I've been playing this since its first launch before it was even on Steam. In all that time it has steadily improved and expanded, the physics has gradually improved to the point where it's getting to be as close as a computer game can be to an actual simulator.

Of course, the main point is driving the truck. If that's not what floats your boat, then you won't like it much. However there is some other stuff to do, once you've explored a bit and made some money, besides buying your own truck and upgrading it you can also buy more garages and hire drivers to drive for you, provide them with trucks an trailers and you can build a Europe-wide transport company, and need not even drive that much yourself. There are a bunch of Steam achievements, too, like "use all the ferries", or "discover the whole map" and that latter one will take you a while even if you don't haul any cargo and just go cruising around everywhere on vacation.

Increasingly, the things you buy in game are officially licensed. No longer do we have "Valiant" and "Majestic" and other imitation brands, the trucks are all official and carry their own names and badges, and now they are expanding a line of "real" trailers to add more to the realism.

Over the years, more and more map DLC has been added. Compared to the early days, these expansions are good. Major intersections, instead of being one or two generic types, are often modelled in detail, and iconic landmarks appear in cities. You can now drive from Porto on the west coast of Portugal all the way to Istanbul in Turkey, and there are still more map DLCs being created and the older areas of the map are being upgraded.

If you prefer the thought of driving in the USA, then you should get American Truck Simulator which is built on the same bespoke SCS game engine, and is equally good IMO
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