Mercedes-Benz Citaro O530 French — Single-Decker Bus Mod

Mercedes-Benz Citaro O530 French Edition — AgoProjects Single-Decker Bus Mod for Proton Bus Simulator

The Mercedes-Benz Citaro O530 French Edition is a dedicated French-market specification of the legendary Citaro O530 city bus, edited by AgoProjects to faithfully recreate the configuration French municipal operators use. The mod features Portes Coulissantes (sliding plug doors), Arrêt Demandé French interior signage, dedicated French-market seats (Compin B3000 and Ster 4MA), ACS ticket and card validators, and INEO monitor displays — all the details that distinguish a French Citaro from the German-spec base.

Highlights and Features

• Drive a French-market Citaro O530 with Portes Coulissantes (sliding plug doors), the signature door style of French city-bus operators.
• Read authentic Arrêt Demandé and other French-language interior signage that distinguishes the French Citaro from the German base spec.
• Experience period-correct French operator equipment — ACS ticket/card machines, INEO monitor displays, Compin B3000 and Ster 4MA seats.
• Benefit from texture optimization that reduces the asset from 133MB down to 100MB for stable mobile gameplay on Android.

Compatibility and Technical Details

About the Real Mercedes-Benz Citaro O530 and the French Market

The Mercedes-Benz Citaro (designation O530) is the low-floor city bus that replaced the high-floor O405 family at the turn of the millennium and went on to become one of the best-selling city buses in Europe, with production continuing across the first-generation Citaro (1998–2011) and the second-generation Citaro 2 (2011 onward) at Mercedes-Benz's Mannheim plant. France is a key Citaro market — operators across Paris (RATP), Lyon, Marseille, and dozens of regional networks run the Citaro in dedicated French specifications. The defining French configuration includes Portes Coulissantes (sliding plug doors instead of the German pivot doors), Arrêt Demandé interior signage and stop-request lighting, ACS ticket and card validators standard on French municipal fleets, and INEO destination and stop-name monitors. AgoProjects is the French specialist mod-author community that focuses on recreating these dedicated French-market bus configurations with technical accuracy.

Credits

Original 3D model: Alterr. Conversion to Proton Bus Simulator: Bus Simulation Channel. French Edition modifications: ShowTNTC and LTC91 (updates). Seats: LTC91 (Compin B3000), Arno (Ster 4MA). ACS ticket and card machines: ShowTNTC. INEO monitor displays: LTC91. Wheels: V3D. Mirrors: ShowTNTC. Hubcaps: Turbosquid. Sounds: LTC91 and KRcd. CNG tank and gearbox: Bryan974. Repaints: LTC91. Texture optimization for mobile performance: Bus Simulation Channel (reduced from 133MB to 100MB). Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA.