Tag: Map discovery

100% discovered study (last on 1.57) 02.01.2026

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We finally have full 100% discovered maps for ATS and ETS2 within version 1.57, but new challenges ahead. New games version is around the corner and at least in US we have massive map rework with Route 66 project. In Europe we will probably will not see Benelux Rework changes very soon. So now we have some time to hold and enjoy games.

[Guide] ATS 1.57 – 100% Explored map with all DLC (with Louisiana) (December 2026, ATS 1.57, all map DLCs with Louisiana)

[Guide] ETS2 1.57 – 100% Explored map with all DLC (with Nordic Horizons) (January 2026, ETS2 1.57, all map DLCs including 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.

100% discovered study 01.24.2026

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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.

100% discovered study 01.09.2026

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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.

How to Merge Map Progress in Profiles for ETS2 and ATS – 2026 Guide

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New game versions updates are here so we will also see the mods updates and it is perfect time to make you perfect profile.

In this guide I explain 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 1.57 and in both ETS2 and ATS. I have currently 100% in US and bout 93% in Europe so below you can find links to ready strings to latest versions.

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, outdated in 1.57) shown on video: https://sharemods.com/3lmagkhl784x/roex99percent_trucksim.txt.html
Vanilla ETS2 1.56 (outdated in 1.57): https://sharemods.com/830si08evgbs/trucksim_full_sept25.zip.html (video guide: https://youtu.be/-Cc1cZvTh1Q)
Vanilla ATS 1.57: https://sharemods.com/8pr2qvazt9aj/trucksim-100-percent-discovered-december2025.zip.html (video guide: https://youtu.be/rP5w6mrBUHc)
Promods 2.77 99.99% (outdated for 2.80) https://sharemods.com/75r1e5f70s5o/trucksim-99-promods.zip.html (video: https://youtu.be/35bCJ1vA6jE)

[December 2025] No more 99.99% on Promods 2.80 (1.57)

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Promods 2.80 for ETS 2 1.57 which just released brought not only integration with Nordic Horizon DLC and Scandinavia refresh but also new content to the mod and my discovered items with 99.99% is not actual anymore. Currently I have 88.70% and later maybe I will combine it with discovered NH DLC areas from different profile. But for now I have not 100% in main ETS2 so it will take time and have to bear in mind that PM 2.80 nordic regions are not equal to the vanilla DLC (E.g. Kirkenes, Murmansk area).

So below you can grab my progress strings for 2.77 and get those 99.99% and wait for bigger numbers or discover those 11.3% on your side in Promods 2.80.

On the video below you can find PM 2.77 on ETS2 1.57 progress and also I’m sharing the link to guide how to merge profiles.

Strings of my progress (Discovered items) for Promods 2.77 (ETS2 1.57) version without Nordic Horizons and you know what to do with them you can inject them to your profile.

https://sharemods.com/75r1e5f70s5o/trucksim-99-promods.zip.html

Find below videos about the topic:

How to merge profiles https://youtu.be/ksYq6vzHd-I
How to modify profile (example on vanilla map) https://youtu.be/H12qpCG_RIQ

100% discovered study 12.27.2025

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It is so many map related news in our favorite truck simulator games, so on my side most previous guides and files are currently outdated. But I have some progress – ATS on 1.57 with new Louisiana DLC is almost done and the guide will be released in 2025, but in Europe I have only 92.75% with Nordic Horizons and Scandinavia refresh. So European update will take time and will be released in 2026. I concentrated on finding secret roads as well so while in US it is all shown in video, for Nordic Europe I found dozen of roads and discovery is still goes on.

If you’re still on 1.56 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)

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.

100% discovered study 12.02.2025

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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)

[November 2025] Still 99.99% on Promods 2.77 (1.57 update)

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Promods 2.77 for ETS 2 1.57 did not brought new content to the mod and unfortunately did not fixed issues with undiscoverable spots so the status of my discovered items is still 99.99%. This time I decided to share my progress and you can grab it to use on your profile. On the video below you can find 1.57 progress and also I’m sharing the link to guide how to merge profiles.

Strings of my progress (Discovered items) for 1.57 version and you know what to do with them you can inject them to your profile.

https://sharemods.com/75r1e5f70s5o/trucksim-99-promods.zip.html

Find below videos about the topic:

How to merge profiles https://youtu.be/ksYq6vzHd-I
How to modify profile (example on vanilla map) https://youtu.be/H12qpCG_RIQ

How to Merge Map Progress in Profiles for ETS2 and ATS – 2025 Guide

0 commentsAmerican Truck SimulatorEuro Truck SimulatorMapsMods1.561.57100%100% discovered map2025ETS2full mapGuideMap discoverymap modmergeprofilePromodsRoexRoExtendedTrucksimvanilla ets2

New game versions updates are here so we will also see the mods updates and it is perfect time to make you perfect profile.

In this guide I explain 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 1.57 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 1.56).

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, outdated in 1.56) shown on video: https://sharemods.com/3lmagkhl784x/roex99percent_trucksim.txt.html
Vanilla ETS2 1.56: https://sharemods.com/830si08evgbs/trucksim_full_sept25.zip.html (video guide: https://youtu.be/-Cc1cZvTh1Q)
Vanilla ATS 1.56: https://sharemods.com/wfmyi4i401dz/trucksim-100percent-sept25.zip.html (video guide: https://youtu.be/jRnq8-mvE1s)
Promods 2.74 (99.9%) https://sharemods.com/njxw5ia2bwqb/promods-trucksim.zip.html (video: https://youtu.be/sZzEPyASnAM?si=RUmCuI5c0vzeHn59)

100% discovered study 10.23.2025

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My golden rule is Every Road Must Be Traveled, Map Have To Be Discovered. So since 2017 I do it almost on every game update including all expansions and reworks. This obsession has driven me through countless game updates, expansions, and complete map reworks across both American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2. Some map updates take a lot of time but some is pretty small and can be discovered in couple days. When you switch to another profile and don’t want to start map discovery from the scratch it is possible to transfer opened road to another profile. So I do it sometimes with newer profiles for both games (ETS2 and ATS) and also periodically share my progress in Youtube guides

Below you can find latest guides for update 1.56 for both games.

100% Discovered Map of ETS2 1.56 (Profile and save game) (September 2025, ETS2 1.56)

100% Explored map with all DLC in ATS 1.56 * Full Map Discovered, Guide, Profile (September 2025, ATS 1.56)