The LS 22 brings with Precision Farming a free DLC, which is dedicated to eco-farming with six new game mechanics.
The important contemporary topic of ecological farming also returns to Farming Simulator 22. With the free DLC Precision Farming, Giants Software offers you many new functions from 19 April.
The developers created Precision Farming together with European universities and were able to draw on funding from the European Union. Precision Farming was already available for the predecessor LS 19 – and brings a few improved game mechanics with it.
The European initiative EIT Food is the sponsor of the DLC, which aims to raise awareness for the topic of organic farming.
This is what precision farming is all about
Let’s first show you some pictures from the new DLC for Farming Simulator 22, featuring modern farming equipment:
According to the (developers), Farming Simulator 22 will get these new features in the free Precision Farming addon:
- Crop Sensors
- Environmental Assessment
- Variable Seeding
- Variable weed control
- Variable fertilisation (liquid manure)
- Purchase option for soil maps
In addition, various functions from the predecessor return, which have been improved in some places:
- Soil types and soil samples
- variable yield increase
- economic analysis
According to Giants, the improvements include the ability to have a service provider automatically determine soil types manually by purchasing a soil map.
There’s more happening in LS 22: Recently, the second major content update for Farming Simulator 22 was released. Here you can see the new machines:
Consciousness through knowledge
Giants Software also explains in the blog post what purpose the DLC is supposed to serve. It is more or less educational entertainment with which EIT Food wants to raise awareness among the population.
In addition to the European Innovation Institute EIT Food, universities and institutes in Hohenheim (Germany), Reading (Great Britain) and Olsztyn (Poland) are also involved with the machine manufacturer John Deere and the food company Grupo AN.
In addition to entertaining gameplay, the DLC should also offer a realistic depiction of sustainable technologies to make ecological farming more comprehensible.
As you can see, there is a lot going on in Farming Simulator. The first expansion will also integrate a whole bunch of additional content into the game.
