Truck Video

A video showing the articulated truck driving the route. The truck and trailer are setup as a loco and wagon. This allows the two to be coupled and uncoupled correctly, and allows the articulation seen in the video.

Truck update

The road truck is now setup and working as a driveable vehicle in Rail Simulator. I've also taken the base mesh of the road truck and created a racing truck from it. Removal of the roof aerofoil and a quick re-skin made it a very quick job. I now need to do a proper skin for the truck and trailer instead of the placeholder. Here's a max render showing the two truck types.

The articulation between the truck and trailer works a treat as can be seen in this screenshot from the game.

You may also notice, that I've added two 'small' exhaust pipes behind the cabin on both truck types. These have smoke emitters attached which were easily placed and linked as children in the asset editor.

I like trucking

I like trucking, and I like to truck.

Earlier today, over a coffee and a biscuit, it suddenly dawned on me that Rail Simulator would be perfect for articulated trucks. Think of a simple loco towing a single wagon and you've got the truck and the trailer.

Imagine selecting your truck, then reversing the truck into the trailer park to pick-up your trailer (using the couplings) before you then drive off in your truck with your trailer in tow.