Hello TruckersMP Community!

The new week started today and we hope you all had a pleasant start, now it's time to take a look at what happened last month. In this post we take a look at the convoys, the updates from the Drivers Hub, the driver and staff changes and the statistics from last month.

GPE August Convoys

Last month we hosted 2 of our convoys again after our summer break. We hope you enjoyed the convoys, so let's take a look at the highlights of the convoys now.

Golden Phoenix Express #90

A journey from Jihlava to Piotrków Trybunalski through the landscapes of the Czech Republic and Poland.

Picture by Fastmax

Picture by Fastmax

Picture by Fastmax

Picture by Fastmax

Picture by Fastmax

Picture by Fastmax

Picture by Maxi.

Golden Phoenix Express #91

A journey from Turin to Piotrków Stuttgart through the landscapes of Italy and Germany.

Picture by Fastmax

Picture by Fastmax

Picture by Fastmax

Picture by Maxi.

Picture by Maxi.

Picture by Maxi.

Picture by Maxi.

Picture by Maxi.

Picture by Maxi.

Picture by Maxi.

Awesome pictures and highlights from the past convoys, a huge thanks to Fastmax and Maxi for the pictures and the editing of them!

Drivers Hub Updates (August)

*This month our development team has again worked hard on updates for the Drivers Hub, let's see what has changed.

The following has been added:

• Added a minimizable sidebar.
• Added a feedback button.
• Added a new loading notification for job submissions.
• Added job statistics to the jobs page.
• Added the member guide to the hub.
• Added a recent jobs section to the dashboard, showing the 10 latest jobs.
• Made usernames/avatars clickable on the job view page.
• Made leaderboard users clickable, redirecting to the user's profile page.
• Added a new design for the downloads page.
• Added a new design for the members page.
• Displayed the "Public Relations Team" role on the members page.

The following has been updated:

• Updated the sidebar icons and active design.
• Updated the dashboard design.
• Updated the leaderboard design.
• Updated the jobs design.
• Updated the colour palette (darker).
• Updated the profile page design to match other pages.
• Re-coded the dashboard page.
• Updated the radio design.
• Updated all users to now use their Discord profile picture:
  • To create better recognizability between the hub and Discord.
  • Prevents many accounts from lacking avatars.
• Made a minor update to the event calendar (colour and banner sizes).
• Updated to show the next event when there are no events for the current day.
• Made leaderboard users clickable, redirecting to the user's profile page.
• Updated the design for the new downloads page.
• Updated the design for the new members page.
• Displayed the "Public Relations Team" role on the members page.

The following has been improved:

• Improved the jobs page loading times.
• Improved the profile page loading times.
• Improved the reliability of radio stations.
• Improved the loading time on the dashboard.
• Improved the loading time on the leaderboard (note: the monthly leaderboard is slower due to Google's API).
• Reduced the font weight on the sidebar to make the text clearer.

The following has been fixed:

• Fixed the issue where job submissions now show the submitted notification.
• Fixed the problem with job submissions not processing.
• Fixed the job rank displaying a different amount of kilometers than the job kilometers.
• Fixed deleted users breaking the recent jobs section on the dashboard.
• Fixed the bot displaying an incorrect number of drivers in the status.

The following has been removed:

• Removed the suggestions feature from the polls page.
• Removed the changelog popup after updates.
• Removed the Q-dance radio station.
• Removed the Top 3 Monthly leaderboards from the dashboard.

That's really a lot of updates this month, a huge thanks again for the hard work to our development team!

Driver and Staff Changes

In the past month, a lot has happened in our family and in our staff team, so let's see what exactly has happened and what changes there are!

Driver Changes

Pαlα • Public ➜ Trial Driver (Joined)

Maxi • Driver ➜ Driver | Media Team (Joined)

ROSSCO001 • Event Team ➜ Public (Left)

pansr • Trial Driver ➜ Driver (Promoted)

AnderssNorway • Trial Driver | Event Team ➜ Driver | Event Team (Promoted)

Nicotje35 • Driver | Event Team ➜ Public (Removed)

Colindatje • Driver | Event Team ➜ Public (Removed)

Janka • Public ➜ Trial Driver (Joined)

Ronchese66 • Public ➜ Trial Driver (Joined)

Sedrion • Trial Driver ➜ Public (Removed)

Chris_Hallatt • Trial Driver ➜ Public (Removed)

Pαlα • Trial Driver ➜ Driver (Promoted)

FayezTMP • Public ➜ Trial Driver (Joined)

I am Faridh ~ • Driver ➜ Public (Left)

BatyMonkey • Driver ➜ Public (Removed)

Pαlα • Driver ➜ Public (Removed)

The Real Dutchman • Public ➜ Trial Driver (Joined)

Janka • Trial Driver ➜ Public (Removed)

Miquer • Trial Driver ➜ Public (Removed)

pansr • Driver ➜ Public (Left)

Staff Changes

Maxi • Driver ➜ Driver | Media Team (Joined)

ROSSCO001 • Event Team ➜ Public (Left)

Nicotje35 • Driver | Event Team ➜ Public (Removed)

Colindatje • Driver | Event Team ➜ Public (Removed)

Dicer • Event Team ➜ Public (Left)

Mehmеt • Public ➜ Event Team (Joined)

itsPeanutttt • Event Team | GM Support ➜ Public (Left)

XNoobOnTourX • Driver | Public Relations Team ➜ Event Manager (Promoted)

Sjovn • Event Team | GM Support ➜ Public (Left)

Special Edition • Event Team ➜ Public (Left)

FLUFFY HUSKIEEE <333 • Public ➜ Event Team (Joined)

Cal_ • Public ➜ Event Team | GM Support (Joined)

Statistics

Events

• Private Convoys: 1(+/- 0,00%)
• Driver Events: 0 (-100,00%)
• Public Convoys: 33 (+/- 0,00%)
• Total Events: 34 (-2.86%)

Jobs

• Total Jobs: 756 (+ 2.16%)
• Total KM: 578.256 (+ 1.27%)

We hope you enjoyed this recap from last month and look forward to seeing you again in our next blog post. If you have any questions or feedback, we look forward to hearing from you at any time!

Kind Regards,
GPE Public Relations Team