Long waited 1.55 release is around the corner and now we can touch new stuff in ATS in open beta, activating it on Steam (right-click on American Truck Simulator in games library choose Properties > Betas tab > Beta Participation drop down menu > public_beta Open beta for game version 1.55)

Numerous changes are coming to this release so if you’re as curious as I and nothing holds you on stable build switch to it to test.

Changelog

Gameplay

• Driving Academy – Truck Driving Proficiency
• Map Improvements – “My Location” Hotkey

Vehicles

• Fifth Generation Freightliner Cascadia Update
• Kenworth T680 Update
• FlowBelow Painted Parts
• Farm Machinery DLC Update 

Visual

• Custom city intros for New Mexico
• Mail UX redesign
• Options QoL Improvements – Graphics settings visualisation

Other

• Steam achievements update with text and icon improvements
• Save manager improvements
• Asynchronous loading

Map of upcoming Iowa DLC