You probably noticed that during the last few patches, traffic lights in the American Truck Simulator have had some considerable tweaks. From last year June, our research department started work on this project, but there were a few issues we would need to overcome. One of the main problems was to find a system for US traffic lights in our game, as there are many differences found in every state, region, and cities. MUTCD defines the guidelines for the whole United States, but since every State can adjust it, you see where the problem lies. We agreed to make a compromise and choose those most commonly used (which means 50%+ coverage) to be made and implemented in our game.

大家或許留意到在前幾個(gè)補(bǔ)丁中，美洲卡車模擬里的交通信號(hào)燈有相當(dāng)大的調(diào)整。從去年6月，我們的研究部門便已開始工作于此項(xiàng)目，但我們需要解決一些問題。其中一個(gè)主要的問題是尋找一套適合我們游戲中美國交通信號(hào)燈的系統(tǒng)，因?yàn)樵诿總€(gè)州、地區(qū)及城市都存在著許多的不同。MUTCD（道路交通管理標(biāo)志統(tǒng)一守則）為整個(gè)美國確立了一套指導(dǎo)準(zhǔn)則，但鑒于各州可以基于此加以調(diào)整，大家便會(huì)清楚問題出在哪。我們決定做出妥協(xié)，選擇最為廣泛使用的（即超過50%的使用率）制成交通信號(hào)燈并應(yīng)用于我們的游戲中。

An (un)expected result was that by mass replacement of the old lights, almost every junction and intersection in American Truck Simulator had broken. Lights colliding with other objects, signs and street name signs had also moved to pretty funny places... good times (especially for our map designers who had to fix this mess).

一個(gè)（未）預(yù)期到的結(jié)果是，舊的交通信號(hào)燈得到大規(guī)模的替換，幾乎每個(gè)美洲卡車模擬中的交叉路口和十字路口都被修改。與其它物體、交通標(biāo)志及街道名稱標(biāo)牌發(fā)生沖突的交通信號(hào)燈移動(dòng)到相當(dāng)滑稽的地方... 歡樂的時(shí)光（尤其是對(duì)修復(fù)這一混亂局面的地圖設(shè)計(jì)師來說）。

But in the end, we managed to overcome these issues and with update 1.35, every State (CA, NV, AZ, NM, OR and upcoming WA) will have real unique traffic lights. So that means you can now enjoy even more authentic roads, with more options now available for possible future additions, like the Flashing Yellow Arrow.

不過最終，我們還是成功地解決了這些問題，在1.35版本更新中，每個(gè)州（加利福尼亞州、內(nèi)華達(dá)州、亞利桑那州、新墨西哥州、俄勒岡州及即將到來的華盛頓州）將有真實(shí)而獨(dú)特的交通信號(hào)燈。所以這意味著大家現(xiàn)可享受到更為真實(shí)的道路，并且現(xiàn)在有更多的選擇為將來可能的附加內(nèi)容準(zhǔn)備著，例如閃爍的黃色箭頭燈。