MidAmerica tour
Posted: 05 Jun 2023 16:20
Hi there,
I’ve decided to try opening a second screenshot thread with tours from central USA (from Texas and the states above it, and then eastwards), so all ATS. I hope that’s okay!
Texas is huge, so I'm dividing it into 6 parts.
1. Yellow = western border with New Mexico
2. Light green = western Texas
3. Orange = central Texas
4. Red = eastern Texas
5. Blue = southern Texas
6. Purple = northern Texas
And here we are, starting out in the new Volvo in Raton, New Mexico.
Why am I opening a dedicated MidAmerica tour thread? Several reasons...
First, I have another huge screenshot thread planned after my current one. It will cover some final ProMods areas, final Europe DLCs, and in ATS – Washington, Wyoming, Colorado and PM Canada. It’s going to be around 3 years before I get to the end of that. By that time there will be maybe 8 midwestern states ahead of me – a huge block of flat, samey land. By opening a second thread now I can do the midwestern states as they arrive, providing variety both for myself and for anyone who likes looking at my stuff in their lunch break or whatever. I guess someone does, as I seem to be averaging around 70 views per day in my FF2 thread. Hmm. Perhaps they are all bots – who knows.
Second, I’d really like to cover these new states as they arrive, fresh and new, rather than 3 years later. Right now I still haven’t hardly driven in Italy or Washington, and they came out 5 or 6 years ago – they are still waiting for me to tour them, while I tour other areas. It’s frustrating, but there is just so much to tour, and I want to record all of ProMods and SCS’s work if I can, because… because… why not? It’s my hobby. Seems no more pointless than fishing, or endless football.
So why don’t I just incorporate the new ATS DLCs in the other thread? Weeellll… my poor obsessive brain won’t let me. I have a fixed conception of what I want to cover in my main trilogy of threads, which I’ve been working on for many years now, and I don’t want to give that up.
The Home of Everything's Included. Everything. If I had a sister, I'd include her in a second.
So, I hope people can be tolerant of this regular contributor to the PM screenshot forum, and forgive him for having two active threads. This one won’t always be active, just when there are new ATS DLCs, so twice a year, I guess, once I’ve caught up. If any moderators have an issue with me having two threads, please let me know and I’ll give up on the project, shedding a single, noble tear.
Well, off we go, our first destination Dalhart in northwestern Texas. A fiery truck pulling hay. Appropriate.
Almost all of the images in this set are actually in New Mexico, but those east of Raton were mostly added by the Texas DLC, I think.
It was at this point that I suddenly realised that I should have checked the time before taking a job. It's evening already, dammit.
Sometimes trucksim looks pretty real these days.
I like the looks of the new Volvo. A big improvement on the old boxy thing they put out last time.
We're not in Texas yet! Unless the state line is just a couple of metres to our right.
Getting very dark. I'm going to have to find somewhere to stop for the night, and give up on my fat paycheck for an on-time arrival.
Great atmosphere, though.
This town looks promising.
It's... a Massage Dragon.
Yup, we'll kip here, somewhere.
This'll do.
Up early the next day, and the weather is stunningly similar.
It's a sign. What could it be?
Yep, we're just entering Texas for the first time!
And here we are, at or near Dalhart. Next time: Dalhart to Tucumcari.
Hope you enjoyed! Krigl
I’ve decided to try opening a second screenshot thread with tours from central USA (from Texas and the states above it, and then eastwards), so all ATS. I hope that’s okay!
Texas is huge, so I'm dividing it into 6 parts.
1. Yellow = western border with New Mexico
2. Light green = western Texas
3. Orange = central Texas
4. Red = eastern Texas
5. Blue = southern Texas
6. Purple = northern Texas
And here we are, starting out in the new Volvo in Raton, New Mexico.
Why am I opening a dedicated MidAmerica tour thread? Several reasons...
First, I have another huge screenshot thread planned after my current one. It will cover some final ProMods areas, final Europe DLCs, and in ATS – Washington, Wyoming, Colorado and PM Canada. It’s going to be around 3 years before I get to the end of that. By that time there will be maybe 8 midwestern states ahead of me – a huge block of flat, samey land. By opening a second thread now I can do the midwestern states as they arrive, providing variety both for myself and for anyone who likes looking at my stuff in their lunch break or whatever. I guess someone does, as I seem to be averaging around 70 views per day in my FF2 thread. Hmm. Perhaps they are all bots – who knows.
Second, I’d really like to cover these new states as they arrive, fresh and new, rather than 3 years later. Right now I still haven’t hardly driven in Italy or Washington, and they came out 5 or 6 years ago – they are still waiting for me to tour them, while I tour other areas. It’s frustrating, but there is just so much to tour, and I want to record all of ProMods and SCS’s work if I can, because… because… why not? It’s my hobby. Seems no more pointless than fishing, or endless football.
So why don’t I just incorporate the new ATS DLCs in the other thread? Weeellll… my poor obsessive brain won’t let me. I have a fixed conception of what I want to cover in my main trilogy of threads, which I’ve been working on for many years now, and I don’t want to give that up.
The Home of Everything's Included. Everything. If I had a sister, I'd include her in a second.
So, I hope people can be tolerant of this regular contributor to the PM screenshot forum, and forgive him for having two active threads. This one won’t always be active, just when there are new ATS DLCs, so twice a year, I guess, once I’ve caught up. If any moderators have an issue with me having two threads, please let me know and I’ll give up on the project, shedding a single, noble tear.
Well, off we go, our first destination Dalhart in northwestern Texas. A fiery truck pulling hay. Appropriate.
Almost all of the images in this set are actually in New Mexico, but those east of Raton were mostly added by the Texas DLC, I think.
It was at this point that I suddenly realised that I should have checked the time before taking a job. It's evening already, dammit.
Sometimes trucksim looks pretty real these days.
I like the looks of the new Volvo. A big improvement on the old boxy thing they put out last time.
We're not in Texas yet! Unless the state line is just a couple of metres to our right.
Getting very dark. I'm going to have to find somewhere to stop for the night, and give up on my fat paycheck for an on-time arrival.
Great atmosphere, though.
This town looks promising.
It's... a Massage Dragon.
Yup, we'll kip here, somewhere.
This'll do.
Up early the next day, and the weather is stunningly similar.
It's a sign. What could it be?
Yep, we're just entering Texas for the first time!
And here we are, at or near Dalhart. Next time: Dalhart to Tucumcari.
Hope you enjoyed! Krigl