🌧️ Realistic Weather System for ATS - introduces a more authentic weather simulation, with a focus on diverse precipitation types and thunderstorm intensities. It adjusts rain and thunder effects to align with realistic summer weather patterns, particularly tailored for the United States (though some sources mistakenly reference Europe due to shared mod descriptions with Euro Truck Simulator 2). The mod enhances the visual and auditory experience of weather in ATS, making rain and thunderstorms feel more natural and immersive.
Features Realistic Weather System:
– 🌩️ 10 custom rain & thunder intensity levels
– ☀️ Realistic U.S. summer weather simulation
– 🌌 Skybox configuration tuned for realism
– 🌦️ Varied precipitation types
– 🌍 Climate‑zone integration with region‑specific intensity
– 🌧️ Improved rain probability for dynamic transitions
– ✔️ Realistic thunderstorm probability
– ✔️ More raindrops on windshield
– ✔️ Realistic raindrop textures
– ✔️ Realistic rain textures
– ✔️ Geographically accurate rain probabilities
– ✔️ Realistic rain & thunder intensities for U.S. summer patterns
– ✔️ Skybox‑matched thunder & rain behavior
– ✔️ Realistic road slipperiness
– ✔️ Realistic wind speed
– ✔️ Simulated precipitation types:
light / moderate / heavy rain
light / heavy showers
light / moderate / severe thunderstorms
– ✔️ Realistic raindrop size
– ✔️ Realistic raindrop physics
– ✔️ Realistic car splash textures
– ✔️ Realistic mist
– ✔️ Minimized rain streak effect
Compatibility Warning
– ❌ Not compatible with graphics mods
– ❌ Not compatible with Grimes Seasons mods
Changes in v3.0:
– ✔️ Adapted to the latest game patch 1.61
– ✔️ Redefined regions of climate zones in ETS2 with more accurate data.
– ✔️ Redone rain probabilities using ERA5 database.
– ✔️ Improved thunderstorm probabilities using ERA5 database.
– ✔️ Improved physics of raindrops on windshield.
– ✔️ Adjusted skybox lighting of one skybox of bad weather.
– ✔️ Small tweaks of Rain intensities.
– ✔️ Fixed some issues made by weather editor.
– ✔️ Rain and thunderstorm probabilities are now based on June-August data (2000-2026) instead of only June (2000-2025).
– ✔️ Changed recommended Rain probability to: 21%.
✅ Tested on game version 1.61.x