Promods 2.82 released. How to Download and Setup
European version of Promods 2.82 as well as other map mods and add-ons for ETS 1.59 are live and ready to be downloaded and installed. Since the process is still not clear if you want to get it for free I created below video guide:
Changelog:
Benelux merge
Seinäjoki, Kaustinen, Kristiinankaupunki in Finland
A4 (Reims / Strasbourg) in France
Würzburg & BAB3 in Germany
Lødingen in Norway
Zakrzewo in Poland
Hopa in Türkiye
More Nordic Horizons & Benelux city names
Gas station replacements in BLKW, Iberia, Greece, and NH DLCs
5 Years Trucksim Channel Anniversary
Earlier this month, trucksim.top celebrated 6 years online.
But today is another important milestone for me personally —
5 years ago, on May 13, I decided to move away from my personal YouTube channel and fully focus on a dedicated TruckSim channel.
Looking back now, it was absolutely the right decision.
📊 5 years later
- 6.22K subscribers
- 2+ million views
- 50.6K watch hours
- 695 videos published
Honestly, seeing those numbers still feels unreal sometimes.
The channel started with simple gameplay videos, experiments, and updates around Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator.
🚛 What matters most
The biggest thing wasn’t the numbers.
It was building a community of people who enjoy the same weirdly specific things:
- hidden roads
- map combinations
- game mechanics
- optimization
- exploration
Some videos took days of preparation for just a few minutes of content.
Some completely failed.
Some unexpectedly exploded.
That’s just part of the journey.
🙌 Thank you
If you ever watched a video, left a comment or subscribed — thank you.
You helped turn a small experiment from 2021 into something real.
The road continues. 🚚
Hidden Roads Study – May, 16 2026
Since the last update, both ATS and ETS2 1.59 and the Benelux rework for ETS2 have been released, alongside the Illinois DLC for American Truck Simulator. ATS 1.58 already added numerous new secret roads, and I had been considering updating the America guide after finding around 18 additional hidden roads, bringing the total to roughly 263 (though I may remove some older unmarked ones). With Illinois now released, I’m sure there are even more hidden roads waiting to be discovered, so the guide will continue growing as I explore the new map.
The reason I mostly skip mid-tier guide videos comes down to how YouTube ranks and promotes content. Older videos usually appear first, while guide-style videos below them tend to have very poor discoverability and low view counts. I don’t really want to spend dozens of hours making a guide that ends up with 900 views. (The ETS2 guide currently has around 2.3K views, while the ATS version is still about 1.2K.) The same issue affects 100% discovery guides and map combo content. I know there’s interest from my audience, but without YouTube helping push this type of content, it quickly gets buried.
Below you’ll find all hidden roads in ATS and ETS2 discovered in version 1.57 and later updates. You can also check the complete list of cities with hidden paths here: https://trucksim.top/y9t6. It probably won’t reveal the exact secret road locations, but it can help you figure out if you missed any areas.
I’ve been covering hidden secret roads in both American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2 since 2022, when the feature was first introduced in ETS2 and ATS 1.44. For now, though, I’ll likely slow down these uploads a bit and let others continue expanding the coverage.
ETS2 (updated 01.24.2026, actual on 1.58 with Scandinavia Refresh and Nordic Horizon DLC, 110 roads so far)
ATS (updated 12.26.2025, actual on 1.57 with Louisiana DLC, 245 roads so far)
Secret Roads of Benelux and Volvo Experience Center on ETS2 1.59
New hidden roads with footages on Route 66 (collection of videos)
The Illinois DLC is now released
The wait is over — the Illinois DLC for American Truck Simulator is officially out now! 🚛
The Prairie State expansion brings players to iconic locations including Chicago, Springfield, Quincy, Effingham and many more, while also completing the legendary Route 66 journey across ATS from Chicago all the way to Santa Monica.
Illinois delivers a strong mix of dense urban areas, industrial zones, rural highways and classic Midwest scenery, making it one of the most anticipated ATS map expansions so far.
Alongside the DLC release, SCS Software also introduced two new trucks — the Volvo VNL and the fully electric Volvo VNR Electric – making ATS 1.59 one of the biggest updates in recent months.
One notable surprise however is the absence of the traditional World of Trucks Cruising event that usually accompanies new state releases.
The DLC released on May 14 alongside ATS 1.59 update.
4 new achievements also added to Steam
#AmericanTruckSimulator #ATS #IllinoisDLC #SCSsoftware #TruckSim
First Map Combo for ETS2 1.59 – Tutorial – May, 12 – 2026
ETS2 1.59 is finally here and I combined several maps to extend vanilla game area.If you just jumped in trucking simulators world don’t ignore Beginner’s Guide which can answer a lot of important questions but unfortunately outdated a bit since the new changes in 1.59.
Today’s combo includes Roextended, Rusmap, EAA, Eurafrica, JRR and other maps. 9 maps, 27 files, RCs, fixes. As always please follow the instructions in video and note that combo designed to version 1.59 and requires all map DLCs. Paid mods are optional. Extra mods are not recommended unless they are compatible with other mods and tested.
And consider to support Trucksim on Patreon
Links
📌Roextended 5.1 (paid or free version) https://trucksim.top/dlpr
📌Roex Road Connections https://trucksim.top/4jdz
📌Eurafrica 4.0 https://discord.gg/a2GwuHnEkE (Premium mod, optional. To purchase Eurafrica join Discord, choose tier, make Paypal payment and then open ticket)
📌EAA 1.59 v2 (paid, optional) https://trucksim.top/x0j8
📌EAA Rescaled 2.5 https://trucksim.top/ytr5
📌JRR (Java Road Revolution) 0.92a https://trucksim.top/toe0
📌Swedish Islands by BenganJ 2.2 https://trucksim.top/tbxe
📌Grand Utopia Map 1.19.4 https://trucksim.top/a6bq
📌European Grand Utopia 1.9 https://trucksim.top/sddf
📌rusmap 2.59 https://trucksim.top/d5zv
📌Sibir Map 2.12.1 (Free version) https://trucksim.top/w1tp
📌SJMap R7 https://trucksim.top/zt8m
📌Santiago de Compostela 14 https://trucksim.top/vag4
Mandatory Map Background:
📌Dark Background Map – Dark Grand Utopia+ 2.7 https://trucksim.top/5nld
Euro Truck Simulator 2 1.59 Released
SCS Software just released ETS2 1.59. If you tried beta don’t forget to disable it – go to Steam client → LIBRARY → right-click on American Truck Simulator → Properties → Betas tab → Beta Participation drop-down menu → None.
And if you tuned up buffer settings before this version it is time to disable it in config file.
ETS2 1.59 brings us reworked Benelux Rework. Below you can find couple videos with my discovery of new areas.
Changelog
Map
- Benelux Rework Release
- Volvo Trucks Experience Center
Vehicles
- Thermo King Update
Gameplay
- Tow to Road Feature
UI/UX
- Advisor Update – Finances & Damage Widgets
- Skills UX Redesign
- QoL UI/UX Changes
- Improved News Banner Readability
- World Map Pin Enhancements
- Save Icon Update
- Garage Cutscene Skipping
- D-pad Accessibility Improvements
Visuals
- Height Blend Improvements
Sounds
- Traffic Sound Rework
Other
- Detour Feature Maintenance