The country is bordered by Norway to the north, Finland to the northwest, Estonia, Latvia and Belarus to the west and Ukraine to the southwest. In addition, the exclave Kaliningrad Oblast has borders with Poland to the south and Lithuania to the north and east. Russia also borders 6 further countries which are included in neither the current map of Euro Truck Simulator 2 nor in a known future expansion. The capital city of Russia is Moscow.
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Russia is the largest country in the world by area 17,125,200 km2. While geographically mostly in Asia, the bulk of Russia's population is concentrated in the European part together with capital Moscow and, culturally, Russia is unmistakably European. It boasts a rich history and culture. Road safety in Russia is poor, with a road accident rate higher than in Europe or the United States.
If the Heart of Russia DLC were to be released, Russia would have a total of at least 40 cities (approx. 42 listed below), which would surpass Spain's title as with the most accessible in-game cities.
The speed limits for Russia in ETS2 are as follows:
Categories
Trucks
Expressways, Motorways and Major Roads
90 km/h (56 mph)
Minor Roads
70 km/h (43 mph)
Cities and Towns
60 km/h (37 mph)
Roads
The Russian federal highway system (Russian: Автомобильные дороги России федерального значения) is split into five different classifications, each indicated by a single prefix letter followed by the road's serial number. However, only three of these classifications are used in-game:
M roads connect the Russian capital, Moscow, to administrative centers of constituent entities in the Russian Federation, as well as the capitals of other countries.
R roads are regional roads which connect administrative centers besides Moscow to other administrative centers within Russia. Note than in Cyrillic (the writing system that Russia uses), the "R" sound is represented by the "P" character, and so signs will print "P" instead of "R" as the prefix.
A roads can be thought of as branching or bridging roads. They connect administrative centers to other important transportation hubs, and connect major motorways with each other.
If one travels into Russia, the fuel price seems relatively expensive, but in reality the currency that the fuel price is displayed in (Russian rubles) is not worth that much - it is worth less than the Norwegian kroner (NOK). This means that fuel priced at 15 Russian rubles translates into roughly $0.60 cents per litre, or €0.55 cents per litre. This is because Russia has extremely large fuel/oil supplies - so large, in fact, that some have been operating since World War II and are still producing oil.
