Players choose their starting country from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom (versions 1.2 and 1.3 only).
The game features European truck models with working instruments such as flashing indicators, temperature and low fuel warning lights, wipers, and gauges.
The trucks included are fictionalized variants of the Mercedes-Benz Actros (known as Majestic), the Renault Magnum (known as Runner), the Scania R-series (known as Swift), and the Volvo FH16 (known as Valiant).
[5][6] Players choose their starting city from various locations in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary (in the Going East!
The game features seventy-seven cities in thirteen countries, over twenty types of cargo, and over fifteen fictional European companies.
DAF, Iveco, Mercedes-Benz, and Volvo trucks were not officially licensed and had their names changed to DAV, Ivedo, Majestic, and Valiant, respectively.
[9][10] In January 2013, SCS Software announced a downloadable content package called Going East!, expanding the game map into Central Europe.