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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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.
Benelux Rework for ETS2 in 2026
This is a very promising update we are waiting for, because it will finally refresh old areas in Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
100% discovered study 01.09.2026
If you are a fan of ETS2 and ATS maps discoverability, like I am, and have no time and desire to visit every small part of map, then Trucksim is the best source since periodically after the game updates, new expansion and reworks I discover the roads and cities and share not only profile but also a text version with strings which you can inject to your game.sii and get the same results in couple minutes. Unfortunately it consumes a lot of my time and effort (both discovery and video guides). But I receive in return your positive feedback, likes and guides views on Youtube.
I’m trying to optimize the process and e.g. for American Truck Simulator do AI voiceover and reuse the guide so the ATS tutorial video many times faster (and I share this more often.)
Currently we have 100% in ATS 1.57 with new Louisiana DLC and you see the guide below and I’m on the home stretch in Europe as well so probably ETS2 guide with Nordic Horizons and Scandinavia refresh will be done in January. As well as secret roads guide.
If you’re using older strings (for instance for 1.56) they will sill 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.