Dovetail Direct 25th August

Indeed. Which is why I haven't tried it previously and probably won't, assuming we are getting a new version and DTG haven't sorted out a better official system.

 

To bring up the "not everyone can afford it" point, we are talking about a problem which only affects people that bought huge amounts of dlc and those who dont have enough income wont bother with TSW in the first place.

Otherwise I have heard several people saying it takes days too. One being you but now you said it actually doesnt?
Now i wonder how many of those others are just repeating the same thing to have a point?

I can understand that hours of downloading is painfull but its not a viable argument to bring up again and again.

 

i was talking about some of the playerbase in general, not me specifically. it typically takes about 12 hours to redownload my collection

to that i’d like to point out that income isn’t linear, and situations can change. i used to buy most tsw dlc’s, now i’ll probably get one every couple of months. just because i’ve built up a massive collection doesn’t mean i can keep adding to it at the same rate. more entitlement and lack of understanding

 

And it all comes back to the point anyway, this is a process forced on the end user by DTG's decision to remarket the game as new every year, rather than just update the core. Not aware of any other games that do this at least not with such a huge catalogue of DLC.

 

For me, it takes about 3 days to reinstall everything. If I were to do it all in one go then I would be able to do it in about 30 hours but I have to pause the downloads during the daytime because it takes up all of my bandwidth. If I or the rest of my household want to use the internet for work, entertainment or leisure, we can't - unless I only download during the nights and pause the download during the day.

 

Rather than release a yearly game thats constantly broken i think extra time should be put into the current game and fix the numerous issues thats blighted it

 

Evidence?

• Railworks was launched in 2007; TSW first announced in 2016 (nine years later)
• TSW was launched in 2017; its successor first announced in [?]. (2026 would fit the historical pattern.)

 

Oh blimey, that’s 6 1/2 weeks of popcorn to munch through

 

There's no evidence. TSW still has room to grow as it stands and I reckon many players would be upset at having to re-invest in DLC again from scratch in 2026 for a "late to the party" UE5 game when UE6 is on the horizon in say 4-5 years.

 

So you assume the large part of the playerbase has an unstable income forcing DTG to stop releasing a new game every year because they cant buy new dlcs?

I never put any doubt into the fact that many people are strugling financially.
None of the by you mentioned problems are fixed with DTG stopping the release cycle but rather are a problem of modern day society.
Call me entitled and everything else you want, i dont see how its an issue redownloading content once a year which in the end benefits DTG and the players.

Trying to force DTG to cancel their main source of income leading to a drastic drop in quality and probably some people loosing their job is quite egoistic.

 

You hit the nail on the head.

DTG number one aim is new player acquisition.

The yearly "New Game" is about getting new players who will then invest over time in the hundreds of available DLC.

The alternative would be how SCS operate with Euro Truck Simulator and American Truck Simulator. The core evolves but the game isn't re-sold as a new game each year.

 

Yes the biggest annoyance being if you're in the middle of a job and an update drops (or you add new DLC as I did last night grabbing Iowa and Louisiana in the sale), it cancels it and resets your truck. But that's minor to what DTG put you through.

 

Maybe a two hours give or take. … not sure since I usually start it overnight and it is completed in the morning. Also downloading is in the background so I can do other things while downloading if I update during the day… really not a big problem. Of course, you don’t have to upgrade to the new version, and on Steam you can choose what DLC you want to download so you can control the size of each session.

Is it optimal that one needs to redownload, most assuredly not… is it the end of the world… not even close.

 

As it is a business, I certainly understand the need for profit.
However, I feel that a prompt response to bug fixes is what users are really looking for. My hope is that the title will follow the true path of a simulator rather than just a game.
As someone who approaches this from the perspective of an overseas user, I sincerely hope to see improvements.

 

I do it overnight as well but it takes about 10 hours with 120 DLC as its down to the last 6 or 7 DLCs when I wake up on my Xbox.

And I'm on a highspeed network so I can understand for people who are not as I even find it a hassle.

 

I'll probably get the free starter pack and only download the stuff I want to play next (including relevant layers), and take it from there.