How long do I have to stay awake? Euro Truck Simulator 2

[@starskyparker6603]

Golden ending, actually hearing your genuine ‘oh you son of a bitch, it’s actually broke’ shocked realisation was just brilliant.

[@mdkramster]

You ever thought about becoming a HGV driving instructor? One learns from one's mistakes. And, well, y'know you make... er... well you make.... um... a few.

[@DopeyDalek]

An absolutely perfect ending to a classic Colonel Failure episode. Brilliant!

[@Electricfox]

Now I just have images of the Colonel getting out of his truck to do a full Basil Fawlty on it, and then just falling asleep on the road, branch still in hand.

[@ashuggtube]

That is a beautifully evocative description

[@papasmurfette007]

Start you vicious b*stard!!!...

[@johnlbirch]

This series is becoming comedy gold! First, because the Colonel is clearly not a fan of ET2. but has stumbled on something that a lot of people like and so has to keep doing it. It is sort of amusing to hear the complaints! Second, because out of a clear blue uneventful sky every now an again catastrophe happens But also because (like most people) I know this game and spend some time yelling things like "Look - there is a rest stop over there - just turn left!!" or "call up the flipping map and divert to the nearest petrol station!"

[@Charles_Anthony]

I didn't see a single station or rest stop.

[@arkadye]

​@@Charles_Anthony For longer journeys it's a thing that you have to plan for when your ready stops are and set detours appropriately. The game doesn't like it if you try to just improvise long distance hauls with no prior planning.

[@im_skipachu]

@@Charles_Anthony There were some bed icons next to the toll booths he was passing through. I was wondering why he passed right by the last one when the bed was 90% blue. (but then again, when it's that full, there's only the two little bedposts to show color, so it's not very noticable)

[@stile8686]

I counted 8 or more rest stops, at least 2 since the bed turned red and he started looking. Not directly on the route but close enough to see on the satnav. He passes a bunch with fuel just after dropping of the last job.

[@colonelfailure]

Not on the route = don't exist.

[@antygod]

if you press f6 the game tells you in hours and minutes how long you have until you need to rest, saves all the guesswork around the blue and grey bed bits

[@MarsMullo1]

So glad someone else mentioned the vengaboys bus note. I thought the same thing right at the start. We like to party!

[@ashuggtube]

My heart warmed greatly at mention of the Tricolore textbook. I liked French at school.

[@sethtriggs]

This was amazing. I absolutely lost it at the French rant and the petrol station.

[@SaturnMist09]

The Colonel unhinged...perfection.

[@marcvanartevelde5586]

As a lorry driver, I can confirm that the rage spent hunting for a rest stop (you learn where they are quickly) when you should -legally- have 9 or 11 hrs sleep or 45 minutes rest (and they're registered for 2 months) is very, very real. And then when you finally reach a stop it's more often than not full beyond capacity. Typical EU legislation; 50.000 trucks on the road that need to rest, 500 parking spaces. Just be happy the game isn't fully simulating EG561/2006 and EU2020/1054... Though it would make for hilarious content.

[@lemonbalmmel]

A trip through Switzerland might up the mayhem a tad!

[@flyingbananatree5661]

Crisis timer, nice touch 🤣

[@coderbdev]

I know you aren't going to do it, but I was thrilled when I found out I could turn off the sleepy part of this game. For the EXACT reason of a very long time with no place to sleep when you are getting fined and falling asleep. I am enjoying the series for the random topics you talk about. Have a great day!

[@pete104242]

trucks broken steggs

[@dommsevanschnitzel2732]

Looking at the in-game map it's actually quite funny how close you were to a rest stop (after the bed turned red) but just not being able to see it in the satnav Anyway you can look at the complete map and set destinations for your satnav by pressing "m" or in the navigation tab in the main menu

[@techstar7628]

Drama countdown watch is a sweet little addition to the videotronic entertainment! Makes it more enjoyable to see how it all unfolds

[@jamesknauer540]

Brilliant! Loved the Countdown to Higgledy-Piggeldy!

[@well-over-5025]

Bloody Classic, I think the only way out now is to press F7

[@papasmurfette007]

..... or Alt-F4 or maybe Ctrl-Alt-Del ...

[@jameskennedy9232]

Oh my lord my face hurts from laughing so hard. Funniest video I’ve seen in a long time. Eat your heart out, Josh!

[@yessmabie919]

absolute gold, I hope this wasn't too actually frustrating!

[@arkadye]

I'm pretty sure IRL you do get points if you grind the guard rail in your truck and a copper sees you do it.

[@ashuggtube]

Tony Hawk’s Euro Truck Simulator 2

[@Charles_Anthony]

The game should let you park on the shoulder and pass out. There's rest stops up and down our freeways and you always see trucks parked on the side of the highway.

[@MravacKid]

I love the drama countdown, that needs to be a feature everywhere. :)

[@binnacle7290]

Brilliant episode. Perfect example of the game comedically working against you

[@tomleader7054]

The Tufty Club? Careful, that dates you.

[@colonelfailure]

Hence the selection.

[@vantuz8264]

There's a skill involved in evading the speed penalty in Hard Truck 2: King of the Road. You can install the anti-radar upgrade on your truck and it'll notify you when a speed camera is coming up. Useful, considering every delivery is a race. Also, i suspect you don't remember much French cause you didn't go to La Roche. That's an essential part of the program.

[@MetaJokeTT]

I mean... the audacity. No, not France's.

[@stephenmurray9850]

Fixing the truck ... yep that is going to take a large bank loan AND he hasn't paid for the fuel yet ... Thanks Colonel for the commentary and french lesson. Loverly.

[@huseyx2]

8:16 glad it made you giggle! Also Bordeaux city on this map seems to cover most of Western France. Maybe this company also makes Risk

[@efrenb5]

That final laughter... The sound of complete madness. LOL

[@DWtrainsNZ]

Help! I'm howling, I can't see, and my body hurts 🤣 If that is the note the series ends on so be it. I'll be amazed if you can get that truck started.

[@pliskenmovie]

Hilarious ending. The sleep system in the game definitely needs to be "upgraded". It's super annoying you can only go in 8hr stints, so you frequently end up driving wholly in the middle of the night like our esteemed host. Awfully rude of the French to not put any rest stops along the route...oh wait. That's probably intentional.

[@Claude_Terrier]

Bonjour Yourself, Why La Rochelle in your book? Maybe because La Rochelle was english territory back in the days (Henri II, etc). Later on (1600s onward), the French Prostestants having la Rochelle as one of their fortresses, were fully backed by England whi was trying to prevent France from becoming a stronger naval power. As for "la gendarmerie", the officer is "un gendarme". That is just for the record. Thanks a lot for your patience and the time spent to find an another unusual way to entertain us the way you do! Cheers

[@spyone4828]

At 22:45 you come to a roundabout where your route turns right. You first asked for a rest stop along your route at 19:32. (Just before then, just before your bed turned red, you actually passed one. It was by the toll booth.) At 20:45, just as you are saying you have enough fuel for 40 miles, there is a rest stop on your minimap on another road off to the left. If you had turned left at the roundabout at 22:45 instead of right you would have gone to that rest stop. You asked for a rest stop and just over a minute later you were shown one.

[@malccraven5276]

Hey Colonel, have you thought about using Cruise Control? Just kidding. Still loving this series. Not finished this episode yet, Countdown timer is adding a beautiful sense of anticipation

[@malccraven5276]

Classic episode! I'm supposed to be resting an injury but I'm in agony from laughing and it's absolutely worth it

[@Ind0ctrin]

As you were loading up the post to take to Le Harve... There was a rest stop on the map lol

[@ravenwinger1]

Did 4 million miles before retiring in 2020. Had days that were exactly like this.No way in hell am I gonna buy one of these sims.

[@ricksgamemisc10]

Had a foreign language substitute teacher in high school who could teach both Spanish (her native) and French. She once remarked that speaking French was like having a mouth full of nothing... and trying to make words out of it. The accuracy of that statement has stuck with me all these years.

[@joshuascott2431]

Well sir if you are going to break the truck then break it so good the Mechanics Ask, "WTF Mate?"

[@davidy7004]

Just watched this back ('cos it's funny...) and I noticed something. At the *very* end of the video, (say 49:42 ) with the very last turn of the key... does the truck actually start? The gauges seem a lot more positive than the previous umpteen times and I thought I heard revs.

[@vincewilson1]

@49:22, Hey Merdall, there is some idiot blocking the pump because he can't drive and broke his toy truck!

[@Nickshomes22]

Best one yet! A+

[@Shakads]

That was absolutely brilliant 😂😂😂

[@Karibanu]

This is rather missing the "alertness medication" subgame.... Did enjoy the i-spy rest stop game :D

[@seaape1070]

That ending, chef's kiss

[@Charles_Anthony]

3:10 normally don't comment twice but I believe it's a monthly thing in California and, when you go to court, you can have the speedometer tested and, if it wasn't calibrated recently, the judge will throw out the ticket. Literally the only good thing about this state.

[@macsandsquid528]

As someone who worked with California law enforcement, and access to the internet, you're assertions to the requirements are incorrect. The speedometer needs to have it's calibration checked annually (the vehicle manufacture calibrates the speedometer). And I have observed in court where judges didn't give two honks about the speedometer calibration, if there is sufficient additional information to prove the officer's case.

[@papasmurfette007]

Surely "it's not Florida" is another good thing?...

[@Charles_Anthony]

@@papasmurfette007: Eh, one has clean sidewalks, jobs and safe streets... I'd rather move to that place.

[@jeffreyhamans5647]

pure comedy gold ending

[@MarsMullo1]

Vengaboys party light on the roof and back of trailer too..

[@LordInter]

when I'm sticking in the route I select a spot enroute which is in time for me to have a rest because it tells you when you need your next rest and how long it is till you next stop

[@swinny5797]

Your Volvo is now a Lancia. Congrats. LOL

[@Charles_Anthony]

I don't know how you did it but here's my third comment... 35:00 I actually lived in a motel for years. Was $800 a month and literally cost half the price of a studio apartment. Yes, the area was rundown and you'd pass many a down on their luck person passed out on the asphalt, but it was a roof over your head.

[@CaveGaming117]

As we all learned from the recent Olympics , there are many others of whom France also hates... I being one of those people...

[@Charles_Anthony]

@@CaveGaming117 : Worst games I've ever seen.

[@MrAdrianSW]

I mean, its started off somewhat dull, then drifted into tedium, followed by a smattering of monotony, and all of a sudden we are Jumping roundabouts while sleeping!. Just the most 'Colonel Failure' ending we could possibly get too. To be entirely honest, this how I was expecting my ETS2 Stream to go last night, after my 2nd shot of Whiskey anyway.

[@Prosonic]

LOL, ty sir, well played

[@flyingbananatree5661]

The ending 😂 Trolled!

[@HyperBlueWolf]

He said "Crank it" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@vincewilson1]

Yep, He cranked alright!😁

[@flacch]

what a joy!

[@lenwiggins3052]

The sleep thing annoyed me, so I switched it off. I still sleep, I start looking out for rest areas around 21;00 hrs and sleepp when I find one.

[@SteadyBob]

Fantastic. That is all.

[@subucaj]

Best ending to an episode so far 😂

[@MrGeneralScar]

There was a few rest stops, like at just about every toll booth, except that one small 2 lane road one. Every other booth had a rest stop at it. Drove past one while commenting on the blue bed and when to start looking for a hotel. But yeah, that ending was epic. Didnt it almost get running right at the end, then you dozed off and it died again before you woke up?

[@vincewilson1]

Will CF ever get the truck started? Will he ever find a rest stop? We will have to wait until CF uploads a new ETS2 video to find out! Hilarity guaranteed.

[@RustyITNerd]

Steggs, the truck is broken! We need more Steggs on this channel again. 😉

[@anthonypecoraro5472]

Most of those toll booths had rest areas...

[@colonelfailure]

Except they didn't.

[@anthonypecoraro5472]

@colonelfailure 8:58 there is a bed icon after the toolbooth.

[@colonelfailure]

That was looooong before I was looking for one.

[@LordInter]

i dunno if anyone has everr driven across europe, i have, the uk to spain and to poland, irl you pass a rest stop every 30 minutes, bloody loads of them, hence the toll roads (except in france where i believe its instead of road tax)

[@MerlinKernow75]

RIP poor Volvo 🤣

[@papasmurfette007]

Absolutely nothing needs to be said, except to say "Absolutely nothing needs to be said, except to say "Absolutely nothing needs to be said, except to say "Absolutely nothing needs to be said" " ", etc...

[@sgtscowl]

Travel Lodge got T.V. and WIFI too bud, and some L.E.D's in some, travel much and they are decent.

[@davidy7004]

I will leave the rest stop chat to others and instead will ask a question - what wheel/pedals do you use for this? Do you recommend them? I'm conscious the series will be ending soon but could see myself enjoying a quick spin every so often in a truck (maybe even a tourist bus) if I had such accoutrements.

[@davidy7004]

PS I'm interested in recommendations which may come in from other fellow commenters, not just the good Colonel.

[@colonelfailure]

I'm using a Thrust Master T150. It's good. I suspect it's fairly entry-mid level force feedback. It works, but I recommend creating your own clamp solution as the standard clamp of the wheel isn't a boss when driving becomes "aggressive".

[@davidy7004]

Thanks @@colonelfailure !

[@DonutCrazyYT]

@@davidy7004 Because of this stupid series, I bought a Next Gen Racing F-GT frame the other day to play ETS2 (which I had bought but never plated). The rig was pricy - but it does give you the right "feel" - and the build quality is great. I've got a Thrustmaster TGX steering while and peddles -- not fancy at all - a bit cheap actually... but it works.

[@davidy7004]

@@DonutCrazyYT Sounds like an excellent setup, although sadly I'm not sure I could justify a racing frame for myself - for space reasons as much as anything else.

[@ParanoimiaUK]

Sailed past a rest stop at 5:07.

[@colonelfailure]

Didn't need to rest then.

[@kaldo_kaldo]

I mean he sailed past a half dozen at least, most of the toll booths had them lol. But hey, driving and paying attention to the road while trying to talk and be entertaining is a lot to juggle, let alone looking at the GPS every few seconds in hopes to see something.

[@cyberfutur5000]

and I would watch 40 min of doing this.

[@lemonbalmmel]

The dozing thing happened to me on a windy road in Switzerland... That was fun. Not.

[@ehmkinator6597]

I think there should have been a counter listing how many rest stops were passed/ignored on the way to adventure

[@colonelfailure]

When I didn't need sleep.

[@captainufo4587]

@@colonelfailure When the icon is blue, you DO need to sleep. When the icon is red, it means "you should've slept two hours ago"

[@Charles_Anthony]

​@@captainufo4587: That thing turns blue after five minutes of Colonel driving.

[@captainufo4587]

@@Charles_Anthony It's fully white after a rest. It starts getting blue from the bottom. It takes a while to fill it up. When the whole icon is blue, it's time to sleep. It was already 90% full when he set off to complete the job and skipped five sleep spots, the last one merely a fraction of a second before the icon went red. That's the equivalent of starting a long drive when the fuel gauge on your car is one hair above empty and finally getting around to look for refuel only when there's not an atom of gas left in the tank. Even then, he could've opened the map and look for the closest service station, but no, we need to fdrive straight to the destination. Even then, he could've looked for a sleep accomodation after the delivery but no, we need to select a new job.

[@Charles_Anthony]

@@captainufo4587 : Then why is it always blue or light blue?

[@Northlander74]

Is the whole sleeping system broken in this game? I fail to see why they have it in place and not provide any way to clear the penalty of tiredness

[@DantheBatt16]

😂😂😂

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

Backseat driver here! You usually have to look at the world map and zoom around to find the rest spots, and fuel spots. There's a lot of routs that your nav computer there will send you that just have no sleep and fuel areas on them. It's advantageous to look at the world map before you embark, and plan your rout so that you're near a sleep spot around the time period you get tired, and that you pass near a fuel place when you're going to need it. It's all about planning your rout. You often have to adjust your rout instead of blindly just following the sat-nav. Blindly following where the sat-nav tells you where to go can often land you in trouble in this game just like it can in real life. The world map is your friend when it comes to planning and changing your routs around. You can often even plot routs that are quicker to get to the destination than what the sat-nav gives you.

[@kevino6618]

Need a tow?🤣

[@Julius_Hardware]

First in meaningless contest!

[@eileennovak1656]

🥇 Almost the Olympics

[@StormhavenGaming]

This is exactly the reason I gave up on this game. Bloody awful map design. Great series though!

[@Tas1962b]

You had 3 sleeping area's before you dropped off the loader.

[@colonelfailure]

Didn't need to sleep then.