Euro Truck Simulator 2 was one of the sleeper hits of the early 2010s, but it seems like American Truck Simulator hasn’t received the same amount of acclaim that its predecessor has garnered. One complaint I had heard at times was that the world seemed a little too “Small”, giving us a condensed version of the US, but not the full thing. Now, we have seen a significant update, that will make ATS quite a bit bigger!
In the initial release of American Truck Simulator, the world was set to a 1:35 scale. Now, we have seen the scale of the map go up to 1:20. That results in a massive upgrade, a 1.75x increase.
Rescaled map main features:
Scale 1:35 → 1:20 – 1,75x larger map
Hundreds of miles of new longer roads
A new city – Santa Maria
Completely reworked city – Oxnard
Reworked roadsystem topology:
New Interstate I-580 and I-80 connections
I-5 near LA topology corrected
I-5 Redding topology corrected
New stretch of CA-101
Correct interstate junctions – no more same level crossing, freeways exiting on itself, etc
28 reworked or new junctions – most notably – Reno, San Francisco, San Diego, L.A.
6 new custom rest areas – truckstops
More accurate height profiles – new steeper climbs and descends
Famous recognizable landscape landmarks: Donner pass, Grapevine, Kumeyaay highway, Picachio peak, Humphreys peak, Cajon pass
Because of the increase of the map, some other elements have had to be overhauled as well. There will be a longer day-night cycle, to reflect the scale of the map. The economy has also received some tweaks as well.
This new upgrade to the map has been put into the now-released version 1.5 update for ATS. The update brings a significant changelog, which is listed below.
I am looking forward to giving this a test drive, partly because I live in California, so I can attest to the realism of a lot of these roads. Maybe I’ll do a video on this as well?
Have you tested out the latest update for American Truck Simulator? Let us know in the comments!
ATS 1.5 patchnotes
Main features
Map rebuilt in 1:20 scale
Upgrade Shop and Truck Browser Search Tool
New chassis options (6×2 & 6×2 Midlift)
Game
Adjustable interior FOV per truck
Weigh station UI behavior made more real
Truck repair/refuel performed by hired driver cost money, included in logs
Added informational dialog showing when game detects upgrade or downgrade
Added pounds + short tonnes as weight unit option
Add possibility to buy driver and co-driver plate in truck dealer
Online job offer: Replaced refresh button with browse jobs
Better trailer air pressure simulation
Low air warning should only be active with running engine
Parking brake mechanical safeguard on low air added
Revised rolling resistance computations
Hired driver use same math for eco skill as player
Added selector modes to shift layout, correct detection of split shifts (advanced mode)
Adaptive shifting logic improved
Mod manager: Added link to load game screen in case game crashed and user has at least one mod activated
Mod manager: Added possibility of setting profile by name and by user profile pointer
Mod manager: Added dlc dependency list to mod manifest
Prevent to AI trucks disappearing in players view
Tweaked traffic spawn frequencies
MOD
Changed map parameters (climate_profile, map_data)
Moddable interior camera zoom parameters. (speed, factor)
1 degree rotation on Ctrl + R, 90 degree rotation on Home
Merged editable sign and sign dialog
Refresh sign template and its model from content browser
Added letter-spacing to sign editor
Store content browser navigation history
Support for day/nigh effect switching and child hookups for lod_model_hookup_u
Undo of veg sphere manipulation
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