CHANGELOG v23.97
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Reverb changes to the whistle of the steam train in the Christmas Winterland Event 2023.
Fixed vanilla game bug where the steam locomotive sound did not connect to the traffic volume audio setting. [ETS2 edition]
Amplified tire sound mix for the snow terrain as featured in the Christmas Winterland Event 2023.

DESCRIPTION
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This mod has been bringing more immersion to common sounds in the game for over 8 years!

It packs a lot of realistic sounds within one mod, making it great value within the 100 mod limit in Convoy multiplayer.

COMPATIBILITY
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* ETS2 1.49.2 + ATS 1.49.2. No errors in game log. Must have high priority in Mod Manager.
* Does not replace individual player truck sounds, so this mod can be used with an unlimited amount of truck sound mods of your choice.
* Compatible with all maps and all trucks, including truck mods.
* Supported in single-player and multiplayer Convoy mode, and is marked as an optional mod in Convoy. 
* If hosting a Convoy dedicated server with this mod, it is recommended to turn on "mods_optioning" to prevent mod version restrictions.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
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Requires higher priority in Mod Manager than: 
- any map mods (e.g. ProMods)
- any AI traffic mods (e.g. traffic packs and traffic pack add-ons)
- any rain sound mods (unless proven to be compatible)

FEATURE LIST
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The mod features dynamic and realistic sounds, covering the following:

- An extensive variety of suspension and tire bump sounds, including those for trailers.
- Fuel / filling station sounds.
- Door close and seatbelt sounds after refueling.
- Train sound enhancements, including comprehensive sounds for some individual trains.
- Unique railroad crossing bell sounds for different locations.
- Real tire and road noise for all terrains: asphalt, gravel, grass, snow, and sleeper lines.
- Wet tire noise for the player's truck tires when the asphalt roads are wet.
- Reworked tire screech sound effects.
- Nokia phone ringtone sound replacing the hurry up / late music, leading to less stress for the player.
- Default common sound reworks, such as improved default air brake sounds and a softer default reverse beep.
- AI traffic vehicle sound improvements.
- English UK/US voice navigation variants with speaker effect added and no unrealistic phrases.
- Wind buffeting and rush of air sounds at high speeds only when the window is open.
- Additional environmental and ambient sounds, and tasteful changes to existing ambient sounds in the game world.
- Trailer coupling and trailer brace rotation sounds.
- Two standalone air horns.
- Softer mix for the Musical Road in American Truck Simulator's Historic Route 66.
- Dynamic exterior and interior rain sounds, and an assortment of varying thunder sounds with delay.
- The default wiper sound may now squeak only when the windshield is dry.
- Default gear grinding sound effect additions and improvements.
- Stronger reverb effects when under bridges and overpasses.
- (Optional) Reefer / refrigerated trailer sound functionality.
- (Optional - ATS only) Cop scouting reports via CB radio (enable in voice navigation options).

For further realism, the mod may also add official colors to each AI traffic vehicle it modifies for sound, with rarer colors less likely to be seen.

CREDITS
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* SCS Software for base sounds
* Drive Safely for sound mixing and editing, some sound samples, and for compiling the mod
* antonvezdehod and Katixa for some high speed tire sounds
* Darkcaptain for a variety of thunder and rain sound samples
* Grinch for the Euro Truck Simulator 2 fallback railroad crossing bell sound
* Kass for a variety of thunder sound samples
* Kriechbaum for blinker off stick sound and exhaust sounds from his Mack E6 engine sound mod
* Trayscapes for recordings of a Mack E6 truck
* Vasily EVR for some air brake sound samples
* Zeemod for a wind sound sample

OFFICIAL SCS FORUM LINK
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The SCS Forum link below for the Sound Fixes Pack holds all official download links and is open to suggestions and questions about the mod:
https://forum.scssoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=200919

If you like quick and easy automatic updates and a 'safe mode' to protect from incompatibility with future game updates, the Steam Workshop edition of the mod is highly recommended.