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
Telegram: https://t.me/trcksm
All 80 Hidden Secret Roads in ETS2 in 20 countries * 2025 Guide
Evolution of ETS2. DLC Trailers & Releases (2012-2027)
This timeline showcases almost every official DLC trailer (+ free map expansions and reworks) from the 2012 base game launch through the upcoming Iceland DLC (2026-2027).
Watch how SCS Software expanded the virtual European trucking world from the original 18 countries to the complete continent, featuring:
Base Game (2012) – The foundation with 18 countries
Going East (2013) – Eastern European expansion
Major DLCs: Scandinavia, Vive La France, Italia, Beyond the Baltic Sea, Road to the Black Sea, Iberia, West Balkans, Greece
Future expansions: Nordic Horizon & Iceland DLCs
Each trailer is presented chronologically with game version info and covered regions. Perfect for ETS2 veterans wanting to relive the journey or newcomers discovering the game’s incredible growth over 13 years!
All footages taken from @SCSSoftware, the music has been replaced since most of the trailers have copyrighted tunes. Resolution of initial trailers was 720p and later 1080p so I framed them.
Nordic Map Combo for ETS2 1.57 – Tutorial – December, 9 2025
Big Nordic Map Combo for ETS 1.57 includes 18 maps and incorporated with Nordic Horizons DLC. The setup includes Roextended, Eurafrica, Sibir, Project Česko, Trans-Siberian Truckway and some else. 18 maps, 41 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 including Nordic Horizons. 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, Project Česko, Slovakia) 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)
📌Sibir Map 2.11.2 (Free version) https://trucksim.top/xjro
📌SibirMap Fix 1.57-1.0.0 https://trucksim.top/nr9d
📌Slovakia Rehash 1.1 https://trucksim.top/c3wm
📌Project Česko 2.47 https://trucksim.top/nfno
📌Africa Extended 1.3-1.57 https://trucksim.top/z5xv
📌Off the Grid 3.3 https://trucksim.top/ncvq
📌Belt Of The Tundra 1.1.3 https://trucksim.top/gq1n
📌Trans-Siberian Truckway 3.0 https://trucksim.top/zg3d
📌Trans-Siberian Truckway – SibirMap RC 2.2 https://trucksim.top/irwr
📌Trans-Siberian Truckway – Belt of the Tundra RC 2.0 https://trucksim.top/b5st
📌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
📌FER – Trans-Siberian Truckway RC 1 https://trucksim.top/kbqw
📌FER – Off the Grid RC 1.2 https://trucksim.top/qcs8
📌Portugal Rebuild (SCS addon) 0.1.6 https://trucksim.top/euaw
📌Barcelona Expansion (SCS add-on) 1.5 https://trucksim.top/qahq
📌Oberhavel 1.7.3 (1.57) https://trucksim.top/of43
📌Antarctica Map 0.8-1.57 https://trucksim.top/srt0
📌Maldives 0.1-1.57 https://trucksim.top/ch2o
📌Australia Tasmania 5.3 https://trucksim.top/3m5t
📌Australia Tasmania map FIX 1.3 https://trucksim.top/wha4
📌Ultimate Map Combo Fix 1.57-1.2.4 https://trucksim.top/i70h
Mandatory Map Background:
📌Dark Background Map 2.4 https://trucksim.top/wecn
Bonus Mods:
📌Route Advisor/Mini Mirrors for ETS2 https://trucksim.top/z9fj
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.
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
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)
First Map Combo for ETS2 1.57 – Tutorial – November, 30 2025
Map combo for ETS2 1.57 is currently irredeemable. You can combine classic pack of Promods, Roex and Rusmap but without Nordic Horizons (DLC will be overlap by Promods). If we exclude Promods we get current Rusmap which is not integrated with Horizons and will have broken roads. Horizonless combo make sense but it is shame to avoid such a beautiful expansion. So I provide an option but you should pick which one is preferable for you.
This update for ETS 1.57 includes Promods, Roextended, Rusmap and some other smaller but compatible maps. 12 maps, 31 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
📌Promods 2.77 https://trucksim.top/zzoj (Tutorial Promods https://youtu.be/bkrCswVy7p8)
📌JRR (Java Road Revolution) 0.91a https://trucksim.top/toe0
📌rusmap 2.57 https://trucksim.top/dgx5
📌Iberia RW 1.37 https://trucksim.top/7627
📌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
📌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
Mandatory Map Background:
📌Dark Background Map https://trucksim.top/cs77
Bonus Mods:
📌Route Advisor/Mini Mirrors for ETS2 https://trucksim.top/z9fj
Cruising Nordic Horizons Event
Just after the release of Nordic Horizons DLC on Thursday, the 27th of November will start World of Trucks event – Cruising Nordic Horizons!
As always you can find rules and rewards details in SCS official blog
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