Illinois the first map DLC in 2026
Upcoming expansion for American Truck Simulator of Illinois State is probably will the first map DLC in 2026, in Spring. Illinois is important part of Midwest and American roads system. We have numerous teasers from SCS media channels and I collected all available footages for this moment. It is all work in progress for now and not all details of new map DLC are clear but at least we know that following cities will be presented: Bloomington, Champaign, Chicago, Effingham, East St. Louis, Marion, Moline, Peoria, Rockford, Springfield, Quincy.
After Illinois we will see another state DLC – North Dakota and the next step hopefully will be in Canadian British Columbia expansion.
235 Hidden Roads in ATS 1.57 (without Louisiana). Secret Roads, Towns and Easter eggs
The guide contains 235+ hidden roads in 18 states (excluding Louisiana DLC) on American Truck Simulator. It is actual for December 2025, on ATS 1.57.
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 states soon – already released Louisiana, announced Illinois and South Dakota.
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
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All 80 Hidden Secret Roads in ETS2 in 20 countries * 2025 Guide
Map Combo Study 12.08.2025
With the version 1.57 for ETS2 and ATS we got new content expansions in Europe and America and in both games and not all mods are properly merged with them. So while you can update some mods and just go to the road, bigger setups may not be so easy especially when we talk about combined map mods. So the maximal and stable map combos are around the corner but I would recommend to stay on vanilla (base game+DLC) or roll back to 1.56 to run mega setups. Obviously on 1.56 you can’t enjoy Nordic Horizons or Louisiana but it is still a solution for max coverage.
Setups for 1.57 (especially European) are tricky and I’m on wip stage but it is Holidays period and I have not enough time to test combos so it takes time. No one like broken roads and CTDs so below you will find combos that works on 1.57 for ETS2 and 1.56 for ATS, and both setups doesn’t require latest map DLC (NH, Louisiana).
WIP and plans:
ETS2 1.57:
Map Combo with incorporated Nordic Horizons (soon)
Map combo without NH but bigger size (later in December)
ATS 1.57:
Map combo with incorporated Louisiana DLC (next week or later)
As always I strongly recommend to start with beginner’s guide and do not ask same questions again and again in the comments and TG channel.
Before you start please always check if the guide you see latest and actual (check dates and videos availability). Please also follow rules and requirements – correct load order, DLCs compatibility and avoid extra mods that did not mentioned in the guide. In some cases you need to create new profile for stable work of maps especially if your old profile have pieces of deleted mods, garages, trucks etc.
Every single mod (not only map) can break the game and you will have a problems. I do not support stolen or pirated content so if you use it – Trucksim isn’t your place.
ETS2 First Map Combo for ETS2 1.57 – Tutorial – November, 30 2025
ATS Final Map Combo for ATS 1.56 with 20 Maps – November, 8 – 2025
Guide mentioned above could be helpful:
Youtube channel as well as this blog is my hobby so I can spend on it only the free time.
Louisiana DLC – tomorrow and the event
New DLC for American Truck Simulator will be released tomorrow altogether with new World of Trucks event #CruisingLouisiana
Rules and rewards are pretty equal as for other “Cruising” events so if if you played it once just apply to the new names or read details in SCS Blog.
100% discovered study 12.02.2025
It is so many map related news in our favorite truck simulator games, so on my side all previous guides and files are currently outdated. While in America until the release of new Louisiana DLC we have more or less 100% discovered, in Europe I have about 89% with Nordic horizons and Scandinavia refresh. And I don’t know how big is Louisiana DLC.
Since 2017 I discover whole map almost on every game versions including all expansions and reworks. Some map updates take a lot of time but some is pretty small and can be discovered in couple days. Nordic Horizons, refreshed Scandinavia and Louisiana will probably finished in 2026. And as soon as my progress will be finished I will share it on Youtube and here the blog.
If you’re still on 1.56 and own new DLCs below you can find guides for both games. They will work on newer versions but undiscovered areas will remain grey.
100% Discovered Map of ETS2 1.56 (Profile and save game) (September 2025, ETS2 1.56, all map DLCs up to Greece)
100% Explored map with all DLC in ATS 1.56 * Full Map Discovered, Guide, Profile (September 2025, ATS 1.56, all map DLCs up to Iowa)
Louisiana DLC is coming December, 4
Louisiana DLC for American Truck Simulator will be released on December 4th, 2025
Hidden Roads Study – November, 24 2025
As you know I’m sharing found hidden secret roads in both American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2 periodically. Latest available guides with hidden roads is still actual but we have updates in ETS2 1.57 on refreshed Scandinavia, where I found at least 4 roads already, and will be more on Nordic Horizon DLC soon. In ATS, I assume, we will see also brand new secret paths with Louisiana DLC which will be released on December, 4. So for now I will not update guides until all these hidden roads will be discovered. I hope it will happen in 2025 but not sure because currently I have not enough time in the games.
Actual list of cities with hidden roads for Europe and America will be updated periodically here https://trucksim.top/y9t6. It is probably won’t help you with exact secrets locations but you can check if you missed any.
ETS2 (updated 04.25.2025, actual on 1.57 without Scandinavia Refresh and Nordic Horizon DLC, 80 roads so far)
ATS (updated 08.23.2025, actual on 1.57 without Louisiana, 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 1.57 Released
Since SCS gave it all they got in the ETS2 this time we have a minor updates in American Truck Simulator. Louisiana DLC is close and there will be much more contents in terms of map and features.
Changelog
Map
- Minor Existing Gas Stations Changes (Preparation for Road Trip)
Visual
- HDR Support
- Reworked Players’ Company Logos
UX
- Cursor Navigation Enhancements
Map Combination Beginners Guide and Secrets for ATS & ETS2 1.56
Map Combos for SCS trucking games are not an easy for newcomers. So you can find lot of ready setups for actual version, including here on Trucksim, but before start better to avoid obvious mistakes. In this guide I’m explaining how to build map combo for Euro Truck Simulator 2 (ETS2) or American Truck Simulator (ATS), from how to download and combine maps, to tricks how to avoid crashes. I will cover the basics for beginners. Guide made in 2024 but is still actual in November 2025 on game versions 1.56 and latest DLCs
Mentioned in video parameters for Launch Options in Steam:
for 8GB -64bit -nointro -unlimitedlog -rdevice dx11 -mm_pool_size 4096 -mm_max_resource_size 32 mm_max_tmp_buffers_size 1000
for 16GB -64bit -nointro -unlimitedlog -rdevice dx11 -mm_pool_size 8192 -mm_max_resource_size 32 -mm_max_tmp_buffers_size 1000
for 32GB -64bit -nointro -unlimitedlog -rdevice dx11 -mm_pool_size 16384 -mm_max_resource_size 32 -mm_max_tmp_buffers_size 1000
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Final Map Combo for ATS 1.56 with 20 Maps – November, 8 – 2025
The final big map combo for ATS 1.56 with Coast to Coast, Promods Canada, ATS Expansion, More American Cities, Beyond, Sierra Nevada, Western Canada Expansion and other mods. Links below consist 20 maps and additions. Only Free mods.
Links:
📌Coast to Coast Map 2.21.56.0 https://trucksim.top/mck5
📌Reforma 2.9.4.2.156 https://trucksim.top/j8q9
📌Reforma Mega Resources 2.9.4.156 https://trucksim.top/et5v
📌Reforma Sierra Nevada 1.8.156 https://trucksim.top/0vxg
📌Reforma Other Maps Patch 32.156 https://trucksim.top/pnhz
📌Promods Canada 1.5.0 https://trucksim.top/38bg
NEW 📌Reforma-Promods Duplicated Item Fix 1.56-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/vrwb
📌ATS Expansion 18.0 (Requires Volvo Construction and Heavy Cargo DLCs) https://trucksim.top/2363
NEW 📌Road To Nunavut 1.0 https://trucksim.top/4hfe
NEW 📌More American Cities (Texas) 1.1 https://trucksim.top/wa6v
📌More American Cities (Washington) 1.3 https://trucksim.top/x5fs
📌More American Cities (Utah) 1.1 https://trucksim.top/7rib
UPDATE📌More American Cities (Idaho) 1.5 https://trucksim.top/qnh7
📌More American Cities (Colorado) 1.5 https://trucksim.top/rblk
UPDATE📌More American Cities (Oklahoma) 1.3 https://trucksim.top/efrm
UPDATE📌Discover North America 1.7.1 https://trucksim.top/d45p
UPDATE📌Welcome to the East Coast 10.4.2025 https://trucksim.top/nqoa
📌Welcome to the East Coast-Discover North America RC 10.2.2025 https://trucksim.top/wp7x
📌Western Canada Expansion 1.5.0 https://trucksim.top/cpfp
📌Western Canada Expansion – ATS Expansion + DNA And C2C Connections 1.5.0 https://trucksim.top/tbav
📌Western Canada Expansion – Promods Canada Connections 1.5.0 https://trucksim.top/tkpj
NEW 📌Beyond ATS 6.0 https://trucksim.top/l58f
NEW 📌Beyond – Coast 2 Coast Road Connection 1.56-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/rb03
NEW 📌Mega Resources Beyond Fix 1.56-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/4607
NEW 📌Reforma Beyond Fix 1.56-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/0pay
📌Aleutian Islands 4.0 https://trucksim.top/dv2x
NEW 📌Alaska Expansion 1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/t6tg
📌Discover Oregon 3.0 https://trucksim.top/akve
📌Project Better Arizona 0.4.5.1 https://trucksim.top/rf0s
📌Project Better Arizona Reforma Connection 1.11.1 https://trucksim.top/aeg7
📌North America Map (Dark) (Steam Workshop) https://trucksim.top/e943
Bonus:
📌YARA – Yet Another Route Advisor (Steam Workshop) https://trucksim.top/75fa