Next American Truck Simulator Map Expansion Teased

[Paul Jeffrey]

SCS Software have shown some teaser images from the next, as yet unannounced, map expansion for American Truck Simulator.

Usually SCS Software start to share images and anecdotes from upcoming map expansion DLC packs when development has reached an advanced stage, and judging from the quality of the screenshots attached to this article, the latest pack looks to be no exception.

Breaking from tradition for these reveal images, SCS have this time decided to hold back on naming the region in which they are planning to add to the American Truck Simulator title, instead showcasing some images of the new expansion and leaving the guessing game to the community - your challenge has been set!

Good news for ATS fans, this does indeed look like an attractive new area for the very popular game - I'm looking forward to finding out more in due course... are you?

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[Ryann]

I wonder what is feature and technically wise more advanced - ETS2 or ATS? Or are they the same just different theme? Thanks.

 

[T04STY]

Oh man, that look juicy!

 

[Patrick van der Meulen]

Though I’m not that familiar with the US of A, this looks - with a little logic thinking - like Idaho... Shots from Yellow Stone park maybe?

 

[Brian S]

My guess it's Washington.

 

[johnnymat]

Though I’m not that familiar with the US of A, this looks - with a little logic thinking - like Idaho... Shots from Yellow Stone park maybe?

I think it's Washington State with maybe Idaho or Utah to follow at some point.

 

[Hal Burns]

The ferry makes me pick Washington. Hopefully, I can pull into The Beaver Inn for a schooner of Oly in Bellingham, just like the good old days.

 

[CDwyer]

The ferry leaves me with no other choice but Washington.
The bridge looks like Deception Pass too.
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.405...002-ro-0-fo100!7i6144!8i3072?hl=en&authuser=0

 

[Copef1]

I'll be surprised if it isn't Washington, because that ferry looks exactly like the ones that run on Puget Sound.

 

[CDwyer]

"that ferry looks exactly like the ones that run on Puget Sound."
Keystone in particular
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.159...2.99408&pitch=0&thumbfov=100?hl=en&authuser=0

 

[T04STY]

I wonder what is feature and technically wise more advanced - ETS2 or ATS? Or are they the same just different theme? Thanks.

Well they usually do have the same features. Often ETS2 is getting them a tad earlier but it's just a few weeks between.
However generally I find ATS more challanging to drive. Trucks do have a longer wheelbase (bigger turning radius), visibility often is worse and the drop of yards are smaller and more difficult to park on.

 

[Celestiale]

Well they usually do have the same features. Often ETS2 is getting them a tad earlier but it's just a few weeks between.
However generally I find ATS more challanging to drive. Trucks do have a longer wheelbase (bigger turning radius), visibility often is worse and the drop of yards are smaller and more difficult to park on.

Is ATS any easier regarding performance? Asking because i am using VR and ETS is really on the edge with my high-end rig

 

[balage06]

Is ATS any easier regarding performance? Asking because i am using VR and ETS is really on the edge with my high-end rig

No, basically it's the same engine and game with a different map and vehicles. Maybe less crowded areas like the Nevada desert are not that demanding, but otherwise it's more or less the same.

 

[Copef1]

"that ferry looks exactly like the ones that run on Puget Sound."
Keystone in particular
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.1597736,-122.672476,3a,66y,212.79h,96.53t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sHRCk6ivXMtxBRCw2d04wpg!2e0!6s//geo3.ggpht.com/cbk?panoid=HRCk6ivXMtxBRCw2d04wpg&output=thumbnail&cb_client=maps_sv.tactile.gps&thumb=2&w=203&h=100&yaw=202.99408&pitch=0&thumbfov=100?hl=en&authuser=0

So if you can drive across deception pass, and down Whidbey island, I am curious if you can take the ferry from Keystone to Port Townsend, or if you can go to the south end of the island and take the Clinton ferry to Mukilteo. It will be interesting to find out.

 

[F_B]

Is ATS any easier regarding performance? Asking because i am using VR and ETS is really on the edge with my high-end rig

Same problem here. Running a Ryzen 2600X with a GTX 2080 VR is still demanding, even though I don’t have everything maxed out. I wish they would change their engine to DX11, that probably would improve the performance.

 

[James Cook]

Pacific Northwest so obviously Washington State. Pretty much expected and will be cool to run I-5 from one end to the other. I'm hoping for Utah and Colorado next to square-off the game area a bit.

Regarding performance; I found the game to be very CPU limited. When switched from an i5 to an i7 CPU I got a massive performance boost.

 

[davehenrie]

If anyone has ever driven up a logging road, you'll know that the road in the first image is WAY WAY to wide. Most logging roads are a single bulldozed path carved up a hillside. The logging drivers coming down with a heavy full load have to be extremely cautious but speedy. Time wasted on the hillside results in fewer runs to the mill each day.

 

[Fineraft]

I wonder what is feature and technically wise more advanced - ETS2 or ATS? Or are they the same just different theme? Thanks.

It's not easy to say, but ATS is newer. ATS' map is the most advanced but the latest DLC for ETS2 are on par map wise. The base map of ETS2, however, is quite old. That's why they are currently updating the base map because it's quite old. They first started with updating Germany and when that's finished they will start on the UK, because those two are the oldest maps. Technically they are the same. So yes, it's the same game with a different theme.

 

[Fineraft]

Pacific Northwest so obviously Washington State. Pretty much expected and will be cool to run I-5 from one end to the other. I'm hoping for Utah and Colorado next to square-off the game area a bit.

Regarding performance; I found the game to be very CPU limited. When switched from an i5 to an i7 CPU I got a massive performance boost.

I hope it will be Colorado. For me, we went up enough north. I hope they start to expand land inwards. I love ATS right now. Sometimes I can't even choose between ETS2 and ATS. Guess this is maybe because I love to travel to the USA, doing a road trip.

 

[arthur666]

I wonder if they would release more than 1 state at a time? That's gotta be Washington, but seems like Idaho could be an add-on. Not much there in the way of cities. And they already made the "Welcome to Idaho" sign.
Anyway, more dirt roads is appealing to me.