Map Combination Beginners Guide and Secrets for ATS & ETS2 1.57
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 January 2026 on game versions 1.57 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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Promods 2.80 out now
New version of Promods 2.80 for ETS2 1.57 and with integration of refreshed Scandinavia and Nordic Horizons DLC is out now and available on the Promods website.
Cruising Nordic Horizons Event is still live
The World of Trucks event – Cruising Nordic Horizons started with new DLC for ETS2 and if you’re still not joining – it is the chance to discover nice cities, roads and landscapes of Northern Europe and get some in-game perks like truck skit or cabin decorations. Rules of the event is pretty clear if you ever attended to SCS events – bring cargo with External contracts for or from cities of the new DLC.
Me personally already finished my goals as well as Community – goal reached couple days before. But you have time until February 1st of 2026.
100% discovered study 12.27.2025
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many map related news in our favorite truck simulator games, so on my side most previous guides and files are currently outdated.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.
245 Hidden Roads in ATS 1.57 (with Louisiana). Secret Roads, Towns and Easter eggs
The guide contains 245 hidden roads in 19 states (including Louisiana DLC) on American Truck Simulator. It is actual for January 2026, 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 in 2026 – announced Illinois and South Dakota, expansion to Canada in British Columbia.
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
Christmas Mega Map Combo for ETS2 1.57 – Tutorial – December, 22 2025
On the current version ETS2 1.57 we can combine map mods with or without Nordic Horizons DLC since Promods overlaps new expansion and I hold 2 setups – Mega Combo and Nordic Combo. Horizonless combo is good for them who still did not purchased latest SCS DLC and for fans of Promods (and its numerous add-ons).
This setup includes Promods, Roextended, Rusmap, EAA, Eurafrica, Poland Rebuilding, Grand Utopia and other maps. 45 maps, 93 files, RCs, fixes. As always please follow the instructions in video and note that combo designed to version 1.57 and requires all map DLCs (Nordic Horizons is optional and will not be available in this particular setup). Paid mods are optional.
If you don’t have experience with map combos please first watch Beginner’s Guide
Links
📌Roextended 4.9 (paid or free version) https://trucksim.top/dlpr
📌Roex Road Connections (Roex, Promods, RM) https://trucksim.top/04ky
📌Eurafrica 3.8 https://discord.gg/a2GwuHnEkE (Premium mod, optional. To purchase Eurafrica join Discord, choose tier, make Paypal payment and then open ticket)
📌Promods 2.77 https://trucksim.top/zzoj (Tutorial Promods https://youtu.be/bkrCswVy7p8)
📌Eurafrica ProMods Fix 1.57-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/p08h
📌JRR (Java Road Revolution) 0.91a https://trucksim.top/toe0
📌EAA 1.57 v4 (paid, optional) https://trucksim.top/x0j8
📌EAA Rescaled 2.3 fix https://trucksim.top/8r4z
📌Poland Rebuilding 2.6.2 (Def should be generated, read description) https://trucksim.top/ep9e
📌Grand Utopia Map 1.18.5 https://trucksim.top/a6bq
📌European Grand Utopia 1.7 https://trucksim.top/sddf
📌Grand Utopia EurAfrica Fix https://trucksim.top/8c7x
📌Great Steppe 1.5 https://trucksim.top/ovok
📌Project: Extended Roads (TGS) 0.01 https://trucksim.top/vh7o
📌rusmap 2.57.1 https://trucksim.top/9jc5
📌Sibir Map 2.11.2 (Free version) https://trucksim.top/xjro
📌SibirMap Fix 1.57-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/eukq
📌Iberia RW 1.37 https://trucksim.top/7627
📌Iberia Map RW FIX 1.3 https://trucksim.top/7h6z
📌Portugal Rebuild (Promods addon) 0.1.6 https://trucksim.top/g9xj
📌Barcelona Expansion (Promods add-on) 1.8 https://trucksim.top/qahq
📌Oberhavel 1.7.3 (1.57) https://trucksim.top/of43
📌Großwilfersdorf 1.2 https://trucksim.top/5d33
📌Off the Grid 3.3 https://trucksim.top/ncvq
📌Trans-Siberian Truckway 3.0 https://trucksim.top/zg3d
📌Trans-Siberian Truckway – SibirMap RC 2.2 https://trucksim.top/irwr
📌Trans-Siberian Truckway – Amur Map RC 3.0 https://trucksim.top/wnt2
📌Amur Map 1.0 https://trucksim.top/n9wf
📌Baikal Map 2.0 https://trucksim.top/fsa1
📌Far East russia (FER) Alpha 28 https://trucksim.top/ih3z
📌Chukotka Add-on 1 https://trucksim.top/mlud
📌FER – Chukotka RC 2 https://trucksim.top/t2u0
📌FER – Trans-Siberian Truckway RC 1 https://trucksim.top/kbqw
📌FER – Off the Grid RC 1.2 https://trucksim.top/qcs8
📌Ireland Map 0.1.1 https://trucksim.top/62lb
📌Ireland Map FIX 1.7 https://trucksim.top/rs6g
📌Latvia Rebuild 1.28-1.57 https://trucksim.top/ktc2
📌SFIGC 0.6-1.57 https://trucksim.top/0o1d
📌A4 rework Strasbourg-Metz 0.2 https://trucksim.top/9dgd
📌Antarctica Map 0.8-1.57 https://trucksim.top/srt0
📌Australia Tasmania 5.3 https://trucksim.top/3m5t
📌Australia Tasmania map FIX 1.3 fix https://trucksim.top/wha4
📌Australia Tasmania RusMap Fix https://trucksim.top/w1wn
📌Maldives 0.1-1.57 https://trucksim.top/ch2o
📌Africa Extended 1.3-1.57 https://trucksim.top/z5xv
📌West Africa 0.03-1.57 https://trucksim.top/i0c9
📌West Africa – Africa Extended RC https://trucksim.top/go6y
📌Canada Map 0.2.5 (DEF only needed) https://trucksim.top/4wbg
📌Canada Map Fix 1.3 https://trucksim.top/xy3m
📌Project: Extended Roads 0.06 (Europe) https://trucksim.top/bhft
📌Cape Verde Map 1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/66oj
📌Ourense City by Moreira 1.2 https://trucksim.top/kcdi
📌Emden 7-1.57 https://trucksim.top/y6qw
📌West Balkans Path-Breaker’s Direction Map 5.0 https://trucksim.top/99lu
📌Rröfte kosova 0.3.5 https://trucksim.top/qbcq
📌Northern Cyprus Addon 1.1-1.57 https://trucksim.top/oupu
📌ural map 1.7 https://trucksim.top/hdjv
📌Northern Open Spaces 13.8 https://trucksim.top/oznd
📌Off the Grid – Northern Open Spaces RC 1.4 https://trucksim.top/lxko
📌Ural Map – Northern Open Spaces RC 1.2 https://trucksim.top/x3de
📌Sibir Map – Northern Open Spaces RC 1.7 https://trucksim.top/bkld
📌Ultimate Map Combo Fix 1.57-1.3.2 https://trucksim.top/q2ls
📌Ultimate Map Combo Fix ProMods Patch 1.57-1.2.0 https://trucksim.top/iaw0
Mandatory Map Background:
📌Dark Background Map – Dark Grand Utopia+ https://trucksim.top/dgz0
Bonus Mods:
📌Route Advisor/Mini Mirrors for ETS2 https://trucksim.top/z9fj
Louisiana Big Map Combo for ATS 1.57 with 16 Maps – December, 16 – 2025
The first big map combo for ATS 1.57 is here. It includes Coast to Coast, Promods Canada, ATS Expansion, More American Cities, EMMN, Sierra Nevada and other mods. Links below consist 16 maps and additions. Only Free mods.
Links:
📌Coast to Coast Map 2.22.57.0 https://trucksim.top/mck5
📌Reforma 2.9.6.157 https://trucksim.top/j8q9
📌Reforma Mega Resources 2.9.6.157 https://trucksim.top/et5v
📌Reforma Sierra Nevada 1.10.157 https://trucksim.top/0vxg
📌Reforma Other Maps Patch 33.157 https://trucksim.top/pnhz
📌Promods Canada 1.6.0 https://trucksim.top/38bg
📌ATS Expansion 19.0 (Requires Volvo Construction and Heavy Cargo DLCs) https://trucksim.top/2363
📌ATS Expansion-Promods Canada Fix 1.57-2 https://trucksim.top/p0ai
📌More American Cities (Texas) 1.3 https://trucksim.top/wa6v
📌More American Cities (Washington) 1.4 https://trucksim.top/x5fs
📌More American Cities (Utah) 1.2 https://trucksim.top/7rib
📌More American Cities (Idaho) 1.6 https://trucksim.top/qnh7
📌More American Cities (Colorado) 1.6 https://trucksim.top/rblk
📌More American Cities (Oklahoma) 1.4 https://trucksim.top/efrm
📌EMMN Expansion 1.57-4 https://trucksim.top/bt97
📌EMMN – ATS Expansion RC 1.57-1 https://trucksim.top/68g6
📌EMMN – Promods Canada RC 1.57-2 https://trucksim.top/e4dy
📌Iron Stallion Logistics HQ City 1.2 https://trucksim.top/vva9
📌Project Better Arizona 0.4.5.2 https://trucksim.top/rf0s
📌Project Better Arizona Reforma Connection 1.12 https://trucksim.top/aeg7
📌North America Map (Dark) (Steam Workshop) https://trucksim.top/e943
Cruising Louisiana event is still goes on
As always with the new DLC for American Truck Simulator we get World of Trucks event and this time it’s #CruisingLouisiana – typical but still attractive since we can discover new state and get another trophy on ours Wotr page.
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.
Christmas 2025 World of Trucks Event
Traditionally in December we get a new event from SCS Software and as last couple years we will do deliveries to Winterland – fictional country with frosty roads, snowing and magic locations. #WovenWondersOfWinterland in 2025 getting a massive update – now in mystical area we have AI traffic so hauls will not look like we are the only truck in this area.
Details, rules and rewards as always explained on SCS Blog. As always I wish you happy trucking. Drive save on frosty roads.
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.