The New Route Advisor: Why and How It’s Evolving | 新路线顾问:为什么以及如何演变

For more than a decade, the Route Advisor has been a constant companion on the road. It’s been with many of you for thousands of hours, countless deliveries, and more than a few white-knuckle parking attempts. Changing something so familiar is never a small decision, and it’s not one we took lightly.

十多年来,路线顾问一直是路上的忠实伴侣。它已经陪伴你们中的许多人数千小时,无数次交付,以及不止几次惊险的停车尝试。改变如此熟悉的事情从来不是一个小决定,我们也不会掉以轻心。

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So before we talk about what changed, we want to start with the most important question:

因此,在我们谈论发生了什么变化之前,我们想从最重要的问题开始:

Why did we change the Route Advisor at all? 

我们为什么要改变路线顾问?

Over the years, the core truck driving experience has grown deeper and more detailed. Trucks gained more systems. Driving assists became more nuanced. Screens got smaller for some players, larger for others, and control methods expanded from keyboards to wheels and gamepads.

多年来,核心的卡车驾驶体验变得更加深入和详细。卡车获得了更多的系统。驾驶辅助变得更加微妙。一些玩家的屏幕变小了,其他玩家的屏幕则变大了,控制方法也从键盘扩展到了轮子和游戏手柄。

The original Route Advisor did an incredible job for a long time, but it was reaching a point where it could no longer grow without becoming cluttered, unclear, or restrictive. Adding more and more information into a single panel meant compromises: hidden states, missing feedback, and tab switching while driving.

最初的路线顾问在很长一段时间内做了一项令人难以置信的工作,但它已经到了一个地步,如果不变得混乱、不清楚或限制性,它就无法再发展。在单个面板中添加越来越多的信息意味着妥协:隐藏状态、缺少反馈和驾驶时切换标签。

Our goal with the new Route Advisor was not to change how you enjoy truck driving.
It was to make sure the information you need while driving is:

我们使用新路线顾问的目标不是改变您享受卡车驾驶的方式。这是为了确保您在驾驶时需要的信息是:

Clear
  • 清除
  • Immediate
  • 立即
  • Unambiguous
  • 明确的
  • Adaptable to how you play
  • 适应你的游戏方式
  •  What you’re seeing now is the foundation of that change.

    你现在看到的是这一变化的基础。

    From One Panel to Many: A Widget-Based Advisor

    从一个面板到多个面板:基于小部件的顾问

    Instead of one compact panel trying to do everything, the new Route Advisor is built from individual widgets, each with a single, clear purpose.

    新的Route Advisor不是由一个紧凑的面板来完成所有事情,而是由单个小部件构建而成,每个小部件都有一个明确的目的。

    This shift lets us do three important things for truck drivers:

    这一转变让我们为卡车司机做了三件重要的事情:

    Show more driving-critical information without crowding
  • 在不拥挤的情况下显示更多驾驶关键信息
  • Give clear feedback on what your truck is actually doing
  • 对你的卡车实际在做什么给出明确的反馈
  • Let you decide what stays on screen, and what doesn’t
  • 让你决定什么留在屏幕上,什么不在屏幕上
  • Each widget can be enabled or disabled independently, and you can choose whether it appears:

    每个小部件都可以独立启用或禁用,您可以选择是否显示:

    in the interior view
  • 在内部视图中
  • the exterior view
  • 外部视图
  • both
  • 两者
  • or not at all
  • 或者根本没有
  • If you want a minimal, immersive screen, great. If you want more at-a-glance feedback, also great. Furthermore, F3 remains as before to switch off all UI elements with notifications still being shown.

    如果你想要一个最小的、身临其境的屏幕,那太好了。如果你想要更多一目了然的反馈,那也很好。此外,F3保持不变,以关闭所有仍显示通知的UI元素。

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    Driving-Critical Information, Front and Centre

    驾驶关键信息,前端和中心

    One of our biggest focuses was improving feedback while driving, especially information that previously was missing, unclear, or only available in limited views.

    我们最大的重点之一是改善驾驶时的反馈,尤其是以前缺失、不清楚或仅在有限视图中可用的信息。

    What is now...