closed during the winter in the mountainous areas

[@deborahchesser7375]

Vicious winters

[@finnrummygaming]

In New York and Connecticut, we have things called traffic circles, which are the cancerous versions of roundabouts. Basically it’s a circular interchange with traffic lights.

[@NazbolCaliphDonaldaddeenTrump]

16:20 yellow lines are always to the left edge of traffic, and white lines are the right edge of the lane. In the USA its either double-yellow for two-way roads, solid+dotted yellow for a passing area, or just plain dotted if both sides can pass. Meanwhile in Canada, its the same thing, except that streets within towns have single-yellow solid lines in the middle (US has double in town)

[@zachcoulson1601]

Funny thing is, there is a Coalville near where I live in Leicester, England lol

[@mgunter]

For a charity stream you can do a Route 101 trop from Port Angeles to San Diego.

[@patrickmusson4571]

My vocabulary takes a nosedive when I watch these videos and subsequently drive them for myself. I seem to say WOW a lot, in fact, every second word is WOW followed by Incredible and using adjectives like Super Talented when talking about the people that made the assets and the people who used the assets to design the map.

[@tomservo75]

Roundabouts are actually quite common in Washington. Didn't used to see them back East. They're called traffic circles out there and they're starting to disappear because there have been so many accidents. Somerville Circle in New Jersey is one example. Three major highways coming together in a multi-lane circle is just asking for trouble.

[@qphunter9111]

Hey squirrel I've been watching since 100k just to be here this hole time I stared when I was about 8 or 9 now I'm 13 and I'm glad u taught me a lot of life lessons god bless u ur so calming it helped a lot thx u

[@yungkidnf]

Also, I'm not sure on how it is now, but back in the "good ole days" of trucking, trucks climbed hills at about 5mph for various reasons, just how it was. But in retrospect, that slow trucker might have just been sightseeing 😂😂😂

[@FireByTrial1]

looks great, BC will be amazing, drove through the crowsnest pass few weeks ago, would love to do that in a pass. and the coquihalla will be nuts if they implement it

[@xray606]

These maps keep getting better. The detail is amazing. Right down to the brown pine needles along the side of the road. I used to spend time in Seattle and rode the ferries. Very authentic. Paul if you ever go to Canada, go to a place called Lake Louise. You won't regret it.

[@Sithhy]

God damn, SCS did a banging job on the land & city scapes... Looking crazy good

[@corycooke8854]

In downtown pa the speed limits 20mph I was glad to see the truck route in there along with the 8th street bridge and the town hall with clock tower seen over the buildings down town all together not to shabby and a very well done job by scs

[@ConnerOnGames]

This was a truly gorgeous journey that i will remember for years to come, that blue water was just a jaw dropping moment for me

[@liferesett8330]

I just love watching this guy's narration and gameplay for hours..

[@Carstuff111]

I know this video is a few months old, however, I would like to point out that, SCS and its community have been awesome! SCS has been making steady improvements to a 7 year old, and 4 year old, pair of games.....they listen to the community and add new features, the community itself puts out some amazing mods, the DLC for the most part have been pretty great, and I honestly find this mind blowing just how popular these games still are! I play Euro Truck Simulator 2 as a way to relax, I have modded it through the Steam Workshop so I have have some of my favorite American trucks, and a few mods to improve graphics or add real companies and such. I am glad these games are still so well supported!

[@theetimer2986]

This is a very nice change from the deserts from the south

[@taighitu]

Moved here in 2002 from Birmingham England. This state has awesome scenery.

[@foxhound6986]

This is crazy i live 8 miles north a town called Kettle Falls Washington go to Colville Wa everyday to go shopping lol

[@dessimarie6]

I live in Kettle Falls too! I've been hunting the comments for someone to shout out our local area.

[@watchingponies]

I did that drive today but in opposite direction. So no spoilers, i can watch this :)) One of my fav drives in ATS i think.

[@EllieODaire]

Holy cow. So the interchange where you were complaining about the red lights? I drove through that interchange this morning IRL driving from Anacortes to Seattle. Lots of little details are perfect, like the "Seattle: right at signal" sign. They really spruced up the seedy motel with the truck parking for the game though, it looks terrifying in person.

[@David-nk3kq]

I’m Australia we call the traffic cones witches hats.

[@alexmighty693]

I think you call it that

[@BadWebDiver]

@@alexmighty693 No, it's a common name here.

[@alexmighty693]

@@BadWebDiver sorry to assume then

[@alanhyt79]

According to a Kiwi fella I know, Australians bury witches under their tarmac, so it seems it's a bloody appropriate name for their cones, lol

[@timforsyth15]

My hometown of Colville has 2 roundabouts with a sawmill called Vaagen Brothers and have a plant called Colmac Coil

[@tomstrope8699]

Love the sound of the truck. I would love to have one

[@KristianWontroba]

Hey Squirrel!! @16:06 You wondered out loud regarding the painted line system in the US I think? So, the line system is largely universal across the States. White lines on the outside are borders for the actual road and shoulders for all roads. For interstates/freeways/limited access roads, the solid yellow line on the left simply divides the roadway from the median/left edge of the roadway, including for the ramp/slip roads. For roads that are not divided (roads that are not freeways/interstates) such as a standard 2-lane road, the yellow center lines are often doubled and vary in solid or dashed patterns to denote passing/overtaking rules. For a "no pass" zone where traffic in either direction cannot pass/overtake, the yellow lines are both solid. Sometimes one yellow line is solid while the other is dashed. The traffic on the side that is dashed can overtake while the traffic on the other side cannot. Occasionally, for longer straight sections of 2-lane road, the 2 yellow lines reduce to 1 yellow, dashed line allow traffic on either side to pass. For wider, 3-5 lane roads in commercial areas, you can see a set of double solid yellow lines that are spread out, looking like it could be another lane, to control oncoming traffic away from each other in more congested areas. Also, you sometimes will see a middle lane created with 2 single solid yellow lines on the outsides of the middle lane with yellow dashed lines to the inner sides of the solid ones. Of course, these lanes are only for making left turns across on-coming traffic. Some nutter drivers will sometimes use these lanes to overtake, potentially causing accidents. Thus, these lanes are sometimes referred to in the US as "suicide lanes"!!! LOL

[@theetimer2986]

We’re taking a trip there next summer this is making me excited

[@LeviBranch18]

Hey, I live in Port Angeles! Who knew a town like this will be in a game. lol. I actually lived in Port Townsend 1st where you catch the ferry before moving to Port Angeles.

[@creativei3394]

Excellent you have awesome presence of mind ... it happens only when you love the job much ...

[@hittingthebongadl]

That turn you take after omak is the town called tonasket and further north almost at the border is where I live in Oroville :D

[@tellytrucker3]

Loving that engine and Jake sound

[@ghostrider115]

Forestry dlc came out yesterday with Washington dlc

[@theothergtgeek9407]

It was filmed days before, released now after editing

[@ngaikenny]

18:43: Yup, definitely took the sign XD !! Haha ...

[@mgunter]

The road marking are U.S. specific, but you'll see that on your Fla. trip.

[@jonathanbaker4936]

Canada has a similar setup also

[@mj96jones]

Gunna have to get back into ATS now. Really cool seeing my home state in this game

[@dominickthornburghakaTRG]

When I started playing this game years ago it looked not even a tenth as good as this map. Damn it's Beautiful.

[@finnrummygaming]

Squirrel: Leaves Port Angeles at 8am and gets to Colville before 8pm Me: Leaves Port Angeles at 7:20am and gets to Colville at 9pm

[@alanhyt79]

How many tons were you hauling?

[@brianjthomson17]

Did anyone notice on the onboard sat nav said establishing new route at 49.47 Ive never seen that before the scenery is amazing

[@Mr.Ramirez95]

I was watching the developer stream and he had Voice commands coming from the GPS saying, "finding new route." Maybe it's coming soon.

[@RLJSlick]

Roundabout are all the rage here in America right now. They are being constructed all over the place. Here in the county in Wisconsin I live in, we must have 5 of them already.

[@chaoswarriorbr]

Steel bridges (maybe a few older iron ones in the Northeast) are quite common in the US, just like any bigger structure was built with steel framing, considering the massive steel production the US had, so a strong, relatively light(structural elements) and in this case readily available, so kinda cheap. Also, those aren't motor homes, they're MOBILE homes (might be called other stuff depending on the place). Motor homes are like truck/buses dedicated to living facilities and can move on their own power, so you don't need a pickup truck pulling a trailer.

[@davegarski1548]

It is so much fun to watch these videos! I enjoy them very much.

[@eddog6666]

I wouldn't be surprised if they used Port Angeles for a ferry connection to Vancouver island for Victoria BC. And from the Bellingham one an Alaska connection

[@billradloff1919]

Going up that hill with the AI struggling so hard makes me think that Sunshine Crops SERIOUSLY cheaped out on their transport trucks :D

[@Toasterlxix]

makes sense that lumber is being brought to a place that ships out wood

[@alanhyt79]

They didn't want scrub pine. They wanted lumber from real Olympic Peninsula trees.

[@pyroinsano]

The entire they need an exit sign would be helpful especially with the Tain Depot in Seattle and Port of Seattle. lol. Also That US highway 20 route is only a late spring through early/late fall route. It gets closed down during the winter time. As you will notice on the bridges in the area. There is one other that wasn't included in the DLC that is that way in WA state. Cayuse pass going from Mt. Ranier to Yakima is the other.

[@yungkidnf]

Lol Paul, that gallon truck wasn't a reefer, it was a curtain side flatbed with an aero bubble at the front, probably carrying 100 gallon drums.

[@nickconverse6259]

nobody: Squirrel freaking out about a round a bout

[@truck4140]

i hope they do Utah next, so we can go around Las Vegas. I hate going through Vegas every time i go from Oregon to New Mexico or Arizona.

[@RailRoadXXX]

Utah will be next, im 99% sure.

[@finnrummygaming]

Perryd Pelle yeah you saw the SCS “unBEElievable” post. Utah is the BEEHIVE STATE, which explains bee related puns

[@finnrummygaming]

Truck I hope they do Idaho after Utah so I can drive through Idaho to get from Portland to Salt Lake City instead of going through Nevada

[@austinpowers68]

Hey there to populate towns etc with people go to Graphics settings and activate pedestrians and no you don't end up running over them but it populates the towns. Cheers love the content

[@ceriousgaming6392]

Squirrel, they have mods that fill out the rest of the USA, and even mexico and Canada. It isn't the greatest of quality, although they try, but they have the routes, major highways and interstates correct, so its a heck of a drive.

[@michaezell4607]

Unlike Europe the road markings in the US are yellow for the center line on some major roads and especially two lane highways. The traffic barriers are sometimes cones as well as the barrel type ones here as well.

[@mgunter]

50 MPH (40 feet later) 30 MPH ahead. Seems like it used to be a small town speed trap before all the money went to the state.

[@baileyyordnoff2409]

I'm just impressed at how much more MUTCD-compliant the game seems to be.

[@mrchrysler9736]

You made me chuckle the first time you called it a lake, but it's a lake called the Pacific Ocean.

[@landonny]

These videos are so relaxing

[@W3sson]

I loved this. Watched the entire thing

[@dakotajones151]

We call them trailers (the house you were talking about)

[@jjkrayenhagen]

I imagine when they do the Midwest states , they will do groups of states. Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana together, the Dakotas together, Minnisota and Wisconsin, Utah and Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Texas will be by itself.

[@jonathanbaker4936]

forgot Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and all of the Northeast, Southeast and everything inbetween

[@jjkrayenhagen]

@@jonathanbaker4936 Yeah, I got about halfway and realized I didn't want to list all of them, but you get my point, right?

[@taylorbaggarleyunionpacifi5399]

This is awesome colive is awesome truck route for them lots trucks lumber and logs

[@mutalimashamba4503]

@Squirrel 29:00 In 1.35 they implemented "Physics" to the AI, that's why the guy was driving so slow, he either has a heavy load or a weak engine or combination of both, but yeah it's a thing now. I remember you once complained about the AI not having physics in an ETS 2 stream (and you were driving up a a slope and the AI truck was beating you 😂)... I guess they listened to you. So now AI vehicles have physics (you can also see them if hit an AI car it bounces around like a Pogo stick)

[@ALTadamALT]

i know this is late but that gallon truck did not have refrigeration, that 'bubble' was for aerodynamics

[@JeremyGrosser]

You should check out a book called "The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways" by Earl Swift. There's a lot of cool stories in the creation of those roads.

[@IamCoalfoot]

41:05 I think you're looking for 'Trailer House' for the American equivalent. And I disagree, those didn't look like trailer houses to me, though one of them was very rectangular, I could see how you could think that. It had a roof segment going the wrong way; trailer houses (almost) always have a roof in line with the length of the house and rarely is the garage a physical part of it. ;) Random poking lol.

[@zacharyreece2524]

Fantastic really well done

[@FEEAR1000]

Another great video. Was not expecting a 52 minute long vid man.

[@marcod1600]

As always a very nice video!

[@teknogroovin2151]

I had the same issue with the wipers not working. Loving the State so far.

[@larsjohansen821]

Wipers worked fine for me. No need to do anything on my end.

[@johnmrobertsonrblx594]

So in the US, it’s yellow on the inside (usually right side) and white on the outside (excluding some specific cases and rare).

[@TheAtomicANetwork]

18:42 RIP sign, you will be missed :P

[@JamieAtSLC]

this truck is one meter too far left, there is no way i can accept delivery.

[@brianstevens9469]

You'd be suprised how tough some can be irl. One time i had my trailer closer to one white line than the other, and the unloader made me move the trailer so that it was equal distance between the lines! Scumbag unloader!

[@gabi27]

@@brianstevens9469 Wow, what a scumbag!

[@vamp4997]

Now they have the option to skip the parking. You do not get the parking XP points but you do get the the money and driving XP points.

[@flyingfiddler90q]

Once again, an Interstate should usually be referred to as "I-5" instead of "Route 5"

[@dantheman9565]

"Should"? I mean "would usually" might fit better.

[@alanhyt79]

We locals call it I-5 because its full name (what we call it when it's naughty) is Interstate 5. The interstate highway system was built back ~ Prez Ike's time. The highways ending in 5 run north/south and the numbers increase from west to east (the next N/S interstate to our east is I-15, the next is I-25, etc. The interstate highways that run west/east end in 0. I-90 is the northernmost, as the numbers decrease from north to south... I-80, I-70, etc. Our "routes" are more like state roads, e.g., Hwy 20 is also known as State Route 20. But if you were here, or anywhere along the I-5 corridor, and you said Route 5, most people would translate that to mean I-5. If there's a state route 5 (SR5) then probably only the people who live along that road would be confused.

[@josephpak4277]

I've walked on that bridge at 20:17 back in summer of 2017!

[@andrewlafleur8146]

Imagine if The Grand Tour team drove down route 20. I bet that would be epic!

[@cameronclemente7773]

That would be awesome, can't wait for season 4

[@akawo1f878]

36:10 the highway gets closed in the winter.

[@KristerNielsen]

This game should totally be online where you can compare your progress and meet other players

[@dakotajones151]

We have one around a memorial in our city it is surrounded by the library town hall and the county jail

[@jasondunbar3592]

It’s well made for a game

[@bobcharlotte8724]

"MaHOOssive" hahahahaaha... I'm using that from now on.

[@kevindad7890]

thats how i live, with the moutain backdrop. 26:00

[@damilolaakanni]

2:13 the GPS actually rerouted lol.

[@bradsparks6008]

I don't care about being like the first comment I'm here to enjoy some brilliant ats vids!!