American Truck Simulator

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Type: Physics
Truck parts: Tyres
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9 Nov, 2023 @ 5:11am
7 Dec, 2023 @ 10:42am
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Better Tire Grip

In 1 collection by ØnYx
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Description
This mod improves the performance of all SCS tires in the rain and snow.
Since a few updates ago, driving in the rain has felt more slippery than before and a bit like driving on ice.

I recently discovered why this is. When SCS added tire stats to ETS2, they also added the same physics logic to ATS, but they didn't add the actual parameters to the tires.
This resulted in default values being applied to all tires in the game (aside from the ones in the wheel tuning pack and one pair of Goodyear tires, which actually got the parameters).
Because of this, all tires slip more in the rain.

With this mod, I added these parameters to all default, wheel tuning pack, Goodyear and Michelin DLC tires in the game.
Now, all tires will perform the same way when driving in the rain, although they will have slightly less traction than when driving in the dry.
However, it will still be controllable and not feel like driving on ice.
Wider front tires will offer a bit better traction in wet conditions, but have a significantly higher roll resistance.
Single tires in the back have worse values overall, and I recommend not to use them.

Applies to the following tires:
  • All default ATS tires
  • Wheel Tuning Pack
  • Goodyear Tires Pack
  • Michelin Fan Pack

For those of you interested, here are the parameter this mod adds to the different tire types:
Tire type
roll_resistance
wet_grip
noise_volume
Standard Front
4.5
1.3
69
Wide Front
7.5
1.35
72
Double Rear
4.5
1.3
69
Single Rear
5.25
0.975
72

Created by ØnYx.



If you have any comment, suggestion, criticism, constructive, or otherwise, feel free to leave a comment.

If you like this mod, you might also like some of my other mods, which you can find here: ØnYx Mod Collection

34 Comments
Lucas van der Spin 16 Jul @ 2:16pm 
Hi bro.
Great mod. Thnx for that.
Can you make same mod for ETS2?
Gr Lucas
ØnYx  [author] 13 Jul @ 5:12am 
Yes, the mod still works in v1.55. No changes have been made by SCS.
Puma9001 4 Jul @ 12:37pm 
does this still work in 1.55?
papinek 25 Apr @ 12:44pm 
Cool mod! Like it! Thanks for your work!
NorwBear 21 Sep, 2024 @ 1:16am 
Hello.. very nice mods , but can you please make it to ETS 2 also :)
ØnYx  [author] 10 Sep, 2024 @ 5:44am 
Mod still works in v1.51. No update necessary.
Kim jong un 30 May, 2024 @ 2:02am 
no more slipping and sliding into cars and flipping over, thank you!
xxx_MLGDOGE_xxx 24 Apr, 2024 @ 8:38pm 
ETS2 version would be nice. Tire grip in ETS2 just sucks.
HL BAR 28 Feb, 2024 @ 8:17am 
There's a report from the North American Council for Freight Efficiency on the reduced rolling resistance of wide base tires. It has some pretty good info on super single tires. Just search for NACFE CONFIDENCE REPORT: Low Rolling Resistance Tires. You should check it out.
pizza99pizza99 25 Feb, 2024 @ 7:03pm 
I play with frosty, the winter weather modd, and its physics addon. How will this work with that?