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I always wondered why games like Euro Truck Simulator never tried to use real geo data (not necessarily street view, but just accurate streets, shapes, cities a
by thirdsun 11y ago
I always wondered why games like Euro Truck Simulator never tried to use real geo data (not necessarily street view, but just accurate streets, shapes, cities and distances) for their games. After all, trying to rebuild a miniature europe seems like a dead end at some point and, maybe I'm alone with that, but using real world times to drive from Amsterdam to Berlin on a realistic route feels way more interesting to me.
- jc4p 11y agoBuilding realistic looking modes of the real world is a lot harder than building graphics in games like that looked, the last time I played one.
- moron4hire 11y agoAlso, licensing issues. Map data for commercial projects is not cheap.
- lfowles 11y agoSee X-Plane, which uses OSM data and extrapolates from that.