Cruising Iowa Event
Traditionally with new map DLC we get World of Trucks event, with the same mechanics and rules. So if you ever cruised the country or state you can guess details and rewards.
Community goal – 125,000,000 driven miles while delivering cargo to or from any city in Iowa.
All routes have to be more that 100 miles and only with External Contracts or External Market, with a World of Trucks-connected profile in American Truck Simulator.
Personal goal – delivery to or from 12 different Iowa cities.
Rewards:
Personal: Players that deliver cargo to or from 12 Iowa cities will gain a personal World of Trucks Achievement and a Golden Flight ATS truck paint job Steam inventory item.
Community: When the community goal of driving 125,000,000 miles (201,168,000 km) during deliveries to or from any city in Iowa is met, and if the player has also achieved their personal goal, then they will receive a Porcelain Wild Rose hanging ornament Steam inventory item.
Map Combo Study 07.05.2025
Both ETS2 and ATS 1.55 released and obviously not all map mods updated and no combo for new version is available. Every day we observe new version of various maps and hope soon we will combine some maps on 1.55 but for now if you prefer big combos and long hauls please refer to available actual combos for 1.54
ATS:
17 Maps big map combo
ETS2:
Free Version Mega combo with 73 maps
If you just started with mods and map combination please see beginner’s guide which I’m planning to update soon with actual dates and new UI which came in 1.51 after this guide was recorded.
All 224 Hidden Roads in ATS 1.55 (w/out Iowa) Secret Roads, Towns and Easter eggs
The guide contains 224+ hidden roads in 17 states (excluding Iowa DLC) on American Truck Simulator. It is actual for July 2025, on ATS 1.55.
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.
And we are waiting the new state in couple days, so hope to update the guide accordingly.
I tried to avoid spoilers, mark only locations and removed hidden roads footages but if you prefer to to discover all hidden roads and secrets yourself better to skip the video.
Hidden and secret roads doesn’t affect percentage of map discovery.
List of cities shown in video by states https://trucksim.top/y9t6
Telegram: https://t.me/trcksm
All 80 Hidden Secret Roads in ETS2 in 20 countries * 2025 Guide
Beyond ATS version 5 by TerraMaps is available for 1.55
Map mod has been released only for Patreon members.
American Truck Simulator 1.55 has been released
Long waited 1.55 release is here. Changelog is bigger than it was for open beta and don’t forget that in 10 days we also will get a new DLC.
With 1.55, a free update has rolled out for all owners of the Nebraska DLC. This addition expands the northeastern corner of the state with three key highways; The US-20, US-75, and US-81. On these new routes, drivers can discover a new truck stop, a weigh station, and several scenic landmarks.
Changelog
Gameplay
- Driving Academy – Truck Driving Proficiency
- Map Improvements – “My Location” Hotkey
Map
- New additional content for the Nebraska DLC – US-20, US-81, US-75 & the settlement of Laurel
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 visualization
Other
- Steam achievements update with text and icon improvements
- Save manager improvements
- Asynchronous loading
Promods 2.75 (and more) Content Sneak Peek (new Europe, Canada, Add-ons)
Teaser of new content map mod for Euro Truck Simulator 2. Some of it will be included in upcoming Promods 2.75 which will be released for ETS2 1.55, while some will be in future releases. Pictures collected from Developers Forum and Discord
Other Promods guides:
Promods 2.74 Caucasus Teaser
Stuck on 99.99% on Promods
How to Merge 2+ Map Progress in Profiles for ETS2 and ATS
Download and setup Promods for free guide. Promods 2.74 for ETS2 1.54
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?
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
Final Big Map Combo for ATS 1.54 with 17 Maps – June, 14 – 2025
The final big map combo for ATS 1.54 with Missouri DLC includes Coast to Coast, Promods Canada, Reforma, Beyond, Aleutian Islands, Sierra Nevada, EMMN, Yards and other mods. Links below consist 17 maps and additions. Only Free mods.
Links:
UPDATE📌Coast to Coast Map 2.20.54.2 https://trucksim.top/mck5
📌Promods Canada 1.4.0 https://trucksim.top/38bg
📌Reforma 2.8.9.154 https://trucksim.top/j8q9
📌Reforma Mega Resources 2.8.7.154 https://trucksim.top/et5v
📌Reforma Sierra Nevada 1.6.154 https://trucksim.top/0vxg
📌Reforma OtherMaps Patch 28.154 https://trucksim.top/pnhz
📌Beyond ATS 4.0 https://trucksim.top/l58f
📌Beyond – Coast 2 Coast Road Connection 1.54-1.1 https://trucksim.top/rb03
NEW📌ATS Beyond Hawaii Fix 0.1 https://trucksim.top/5ta9
📌ATS Expansion 16.2 (Requires Volvo Construction and Heavy Cargo DLCs) https://trucksim.top/2363
📌ATS Expansion Cargo Add On 2.5PE https://trucksim.top/a73s
📌Washington Extended 3.0 https://trucksim.top/ic4q
📌Discover Oregon 2.0 https://trucksim.top/akve
📌Texarkana Yard 1.01 https://trucksim.top/6m0u
📌Miles City, MT Yard ATS Expansion Addon 1.01 https://trucksim.top/oado
📌Columbia, Mo Yard 1.54.3 https://trucksim.top/hj8m
📌Aleutian Islands 2.0.1 https://trucksim.top/dv2x
UPDATE📌East Meets Mid-North 1.54-8 https://trucksim.top/bt97
📌Ontario-Quebec 5-154 https://trucksim.top/wi8b
📌East Meets Mid-North – Promods Canada RC 1.54-2 https://trucksim.top/e4dy
📌East Meets Mid-North – ATS Expansion RC 1.54-4 https://trucksim.top/68g6
📌East Meets Mid-North – Discover Ontario RC 1.54-4 https://trucksim.top/o5pr
NEW📌Washington Lake cabin (A-Frame) 1.1.5 https://trucksim.top/lvwh
📌Project Better Arizona 0.4.2.1 https://trucksim.top/rf0s
📌Project Better Arizona Reforma Connection 1.10.2 https://trucksim.top/aeg7
📌North America Map (Dark) (Steam Workshop) https://trucksim.top/e943
Bonus:
📌Minimal adviser (Steam Workshop) https://trucksim.top/8ppo
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.
