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
Nordic Horizons Achievements, Map and Cities
New map DLC would be quite big in terms of territory and count of new cities – 41 (list below). Steam achievements are already available and if you played Promods actively one of it (Polar Explorer) is getting awarded right now.
Whole map in work in progress status but probably it will be in DLC:
And finally list of available cities:
Ålesund
Åndalsnes
Alta
Andenes
Åsele
Arjeplog
Arvidsjaur
Bodø
Brønnøysund
Falun
Harstad
Haparanda
Jokkmokk
Jyväskylä
Gällivare
Gävle
Karasjok
Kautokeino
Karlstad
Kirkenes
Kiruna
Kristiansund
Geilo
Hamar
Hammerfest
Honningsvåg
Hudiksvall
Inari
Ivalo
Lillehammer
Luleå
Lycksele
Malung
Mo i Rana
Myre
Narvik
Rovaniemi
Skellefteå
Sortland
Steinkjer
Storuman
Sundsvall
Sveg
Svolvær
Trofors
Tolga
Tornio
Trondheim(Tråante)
Tromsø
Östersund
Oulu
Örnsköldsvik
Otta
Umeå
Vardø
Vaasa
Vennesund
Karesuando
Just 2 days till the Nordic Horizons DLC release
Just 2 days till the Nordic Horizons DLC release
We will get new DLC Nordic Horizons for ETS2 on November 27th. This new big DLC will expand new roads in Nordic Countries – Sweden, Norway and Finland.
SCS is teasing new updates as never before, so in below video I collected not only footages and trailer but also 2 gameplay sessions.
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.
Nordic Horizons DLC is around the corner, after ETS2 1.57 release
We still have no release date of new DLC Nordic Horizons for ETS2, but most likely it will be available in Steam after the release of 1.57 version of the game. This new big DLC will expand new roads in Nordic Countries – Sweden, Norway and Finland.
SCS is teasing new updates as never before, so in below video I collected not only footages and trailer but also 2 gameplay sessions.
New Hidden Roads in ETS2 1.57
Even before the Nordic Horizon released and Scandinavia is just in ETS2 1.57 open beta I found the first hidden road in Denmark near Esbjerg. It comes with secret viewpoint Oddesund Bridge (Oddesundbroen). And I believe it is only beginning.
The guide for secret roads for ETS2 is way long did not get any updates since the Greece DLC and was refreshed in April of 2025. I believe with Scandinavia refresh and Nordic Horizons DLC we will find new hidden easter eggs.
And don’t forget to check the spreadsheet I will update https://trucksim.top/y9t6
Nordic Horizons DLC will come soon, after ETS2 1.57 release
We still have no release date of new DLC for ETS2 – Nordic Horizons, but we have good signals that the expansion will be released soon in 2025. Early trailer and gameplay preview from SCS usually means that the DLC is in final pre-release stage and since we never have open betas for chargeable content we get Nordic Horizon instantly. First time beta gameplay of new DLC was available for visitors of Poznań Game Arena in Poznań, in Poland.
It is most likely will be released after the release of 1.57 version of the game.
It will be probably challenge for map mod community – they have to adapt to new DLC or even merge with their content if the new area with collide with existing mod structure (e.g Promods). The mods locked on the game version can also loose compatibility but it usually resolvable faster than maps rebuilds or merges.
We are waiting for new big DLC of expanded new roads in Nordic Countries – Sweden, Norway and Finland and also waiting for Scandinavia rebuild which will be good update for this DLC.
In video below I collected first gameplay timelaps, trailer, available teaser footages provided by SCS on their media channels.
Canada for ATS revealed
These days SCS Software bring surprises to their community almost every day. We had unpredictable Ireland announcement yesterday and now we see British Columbia DLC official confirmation.
I’m planning to make a podcast about latest announces and teasers but you already can read details of Canada’s first DLC on SCS blog.
Guide How to Download and Setup Promods 2.76
New Promods 2.76 includes new content we were waiting in 2.75 (when below video captured). Since the procedure of download and setup map mod is the same as for previous version you can watch it in video I shared on ETS2 1.55.
On the video below I installed new Promods and in podcast style talked about changes we got in 2.76.
