American Truck Simulator (or ATS) is scheduled to come out on February 3rd of this year. The states included in the launch (or soon there after) are CA, NV, and AZ. Which other states get added and when is unknown outside of the developer, SCS Software. This game will be the sibling to the incredibly well received EuroTruck Simulator 2.
There is some leaked gameplay on YouTube:
(Yes, this is Beta footage but at this late stage it should be very close to the sale version.)
The trucks look realistic, if a bit plastic'y, and all the fine tuning adjustments and settings from ETS 2 are present. The non-freeways look decent and fairly accurately marked and signed.
However, this game looks terrible, judging from the footage, at grasping the concept of rural Interstate(s). Check out mins. 40:27-46:45 there are level intersections on I-15 between Vegas and LA, including a traffic light in the downtown area of a small village. Also there are hardly any inner hard shoulders most of the way and the rest stops have gas stations which of course is illegal on non-tollways. Going on, the game uses "EXIT ONLY" signs at most exits even when there is no lane drop. (To be fair, more games then not mess this bit up.)
I could continue but knowing that SCS is more then capable of at least basic, bottom level accuracy as it proved with ETS 2 is a let down. Especially considering the anticipation among the simulator community for this game and the build up to it.
Quote from: on_wisconsin on January 22, 2016, 10:23:31 AM
I could continue but knowing that SCS is more then capable of at least basic, bottom level accuracy as it proved with ETS 2 is a let down. Considering the anticipation among the simulator community for this game and the build up to it.
Except they were just as bad with their representation of European roads as they seem to be with American roads. You just didn't recognize the inaccuracy.
Great game with the Oculus Rift BTW.
I wouldn't worry too much. As with ETS, I'm willing to bet there are people who are willing to mod ATS to bring some realism to it and (hopefully) add some more states.
If you didn't have gas stations at a rest stop, do you expect somebody to drive 300+ miles just to fuel up for gas?
My point is that sometimes you have to be unrealistic for the convenience of the players.
Alright, 2nd edit, I'll nitpick some stuff.
8:15 - I-15 control city should be Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. US 93 is also missing.
14:34 - Wrong font.
14:40 - Chevrons and rural roads don't mix....
15:26 - There doesn't need to be curve signs for every curve, T signs for every intersection...
15:41 - Ugly font, wrong shape
17:20 - Missing mileage for the green sign
Quote from: noelbotevera on January 23, 2016, 05:21:08 PM
If you didn't have gas stations at a rest stop, do you expect somebody to drive 300+ miles just to fuel up for gas?
Get off and get back on like in real life?
Quote from: vdeane on January 23, 2016, 10:54:32 PM
Quote from: noelbotevera on January 23, 2016, 05:21:08 PM
If you didn't have gas stations at a rest stop, do you expect somebody to drive 300+ miles just to fuel up for gas?
Get off and get back on like in real life?
I didn't watch the entire thing, but based on what I watched it appears that all 2 lane rural highways have double yellow markings. Most rural 2 lane desert highways have tons of passing opportunities. ETS2 has passing lanes FYI. ETS2 is one of my favorite games. I still think this game will be a lot better than the original 18WOS, but I'm not entirely sure it will be better than ETS2 especially without passing zones on 2 lane highways.
I agree that they should have put truck stops at the interchanges to get gas at rather than at the rest areas. In Europe that is very common, but in North America not so much unless they're on a toll road.
Another note. I saw cops on the game. Hopefully the cops aren't ridiculous like on 18WOS. On 18WOS there would be no cops anywhere, but they miraculously knew that you were going 5 over the speed limit. I actually would prefer speed cameras / red light cameras over cops honestly, even though cameras aren't very widespread here.
Another note is I didn't see any weigh stations, but I might have missed them. I would actually prefer weigh stations to not be on the game either. On 18WOS they would put weigh stations in stupid spots and you'd get massive tickets for avoiding weigh stations even when you didn't. The one I'm referring to was in up in either South Dakota or Wyoming along I-90 I think. If they are on the game hopefully they put them in good spots.
BTW does anyone know how much is this game going to cost? I'm aware it will only include California, Nevada, and Arizona at first. Hopefully its not like $50 for only 3 states.
Quote from: US 41 on January 24, 2016, 08:54:56 AM.BTW does anyone know how much is this game going to cost? I'm aware it will only include California, Nevada, and Arizona at first. Hopefully its not like $50 .
Twenty dollars will be the launch price, according to the official blog of SCS.
Just found out that the game will be at 1:32.5 scale compared to 1:19 in EuroTruck. Scaling is not something that is easy to mod and could make distances/ trip times stupid short once they get east of the Mississippi.
Quote from: on_wisconsin on January 24, 2016, 10:49:48 AM
Quote from: US 41 on January 24, 2016, 08:54:56 AM.BTW does anyone know how much is this game going to cost? I'm aware it will only include California, Nevada, and Arizona at first. Hopefully its not like $50 .
Twenty dollars will be the launch price, according to the official blog of SCS.
Just found out that the game will be at 3:32.5 scale compared to 1:19 in EuroTruck. Scaling is not something that is easy to mod out and could make distances/ trip times stupid short once they get east of the Mississippi.
Most of the distances are close to realistic. Las Vegas to Barstow via I-15 is 157 miles in real life, and it's 131 miles here. Only off by 26 miles.
Quote from: on_wisconsin on January 24, 2016, 10:49:48 AM
Quote from: US 41 on January 24, 2016, 08:54:56 AM.BTW does anyone know how much is this game going to cost? I'm aware it will only include California, Nevada, and Arizona at first. Hopefully its not like $50 .
Twenty dollars will be the launch price, according to the official blog of SCS.
Just found out that the game will be at 1:32.5 scale compared to 1:19 in EuroTruck. Scaling is not something that is easy to mod and could make distances/ trip times stupid short once they get east of the Mississippi.
I'll probably end up buying it then if it's only $20. I think this game will be really good once they finish it completely. They are also supposed to add Canada and Mexico to the game as well which should be interesting.
Is there a bladder meter? It might add some challenge to coordinate pit stops with refueling.
This sounds like a really lame knockoff of Cross Country Canada (https://archive.org/details/msdos_Crosscountry_Canada_1991).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBr7EhL6Jpg
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15:26 - There doesn't need to be curve signs for every curve, T signs for every intersection...
Why not? Both are very standard.
Still, they're not usually used for every curve/intersection. I'm guessing it was easier for them to program them in for every intersection though because they can tell the game "just place one X feet before everything that isn't a straight line".
Ah, the time I spent playing Crosscountry USA...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Dp-BJ2S5o
Decided to pick it up today. I'm pretty terrible at driving trucks apparently, but here are some screenshots I've captured:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FBtFNFGh.jpg&hash=e072e6da6eafcb3a8d671c1cb2a724b068ef163b)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FAT3qjJp.jpg&hash=e03bd6f2757916d8aa8304d986f460e507347d13)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FbSwsnPU.jpg&hash=a29c9a76f0a803b974d49522fd924c0ace72dd58)
Despite being terrible and attempting to use my keyboard as a steering wheel (the mouse was way too sensitive for me), I'm having a lot of fun in this game. I've never played a Truck Simulator series before, so $20 was well-spent here.
Quote from: Zeffy on February 04, 2016, 08:03:59 PM
Decided to pick it up today. I'm pretty terrible at driving trucks apparently, but here are some screenshots I've captured:
Cool! Where did you buy it at? I think I might go buy it tomorrow too.
Quote from: US 41 on February 04, 2016, 08:08:19 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on February 04, 2016, 08:03:59 PM
Decided to pick it up today. I'm pretty terrible at driving trucks apparently, but here are some screenshots I've captured:
Cool! Where did you buy it at? I think I might go buy it tomorrow too.
I bought it off of Steam, downloaded it in less than a minute (!). The game was only 1 GB large.
Another pic. Heading down I-5 towards San Diego:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FS1LlxH2.jpg&hash=80290fea323aa6f2cb2d90fb53ed9cab654f187b)
By the way - plugging in my Xbox controller has improved my handling at least tenfold.
Quote from: Zeffy on February 04, 2016, 08:27:05 PM
Quote from: US 41 on February 04, 2016, 08:08:19 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on February 04, 2016, 08:03:59 PM
Decided to pick it up today. I'm pretty terrible at driving trucks apparently, but here are some screenshots I've captured:
Cool! Where did you buy it at? I think I might go buy it tomorrow too.
I bought it off of Steam, downloaded it in less than a minute (!). The game was only 1 GB large.
Another pic. Heading down I-5 towards San Diego:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FS1LlxH2.jpg&hash=80290fea323aa6f2cb2d90fb53ed9cab654f187b)
By the way - plugging in my Xbox controller has improved my handling at least tenfold.
No route shields or exit number...they need to hire roadgeeks.
Thanks for the info.
Well we all know now that Tijuana will be in the game one day.
Looking at the advertisements for the game it reminds me of GTA5 without the violence. :)
I wanted to update this because I've been playing ATS regularly for a few months now, and they've had some very nice updates recently that would be of interest to this group.
This summer, they added Arizona. The detail is quite good. They have things like drives by the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, along the old Route 66 through Peach Springs, and up Salt River Canyon on US 60.
Just a few days ago, they released a big update that fixed a lot of things that I saw as issues in the original release. For instance I-80 used to not connect to the Bay Bridge, I-10 did not connect to I-5 directly in LA, I-17 ended up on SR 51 in Phoenix, and you had multiple grade intersections on interstates. All that has been resolved, and they added a realistic US 101 with the addition of Santa Maria as a city.
Thus far, I've found the terrain graphics extremely well done in terms of realism. Even the look of the pavement seems to stay close to reality.
So, if you haven't looked at it, this may be a good time to do so.
I've been tempted to get it, seeing it now on discount I might buy it. I hope that they continue to expand on the country
Quote from: ET21 on December 15, 2016, 09:44:04 PM
I've been tempted to get it, seeing it now on discount I might buy it. I hope that they continue to expand on the country
I read something online that someone had used a mod to explore a part of northern Nevada that you can't reach normally, and found roads with cars, indicating that Oregon may be the next state. Personally, I think the Utah makes the most sense. Both the BGS on I-80 and I-15 at their current ends in the game are for "Salt Lake". The road is there and there are cars, it's just blocked off.
I've played this and I think it's a good game, a lot of fun, but Southern California, they need to re do it a little, add the Los Angeles Suburbs, and instead of having the 14 be a small road make the actual Antelope Valley Freeway, and add Mojave as a destination since Tonopah Nevada is why not Mojave. Also add Palm Sprnjgs San Bernardino and make the drive between Barstow and Primm look more like the real thing, with the drop from Mtn Pass.
Also update the signs so they look like California. Other then that they did pretty good with the Grapevine and New Mexico looks a lot more realistic.
Two words:
BIG. RIGS.
I don't particularly enjoy playing ETS or ATS, but I do enjoy watching YouTube videos of others playing these games.
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on April 11, 2018, 02:49:53 PM
Two words:
BIG. RIGS.
This Big Rigs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6DtVHqyYts
Quote from: SectorZ on April 11, 2018, 06:09:27 PM
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on April 11, 2018, 02:49:53 PM
Two words:
BIG. RIGS.
This Big Rigs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6DtVHqyYts
That was the funniest critique & suckiest video game I have ever seen!
I know it feels like they've been taking forever on this game, but there's a guy (I assume from Mexico) that has been playing with a lot of mods of Mexican highways and the mods look completely legit! The highways look like Mexican highways, the signs are correct, Pemex gas stations, Oxxo mini marts, topes (speed bumps) in towns. The road is also in terrible condition at 10:19 which is also completely legit. I don't know, but I'm completely jealous of this guy. :sombrero:
I recently got a new laptop and bought Euro Truck Simulator 2 along with the first two map expansions. I plan to get the rest of the map expansions and American Truck Simulator at a later date.
This reminds me a lot of the old Imagic game Truckin'. The maps weren't 100% accurate (some of the Interstate routings were probably elided or merged for space), but I think it's one of the earliest examples of this type of game.
With all the highway videos available, wouldn't it be fun to have a game with a look as good as those with the ability to drive at the same "super-speed" as most of these videos have? Dial up the weather, police, bad drivers. lousy pavement and such as one wishes. Then have people play Cannonball Run online! Miami to Seattle or San Diego to Boston anyone?
Rick
2-digit Interstate routes that can currently be clinched in ATS if you have all the map DLCs:
When the Wyoming expansion is released, we can add 25 to the list. Next will be Texas, which will of course will add its three intra-state Interstates 2, 27, and 45 to this list.
Quote from: Rothman on January 26, 2016, 08:31:15 AM
Ah, the time I spent playing Crosscountry USA...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Dp-BJ2S5o
Damn! That 8-bit shit looks pretty funny today. Then again, almost all 8-bit video games do.
How realistic is this game? I haven't tried it or seen videos of it yet, but I gotta say-- It can only be realistic if it puts you in situations where a beginner would spend 30 minutes trying to back up to a dock or back into a parking space at a truck stop. It's exactly as frustrating and embarrassing as it sounds. :spin:
At truck stops you can usually find (or invent your own) pull-through parking spaces. At the destination where you drop off your trailer, you can choose an easy or hard trailer drop location for an appropriately-varying parking XP bonus, or skip parking and not get the bonus.
One time I got my triple trailer hung up trying to get into a cattle chute to exit an intermodal port. Because of the way the trailers move, I couldn't back up more than a few feet before it all jammed up. So I had to detach the trailers, drive around to the side of one of the trailers and push it sideways to get it into a position where I could re-attach and pull the trailers out into the open then try to exit again. That was frustrating and embarrassing.
I'd buy this game, but I drive an actual semi truck around enough as it is. :bigass:
I tried this game. It's only $20 on Steam, but then there's the extra DLC. It's so awkward how you have to use the controller to move your head/eyes, when such a thing is a lot easier in real life. The scenery and road details are surprisingly life-like, though.
How long will it be before all of the US is drivable in this game (via DLC, not mods)? It certainly sounds interesting!
Quote from: Henry on April 21, 2021, 11:12:34 AM
How long will it be before all of the US is drivable in this game (via DLC, not mods)? It certainly sounds interesting!
The game has been out for 5 years, and they've gotten about the western 1/3rd of the US done. They have been hiring more developers to speed up and improve the quality of new DLCs, so my personal estimate is that they will be finished with the continental US in about 6-8 years.
Quote from: US 41 on April 15, 2019, 10:08:43 PM
I know it feels like they've been taking forever on this game, but there's a guy (I assume from Mexico) that has been playing with a lot of mods of Mexican highways and the mods look completely legit! The highways look like Mexican highways, the signs are correct, Pemex gas stations, Oxxo mini marts, topes (speed bumps) in towns. The road is also in terrible condition at 10:19 which is also completely legit. I don't know, but I'm completely jealous of this guy. :sombrero:
Old post but they're still at it. It's actually a team, previously it was two people with ties to Mexico, but they've since expanded, they've got a guy from Western Europe, one with ties to Morocco I think, and I think two more people with ties to Mexico now working on stuff, maybe there's some others I'm forgetting, my memory sucks. Since this post they've also started to rework sections of the US for more realistic mountain roads/roads in general, since the old base map areas are kind of lacking compared to SCS's newest work. When that was released I was impressed at how well they emulated CalTrans specs/the general feel of their standards. I beta test their maps and the quality has skyrocketed too, it was good before but it's even better now.
I hope this is relevant enough to bump this old thread, but I wanted to mention this game just turned 6 years old. It was released on February 2, 2016. Since then it has gotten the addition of a truck from every major truck brand, and it now has Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, and Wyoming (on top of the base states of California and Nevada. Two states have been announced over the last year (Texas and Wyoming).
Prior to the release of New Mexico they completely re-scaled the map from 1:35 to 1:20.
They re-signed the entire state of Arizona and upgraded all the signs in the DLCs a bit. They did an entire rebuild of Las Vegas (and it looks amazing)
California is currently getting a massive remapping. There's a few blog posts about that, here's the most recent one from today: https://blog.scssoft.com/2022/02/california-rework-road-network-1.html
This game has a lot of love put into it and if you haven't checked it out in a while, please do! Especially the new DLCs.
Its sister game Euro Truck Simulator 2 added Iberia as an early birthday gift for me. I'm now based in Zaragoza in that game, as that is the closest city to me to appear in game. Yes, since my previous post I bought every map DLC, as well as American Truck Simulator and its map DLCs, and I've continued to get new map DLCs as they came out. I appreciate the effort SCS Software is doing in rebuilding the old base maps, which are nowhere near the realism of the latest DLCs, and bringing them to current standards. They are currently redoing Austria as well.
They just announced the Texas DLC's release date! November 15th!
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1022748849657364522/1038505828572999720/unknown.png)
Here's the trailer for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMSEm-dbTCQ
Screw US-75 to Sherman-Denison, and I-40 east of Amarillo, I guess?
I mean, I guess I kinda get it if they're going to release that when they release Oklahoma, but they seem to have I-35 to Gainesville, so I'd at least think they'd want to include Denison.
There's always a couple sections of road they add in later patches. Here's an example of Cody and US 14 they added to Wyoming. https://blog.scssoft.com/2022/06/Cody-and-US-14.html
Also, a couple people here have been wondering about the quality of the map and such since the game released. Back in 2019 I recorded a trip from Santa Fe to Portland. You can skim through it to see the different areas mapped: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeZQWE6N1aw
I'm going to do a new one soon doing a long mid-map route through the new DLCs.
Seems to be a rather large chunk of I-30 missing. Like anything east of Dallas!
I just watched the trailer in full screen mode to look at the details, and...
(https://i.imgur.com/bUTVD2y.png)
They actually took the time to model a Texas goalpost, and include the little reflective collar on it? Either one of the devs is a Texan or this game goes to ridiculous lengths when it comes to realism.
They even are rebuilding the old maps in order to bring them to current standards. I can expect anything from SCS Software, when they managed to sneak I-180 Wyoming in.
Also, I like how they announced Texas before Montana, yet they released the latter first.
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 07, 2022, 04:53:51 PM
I just watched the trailer in full screen mode to look at the details, and...
(https://i.imgur.com/bUTVD2y.png)
They actually took the time to model a Texas goalpost, and include the little reflective collar on it? Either one of the devs is a Texan or this game goes to ridiculous lengths when it comes to realism.
They hired a couple people specifically to model realistic traffic signs. One of them being Natvander who at his hiring was creating a mod to add them to the game. https://forum.scssoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=250188
Edit: also as mentioned earlier, I've uploaded a clip of me driving from Albuquerque, NM to Price, UT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-MEGhmgCiA
I just checked out some of the footage from the trailer. They even got Texas' obsession with Clearview correct.
Here's an exclusive livestream they did of the DLC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnvpbnat_4M
Quote from: MoiraPrime on November 09, 2022, 01:02:29 PM
Here's an exclusive livestream they did of the DLC.
A comment at 48:23: "I'm a native Texas roadgeek, and this is quite impressive."
Hands up, who was that :-)
Great! Maybe now they'll speed up the additions of the remainder of the country. So far, I can see that this was a labor of love that was undertaken, with precise details about every state, right down to the signs.
I'd love to be the dev that does the signage for the Oklahoma expansion. Just get stoned and pass out drooling on the keyboard...Then push whatever is on the screen to main when you wake up.
Here's a preview video from a YouTuber who got early access https://youtu.be/XrX4ETMLK9I
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on November 08, 2022, 06:13:41 AM
Also, I like how they announced Texas before Montana, yet they released the latter first.
Well of course Texas took longer to do, it's huge!
What's interesting to me is Texas is about to release and we don't have an announcement for what's next. Since I've been playing, there's always been one or two confirmed in the pipeline at any given time. Maybe after Texas the map team is on a well-deserved vacation. Maybe Oklahoma will be announced on the 15th, or as a Christmas "surprise"...
Quote from: MoiraPrime on November 08, 2022, 08:26:02 AM
Edit: also as mentioned earlier, I've uploaded a clip of me driving from Albuquerque, NM to Price, UT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-MEGhmgCiA
I feel for anyone in a dual turn lane next to you. :poke:
Quote from: vtk on November 10, 2022, 11:41:14 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on November 08, 2022, 06:13:41 AM
Also, I like how they announced Texas before Montana, yet they released the latter first.
Well of course Texas took longer to do, it's huge!
What's interesting to me is Texas is about to release and we don't have an announcement for what's next. Since I've been playing, there's always been one or two confirmed in the pipeline at any given time. Maybe after Texas the map team is on a well-deserved vacation. Maybe Oklahoma will be announced on the 15th, or as a Christmas "surprise"...
They usually anounce the map DLCs for the year. But it is already known, per game files, that Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska are next in line. But they could have added Boise City, Oklahoma already with Texas for connectivity sake, it's going to be quite a detour from Dalhart to Lamar.
Quote from: US 89 on November 11, 2022, 12:30:39 AM
Quote from: MoiraPrime on November 08, 2022, 08:26:02 AM
Edit: also as mentioned earlier, I've uploaded a clip of me driving from Albuquerque, NM to Price, UT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-MEGhmgCiA
I feel for anyone in a dual turn lane next to you. :poke:
Kenworth W900 moment
They just announced Oklahoma as well. Here's the DLC page for it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2209650/American_Truck_Simulator__Oklahoma/
Also someone on Reddit made this neat graphic showing the entire map so far (at least once Texas releases tomorrow). Reminder that the game is in 1:20 scale.
(https://i.imgur.com/ZvjMHUh.png)
The preview video doesn't look all that much like Oklahoma yet. Ground-level signals are basically never used here, and horizontal signals are basically only used in Lawton, downtown OKC, and Mustang, and that doesn't really look like any of them offhand. (That particular signal mounting looks like they lifted it out of Gallup, NM.)
Damn, they sure made Oklahoma look a lot more exciting than it is. As mentioned above, with the exception of the bridge and dam, the whole thing looks more like New Mexico.
That's probably the case. They likely started out on the NM side of Oklahoma and are slowly trying to work out which roads to include.
Generally in these videos they can still be really early previews, they just need to get a couple areas looking good enough to show off.
If I had to guess, Oklahoma is at least 6 months from release.
It's wild seeing places like Shreveport, basically a state away, finally as control cities on signs.
So close but so far away :(
(https://i.imgur.com/jGr3Sbd.jpeg)
Other Pictures:
(https://i.imgur.com/RE7uhPo.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sATJSjN.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fw080Gm.jpeg)
Here's one I took in the Colorado DLC too:
(https://i.imgur.com/mwPnkOZ.jpeg)
Something tells me that in addition to OK, the following states are next in the pipeline:
KS, NE, SD, ND
Then after that, the remaining states west of the Mississippi should be covered. We can worry about the ones east of the Mississippi later, but I like that more of the country is available as time rolls on.
Quote from: Henry on November 17, 2022, 10:31:03 AM
Something tells me that in addition to OK, the following states are next in the pipeline:
KS, NE, SD, ND
Then after that, the remaining states west of the Mississippi should be covered. We can worry about the ones east of the Mississippi later, but I like that more of the country is available as time rolls on.
It'll be interesting to see how they handle West Memphis when they get around to Arkansas since it'll be a bit before Tennessee is done. Bet they end I-40 East at the I-55 North interchange and force everyone northbound.
Final trailer and promotional map for Oklahoma just released.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0x21pq-cCY
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1001780246007255053/1131965239131381871/Oklahoma_Road_map_small.jpg)
Releases on August 1st. Blog article here: https://blog.scssoft.com/2023/07/oklahoma-release-date-reveal.html
Pretty well done; I definitely recognize what a lot of the locations shown are modeled after.
I feel a little bad for the poor guy that had to sit there and pore over Oklahoma to find content that was both representative (i.e. not just spam Green Country over and over again) and looks nice enough to make people want to spend money on Oklahoma. Even our own tourism department struggles with that sometimes.
Somehow this trailer managed to pull off the trick of making Boise City seem kind of cool. (But didn't they want their truck trarffic elimitanted?)
Quote from: Scott5114 on November 09, 2022, 05:55:32 PM
I'd love to be the dev that does the signage for the Oklahoma expansion. Just get stoned and pass out drooling on the keyboard...Then push whatever is on the screen to main when you wake up.
I mean this is literally my every day, except I'm not programming games.
Do the signs live up to the quality expected from OKDOT? :-D
Quote from: JoePCool14 on July 23, 2023, 06:53:37 PM
Do the signs live up to the quality expected from OKDOT? :-D
I saw I-40 signed as I-5 at one point. So...yes.
That 6th image reminds me a lot of McAlester, OK. I don't know if that's where it was supposed to be, but that was the first place that jumped to mind when I saw it.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 23, 2023, 07:02:07 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on July 23, 2023, 06:53:37 PM
Do the signs live up to the quality expected from OKDOT? :-D
I saw I-40 signed as I-5 at one point. So...yes.
I wouldn't be too surprised if it somehow included that infamous
craIG CountY sign!
Quote from: Henry on July 24, 2023, 09:39:23 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 23, 2023, 07:02:07 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on July 23, 2023, 06:53:37 PM
Do the signs live up to the quality expected from OKDOT? :-D
I saw I-40 signed as I-5 at one point. So...yes.
I wouldn't be too surprised if it somehow included that infamous craIG CountY sign!
If someone buys this, please let us know if it does.
(I've never played this game, but some minor details in the Oklahoma content make me think that it might collapse "boring" sections of highway into shorter lengths, so county lines may not be acknowledged by it.)
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 23, 2023, 07:02:07 PM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on July 23, 2023, 06:53:37 PM
Do the signs live up to the quality expected from OKDOT? :-D
I saw I-40 signed as I-5 at one point. So...yes.
I can explain this. I've messed around in the map editor, and essentially the prefabricated sign templates they have can have their text dynamically edited. What the templates say by default is usually dictated by what part of the map they were originally made for. Most of the new signs default to I-5 or I-25 because a lot of them were made for Oregon, Washington, and New Mexico.
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 26, 2023, 06:34:38 PM
Quote from: Henry on July 24, 2023, 09:39:23 PM
I wouldn't be too surprised if it somehow included that infamous craIG CountY sign!
If someone buys this, please let us know if it does.
Unfortunately the map doesn't extend Northeast enough to potentially include the c
raIG c
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ty sign. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmg7GGCVc8g
I recently bought ATS (only the base game, I'm too broke currently for the full game), and I'm pretty sure roadgeeks worked on this game.
(https://i.imgur.com/aPweyCX.jpg)
That's an exact replica (well, minus the airport sign) of a sign salad in Flagstaff:
(https://www.aaroads.com/shields/img/AZ/AZ19790403i1.jpg)
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 09, 2023, 02:57:17 PM
I recently bought ATS (only the base game, I'm too broke currently for the full game), and I'm pretty sure roadgeeks worked on this game.
(https://i.imgur.com/aPweyCX.jpg)
That's an exact replica (well, minus the airport sign) of a sign salad in Flagstaff:
(https://www.aaroads.com/shields/img/AZ/AZ19790403i1.jpg)
Wow, that's some stunningly accurate details right here! The landscape doesn't quite match, but the signs are done true to form.
What's funny is I immediately recognized that as the Flagstaff sign salad and I know exactly where it is. I need to find something else to do with my time...
Quote from: US 89 on August 09, 2023, 10:42:29 PM
What's funny is I immediately recognized that as the Flagstaff sign salad and I know exactly where it is. I need to find something else to do with my time...
I mean, yeah, when I passed by that assembly in game I thought "hey, I recognize this!".
While I have been enjoying ATS and will buy more of the future state releases, I do have some gripes:
- It's missing a few 3dI's. It would be really nice to be able have the additional routing options such as I-215 around Salt Lake City and I-270 in the Denver area.
- No flashing yellow arrows. Where there is a flashing yellow arrow in real life the game will have a three section, all arrow protected only head in which the green arrow takes forever to come back.
- The railroad crossings could be better. Four quadrant gate setups are not as common as they are in the game.[/;i]
Quote from: LilianaUwU on August 09, 2023, 11:14:24 PM
Quote from: US 89 on August 09, 2023, 10:42:29 PM
What's funny is I immediately recognized that as the Flagstaff sign salad and I know exactly where it is. I need to find something else to do with my time...
I mean, yeah, when I passed by that assembly in game I thought "hey, I recognize this!".
TARGET ACQUIRED!!! (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1983841,-111.6514011,3a,15y,190.6h,95.64t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sqA4Ra-ufUyJs1w0TkXtezQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DqA4Ra-ufUyJs1w0TkXtezQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D245.13547%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu)
This is the intersection of North Humphreys Street and Old Santa Fe. At the actual intersection, the destination signs are now Clearview, which leads me to wonder if the game has any signs with that font on them. TX has a bunch of them, and the game probably will reflect that.
Quote from: Revive 755 on August 11, 2023, 11:00:49 PM
While I have been enjoying ATS and will buy more of the future state releases, I do have some gripes:
- It's missing a few 3dI's. It would be really nice to be able have the additional routing options such as I-215 around Salt Lake City and I-270 in the Denver area.
- No flashing yellow arrows. Where there is a flashing yellow arrow in real life the game will have a three section, all arrow protected only head in which the green arrow takes forever to come back.
- The railroad crossings could be better. Four quadrant gate setups are not as common as they are in the game.[/;i]
The missing 3dis is due to space constraints. However they are now rebuilding the oldest parts of the map, and I-305 (obviously in-game as US 50) in Sacramento is now in, it wasn't previously. I loved the fact they managed to sneak the non-freeway I-180 in.
Quote from: Revive 755 on August 11, 2023, 11:00:49 PM
While I have been enjoying ATS and will buy more of the future state releases, I do have some gripes:
- No flashing yellow arrows. Where there is a flashing yellow arrow in real life the game will have a three section, all arrow protected only head in which the green arrow takes forever to come back.
I think doghouse style traffic lights were on the planned future additions... and flashing yellow arrows are sorta the new version of those. So maybe some day.
I don't think the game engine can simulate signals with both permissive and protected left turns.
I acquired the game plus the Oklahoma add on. The I-44/US 75 interchange is under construction in the game, and the giant piers for the new interchange are in place. I-44 through Tulsa is only 4 lanes. My old apartments off I-44 and Lewis can sort of be seen in the game. Only some interchanges and highways are drivable in this game. In downtown Tulsa, the left exit from the IDL to the Keystone Expressway only has a US 412 shield, it is missing the US 64 and OK 51 shields. Heading south on US 59 south of Sunset Corner, it starts out as a 4 lane divided highway, narrows to 2 lanes and starts going up Kiamichi Mountain. The highway skips Panama, Shady Point, Poteau, Heavener, the US 59/259/270 junction (the road just turns into US 259). SB US 259 has a climbing lane on Kiamichi Mountain, which it doesn't have in the real world. Three Sticks is prominently featured in the game. I'll report on anything interesting I find.
The Nebraska DLC releases in 1 week.
Arkansas (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2585150/?curator_clanid=4777282&utm_source=SteamDB) and Missouri (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2730870/?curator_clanid=4777282&utm_source=SteamDB) are currently in development.
Somebody made this map of all the current DLCs and their prices on Reddit.
(https://i.imgur.com/iFVqcKn.png)
Quote from: MoiraPrime on May 10, 2024, 01:00:53 PMSomebody made this map of all the current DLCs and their prices on Reddit.
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1229196675877175397/1238535901832020029/RDT_20240510_1159227019878406290822642.jpg?ex=663fa3f1&is=663e5271&hm=1c8cac39450ef59e36776e157e5b1068daed005c0e8c420e7aee430ccd2d9ce8&=&format=webp&width=956&height=671)
Discord links expire now.
Based on the AR and MO DLCs being worked on, I'd say it'll be about a year or two before we get everything west of the Mississippi covered.
I recently gave the game a try on my new SteamDeck and it works really well on it!
I predict the next DLCs they announce will be South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois, in that order. Then maybe North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, in that order, with Louisiana possibly inserted somewhere among those three.
Quote from: vtk on August 07, 2024, 07:03:39 PMI predict the next DLCs they announce will be South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois, in that order. Then maybe North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, in that order, with Louisiana possibly inserted somewhere among those three.
I still believe all the states west of the Mississippi will be completed before the eastern half gets started. So ND, SD, MN, IA and LA would come first, then WI, IL, etc. would follow.
Quote from: vtk on August 07, 2024, 07:03:39 PMI predict the next DLCs they announce will be South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois, in that order. Then maybe North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, in that order, with Louisiana possibly inserted somewhere among those three.
They've already announced Iowa.
Quote from: Henry on August 07, 2024, 09:42:53 PMQuote from: vtk on August 07, 2024, 07:03:39 PMI predict the next DLCs they announce will be South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois, in that order. Then maybe North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, in that order, with Louisiana possibly inserted somewhere among those three.
I still believe all the states west of the Mississippi will be completed before the eastern half gets started. So ND, SD, MN, IA and LA would come first, then WI, IL, etc. would follow.
According to the devs, their main goal right now is Illinois, so I would imagine it will be next after Iowa.
Quote from: bm7 on August 09, 2024, 01:15:55 AMAccording to the devs, their main goal right now is Illinois, so I would imagine it will be next after Iowa.
I imagine modeling the shape of the terrain won't take much work...
Quote from: vdeane on August 09, 2024, 12:42:05 PMQuote from: bm7 on August 09, 2024, 01:15:55 AMAccording to the devs, their main goal right now is Illinois, so I would imagine it will be next after Iowa.
I imagine modeling the shape of the terrain won't take much work...
I'll be excited when my home state is finished! And maybe then, the remaining states west of the Mississippi will get worked on, along with the other Great Lakes states.
Quote from: bm7 on August 09, 2024, 01:15:55 AMQuote from: Henry on August 07, 2024, 09:42:53 PMQuote from: vtk on August 07, 2024, 07:03:39 PMI predict the next DLCs they announce will be South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois, in that order. Then maybe North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, in that order, with Louisiana possibly inserted somewhere among those three.
I still believe all the states west of the Mississippi will be completed before the eastern half gets started. So ND, SD, MN, IA and LA would come first, then WI, IL, etc. would follow.
According to the devs, their main goal right now is Illinois, so I would imagine it will be next after Iowa.
That would be a logical place for the game developers to anchor further expansion efforts from. They can alternate between heading east, heading north or northwest, or heading south, to keep things interesting.
Can finally set my home base in my hometown :)
They released a gameplay preview video for the upcoming Arkansas DLC.
Quote from: MoiraPrime on August 19, 2024, 12:23:28 PMThey released a gameplay preview video for the upcoming Arkansas DLC.
It was absolutely glorious that the first vehicle not a semi was an ASP Dodge Charger. Their reputation on YouTube mandates their inclusion in the game and preview.
Glad to see them include the Bobby Harper Tunnel in the brief drive over the Boston Mountains. I was impressed by the NWA area signage as well. I looked at the Missouri Content on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2730870/American_Truck_Simulator__Missouri/?curator_clanid=4777282) and noticed something that appears to be Springfield Underground (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2386713,-93.2199922,3a,15.8y,150.78h,90.87t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s1GL2nScZD0_YwDOB9aV2Ew!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-0.8684309032473152%26panoid%3D1GL2nScZD0_YwDOB9aV2Ew%26yaw%3D150.77970097213824!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e4?coh=205410&entry=ttu).
Edit: The first couple of scenes in the Missouri video are likely located on US 65 near Saddlebrooke.
Quote from: ozarkman417 on August 19, 2024, 01:50:41 PMGlad to see them include the Bobby Harper Tunnel in the brief drive over the Boston Mountains.
Edit: The first couple of scenes in the Missouri video are likely located on US 65 near Saddlebrooke.
It's the Bobby
Hopper Tunnel.
Official trailer for Arkansas released.
(https://i.imgur.com/bCBJvCi.png)
Here's a picture of the map someone got from one of their streams
Louisiana is the next state after Iowa: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/270880/view/4657376178538345385?l=english
ND and SD are baffling exclusions still.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on October 10, 2024, 08:29:51 PMLouisiana is the next state after Iowa: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/270880/view/4657376178538345385?l=english
ND and SD are baffling exclusions still.
It only seems right that the only state with I-49 that has not been covered is next in the pipeline. As for the Dakotas not being included in the game, perhaps they might be bundled with MN in a future batch of DLCs. With IL and possibly WI being the next two states up, it shouldn't be too long before the remaining states west of the Mississippi get worked on afterwards.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on October 10, 2024, 08:29:51 PMND and SD are baffling exclusions still.
Perhaps they are trying to join the Best for Last Club (https://www.fargomoorhead.org/blog/post/join-best-last-club-fargo-nd/).
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 11, 2024, 02:47:02 AMQuote from: LilianaUwU on October 10, 2024, 08:29:51 PMND and SD are baffling exclusions still.
Perhaps they are trying to join the Best for Last Club (https://www.fargomoorhead.org/blog/post/join-best-last-club-fargo-nd/).
Or...
(https://i.imgur.com/U4UNdxz.png)
I've been driving in Arkansas on American Truck Simulator today and I think I noticed an error. On I-30 in the southwestern part of the state, there's an exit in the game that has BGS'ses that say "Exit 44: US 167, AR 24; Prescott" - however, I think it was supposed to say US 371 instead of US 167 (based off of the real-life exit and highway system). I have to say though, I think this is the only error I've ever noticed in the game (at least that I can remember off the top of my head). Errors and inaccuracies are few and far between in this game, which has perpetually impressed me with how incredibly accurate and realistic it is. For example, on this very exit that I mentioned, there is a truck stop you can stop at and utilize (fuel, sleep, etc.) in the game, and on the real-life version of this exit, sure enough there is an actual TA Travel Center, and it is in the exact same quadrant of the exit that it is at in the game.
I also really like the new Arkansas DLC (well, I guess it's a few months old now, but it still seems "new" to me LOL), I think it turned out really well. I am also very much excited for the upcoming Missouri, Iowa, and Louisiana DLCs which I think are in line to be released next.
Illinois was just announced to be the next state up after the current batch in development
Quote from: ET21 on February 01, 2025, 01:54:51 PMIllinois was just announced to be the next state up after the current batch in development
Yup. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYQwCobs7WI) Still curious as to why ND and SD are excluded, though.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on February 01, 2025, 02:38:59 PMStill curious as to why ND and SD are excluded, though.
Probably because nobody wants to drive across them in real life for free, much less to pay for the privilege to do it on the computer.
Enough people put visiting ND off until they've done all the others that the state tourism board has a special certificate program for people who do that.
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 01, 2025, 03:34:36 PMEnough people put visiting ND off until they've done all the others that the state tourism board has a special certificate program for people who do that.
Hell, I live in a state that borders ND, and I was almost 25 before I visited it for the first time.
Quote from: ET21 on February 01, 2025, 01:54:51 PMIllinois was just announced to be the next state up after the current batch in development
I knew it!
Quote from: LilianaUwU on October 10, 2024, 08:29:51 PMND and SD are baffling exclusions still.
They would make sense bundled together as a single DLC. The two states put together have plenty of destinations to make them worthwhile additions, but separately they would be hard to justify as separate DLC unless they were really cheap or free.
Northern North Dakota has a surprising amount of activity (oil boom, freight traffic to Canada, etc), but mainly Native American reservations south of I-94. South Dakota is mainly an east-or-west deal, with not a whole lot in the middle besides the Missouri River crossing.
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 01, 2025, 03:34:36 PMEnough people put visiting ND off until they've done all the others that the state tourism board has a special certificate program for people who do that.
I wish I had known that. ND was the last CONUS state for me.
Quote from: MikeTheActuary on April 28, 2025, 06:22:40 AMQuote from: Scott5114 on February 01, 2025, 03:34:36 PMEnough people put visiting ND off until they've done all the others that the state tourism board has a special certificate program for people who do that.
I wish I had known that. ND was the last CONUS state for me.
It's for saving ND for last for the entire 50.
Finally, South Dakota has been announced. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/270880/view/537728712831927374?l=english
Quote from: LilianaUwU on May 26, 2025, 04:07:42 PMFinally, South Dakota has been announced. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/270880/view/537728712831927374?l=english
Quote from: JREwing78 on April 27, 2025, 08:36:59 PMQuote from: LilianaUwU on October 10, 2024, 08:29:51 PMND and SD are baffling exclusions still.
They would make sense bundled together as a single DLC. The two states put together have plenty of destinations to make them worthwhile additions, but separately they would be hard to justify as separate DLC unless they were really cheap or free.
Northern North Dakota has a surprising amount of activity (oil boom, freight traffic to Canada, etc), but mainly Native American reservations south of I-94. South Dakota is mainly an east-or-west deal, with not a whole lot in the middle besides the Missouri River crossing.
With SD gettin added first, I'd expect ND to be bundled with MN in a new DLC package down the road.
To date, SCS hasn't included any two states into a single DLC. I don't expect North Dakota and Minnesota to be the first.
Bundling multiple already-released DLCs (map expansions, cargoes, truck customizations) at a special price has been done before, yes.
That's 4 states currently pending. If they release them in order of announcements, it'll be Iowa, Louisiana, Illinois, and South Dakota, in that order.
If you're looking to be entertained by the travels and antics of a certain YouTuber, here you go:
Jeff Favignano's American Truck Simulator Playlist (currently over 300 videos) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo5whi14bKmgfMBVOuF_fjiltYQUCAoqK)
His running commentary is always entertaining, plus his take on the worst drivers is hilarious and spot on!