SCS broke standalone maps in 1.56

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Following the release of versions 1.56 of ATS and ETS 2 by SCS, a major bug has been identified: when creating a new profile, it is no longer possible to select the map module corresponding to a standalone map.

This makes it completely impossible to start a new game on certain standalone maps.

Affected only new profile creation, so if someone have already been created profile on standalone module it will work so it can be only replaced old version of mod with the new one in the mod manager.

We still do not know if it is just bug or the feature has been removed from the game and all standalone maps (count of which not very big) are become inacceptable for new players. The issue is already reported top SCS and there are topics on SCS Software forum.

Famous Grand Utopia mods became free!

100% discovered study 09.18.2025

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My golden rule is Every Road Must Be Traveled, Map Have To Be Discovered. So since 2017 I do it almost on every game update including all expansions and reworks. This obsession has driven me through countless game updates, expansions, and complete map reworks across both American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2. Some map updates take a lot of time but some is pretty small and can be discovered in couple days. When you switch to another profile and don’t want to start map discovery from the scratch it is possible to transfer opened road to another profile. So I do it sometimes with newer profiles for both games (ETS2 and ATS) and also periodically share my progress in Youtube guides

The new update 1.56 for both games has been released recently and we have blank spots in vanilla maps with DLCs.

Current Discovery Status:

Euro Truck Simulator 2: 99.97% complete
American Truck Simulator: 99.99% complete
These percentages are based on the previous 1.55 version with all available map expansions

While I may update my guides later but if you follow my Youtube and blog you can achieve 100% completion on version 1.56 quickly, before the next wave of road reworks or DLC releases arrive

Below you can find latest 100% guides for both games:

100% Discovered Map of ETS2 1.55 (Save game) and tutorial (prepared in April 2025, ETS2 1.54)

[Guide] ATS 1.55 – 100% Explored map with all DLC (with Iowa) (prepared in August 2025, ATS 1.55)

ETS2 1.56 Released

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A couple days after American release of 1.56, SCS pushed the update for ETS2 and as well as in ATS here we have see no significant changes from open beta branch. Base game changes like new Profiles UI or Height Blend effect are the same as in ATS but in European sim some new content revealed for DLCs.

ETS2 1.56

Changelog 

Gameplay

  • Camera Zoom – Hold/Toggle

Vehicles

  • HS-Schoch Tuning Pack DLC Update
  • Special Transport DLC Update – CZ LOKO
  • Schmitz Cargobull Trailer Pack DLC Update 

Visual

  • Height Blend

UI

  • New Profile Creation and Start-up Flow
  • Management UI/UX Improvements

Other

  • DLC Browser

As always more details on SCS Software blog.

Hidden Roads Study – September, 17 2025

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I’m trying to share found hidden secret roads in both American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2 periodically. While in Europe we don’t have new marked roads since the Greece release (2024) in US we go to state after state and in latest Iowa have plenty of nice secrets. I believe in ETS2 with Nordic Horizon which will be released later this year SCS will show us new hidden paths and easter eggs and upcoming new state in ATS is Louisiana (19th state in game).
It is a list of cities by states https://trucksim.top/y9t6 which won’t help you to find the roads but at least check if you missed any.

ETS2 (updated 04.25.2025, actual on 1.56, 80 roads so far)

ATS (updated 08.23.2025, actual on 1.56, 235 roads so far)

Unfortunately, YouTube search results often prioritize older videos, so even though I’m updating descriptions, outdated guides still rank higher in search results. Please always check if a more recent and updated guide is available.

ATS 1.56 Released

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SCS released 1.56 for American Truck Simulator. No other updates comparing to open beta started on August 27th. Below you can see changelog and my short video about changes in 1.56.

Changelog

Gameplay

  • Dynamic Cargo Improvements
  • Camera Zoom – Hold/Toggle

Visual

  • Height Blend

UI

  • New Profile Creation and Start-up Flow
  • Management UI/UX Improvements

Other

  • DLC Browser

More details in SCS Software blog

Giga Map Combo for ETS2 1.55 – Tutorial – September, 10 2025

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Gigantic update of map combo for ETS 1.55. Current setup includes Promods, Eurafrica, Poland Rebuilding, Roextended, Beyond, PJ Indo, Great Steppe, Road to Aral, EAA, Grand Utopia, Winterland, Dreamland, JRR and many more. 73 maps, 202 files, RCs, fixes. As always please follow the instructions in video and note that combo designed to version 1.55 and requires all map DLCs. Paid mods are optional.
If you don’t have experience with map combos please first watch Beginner’s Guide

Links

📌Roextended 4.7 (paid or free version) https://trucksim.top/dlpr
📌Roex Road Connections (Roex, Promods, RM, SR, PR) https://trucksim.top/ncg0
📌Eurafrica 3.7 https://discord.gg/a2GwuHnEkE (Premium mod, optional. To purchase Eurafrica join Discord, choose your tier, make Paypal payment and then open ticket)
📌Promods 2.75 https://trucksim.top/zzoj (Tutorial Promods https://youtu.be/13HdfZLhLqk)
📌Eurafrica ProMods Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/y4tk
NEW 📌Eurafrica Grand Utopia Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/9xcv
NEW 📌Eurafrica Def Seperator 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/qsg9
📌Middle East Addon 2.75 https://trucksim.top/w5ru
📌Great Steppe 1.4.0 https://trucksim.top/ovok
📌Great Steppe – Beyond RC 1.55-1.1.0 https://trucksim.top/g0lz
📌Great Steppe – ProMods Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/vdg4
NEW 📌Road to Aral Reworked 1.0 https://trucksim.top/0nm7
📌Promods Off The Grid Special Transport Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/5n2f
📌Promods – Beyond Corfu RC 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/10h3
📌Promods – SRMap Road Connection 2.1 https://trucksim.top/w5u5
📌Poland Rebuilding 2.6 https://trucksim.top/ep9e
NEW📌Silesia 1.7.0 https://trucksim.top/6zqb
📌EAA 1.55 (paid, optional) https://trucksim.top/x0j8
UPDATE📌EAA Rescaled 1.9 https://trucksim.top/8r4z
NEW📌Eurafrica EAA Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/uu0c
📌JRR (Java Road Revolution) 0.85a https://trucksim.top/toe0
📌PJ Indo 7.25 https://trucksim.top/ucfi
📌PJ Indo Map Combo Fix 1.55-1.0.1 https://trucksim.top/efnp
UPDATE📌ROC (Roads of Chunghwa) 1.55 (25.08.22 update) https://trucksim.top/s9q6
NEW 📌ROC Traffic Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/5cfb
📌Roads of Chunghwa Fix 1.0 https://trucksim.top/7pco
📌Roads of Chunghwa – Beyond RC 1.0_fix https://trucksim.top/yo0k
📌Truck Dream Road (Unzip the file with right click) https://trucksim.top/qn6f
📌Truck Dream Road FIX 1.1.1 https://trucksim.top/qi7y
NEW 📌Truck Dream Road – Southeast Asia Map RC 1.2 https://trucksim.top/fi8a
📌Roads of Chunghwa – Truck Dream Road RC 1.0 https://trucksim.top/z9jw
📌Southeast Asia Map 0.2.6.1-1.55 https://trucksim.top/yma8
NEW 📌South East Asia Road Connection 1.1 https://trucksim.top/9ku0
📌Southeast Asia Fix 1.3 https://trucksim.top/3g3q
📌Southeast Asia – Roads of Chunghwa Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/75xc
📌Southeast Asia – Beyond Fix 1.3 https://trucksim.top/pydc
📌Java Road Revolution – Southeast Asia Map RC 1.3 https://trucksim.top/kk04
📌Grand Utopia Map 1.18.2 https://trucksim.top/a6bq
📌European Grand Utopia 1.55-1.9 https://trucksim.top/7ib0
📌European Grand Utopia Fix 1.55-1.0.1 https://trucksim.top/pins
📌Grand Utopia Portugal Rebuild Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/2fp0
📌DreamLand Map 1.5.5 https://trucksim.top/d0vq
📌European Dreamland 1.55-1.1.1 https://trucksim.top/ty65
📌European DreamLand Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/u9a1
NEW📌Antarctican Winterland 1.1 https://trucksim.top/y23a
NEW📌Winterland Beyond Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/o8jx
📌Sibir Map 2.11 (Free version) https://trucksim.top/1e1l
📌SibirMap Fix 1.55-1.1.0 https://trucksim.top/nr9d
📌Alekseevskoye – Almetyevsk Highway Addon 1.55 https://trucksim.top/74qi
📌Beyond 5.0 https://trucksim.top/ibws
📌Beyond Fix 1.55-1.3.1 https://trucksim.top/xudc
📌Beyond Africa Extended Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/msb0
NEW 📌Beyond Horn of Africa Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/enbx
📌Beyond – Middle-East Road Connection 1.55-1.1.1 https://trucksim.top/qsyx
📌Egyptian-Libyan Gateway 1.1 https://trucksim.top/4jk4
📌Antarctica Map 0.8-1.55 https://trucksim.top/srt0
📌Nauru Map 1.1fix https://trucksim.top/fi3a
NEW 📌Australia Tasmania 5.3 https://trucksim.top/3m5t
NEW 📌Australia Tasmania map FIX 1.1 https://trucksim.top/wha4
📌Canada Map 0.2.5 (DEF only needed) https://trucksim.top/4wbg
📌Canada Map Fix 1.1 https://trucksim.top/xy3m
📌Senj West Balkans Map Add-on 1.3 https://trucksim.top/apxh
📌West Balkans Path-Breaker’s Direction Map 4.5 https://trucksim.top/99lu
📌Rröfte kosova – West Balkans Improvements 0.3.3 https://trucksim.top/qbcq
📌Pyla 1.2 https://trucksim.top/kaa6
📌Pyla ProMods Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/hi4l
📌Pays de la Loire Extended 1.0a https://trucksim.top/1yjv
📌rusmap 2.55 https://trucksim.top/osds
📌NNmap 1.2.1 https://trucksim.top/ndid
📌NNMap – rusmap RC 1.55-1.1 https://trucksim.top/hina
📌rusmap – NNMap Fix 1.55-1 https://trucksim.top/p3ra
📌Project russia 5.6.3 https://trucksim.top/j5lh
UPDATE📌Project russia – rusmap fix 1.55-1.2.3 https://trucksim.top/soxd
📌Project russia – rusmap RC 1.55-3.0.2 https://trucksim.top/mcnp
📌ural map 1.6 https://trucksim.top/hdjv
📌ural map NOS RC 2.1 https://trucksim.top/7s5w
📌Altai map 1.7.2 https://trucksim.top/mxws
📌Altai Map Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/6y2z
📌Altai – ROC RС 0.3 https://trucksim.top/sv78
UPDATE📌Far East russia Alpha 25 https://trucksim.top/djkq
UPDATE📌Far East russia – Off the Grid RC 1.1 https://trucksim.top/4uya
📌Belt Of The Tundra 1.1.2 https://trucksim.top/gq1n
📌Belt Of The Tundra Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/o54m
📌Off the Grid 3.1 https://trucksim.top/ncvq
NEW 📌Sinegor’e Map Add-on 1.0 https://trucksim.top/2htw
📌M12 vostok 3.0 https://trucksim.top/84fq
📌Northern Open Spaces 13.6 https://trucksim.top/oznd
📌Sibir Map – Northern Open Spaces RC 1.5 https://trucksim.top/bkld
📌Ural Map – Northern Open Spaces RC 1.1.1 https://trucksim.top/x3de
📌Off the Grid – Northern Open Spaces RC 1.2 https://trucksim.top/lxko
📌Trans-Siberian Truckway 2.0 https://trucksim.top/zg3d
📌Trans-Siberian Truckway – SibirMap RC 2.0 https://trucksim.top/irwr
📌Trans-Siberian Truckway – Belt of the Tundra RC 2.0 https://trucksim.top/b5st
📌Trans-Siberian Truckway – Beyond RC 2.0 https://trucksim.top/hccr
📌Trans-Siberian Truckway – Altai Map RC 1.9 https://trucksim.top/fi5q
📌Trans-Siberian Truckway – Off the Grid RC 2.0 https://trucksim.top/m5wm
📌Trans-Siberian Truckway – Truck Dream Road RC 2.0 https://trucksim.top/egtc
NEW 📌Chernyshevsk – Borzya RC 1.0 https://trucksim.top/g9tf
NEW 📌Baikal Map 1.0 https://trucksim.top/fsa1
📌Southern Region 13.1 https://trucksim.top/upsj
📌Southern Region Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/eg5m
📌Southern Region – Altai Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/m5sb
📌Bengan’s Swedish Islands Map (If you own the copy of the mod it will work in this version of the game, but in the future it will probably disappear from map combos)
📌West Africa 0.03-1.55 https://trucksim.top/i0c9
📌Africa Extended 1.3-1.55 https://trucksim.top/z5xv
📌Project Comoros 1.55-1.0 https://trucksim.top/sxa6
📌Maldives 0.1-1.55 https://trucksim.top/ch2o
📌Project Caribbean 1.1 https://trucksim.top/uti7
NEW 📌Project Caribbean Beyond Fix 1.55-1.0
📌Heart of Africa 0.2 https://trucksim.top/yijp
📌Heart of Africa Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/j596
NEW 📌Horn of Africa 1.1 https://trucksim.top/vmd9
NEW 📌Horn of Africa Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/cv1z
NEW📌Iberia RW 1.3.5 https://trucksim.top/7627
NEW📌Iberia Rework Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/9odv
📌Barcelona Expansion (Promods add-on) 1.6 https://trucksim.top/qahq
NEW📌Ourense City by Moreira 1.1 https://trucksim.top/kcdi
📌Portugal Rebuild (Promods addon) 0.1.5 https://trucksim.top/g9xj
📌Portugal Rebuild Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/jzx2
📌Santiago de Compostela 11 https://trucksim.top/fq3h
NEW📌El-Enclaves and Balearic Islands 1.55fix https://trucksim.top/dy9h
📌More European Cities (Greece) 1.1 https://trucksim.top/xmyc
📌More European Cities (Greece) – Beyond RC 1.55-2.0 https://trucksim.top/f745
📌More European Cities (Switzerland) 1.1 https://trucksim.top/o31m
📌Promods-More Europe Cities(Switzerland) RC 1.55-2 https://trucksim.top/zcwy
NEW📌Ireland Map 0.1.1 https://trucksim.top/62lb
NEW📌Ireland Map FIX 1.5 https://trucksim.top/rs6g
NEW📌London Enhanced 2.2 https://trucksim.top/mgb6
NEW📌London Enhanced Fix 1.55-1.0 https://trucksim.top/crhx
📌MedMap Reborn 1.55-1.0 https://trucksim.top/oasq
📌MedMap – ROEX Fix 1.55-1.0 https://trucksim.top/ne7w
📌Rhineland Map 1.2 https://trucksim.top/8nz7
📌Rhineland Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/ffz3
📌Rhineland Map – ProMods RC 1.2 https://trucksim.top/9918
📌Rhineland Beyond Fix 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/496w
NEW📌Oberhavel 1.7.3 https://trucksim.top/of43
NEW📌Oberhavel Fix 1.55-1.2.0 https://trucksim.top/f9lp
📌Emden 7-1.55 https://trucksim.top/y6qw
NEW📌Scandinavia Rebuild 1.5 https://trucksim.top/yf3m
📌Latvia Rebuild 1.28-1.55 https://trucksim.top/ktc2
📌SFIGC 0.6-1.55 https://trucksim.top/0o1d
📌SJMap R6 https://trucksim.top/zt8m
📌SJMap – ProMods FIX 1.1 https://trucksim.top/0j63
📌FLD Patch by Jerry GMC Master Fixer 1.55-1.1.1 https://trucksim.top/u4av
📌FLD Patch Promods by Jerry GMC Master Fixer 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/bxyq
📌Misc Assets Updates 1.55-1.3.1 https://trucksim.top/r2gp
NEW📌Base Traffic Restore by Jerry GMC Master Fixer 1.55-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/04op

Mandatory Map Background (use both):
📌Dark Background 2.2 https://trucksim.top/cs77
📌ETS2 Global Background Map + Grand Utopia 2.2 https://trucksim.top/wecn

Bonus Mods:

📌Route Advisor for ETS2 https://trucksim.top/p9h9
📌Full Screen Map 1.55-11.0 https://trucksim.top/070m