A4 (France)

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For other European roads numbered A4, see A4 (disambiguation).
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 Note: This page contains only information about A4 (France) in Euro Truck Simulator 2!

The Autoroute A4 is a highway in France running between Paris and Strasbourg. It's featured in Euro Truck Simulator 2 since the base game, and is one of the few French Autoroutes rendered (almost) in its entirety in the very beginning.

The information of this article is accurate as of version 1.37.

History

The following table describes the rendering history of A4 in Euro Truck Simulator 2.

Version Details
Initial release of ETS 2 The A4 is rendered in the base game map of Euro Truck Simulator 2.
Version 1.26 The rebuild of Paris area makes the western terminus of A4 more sophistically rendered, instead of simply plunging into a coarsely-rendered Paris city.

Also, service area along the way are signed with names reflecting their real-life counterparts, and the road layout near Strasbourg is also updated to reflect real-life more accurately.

Version 1.37 The road layout around Reims is updated to reflect real-life more accurately.

Route Details

Autoroute A4
↓km↓ ↑km↑ Feature Destinations / Notes
0 433 Motorway Junction.png Western terminus
Boulevard Périphérique - towards Paris (Porte de Bagnolet) and A3
2 432 Road train ico.png Tunnel west portal
4 430 Motorway Junction.png West-facing on-off ramp (inaccessible to truckers)
6 426 Road train ico.png Tunnel east portal
15 407 Motorway Junction.png
40 387 Toll GatesRest Stop Entrance / exit of Paris - Reims toll zone
56 370 Motorway.png Bridge over railway
76 350 GasRest Stop Aire de Tardenois (Sud for eastbound; Nord for westbound)
90 337 Toll GatesRest Stop Entrance / exit of Paris - Reims toll zone
105 319 Motorway Junction.png A26 (north) - Calais and Lille
127 304 Exit to City.png
Garage ico.pngService ShopGasRest Stop 		Reims
141 283 Motorway Junction.png

Minor road towards Liège or Dijon

157 271 Toll GatesRest Stop Entrance / exit of Reims - Metz toll zone
182 246 GasRest Stop
  • Eastbound: Aire de Valmy-Orbeval
  • Westbound: Aire de Valmy Le Moulin
Road works on this section, a short speed reduction to 50 km/h (31 mph) eastbound
233 195 Toll GatesRest Stop Entrance / exit of Reims - Metz toll zone
248 180 Exit to City.png Metz (western access, TREE-ET)
Road works on this section, a short speed reduction to 80 km/h (50 mph) both directions
289 132 Motorway Junction.png

A31 - Luxembourg (north) or Dijon (south)

  • E25 switches between A31 north and A4 east
  • Truckers may take this exit for Metz proper
323 105 Toll GatesRest Stop Entrance / exit of Metz - Strasbourg toll zone
342 84 Motorway Junction.png
Toll Gates

Minor road towards Köln and Mannheim

389 39 GasRest Stop
  • Eastbound: Aire de Saverne-Monswiller
  • Westbound: Aire de Saverne-Eckartswiller
403 25 Toll GatesRest Stop Entrance / exit of Metz - Strasbourg toll zone
433 0 Motorway Junction.png Eastern terminus
A35 and E25 continues south

Toll

While the A4 is tolled like other French Autoroutes, its toll zones are independent and involves almost no other roads. As such, a simple toll fee list is available.

Section Toll
Paris – Reims € 32
Reims – Metz € 44
Metz – Strasbourg € 34
Metz – minor road (TBC)
Minor road – Strasbourg (TBC)

Gallery

  • In-game map of Paris before version 1.26. The road to the east (right hand side) was the pre-update A4

    In-game map of Paris before version 1.26. The road to the east (right hand side) was the pre-update A4

  • Near western terminus, next to river Seine

    Near western terminus, next to river Seine

  • Approaching the junction with the N104 (as well as A104)

    Approaching the junction with the N104 (as well as A104)

  • Near Reims

    Near Reims

  • Near the canyon between Metz and Strasbourg

    Near the canyon between Metz and Strasbourg

  • Eastern terminus outside Strasbourg

    Eastern terminus outside Strasbourg

Trivia

  • The section of A4 west of the N104 junction is still part of E50, but truckers wishing to follow the Euroroute to the west would find it quicker to turn off to N104 instead.
  • The rendered section near Reims is actually Autoroute A344, while the real-life A4 bypasses the city to the south. Nevertheless, most real-life signs on this section of road display A4. Likewise, the game's rendering makes no attempt to sign the road near Reims separately.
  • The cutting rendered in the game between Metz and Strasbourg is different from its real-life counterpart, in that the real-life feature is on a curve convex towards the north, but the rendered cutting is convex towards the west, which means not only the cutting (and the bridge over it) is turned 90 degrees, but the highway also curves in the "wrong" direction inside the cutting.

See Also

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