Iowa will be released July, 10
Good news from SCS Software today. Now we have Iowa DLC for American Truck Simulator release date, it will be released July, 10 2025 and probably right after ATS 1.55 release.
The Hawkeye State (or Corn State) will be the next expansion to American Truck Simulator.
Iowa is coming
Iowa DLC Sneak Peek
Map of upcoming Iowa DLC
What’s future ATS 33 DLC states?
Nordic Horizons DLC 2025 Sneak Peek
We are getting new details of new map DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2. It will probably be released at the end of 2025 or in early 2026. And for sure that it will be beautiful content add-on to the game.
According to #SCS development of this DLC took more than two years and 2 map development teams. Also add here that current Scandinavia DLC will be refreshed with this expansion so all we need is wait and for sure watch sneak peeks from developers.
In this video I collected all available to this moment footages and pics of #NordicHorizons WIP.
Famous Grand Utopia mods became free!
Amazing map mods for ETS2 and ATS you all probably know, like Grand Utopia and More Cities became free and available to download for everyone. I would still recommend to support MyGodness, author of these beautiful maps on his Patreon.
The new official website is now online, and becomes the main entry point to all of content. Mods also will be available on Trucky.
Mods currently available:
- More American Cities (all editions)
- Grand Utopia
- Grand Utopia of America
- Default Road Colors
- More European Cities – Switzerland
Open Beta 1.55 for Euro Truck Simulator 2 released
Following ATS the open beta stage opened for Euro Truck as well. Some parts are equal to American game but some are unique for Europe.
Changelog
Gameplay
- Driving Academy – Truck Driving Proficiency
- Map improvements – “My Location” hotkey
Vehicles
- FH Tuning Pack Update for Volvo FH Series 6
Visual
- Custom city intros for Vive la France ! DLC
- Mail UX redesign
- Options QoL Improvements – Graphics settings visualisation
Other
- Steam achievements update with text and icon improvements
- Save manager improvements
- Asynchronous loading
I’m gonna switch to beta in couple days and will observe all new features and if you’re going to do the same go to Steam, right-click on Euro Truck Simulator 2 in games library, choose Properties > Betas tab > Beta Participation drop down menu > public_beta Open beta for game version 1.55.
All 80 Hidden Secret Roads in ETS2 1.54 in 20 countries * 2025 Guide
This guide contains 80 hidden roads in 20 counties on Euro Truck Simulator 2. It is actual for June 2025, on ETS2 1.54 (and will be updated if new roads will be added on 1.55 or later). 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.
To avoid spoilers and discover all hidden roads and secrets yourself better to skip the video.
List of cities shown in video by countries https://trucksim.top/y9t6 (ETS2 and ATS)
Open Beta 1.55 for American Truck Simulator released
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
The Corn State (officially Hawkeye State) is coming to ATS soon and with portion of Official news (like review of Cedar Rapids, river ports, agriculture and even live preview) we have also some leaks and speculations. Now we see the map of the DLC which is looks realistic.
I assume that we see the release in the end of June-beginning of July right after ATS 1.55.
Updates for ATS in 1.55 (Cascadia and Farmer DLC)
As part of the upcoming 1.55 update for American Truck Simulator it will be introduced a range of improvements and new customization options for the Freightliner Cascadia 2024. This includes new accessories, updated interior and exterior options, and more.
Several new accessories will be added to allow for personalization of Freightliner Cascadia. This includes a paintable airdam, a vertical exhaust system, chrome side mirrors and filter fins, and a paintable sunvisor for the sleeper variant.
Inside the cabin will be added a new black interior variant, while also updating the existing tan and grey versions. Drivers will also have the choice between a traditional gauge cluster on their dashboard or a modern digital dashboard layout. With these additions, each sleeper configuration now includes six unique interior variants, giving you more options for a cabin.
On the exterior improvements of the sleeper’s details. The 72″ sleeper side walls have been remodeled, particularly around the window area. Blind spot sensors have also received an update, allowing them to function correctly with both the traditional A-pillar sensors and the digital mirror displays. The camera arms have also been adjusted, with their marker lights now functioning solely as turn indicators, reflecting real-world behavior more accurately.
In the upcoming 1.55 update for American Truck Simulator, it will be a small free update to the Farm Machinery DLC that includes a new cargo – Windrower! If you’ve ever seen neat rows of cut hay or crops lined up across a field, this is the machine behind that magic. Windrowers are used to cut and gather crops like hay or grains into long, tidy rows called windrows. This process helps the crops dry faster and makes it easier for the next machines, like balers or harvesters, to come in and collect them.
They’re big, wide, and built for the fields, but when it’s time to move them, it takes a skilled trucker with a lowboy trailer to get the job done. It’ll come in two color variants, there’s a green variant that looks right at home on any farm, and a yellow one that proudly features the logo of OWL, one of in-game farming equipment brands.
American Truck Simulator as well as Euro Truck Simulator 2 is now closer to version 1.55 and we also expecting open beta for games soon and for sure brand new Iowa DLC.
South Dakota announced officially
SCS Software excited to unveil next map expansion for American Truck Simulator, which will offer a blend of beautiful nature, vibrant cities, and the joy of the open road. Their teams are currently hard at work on South Dakota for American Truck Simulator
Welcome to the Mount Rushmore State! Nestled in the North Central Region of the United States, South Dakota offers a beautiful site for truckers to admire. The state is dominated by peaceful, wide-rolling plains – its eastern region belongs to the Prairie Plains, while the western part forms a portion of the Great Plains. This part of the landscape transitions from flat river valleys in the east to plateaus, buttes, and a canyon-scarred terrain in the west.
Most probably South Dakota will be released not earlier than 2026’s second part as of SCS schedule after Iowa (summer 2025), Illinois (end of 2025), Louisiana (spring 2026). The next logical DLC after SD will be either North Dakota or Minnesota. Or even Mississippi which is left on the South.
How to Merge Map Progress in Profiles for ETS2 and ATS – 2025 Guide
In this short guide I will explain you how to merge several profiles map discovery progress on example of merging vanilla 100% and Roextended 89% profiles on ETS2 1.53. You can try this scheme on 1.54 and in both ETS2 and ATS. Below you can find link to text version, tools and also ready strings used in this video (updated to 1.54).
Guide:
1. Reason
Merge discovered items in two profiles let you have updated visited roads in the end even if you exploring maps on different profiles. Also when the new version of the game is being released you can again discover as much as possible and then merge with your old combined profile.
2. Preparations and tools
Download and install software we plan to use – TS SE Tool, Notepad++, make sure that you have mods in mod folder if you plan to merge mod’s profile, make sure that Steam cloud disable for all profiles which will be changed, check config file if you can decrypt game files (g_save_format 2) and can use console (uset g_developer 1, uset g_console 1) and so on.
3. Backup
Backup all the profiles to the separate drive before doing any manipulations.
4. Profiles job
Enter to the profiles you wish to merge and save game to locate desired profiles by timestamp. You should carefully pick correct profiles. Decrypt profiles one by one and open game.sii in each mergeable profile and copy all discovered items to new text file (in this file we will merge them). We can merge 2 or more profiles but don’t forget that it should be from the same version of the game.
5. Merge (most important part)
When all discovered items strings pasted to the text file we have to change the order of numbers – the way as game read each string. Start from removing left part of the string (discovered_items []: ) with Notepad ++ command Find and Replace (Ctrl+C). On the Find what enter discovered_items \[\d+\]: and keep blank on Replace with (we have to remove them). Do not forget check Regular Expression in Search Mode. Replace all and you will get list of numbers. On this step you can also remove duplicates. Now we have to return discovered_items []: text with empty brackets. Alt+C and choose Text to insert and place there discovered_items []: and push ok. On the next step we have to add numbers to the brackets with correct order from 0. Select all in bracket spots (Choose first one and with Alt+Shift select last one) and again Alt+C and choose Number to insert – Initial should be 0, increased by 1, format decimal. Push ok and wait. If you have lot of string it can take a while. When all numbers added to brackets we can remove redundant spaces. Now we can copy strings and paste them to the target profile where will me merged result.
6. Results we get
We have to see discovered roads from 2 or more profiles we combined.
7. Back to play Load from profile where strings added and if you see desired result you can back to game but please bare in mind that recruitment agencies are not gonna work with this method so if you want to hire drivers you game will probably crash. To avoid it hire drivers before profiles modifications.
Useful links:
TS SE Tool https://github.com/LIPtoH/TS-SE-Tool/releases/tag/v0.3.11.0
Notepad++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org
Strings:
Roextended +Vanilla and all DLCs (99% opened) shown on video: https://sharemods.com/3lmagkhl784x/roex99percent_trucksim.txt.html
Vanilla ETS2 1.53: https://sharemods.com/le4g91swcadh/trucksim-ets2-full-save153.zip.html (video guide: https://youtu.be/H12qpCG_RIQ)
Vanilla ETS2 1.54 https://sharemods.com/sbr79ko0zc6h/ets154fullsave_trucksim.zip.html
Vanilla ATS 1.54: https://sharemods.com/2awrhvf2e9fl/trucksim-ats-100discovered-may25.zip.html
Promods 2.73 (99.9%) https://sharemods.com/ehga2vqp6yxz/promods99percent_trucksim.zip.html (video: https://youtu.be/_X7mCaQFFcQ)
