American Truck Simulator | |
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An American Truck Simulator PC DVD ROM sample. A Peterbilt 579 carrying a trailer. | |
Developer(s) | SCS Software |
Publisher(s) | SCS Software |
Series | Truck Simulator |
Platform(s) | |
Release | 2 February 2016 |
Genre(s) | Vehicle simulation |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
State | Release Date | Cities | Description | Notes |
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California | 2 February 2016 (launch release) | 22 | California was the first state introduced for American Truck Simulator.[12] As in real life, the posted speed limit for all trucks 55 miles per hour (88 kilometers per hour). The state is the largest in the game and, as such, has the most visitable cities. It also contains Yosemite National Park, the only national park the player may drive through in-game (commercial trucking is prohibited in National Parks in real life). | Ukiah, a city in northwestern California, became the first city to be retroactively added to a state when it was released alongside Arizona in the 1.3 update. Upon the release of the Oregon expansion, US-101, US-199, I-5, US-97, and US-395 were extended through Northern California into Oregon, and CA-139 north of Canby was added. CA-299 was completed from Eureka to Alturas in update 1.35. |
Nevada | 2 February 2016 (launch release) | 10 | Nevada was added to the game for free immediately at launch.[12] Though it is not the smallest state available in the game, Nevada still accounts for the smallest amount of visitable cities, with only 10 being visitable. | |
Arizona | 6 June 2016 | 16 | Arizona was the first state added to American Truck Simulator post-launch when it was released with the 1.3 update. With its 16 visitable cities (15 when it was originally released), the number of cities a player may visit without purchasing any additional DLCs is 48. Arizona is famously mostly desert and also features the Grand Canyon.[13] Arizona was the final state released in the 1:35 scale SCS Software had committed to at the time. All three states have since been rescaled to 1:20, nearly the same scale as Euro Truck Simulator 2, released in a 1:19 scale. | Prior to the rescale, the player was able to go past the road barrier Kayenta and drive quite a ways through Monument Valley into Utah. In this aspect, Utah is actually the fourth state the player could have driven through. Arizona was the last state added as a free update to American Truck Simulator. With the release of New Mexico, Arizona became the first state to border more than two states. California and Nevada later followed suit with the release of Oregon. |
New Mexico | 9 November 2017 | 14 | New Mexico was announced via blog post on 2 February 2017.[14] The state, currently the second largest featured in American Truck Simulator, added 14 new cities and 4,000 miles of new in-game roads. It also introduced 11 custom rest stops and 600 custom assets. The map was released alongside update 1.29 which introduced dynamic events into the game. | Upon its release, New Mexico became the first state which bordered only one state (excluding the period when California and Nevada were the only available states). New Mexico was the first map expansion for American Truck Simulator that was released as paid-DLC. It is expected all remaining states will follow suit. |
Oregon | 4 October 2018 | 14 | Oregon was announced via blog post almost exactly one year after New Mexico's announcement, on 1 February 2018.[15] It had already been known that this would be the state to follow New Mexico as, with New Mexico's release, SCS Software teased a screenshot of the state with Interstate exit sign clearly showing the neighboring cities of Eugene and Springfield. Despite currently being the 2nd smallest state in the game, Oregon still offers 5,000 miles of new in-game roads (1000 more than New Mexico), over 700 brand new assets (100 more than New Mexico) and the same number of visitable cities as New Mexico, with 14. | Oregon is the first state to include a portion of another state's highway (which is marked on the map) before that second state's (in this case, Idaho) release, with small sections of I-84 and US-95 entering it. SCS Software added OR-140 into the game on 11 December 2018 with the release of version 1.33, and expanded it to its full length including NV-140 over the two following updates, from Medford to US-95 in Nevada. OR-58 was also added in update 1.35. |
Washington | 11 June 2019 | 16 | On 25 January 2019, SCS Software unveiled the state of Washington as their next expansion. While this was around the same time frame as when New Mexico and Oregon were announced (the first days of February), many in the community noted that SCS Software were already deep into development of the state, as the team has already completed US-101 and has already shown Seattle, Washington's largest city. During a stream celebrating the third anniversary of American Truck Simulator, the CEO of SCS Software stated that Washington would come out much quicker than players anticipated while also expressing hope that a second state may be released by the end of the year with a third entering pre-development. This first prediction was proven true on 4 June 2019, when SCS Software announced the state would be released the following week. Washington, the smallest state in the game thus far, adds another 3,800 miles worth of roads and 16 new cities, the most since Arizona, as well as several new landmarks. The state also introduces ferries into American Truck Simulator.[16] With its addition, the player can now drive to both the Mexican and Canadian borders, the only two countries the United States directly borders. | Upon release, Washington joined New Mexico as the only other state to border only a single state on release. Oregon became the fourth state to border more than two states. Washington is the first state a player may own which does not border one of the base-game states. The state itself is the 2nd logging exclusive state after Oregon. |
Utah | TBA | TBA | 4 July, 2019, American Independence Day, SCS Software officially announced the seventh state to be included in-game, Utah. The developer noted that Utah would be the setting of many different kinds of industries and would try to replicate specific regional climates. | This will be the second time Utah is accessible in-game, as the player was able to drive through Monument Valley and into Utah prior to the rescale. |
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