We finished with map combo in games version 1.61 and getting ready for the new release as well as new DLCs. But until that we still have time to enjoy the long distance journey on Europe and America.
ETS2 1.61
Giga map combo I’ve finished last week for ETS2 1.61 took more time that I expected , and it has taken more time than I expected but it became a solid update with 74 maps. I reduced count of maps in the final setup to release it faster and maybe will do some corrections on it but not sure.
ATS 1.61
Bigger American combo is also actual and can be satisfy you until we are waiting for 1.62. While in Europe we will see Iceland and Coaches DLC this November, in ATS there is no significant changes of the map with new version.
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The wait is almost over. SCS has confirmed that the Coaches DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2 releases on November 12, 2026. Since our last roundup, SCS has shown new vehicle features, explained coach ownership and jobs, and revealed a third job type. Here’s everything that’s new.
July 17, 2026: New Vehicle Features
SCS showed the systems coaches have that trucks don’t:
Destination display: a panel at the top of the windshield showing the final stop. It’s a removable accessory and visible from inside the cabin.
Sun visors: coaches have big windshields, so the visors are split into left and right halves that you control independently, with animations and sounds.
Rear-view camera: built into the dashboard, it replaces the navigation display automatically when you engage reverse. That should help a lot at tight bus stations.
Interior lighting: ambient lighting in a colour of your choice, plus a main ceiling light you can switch on and off, useful when picking up passengers at night.
August 21, 2026: Vehicle Ownership and Job Schedule
Buying a coach: coaches are sold through the Online Dealer and kept in their own garage, so they don’t take up your truck garage slots.
Shared money: finances are shared between truck and coach modes. You can earn through Quick Jobs or regular truck jobs first, and loans are available if you want to start sooner.
Customisation: chassis, engine, and transmission variants, plus seat upholstery and curtains, depending on the model. Some parts and accessories unlock through progression.
Free roaming: an owned coach can go anywhere on the map and visit viewpoints, with fuel, fatigue, and other familiar systems working as they do with a truck.
Contract Jobs: unlocked by owning a coach. You browse passenger services in nearby cities, drive to the station, confirm your line, and the game jumps to the scheduled departure. Many routes have multiple stops, and harder routes pay more money and experience.
October 2026: Scania Touring Gameplay Preview
The Scania Touring finally got its own gameplay video. It showed how driving style affects passenger reactions, with sharp turns and hard braking raising G-forces and drawing responses from passengers. It also featured passenger chatter behind you and the adjustable sun visor.
October 7, 2026: Tourist Jobs
A third job type for a more relaxed pace. You take passengers on a day out from a bus station to a landmark: natural scenery, city centers, or even industrial depots with guided tours. Some destinations have opening hours that affect arrival times. Whether the landmark is locally or globally known sets the trip length. At the end you get a viewpoint with a short cutscene, often with a short description of the place. The schedule is more leisurely than Contract Jobs.
November 1, 2026: Release Date and Trailer
SCS announced November 12 with an official trailer. The three launch coaches are the Scania Touring, Volvo 9700 DD, and MAN Lion’s Coach. The trailer highlights the G-force indicator, smooth driving, and the three job types: Quick Jobs for early money, Contract Jobs with your own coach, and Tourist Jobs. SCS also says Coaches will keep growing after launch, with more licensed coaches, customization options, and features.
Updated “What We Know”
Release date: November 12, 2026
Launch coaches: Scania Touring, MAN Lion’s Coach, Volvo 9700 DD
Jobs: Quick Jobs, Contract Jobs (own coach required), Tourist Jobs
Ownership: Online Dealer purchase, separate garage, loans, progression-unlocked parts
After launch: more coaches, customisation, and features planned
Iceland releases two days earlier, on November 10, so it’s a busy week for ETS2.
The Iceland DLC launches on November 10, 2026, announced alongside a new trailer in SCS’s Steam announcement. That’s about two weeks from now and right after 1.62 hits stable.
The map has 14 cities and settlements, including Reykjavík and Akureyri, connected by the Ring Road.
Landmarks include Jökulsárlón, Goðafoss, Gullfoss, Seljalandsfoss, Víkurfjara, Geysir and Þingvellir.
Some routes cross narrow single-lane bridges where you have to give way to oncoming traffic.
Freight goes to custom-made farms, quarries and a silica factory in Húsavík.
The Northern Lights can appear under the right conditions, and daylight hours follow Iceland’s real-world timing.
SCS Software has confirmed that the Iceland DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2 launches on November 10, 2026, just after the 1.62 update. After more than a year of previews, here’s the full picture.
What’s in the box: 14 cities and settlements, including Reykjavík and Akureyri, linked by the Ring Road. Expect famous stops like Jökulsárlón, Goðafoss, Gullfoss, Seljalandsfoss, Geysir and Þingvellir, plus narrow single-lane bridges where you yield to oncoming traffic.
New work: custom farms, quarries and a silica factory in Húsavík, along with Keflavík’s fishing-town depots.
Atmosphere: the Northern Lights can show up in the sky, and daylight hours follow the real Icelandic calendar.
How we got here: announced June 2025, followed by previews of churches, the Ring Road, coastline, Keflavík, Akureyri, depots, fjords, scenic viewpoints and a first gameplay drive from Seyðisfjörður to Goðafoss.
Leaked Map:
Cities visible in the photo
West and Westfjords: Ísafjörður, Patreksfjörður, Hólmavík, Ólafsvík, Borgarnes
Southwest: Keflavík, Reykjavík, Selfoss
North: Blönduós, Akureyri, Húsavík, Þórshöfn
East and southeast: Egilsstaðir, Höfn
What else the map shows
Route 1 (the Ring Road) runs around the whole island. The map also has secondary roads such as 30 to 41 in the southwest, 54 to 62 in the west and Westfjords, 85 in the northeast, and 92 and 93 in the east.
Anchor icons mark ports or ferry points near Patreksfjörður, Ólafsvík and the south coast near Selfoss.
Camera icons are scattered along the coast and the Ring Road. Together with the “Tourist Jobs” tab at the bottom, they look like sightseeing and viewpoint spots.
There are fuel stations and service points in nearly every town, plus a few stops along the quieter southeast stretch toward Höfn.
The Westfjords are a maze of fjord roads, which matches the “fjords define how roads are built” angle from SCS’s fjords preview.
The Highlands in the center are empty, so the map sticks to the coastal and Ring Road network.
In 2025 I’ve decided to create a podcast-style episode about Euro Truck Simulator 2, focusing on its map expansions and my personal journey through the years and various versions of the game.
The Pathfinder Achievement Evolution
Since version 1.55, one of the most challenging ETS2 achievements – Pathfinder – has undergone a significant change. Previously, obtaining this achievement required discovering 100% of the map, which was an incredibly demanding task. Now, you only need to drive 40,000 kilometers, which is much more achievable if you’re an active hauler.
I earned this achievement back on March 7th, 2017, right after the Vive La France DLC release. This was during version 1.26, when the European map was considerably smaller than it is today. Later, in version 1.27, I created a short video demonstrating how I achieved it once again.
Starting of 1.61 we got Proximity Exploration feature and you can get your 100% with your truck or car (or later bus) much faster.
My Content Journey
For years, I kept my profile of explored roads private. That changed in 2022 when I was running version 1.43. I released my first comprehensive guide showing 100% map completion with the Iberia DLC included. To this day, it remains the most popular video on my channel with over 120,000 views.
Since then, I’ve been regularly sharing these completion guides. Almost every time I post one, I receive comments claiming it’s somehow cheating or illegitimate. However, I’ve noticed that videos featuring 100% exploration content consistently generate high view counts, lots of questions, and extensive discussion in the comments.
Expanding the Content Format
I’ve experimented with different approaches to this content. I’ve tried live exploration streams, showing viewers my process in real-time. I’ve also expanded into the world of map modifications, creating guides on how to merge multiple maps and sharing explored sectors from popular mod maps like ProMods and RoExtended. Later I created easy script which allow to merge several profiles with several clicks. Recently I’ve also found out how to reach 100% when it was not possible in the game before (e.g. on some mods).
The Niche Nature of Exploration Content
Overall, this particular aspect of trucking simulation is quite niche. It’s not as mainstream or popular as regular map modification combination guides. However, I’ve noticed that nowadays, many YouTubers are creating their own custom map combinations and sharing them with the community.
This specialized content might serve a smaller audience, but it’s clearly one that’s passionate and engaged with this unique aspect of Euro Truck Simulator 2.
A Journey Through Game Versions: Historical Footage
Some of the key versions I’ve shared on YouTube, and what made each one special in terms of map development, features, and the overall trucking experience.
ETS 1.27 – with Vive La France (March 2017) ETS2 1.43 – with Iberia (January 2022) ETS2 1.44 beta – Austria Rebuild (April 2022) ETS2 1.44 – Austria Rebuild (July 2022) ETS2 1.45 – Germany Rebuild part 1 (July 2022) ETS2 1.46 – November 2022 ETS2 1.47 – Germany Rework part 2 (March 2023) ETS2 1.48 – Germany Rework part 3 (July 2023) ETS2 1.48 – New Feature – Discovery by Country (August 2023) ETS2 1.48.5 (October 2023) ETS2 1.48.5 with West Balkans DLC (November 2023) ETS2 1.50 Switzerland and Germany rework (May 2024) ETS2 1.51 Germany Rework part 5 (September 2024) ETS2 1.53 Germany Rework part 6 (November 2024) ETS2 1.53 with Greece DLC (December 2024) ETS2 1.54 (April 2025)
I stopped the podcast on ETS2 1.55 where wasn’t new content added but after that I’ve shared discovered reworks of Benelux, Scandinavia DLC rebuilds, DLC Nordic Horizons and soon probably will do the same with Iceland DLC.
Looking Forward – What’s Coming Next
The future looks incredibly exciting. SCS Software has announced some major upcoming projects: reworks of UK, Isle of Ireland and Soul of Anatolia DLC and in November 2026 we will see Iceland DLC.
I’m hoping to continue sharing this content with you all, focusing not just on the achievement aspects – which, as we discussed, aren’t as relevant anymore with the Pathfinder changes and Proximity Exploration feature – but on the pure joy of exploration and discovery in these beautifully crafted virtual European landscapes. Maybe also I expand the same style video for American Truck Simulator since there are a lot of interesting things happening.
Footages in the above video taken from videos available on the channel until version ETS2 1.55 – but always check if the new updates available in 100% Discovery stories. If you like this type of content please go to the above video (click on picture) and write about it in comments.
I combined 74 maps to make gigantic setup for ETS2 1.61. If you just jumped in trucking simulators world don’t ignore Beginners Guide which can answer a lot of important questions. Today’s combo includes Promods, Roex, Eurafrica, EAA. Hungarebuild, Poland Rebuilding, Beyond, rusmap, Great Steppe, RTC and many other maps. 74 maps, 184 files, RCs, fixes. As always please follow the instructions in video and note that combo designed to version 1.61 and requires all map DLCs. Extra mods are not recommended unless they are compatible with other mods and tested. And consider to support Trucksim on Patreon
NEW and UPDATE – difference from previous map Combo. TEMP – mods has critical dependencies.
If you are on patreon you have extra time to prepare for the next gigantic map combo I will share later here. I know that downloading all these files takes time and better to collect all mods in the folder before starting combo setup.
