Farming Simulator 22 features a brand new and improved design that combines landscape design and building placement. When you watched FarmCon this year, you already have a glimpse of it.

See the following presentation if you missed it! Jos Kuijpers, the gameplay programmer, explains what's new for the game. Afterwards, Ken Burgess and Stefan Maurus, Gameplay developer, test the features in a short gameplay session.

Which improvements can you look forward to?

We decided to revise the Farming Simulator 19 construction system for two reasons: firstly, we had to improve usability. In the past, we received a lot of feedback from you, and we improved the build mode to make it easier for the user.

On the other hand, we have new features like the production chains that require an extended build mode. In essence, we revised the whole thing by raising drastically the number of placing items and redesigning all controls.

You can now switch quickly between buildings and objects and landscaping and object removal. We have added new tools to edit your terrain for landscaping and sculpture. Building your farm as you like is easier than ever before.

What new features are added to the build mode?

You probably know about our new crops in Farming Simulator 22, already. Building vines must plant grapes and olives. So if you want a vineyard to be built, you must first open the mode and stretch your fields with vines.

If you are more of an animal farmer, you can also build the fences yourself (in addition to the many new pens we got). Like the wines, you just put a pole down and pull the fence in order to create it. There are ten different types of fences, plus gates.

What type of new placeables are there?

Overall, everything is put in one of the following categories:

• Buildings are split further into sheds, silos, silo extensions, containers, and tools. Here you'll find buildings like Rudolf Hörmann's new sheds, each with features and stuff like automobile services or solar panels.
• Production contains all the buildings needed to start your production chains or earn you additional money another way. Factories, sales outlets, greenhouses, orchards and generators are available.
• Animals contain all the pens for your animals - in different shapes, sizes, and some additional functionality.
• Decoration contains fences, (street) lights and more. You can give your farm a lot of details with this set of items.
• Landscaping contains... well, the landscaping tools for sculpting, painting, trees, and plants. Here you find everything you need to individualize your farmland.