Hidden Roads Study – June, 20 2026
Both ATS and ETS2 1.60 are here and all secret roads are found in both games (I hope I haven’t missed any). Final guide for Europe with 114 roads is available on my channel but for ATS it would be bigger guide since the total count of hidden roads now about 281 and you can grab separately all roads in December 2025 guide + Route 66 paths + Illinois DLC. So I need to combine all of them and it will take time. I hope to finish it in June, early July but no rush here because other hot content expected first. You don’t like to wait for Map Combos and fast game version change stress us to update mods again.
As always one of the reason I skip mid-tier guide videos comes down to how YouTube ranks and promotes content. Older videos usually appear first, while guide-style videos below them tend to have very poor discoverability and low view counts. I don’t really want to spend dozens of hours making a guide that ends up with 1000 views. (December ATS version guide below currently has around 1.4K views) The same issue affects 100% discovery guides and map combo content. I know there’s interest from my audience, but without YouTube helping push this type of content, it quickly gets buried.
Below you’ll find all hidden roads in ATS in version 1.57 without mentioned above updates and additional vids for Illinois and Route 66. And latest one for ETS2. You can also check the complete list of cities with hidden paths here: https://trucksim.top/y9t6. It probably won’t reveal the exact secret road locations, but it can help you figure out if you missed any areas.
I’ve been covering hidden secret roads in both American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2 since 2022, when the feature was first introduced in ETS2 and ATS 1.44.
ETS2 (updated 06.01.2026, actual on 1.59 with Benelux Rework and all map DLCs, 114 roads so far)
ATS (updated 12.26.2025, actual on 1.57 with Louisiana DLC, 245 roads so far)
New hidden roads with footages on Route 66 (collection of videos)
All 18 found roads in Illinois
American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 1.60 Release
Today SCS Software released final version of ATS 1.60. And in couple days we will see ETS2 update. It brings no map content but adds very important improvements to the game.
Job Details Widget & GPS Update
First up, the Job Details Widget. It sits on screen while you drive and shows cargo type and weight, your delivery destination, income — color-highlighted based on how well the job pays — and the time remaining to complete the delivery. You enable it through the Widget Options menu, F6.
There’s also a nice addition that wasn’t in the original announcement: the GPS itself now shows your estimated arrival day and time, plus the remaining travel distance, on top of the travel time it already showed. That came directly from community feedback.
Game Radio
The headline feature is still Game Radio — five curated stations, each with its own identity. Rust FM covers rock across five decades. Escape is lo-fi and jazz, and it’s the only stream-safe station at launch, built on the StreamBeats library so content creators avoid copyright claims. PUMP IT! is electronic and dance. Pop Gear is contemporary pop. And Roadio leans into American roots music — folk, country, Americana.
The in-cab widget shows station name, track title, artist, and an animated waveform, and you can mark favorites. Modders will also be able to create and share their own stations.
SCS describes this as just the foundation — more stations and features are planned for future updates.
Improved Material System & Light Tweaks
Next, the Improved Material System overhauls truck interior lighting using dynamic cubemaps, so leather, fabric, plastic, and metal all react to ambient light properly instead of looking flat and dark.
In ETS2, the first trucks to get this are the DAF NGD and MAN TG3 TGX. In ATS, it’s the Mack Anthem and the Western Star 49X. More trucks will follow in later updates. This tech actually originated from Project Road Trip development, though Road Trip vehicles themselves aren’t part of 1.60.
Alongside that, SCS quietly added some global Light Tweaks — minor exposure and contrast adjustments, plus refinements to how bad weather looks. Nothing dramatic, just an overall polish pass.
Expanded Rest Mechanic
The fatigue system has been reworked and split into two values. Rest State — shown with a bed icon — gradually depletes as you drive and triggers microsleeps if it gets too low. Mandatory Break — shown with a “P” icon — tracks how many hours you have left before a required stop, based on real driving-hour limits: 14 hours driving and 10 hours rest in ATS, 10 hours driving and 9 hours rest in ETS2.
The key change: you can now choose exactly how long to sleep and when to wake up, instead of a fixed rest duration. Both systems can be toggled independently in the settings.
New Paint Jobs & Vehicle Additions
A few extras came along with 1.60 release. For ETS2, the Volvo FH Series 6 gets new aerodynamic roof deflectors for the Sleeper Cab, Globetrotter, and Globetrotter XL cabs, plus a new black aero A-pillar trim available across all Aero cabin variants.
For ATS, there’s a new set of Players’ Company Paint Jobs — designs based on the company identities you can pick when creating a driver profile, with each paint job custom-tailored to different trailer types rather than just slapped on.
And as a free addition, the Kenworth T680 2022 and W900 both get a TourAmerica paint job — a red, white, and blue design inspired by the 1990s T600 livery, tied to Kenworth’s Freedom 250 celebration for America’s 250th anniversary.
Changelog
Vehicles
- Players’ Company Paint Jobs
Visual
- Improved Material System
- Light Tweaks
Sound
- Game Radio
UI/UX
- Expanded Rest Mechanic
- Job Details Widget
100% discovered study 06.12.2026
Map exploration takes a lot of time, and unfortunately my free time is quite limited these days. While some dedicated players have already discovered every corner of the latest American Truck Simulator DLC, I’m currently sitting at around 98% completion and still enjoying Illinois, which has quickly become one of my favorite ATS map expansions to date. Because of that, the next ATS 100% Discovery digest will most likely arrive with version 1.60 or later.
On the Euro Truck Simulator 2 side, however, the situation is much better. We have reached 100% map discovery across all of Europe, including the recently reworked Benelux region, which looks absolutely fantastic.
Speaking of map discovery, I should also mention ProMods roads. After a long journey, the entire map has finally been fully explored. I’ve included a video below. It’s more of a podcast-style discussion than a traditional guide, but I know there are plenty of fellow map exploration enthusiasts who will enjoy it.
ATS 1.58 – 100% Explored map with all DLC (March 2026, all map DLCs)
[Guide] ETS2 1.59 – 100% Explored map with all DLC (with Benelux Rework) (May 2026, all map DLCs including Nordic Horizons)
[Podcast] ETS2 1.59 – 100% Explored Promods map (June 2026, including Vanilla)
I do these discovery since 2017 and I discover whole map almost on every game versions including all expansions and reworks.
American Truck Simulator: 1.60 Open Beta
While version 1.59 for both ETS2 and ATS released in May, SCS Software already released beta version of ATS 1.60 and it means that cycle of previous version should be quite short. As always you can read about all changes of the official blog. To try beta go to Steam client → LIBRARY → right-click on American Truck Simulator → Properties → Betas tab → Beta Participation drop-down menu → public_beta. No password is required. Sometimes you will have to restart your Steam client to see the correct branch name there.
Changelog
Vehicles
- Players’ Company Paint Jobs
Visual
- Improved Material System
- Light Tweaks
Sound
- Game Radio
UI/UX
- Expanded Rest Mechanic
- Job Details Widget