Thirteen years. It’s a number that invites reflection and celebration; this weekend we’re doing exactly that.
To mark ProMods’ 13th birthday, we asked some of our developers to share the areas they’re most proud of.. the places that challenged them, surprised them, or simply stayed with them long after the work was done. Today, as part of our birthday celebration weekend, we’re focusing on ProMods over the past 13 Years..
The Projects That Pushed Boundaries
Some of the most memorable work in ProMods Europe came from areas that simply refused to be easy.
Gibraltar is one of them. Pim, who worked on the project alongside Tedesco for almost a year, describes it as “the most detailed project I’ve ever worked on and the most technically challenging”, and remarkably, every landmark was built without a single custom asset.
Monaco, worked on by Seum, presented a different kind of challenge: extraordinary detail compressed into an extraordinarily small space, demanding careful manipulation of visibility areas to make it work at all.
Further east, Vladzz-G has been quietly responsible for introducing new countries to the ProMods map. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Malta all came through his hands; each one a new frontier, and Azerbaijan in particular a unique mapping experience given that YouTube and satellite imagery had to serve as the primary references. “Due to this,” he notes, “it’s even more interesting to map.”
Home Countries & Personal Connections
For some developers, the most meaningful work is closest to home. Mirfi‘s work on Odesa, Ukraine was the culmination of more than fifteen years of ambition; a project that finally shifted Romania from “the end of the line” to a waypoint on a longer journey east into former Soviet territory.
Horizon‘s contribution to Western Lithuania carries a similar personal weight: the Tauragė area and the KK141 route along the Nemunas river represent, in his words, “my most beloved work in my own home country.”
ItzPxllel’s favourite is perhaps the most unexpected; the BAB3 near Würzburg, a stretch of German motorway that resonates not for its complexity but for what it represents on a longer drive. “It always reminds me that I am actually driving there,” he says. “It just gives an unexplainable feeling.” It’s a reminder that the best mapping doesn’t always announce itself.
Remote & Remarkable
Tedesco‘s pick takes us somewhere very few maps have ever reached: Nuuk, Greenland; a remote collaboration with Joes that brought one of the most isolated locations in ProMods to life. It’s the kind of addition that exists purely because someone cared enough to put it there.
DOWL‘s pick heads to Iceland, and it’s easy to understand why. Stykkishólmur harbour and the road to Ólafsvík offer a very different kind of isolation; Iceland at its most elemental, where the landscape stretches out in every direction and the road feels like it was placed there almost as an afterthought. It’s the sort of drive that stays with you precisely because there’s so little around you, and it captures something about Iceland that busier routes simply can’t.
Later.. Not Yet
Finally, a sneak preview. Lars (one of our newest developers!) is currently at work in Strasbourg, and while we’re not ready to say much more than that just yet, it’s a location close to his heart and one that’s shaping up to be something worth watching. His first to ProMods..
More on that soon.
Thirteen years of ProMods Europe. Thank you! to every developer who has poured themselves into this map, and to every player who has driven it. Here’s to the next chapter.
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