🚛 ETS2 Mods Euro Truck Simulator 2 Mods

🌅 Lighting Improvements for ETS2 - is designed to enhance the visual experience of the game by improving its lighting system. Developed by contributors like snowymoon, this mod aims to address the limitations of the default lighting in ETS2, offering players a more dynamic and visually appealing experience. It focuses on refining how light interacts with the environment, including streetlights, headlights, and natural sunlight, without necessarily relying on extensive asset changes.

Features Lighting Improvements:

• ✅ Compatible with ATS and ETS2 
• 🌃 Realistic streetlight brightness, color, and distribution for immersive night driving
• 🌡️ Optional light temperature adjustments (e.g., halogen warmth or LED coolness)
• 🚚 Upgraded truck headlights with improved range and clarity
• 🛣️ Enhanced visibility of roads and objects in low-light conditions
• ☀️ Refined sunlight rendering with natural shadows and intensity
• 🌇 Smoother transitions between day and night (dawn/dusk effects)
• 🕒 Potential dynamic lighting based on time of day
• ⚖️ Balanced light/shadow to prevent overexposure or harsh contrast
• 🧊 Custom improved rain/snow effects
• 🌌 Dynamic sky/weather integration (future updates planned)
• 🧪 Uses in-game weather and lighting data for realism
• 🖥️ Optimized for performance with minimal FPS impact
• 🌿 Forces highest vegetation quality for visual fidelity
• 💧 Realistic puddle placement using specular data (not random)
• 🧩 Compatible with all mods, VR, and multimonitor setups

✅ Tested on game version 1.59.x

Changes in v2.5 (1.59.x):
- Fixed crash issues for game version 1.59. Special thanks to Rounak Bhattacharjee and Kenan Imsirovic for their help

Changes in v2.0.35.5 (1.56.x):
- Fixed menu crash issue happening for some people, it should be fixed after first crash, just restart the game

Changes in v2.0.17.4 (1.55.x):
- If you are from China, put "snowymoon_korea.txt" to same folder as dxgi.dll to solve connection problem

Changes in v2.0.14 (1.55.x):
- Black colors adjustments for "Lighting Method B"
Download #2 | Download #3

Changes in v2.0.13 (1.55.x):
- Fixed rain reflection issue happening with v2.0.12.

Changes in v2.0.12 (1.55.x):
- Fixed chrome materials. Added "Lighting Method B" as default lighting method for high contrast lighting with higher range of colors, you can switch to old method by changing to "Lighting Method A".

Changes in v2.0.11 (1.55.x):
- Fixed lighting and shadows issues; 
- Fixed mirrors;
- Increased sky color impact for skylighting (ex. if sky is blue shadows are going to look bluer).
Download #2 | Download #3

Changes in v2.0 (1.55.x):
- Adapted to the latest game patch;
- Beta version for testing.
Download Link 1 | Download Link 2

Changes in v1.0.10 (1.53.x):
- Fixed indicators - overexposed reflective surfaces, improved foliage
Download #2 | Download #3

Changes in v1.0.8 (1.53.x):
- Fixed crash problems (including AMD and Intel)

Changes in v1.0.7 (1.53.x):
- Fixed bright surfaces - reflections, improved colors

Changes in v1.0.6 (1.53.x):
- Fixed weird colors and some problems, improved cabin SSAO
 Download #2 | Download #3

Changes in v1.0.3 (1.53.x):
- Reflection amount lowered

Changes in v1.0.2 (1.53.x):
- Fixed important crash issues     
- Fixed crash problems with plugins like ReShade

Simple steps to install ETS2 Mods

• 📥 Download the mod «Lighting Improvements Graphics Mod v2.5 (1.59.x) for ETS2»
• 📦 Use WinRAR or 7-Zip to extract the archive
• 📁 Copy the .scs file into My Documents / Euro Truck Simulator 2 / mod
• 🎮 Launch the game → Profile → Mod Manager → Activate the mod