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
Guide How to Download and Setup Promods 2.77
New Promods 2.77 is mostly compatibility release and it doesn’t friendly to new map DLC Nordic Horizons, overlap it and even if you purchased it you will see Promods content instead of vanilla. But if you are ready for this trade off or still have no Nordic Expansion you can enjoy new version on the latest ETS2 1.57. In the guide below as always you will find step by step instruction, but please watch carefully and don’t ask about archives on the Youtube.
First Map Combo for ETS2 1.57 – Tutorial – November, 30 2025
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.
Nordic Horizons Release Date 11.27.2015
It is only couple weeks we have to wait for brand new ETS2 DLC. That also means that final release of 1.57 will be even earlier. Prepare your money, prepare profile without mods, get ready for new event (Cruising Nordic Horizons:))
And how can I keep silence – the biggest surprise on the picture above is the truck. FH16 780. It’s not announced yet but pictures on the internet doesn’t lie;)
Scania 770 in Open beta of ETS2 1.57
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.
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.
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.
Louisiana DLC is coming soon
Upcoming DLC for American Truck Simulator of Louisiana State is probably will be released in the end of 2025. I collected official SCS Software footages and pics. You can follow details of the new DLC on official SCS blog and in social media.
