Interview with Paul Sebora interesting. (Euro Truck Simulator 2)

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The last few weeks, a team of SCS in the path moves across Europe, staying on the stages of the FIA ETRC. This is accompanied by meetings with fans, and various youtubers. One of these took the following interview from Daniel Nemira (providing communication), and then with the head SCS Pavel Sebor. The interview turned out quite long, not less interesting because it raised a lot of interesting themes. So here's what we learned from the interview:

Their SIM trailer has become a very important part of the company, as it helps not only to establish a connection with the fans, attracting their attention, but becomes a good advantage when negotiating with other companies. In addition, many are so interested in the presence of the trailer in various places, I become more and more, because SCS already quite well-known company, that is certainly a good argument in negotiations, such as obtaining licenses.
The DLC release, Oregon was the completion of an arduous journey and hard work, because during the work on this extension trained new employees, because the team needs more staff that will accelerate the work on content for games. As Paul said, already is working on multiple extensions.
In the beginning the goal was to become a company of game development, so it was released as hunting and adventure in the ocean. But after the first simulator trucking 18 wheels of steel (the project later received a series of games), which was very warmly received by the players, it was decided that this is what they want to do. Choosing the mainstream of the simulation of freight, over time, get more experience, it can be compared to a snowball — the farther it rolled, the bigger it becomes.
Speaking about future plans, Paul said that they are considering to release games in different genre, because for development time, other companies can release multiple games, in other words, it is difficult to enter into some kind of genre where there are already a lot more experienced studios and developers. But simulators of trucks are stable, therefore it is considered this direction. SCS has repeatedly teased fans by the buses, but in addition is likely to be an extension of the existing world in terms of diversity of equipment.
Continuing the theme about the future, Paul says that over time the interests of the fans are changing and at the moment they must be prepared for previously impossible, expanding and improving the game world, which is already built. Considering the needs of fans and interaction with them, SCS got to that point where we need to think about the multiplayer mode. This is something we are working on the sidelines of the company and this naturally will create a great Foundation for the future. It will not just events that you can see now, it will be something more complex and they are already preparing for major changes.
SCS is now focused on games for PC and Linux, but there are a lot of complaints from console owners. This work requires as much effort and the end result is what Paul wants to get a quality product, but it will take time, so wouldn't like to give any predictions.
Paul also talked about the fact that games in the future, he wants to get something more than just driving. Because now they are interested in different serious company, and work should be done with serious intentions. (here is probably a hint of what will be a simulator for the training of future truck drivers.)
Currently started work on the expansion card that adds countries such as Portugal and Spain, but this is only the first stage — the study area, so the release next year, it's hard to say. Full-time job over exactly this extension will be after the release of the Baltic sea, but before going to be the expansion card for another region. If to speak about concrete figures, we are currently working on three add-ons for Europe and four for America, but in what sequence and at what time they will leave is uncertain, because in the process of creating will be seen the amount of work that significantly affects the timing.
Speaking of licenses, Paul again reminded that they would not want to give too many comments about it, because I didn't want to disrupt the negotiations, or something like that. Currently, negotiations are under way with several manufacturers. The Renault MT was shown over a year ago and the truck really is built in a greater degree, but as it turned out, having two units of Renault trucks and cars, you need to obtain the approval of both of them, because the logo and brand belong equally to these two units. This is a really complex process and it cannot be called any time, it could be weeks or another year but sooner or later it has to happen, so we, the users, and SCS, we need to be patient.
In the end, Paul thanked all the fans for their support and feedback. No need to worry about the fact that maybe your region is not in the game, because it can appear someday and you will be able to visit it.
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