Euro Truck Simulator 2: Going East!

Euro Truck Simulator 2: Going East! is a map expansion DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2. It was the first major map expansion for Euro Truck Simulator 2 (being released on September 19, 2013), and it costs $9.99, £7,99, €9,99.

Summary

As the first map expansion of DLC involved, Going East! centers on Eastern Europe, which includes the rest of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, all of which were first introduced in the official release of the base game of Euro Truck Simulator 2. The DLC also adds Hungary to the game, initially only rendering the northern part of the country until update 1.19 added two more cities in its southern half.

Originally a so-called "Eastern European Expansion", the name of the DLC wasn't officially announced until August 1, 2013, making it the first map expansion that did not have an official name after its announcement. Expanding across the eastern part of the North European Plain in northern Poland (part of the larger and vast European Plain) to the westernmost parts of the Carpathian Mountains in Slovakia and the Great Hungarian Plain, the Going East! DLC includes a variety of geography features across the region, which also includes challenging but also scenic roads across the mountainous areas and the vast densely forested regions. Major cities such as Warszawa, Kraków, Gdańsk, Lublin, Ostrava, Košice, and Budapest are also included in the DLC.

Although the quality of the DLC does not meet SCS Software's current mapping standards (e.g. comparing to the latest DLCs including Iberia and West Balkans), and despite the fact that the DLC has received significant attention from players after Germany was reworked, there has been no official indication on if a rework of the Going East! is going to be made in the future.

“	Going East! add-on expands the original Euro Truck Simulator 2 map with new destinations for cargo delivery across Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary.	”
	~ Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Going East! Steam Store page^{^[1]}

DLC Features

Over 20 hours of driving to explore all the new areas in the game world.
13 new cities including Warsaw, Krakow, Ostrava, Budapest, Kosice and more.
Many kilometers of challenging narrow roads, mountain passes, and roads under repair to test your driving skill.

Cities

The Going East! DLC brings 15 new cities to Euro Truck Simulator 2. Two of them (Pécs and Szeged) were added in update 1.19. The capitals of the countries are marked in bold.

Name	Country	Remarks
Banská Bystrica	Slovakia
Białystok	Poland
Budapest	Hungary	Capital of Hungary
Debrecen	Hungary
Gdańsk	Poland
Katowice	Poland
Košice	Slovakia
Kraków	Poland
Lublin	Poland
Łódź	Poland
Olsztyn	Poland
Ostrava	Czech Republic
Pécs	Hungary	Added in update 1.19
Szeged	Hungary	Added in update 1.19
Warszawa	Poland	Capital of Poland

Achievements

Main article: Achievements/Euro Truck Simulator 2

There is 1 achievement in the Going East DLC.

Image	Name	Description
	Orient Express	Complete deliveries between following cities, in this order and direction (see list)

Trivia

Going East! is the only map expansion DLC which doesn't feature DLC-exclusive achievements or companies.

Release History

After the release of the DLC, SCS added new content exclusive to Going East! owners on one occasion. All of them bring no extra charges.

23 July 2015: Update 1.19 is released.^{^[2]}
14 July 2015: Update 1.19 Open Beta started.^{^[3]}
2 July 2015: Blog post about Going East! Hungary expansion in update 1.19.^{^[4]}

Before the DLC was released, SCS published several hints and news topics about the content featured in it that was previously under work in progress.

20 September 2013: Going East! DLC is released.^{^[5]}
19 September 2013: Blog post about SCS having a problem with the update 1.5.2.^{^[6]}
17 September 2013: Blog post about add-on videos of the DLC + trailer.^{^[7]}
5 September 2013: Going East! DLC is completed.^{^[8]}
30 August 2013: SCS announced the release date of the expansion.^{^[9]}
27 August 2013: Blog post about GamesCom 2013 and the GamesCom loop of the DLC are shown.^{^[10]}
12 August 2013: Playtesting of DLC starts.^{^[11]}
1 August 2013: SCS announced the DLC's name.^{^[12]}
21 June 2013: Images of Hungary are shown.^[13]
5 June 2013: Images showing the Iveco Stralis Hi-Way in a Slovakian city.^{^[14]}
28-29 May 2013: Two blog posts show images from the DLC.^{^[15]^[16]}
31 January 2013: A so-called "Eastern European Expansion" is revealed.^{^[17]}