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It’s Fact Sheet Friday, and today we received our fifth set of fact sheets for the Platinum Expansion DLC for Farming Simulator 22, releasing on Tuesday, November 15th, 2022; for all platforms! The DLC will be introducing over 40 new vehicles and tools into the game, with new brands, as well as new equipment from existing brands! We’ll also be getting a new map;
Silverrun Forest, which will include all new production chains as well! The DLC will be $20 usd on all platforms, and IS included in the Year 1 Season Pass. Today we’ve got 3 fact sheets with 3 new vehicles and a new piece of equipment, so let’s check them out!
First up is the Volvo VNX 300 Semi Truck, which was teased a few weeks ago in the Log Transport Blog!
- This is going to cost you $149,500
- Has 500 hp
- Powershift transmission
- Holds 1,075 liters of fuel
- Will travel at 55 mph or 90 kph
- And weighs 10 tons
It looks to be pulling the Demco Trailer that is in the base game, but it’s still great to see a very popular truck like this coming to the game! And look at those chonky tires! This one is going to be fun!
Next up, we’ve got the Volvo BM SM 462 Forwarder, which I actually leaked would be coming with the DLC in my Volvo Trip Video back in June! Shhh! Don’t tell Giants! (haha)
- This is going to cost you $55,000
- Has 47 hp
- With a manual transmission
- And holds 170 liters of fuel
- It will travel at 12 mph or 20 kph, which isn’t bad for a forwarder
- And weighs 7.5 tons
This is such a cool machine, IRL and in-game! There will be at least 3 Volvo BM Vehicles coming, as were shown during the Garage Tour Video yesterday, as well as a few different; older BM Tractors. So players will be pretty spoiled for choice when it comes to classic logging! I can’t wait!
And our last fact sheet today is the Volvo EC-250-DL Excavator and the Risutec SKB-240 Tree Planter.
- The Excavator will cost you $260,000
- Has 187 hp
- With a variable transmission
- It will hold 470 l of fuel
- travel s at 6 mph or 10 kph
- And weighs 28.3 tons!
As for the Tree Planter;
- It will cost you $67,500
- Will hold 240 saplings
- And weighs 1.6 tons
Having Volvo Excavators coming to the game is going to be epic! We haven’t seen any that can dig, of course, as that feature doesn’t look like it’s coming with this DLC, but I’m still hyped to see excavators coming to the game at all, as it opens up the door for us in the future. Plus you never know what modders will be able to do with these!
Remember, the Platinum “Edition” will contain both the Base Game and the Platinum DLC, and is intended for new players that don’t own FS22 already. Whereas the Expansion is just the DLC without the base game, which I imagine most of you watching this video will want to get. Generally, I just refer to all of it as the Platinum DLC when referring to the content itself.
Speaking of, it will be released on Tuesday, November 15th for $20 USD, and will be for all platforms. That’s;
- PS4, PS5, XB1, XB Series, PC, & Mac.
It IS included in the Year 1 Season Pass, so if you have that, you won’t need to buy or preorder the DLC. However, if you would like to preorder the Platinum Expansion for Farming Simulator 22, buy the Year 1 Season Pass, or get the game as a whole on PC; check the description for links to all of those, and make sure you use the code DJGOHAM. That goes to help support the channel, at no additional cost to you. If you preorder using my link, you will also get 5% off the preorder, so grab it while the deal is on!
A quick update on the TLX 2022 Pickup truck from 82 Studio, it has started the second round of testing today.
We don’t know when it will be released, but you never know!
Agro Tonho is also getting into the Truck News today, as they show off the model of their F350, saying they are continuing the project. But looks like they’ve taken a big step back.
Hopefully this doesn’t mean the waiting time has increased too much. I know we’ve been talking about this truck for months now, and you’re ready to see! Trust me, so am I!
Bcbuhler Farms is back with us to show more progress on his pickup header! He’s currently working on the decals, with some extra bits for older harvesters that are very popular!
One new thing we learned about the header today is that there will be different widths to match the most common combines in the game, as well as modded ones.
He’ll be working on a video soon to show off the different options and presets available to fit the perfect version to your harvesters!
Lancyboi has been hard at work, adding details to his upcoming English shed pack, and today we get to see something new he’s added; Moss to the corners of the beams!
He’s spent some time in substance painter, and will be adding this feature to, he says, all his placeables and map models! They will be options, just like the different color paint on the outside!
Poorboy Modding has started work on a new map, which looks almost like a test map or something like that.
There will be 18 fields, all the same size, plus one rectangular field that you start off with in New Farmer Mode. Every field will be buyable, and they all have contracts, sans the starting field. There will also be new crops added to the map, however he hasn’t decided which ones to add yet.
For those of you out there that like to try out different ideas, practice a job in Farm Sim, or maybe you like to have Farming Challenges like me; I think this map is going to work perfect for that!
Taylor Farms has announced what their next map will be; Prairie Farms, Michigan! It will be based on a 3,000 acre area of a larger plot, scaled one third the actual size to get it down to a standard sized map of around 900-1,000 screws.
He does say the map won’t be for everyone, and will have minimal productions and sell points. Of course, you can always place down more. The map is currency under construction, and this image is what the map will look like. He’s going to finish up Frankenmuth 4x first, and then this will be the main focus.
Peter716 is back, and has posted for the first time since April of this year! Says life has been crazy and hasn’t had time for Farm Sim, but he’s back! He’s been working on Newpark Farm a little and says it’s nearly complete; with the goal to have it with Giants for testing for all platforms in the next few weeks!
Once this map is out, he will be focusing on Greenlands and working on an update for that! Great to have you back, Peter!
MrHector is back with us today, with more screenshots of the EDGE of his map. Yes, these images are from the map boundary of his new map; Carpathian Countryside.
He was inspired by the alpine farming map that we have, and wanted to achieve similar results, convincing the player that the map exceeds past the playable area.
Of course, with these screenshots, we can see above and beyond the area that you normally would see on the ground, so just imagine how good it’s going to look when you are playing the game normally. he also says he’s trying to make the map very performance friendly while creating low poly objects in the distance. Trying to make it look as good and play as good as possible. If you would like to see more screenshots, check out the link below beside MrHector.
And lastly today, Kastor Modding asks “Which season do you prefer?” Of course, this screenshot is showcasing the different season on his upcoming map; Somewhere in Thuringen. I’m partial to Winter, but what do you think looks the best?
What is your favorite time of year in game? Let me know!
Just like every episode of Farm Sim News, links to everything we talked about today can be found in the description. There’s no release dates for mods, so no one knows when any mod is going to be released. And if I didn’t talk about something that you want to know about, that just simply means that there is no new information on that topic at the time of recording this video. So, make sure you stay tuned to the channel for up to date information on everything that you need to know about, going on, in the world of Farming Simulator!
Links
Giants Software
Mod Testing List – https://bit.ly/37uNZeD
Giants Support – https://bit.ly/3qet9Ln
Giants Blog – https://bit.ly/3bdWhxA
Modders
Fact Sheets – https://bit.ly/3CQ0Xot
Volvo Trip Vid – https://bit.ly/3T6ZmiT
82 Studio – https://bit.ly/2MfWJ1d
Agro Tonho – https://bit.ly/3RISVls
Bcbuhler – https://bit.ly/3zIkmpi
Lancyboi – https://bit.ly/3zL3kGS
Poorboy – https://bit.ly/3zGa09u
TaylorFarms – https://bit.ly/3T3KDWI
Peter716 – https://bit.ly/3WHfdaW
MrHector – https://bit.ly/35RwdlW
Kastor – https://bit.ly/3FHtIW3