ATS & ETS2 Update 1.58: A Major UI & UX Refresh
Update 1.58 marks one of the most significant UI and UX overhauls in American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2 to date. Touching nearly every screen players interact with daily, this update modernizes core systems while laying a more flexible foundation for future features and platforms.
The redesign is driven by the games’ long-term growth. While some changes may require brief re-learning, the goal is a cleaner, more intuitive, and future-ready experience that scales with what’s coming next.
Key highlights include a redesigned tutorial system built around contextual hints, delivering guidance naturally during gameplay rather than through a rigid, linear flow. New players get help when it matters, while experienced drivers stay focused on the road.
The Route Advisor has been completely reworked into a customizable, widget-based HUD. Instead of a fixed panel, players can now tailor on-screen information to their driving style, from minimal layouts to data-rich setups.
The Pause Screen evolves into a new Quick Info hub, centralizing job details, truck status, controls, and local regulations. This keeps the driving HUD cleaner while ensuring all critical information is just a pause away.
Quality-of-life improvements also arrive across management screens, offering clearer driver skill tracking, better company info visibility, and refined usability without disrupting familiar layouts. Meanwhile, the truck and trailer configurators receive targeted usability upgrades, improving navigation, feedback, and controller support.
Overall, Update 1.58 is a foundational step forward — modernizing daily interactions while preparing ATS and ETS2 for the next generation of content. Community feedback during the Open Beta will play a key role in refining these changes further.
Please find below previous UI improvements:
Map Combo Study 01.26.2025
With official news about game version 1.58 starting to surface, it’s safe to assume that an open beta is just around the corner. As always, a new major update means it’s time to rethink our map setups and give the modding community some time to adapt to the new features and technical changes.
Until that happens, we still have large and stable map combos available for both Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator. Most upcoming updates to these combos will likely focus on polishing, compatibility fixes, and minor improvements, with the possibility of a few new maps being added.
At this stage, it’s not yet clear how version 1.58 will affect maps and mod management overall. However, for the current game version, there are already well-established rules and best practices that help avoid conflicts and common mistakes. I’ve covered these in detail in my Beginner’s Guide, which I strongly recommend watching before building or updating your map combo. It will save you time, prevent recurring issues, and help you create a stable and enjoyable setup from the start.
ETS2 Giga Map Combo for ETS2 1.57 – Tutorial – January, 13 – 2026
ATS Big Map Combo for ATS 1.57 with 21 Maps – January, 19 – 2025
Guide mentioned above could be helpful:
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Started 27,000 kilometers long haul
Last week I started a really long haul with 27k km from South America to Asia with 70 mod maps of Giga Map Combo. I’m sharing my experience on Youtube channel and it will be long series so perhaps part of these footages will be on my second old channel. Currently released two parts of the trip and I’m still in Argentina and drove in to Chile. And it is EAA map with rescale.
I know that silent driving videos attract not a big audience and most of you are waiting for hot guides for map mod combinations or secret reveals, but some people are still like to relax and watch those calm videos.
All Hidden Secret Roads in ETS2 1.57
The guide contains about 110 hidden roads in 22 countries and 10 map DLC on Euro Truck Simulator 2. It is actual for February 2026, on ETS2 1.57. Some roads are periodically disappear during map reworks and some new are being added in new game versions.
Mostly I added marked roads but also some easter eggs are available.
I tried to avoid spoilers, mark only locations and removed hidden roads footages but if you prefer to discover all hidden roads and secrets yourself better to skip the video
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Map Combination Beginners Guide and Secrets for ATS & ETS2 1.57 (2026)
Map Combos for SCS trucking games are not an easy for newcomers. So you can find lot of ready setups for actual version, including here on Trucksim, but before start better to avoid obvious mistakes. In this guide I’m explaining how to build map combo for Euro Truck Simulator 2 (ETS2) or American Truck Simulator (ATS), from how to download and combine maps, to tricks how to avoid crashes. I will cover the basics for beginners. Guide made in 2024 but is still actual in January 2026 on game versions 1.57 and latest DLCs
Mentioned in video parameters for Launch Options in Steam:
for 8GB -64bit -nointro -unlimitedlog -rdevice dx11 -mm_pool_size 4096 -mm_max_resource_size 32 mm_max_tmp_buffers_size 1000
for 16GB -64bit -nointro -unlimitedlog -rdevice dx11 -mm_pool_size 8192 -mm_max_resource_size 32 -mm_max_tmp_buffers_size 1000
for 32GB -64bit -nointro -unlimitedlog -rdevice dx11 -mm_pool_size 16384 -mm_max_resource_size 32 -mm_max_tmp_buffers_size 1000
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100% discovered study 01.24.2026
Currently we have 100% in ATS 1.57 with new Louisiana DLC and you see the guide below but in Europe took more time than I expected so probably ETS2 guide with Nordic Horizons and Scandinavia rework won’t be finished in January. Update is really big so it’s deserved to wait a little. For sure all the hidden roads will be in it but you can watch them right now in the video. The full guide is also still not ready but I hope this weekend it will be available on Patreon. But for 100% in ETS2 1.57 expected date is February 2026. If you’re using older strings (for instance for 1.56 below) they are still work but undiscovered areas will remain grey.
[Guide] ATS 1.57 – 100% Explored map with all DLC (with Louisiana) (December 2026, ATS 1.57, all map DLCs with Louisiana)
100% Discovered Map of ETS2 1.56 (Profile and save game) (September 2025, ETS2 1.56, all map DLCs up to Greece, not includes Scandinavia Rework and Nordic Horizons DLC)
I do these discovery since 2017 and I discover whole map almost on every game versions including all expansions and reworks.
Big Map Combo for ATS 1.57 with 21 Maps – January, 19 – 2025
The big map combo for ATS 1.57. It includes Coast to Coast, Promods Canada, ATS Expansion, More American Cities, Radiator Springs, Beyond, EMMN, Sierra Nevada and other mods. Links below consist 21 maps and additions. Only Free mods.
Links:
📌Coast to Coast Map 2.22.57.0 https://trucksim.top/mck5
📌Reforma 2.9.6.157 https://trucksim.top/j8q9
📌Reforma Mega Resources 2.9.6.157 https://trucksim.top/et5v
📌Reforma Sierra Nevada 1.10.157 https://trucksim.top/0vxg
📌Reforma Other Maps Patch 33.157 https://trucksim.top/pnhz
📌Promods Canada 1.6.0 https://trucksim.top/38bg
📌Grand Utopia of America 1.1 https://trucksim.top/n1yv
📌Grand Utopia of America – Base Map Connection 1.0 https://trucksim.top/1nzq
📌Beyond ATS 7.0 https://trucksim.top/l58f
📌Beyond Fix 1.57-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/bxrh
📌Beyond ProMods Fix 1.57-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/mflz
📌Beyond – Coast to Coast RC 1.57-1.0.2 https://trucksim.top/bfpv
📌ATS Expansion 19.0 (Requires Volvo Construction and Heavy Cargo DLCs) https://trucksim.top/2363
NEW📌ATS Expansion Fix 1.57-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/v392
📌ATS Expansion-Promods Canada Fix 1.57-2 https://trucksim.top/p0ai
📌More American Cities (Texas) 1.3 https://trucksim.top/wa6v
📌More American Cities (Washington) 1.4 https://trucksim.top/x5fs
📌More American Cities (Utah) 1.2 https://trucksim.top/7rib
📌More American Cities (Idaho) 1.6 https://trucksim.top/qnh7
📌More American Cities (Colorado) 1.6 https://trucksim.top/rblk
NEW📌More American Cities Colorado Fix 1.57-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/7d7y
📌More American Cities (Oklahoma) 1.4 https://trucksim.top/efrm
NEW📌More American Cities (Oregon) 1.0 https://trucksim.top/j47j
📌EMMN Expansion 1.57-5 https://trucksim.top/bt97
📌EMMN – ATS Expansion RC 1.57-1 https://trucksim.top/68g6
📌EMMN – Promods Canada RC 1.57-2 https://trucksim.top/e4dy
📌Ontario-Quebec 10-157 https://trucksim.top/wi8b
📌EMMN – Ontario-Quebec RC 1.57-5 https://trucksim.top/o5pr
UPDATE📌Iron Stallion Logistics HQ City 1.3 https://trucksim.top/vva9
NEW📌Radiator Springs 1.3 https://trucksim.top/58w2
NEW📌Radiator Springs Fix 1.57-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/z5sw
📌Project Better Arizona 0.4.5.2 https://trucksim.top/rf0s
📌Project Better Arizona Reforma Connection 1.12 https://trucksim.top/aeg7
📌Trucksmap USA 1.6 https://trucksim.top/34dk
UPDATE📌Ultimate Combo FIX – ATS 1.57 – 1.0.6 https://trucksim.top/lols
📌North America Map (Dark) (Steam Workshop) https://trucksim.top/e943