Euro Truck Sim/American Truck Sim

[viral oyster]

hm?

[zinc kelp]

When the State of IL comes out

[viral oyster]

no I gathered that

actually, nvm idk how to even explain whats confusing

next container is under way

like holy fuck man this is turning out SO GOOD

LIKE AGH I LOVE IT WHEN I COOK (I traced it from the van)

[zinc kelp]

In Phoenix Arizona Well, I don't have a Good PC, but it works fine.

[zinc kelp]

I think that's what I liked most about the Video. Although I'm waiting for the Chicago video trailer, which they haven't shown yet. Must be fantastic

[viral oyster]

they have shown the trailer?

those are literally screenshots from it

oh wait you said chicago trailer

why... would they do a chicago trailer?

[zinc kelp]

They made a special video about the capital of IL which is called Springfield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83sbBzfwbVo

I liked seeing the recreation of that train car converted into a Restaurant.

[lilac prairie]

Sensei, you drove Blue Archive trucks?

[viral oyster]

https://klipy.com/gifs/feels-the-aura--k01KQMR5F5GT4GKGJ7313S5WAHB

[stone sluice]

https://youtu.be/RH4OSlWf4hY

this improvement is genuinely peak

[viral oyster]

Thats really nice actually

[zinc kelp]

In Santa FE New Mexico

[elder tiger]

TMP Truck

[stone sluice]

https://blog.scssoft.com/2026/04/ats-road-trip-ford-car-pack-bronco.html

hopefully this will get recalled the moment i put this on the road

[zinc kelp]

Well, from what I can see, the 4 cars in the Ford package are already Finished.

[lilac prairie]

i'm definitely going to drive the pickup truck first

[stone sluice]

crown victoria for me

[viral oyster]

bleh

I wanna see the CLT 9000

[lilac prairie]

Would also be nice if they did the Fusion, that car always looks nice

[viral oyster]

straight up ballin'

also new stuff in the works for a soon to be workshop release 👁️

[zinc kelp]

Will the truck be part of a DLC about cab-over-engine trucks or classic trucks?

[viral oyster]

its currently unknown but I am assuming it will be a classic trucks DLC

[viral oyster]

pack releasing today (hopefully) :p

juuuust before I head for vacation

[lilac prairie]

My most favorite skins to drive around with: Love Live

[craggy jacinth]

https://blog.scssoft.com/2026/05/american-truck-simulator-159-update.html

[lilac prairie]

i took a turnpike trailer on that road. it was definitely challenging doing that

[mighty bison]

It was bad enough with this trailer, I was actually driving in the middle of the night I just changed it to daylight for the pic

[mighty bison]

Trying out 1.59 since I missed the beta

[craggy jacinth]

https://blog.scssoft.com/2026/05/euro-truck-simulator-2-159-update.html

[lilac prairie]

Amazon, or Peomazon?

[regal jay]

Goofy ahh spec

[regal jay]

Nice an ICE3 Neo on the öresundline 😂 💀

[stone sluice]

what a great photo

[stone sluice]

lmfao this is weird

ive never seen an AI train spawn on 1.59 ETS2

nvm checked that its one of jazzycats ai mods

[plain solstice]

FPA-4!

[viral oyster]

Which one?

[stone sluice]

havent played ETS2 in a while so all the mods were dating back to 1.54

updated them to 1.58

[viral oyster]

Ahhh

I should do the same

[stone sluice]

nvm no ai trains appear even with them updated

right time to hunt the mod down

[viral oyster]

Are u using mine

[stone sluice]

nah

[viral oyster]

That may be the mod cause Im having issues with spawning

Ah

[stone sluice]

wonder if spawn order would matter

ill try that again

[viral oyster]

Maybe?

[stone sluice]

nope didnt work

weird

the only ai train that spawns is the amsterdam metro, the trams and the cz shunter

ah

its cips traffic pack

[viral oyster]

THAT WAS IT???

[stone sluice]

yep

[viral oyster]

Cause I was having this exact issue with only the CZ spawning

[stone sluice]

hopefully he catches it later on

[viral oyster]

I will try removing that when Im no longer 2000 miles from my pc

Or if he just fixes it

Thanks

[stone sluice]

finally appearing

weird how this is not a problem in ATS

[viral oyster]

Yeah thats what I noticed too

I thought it was my mod so I remade it entirely from scratch

[stone sluice]

rip

[viral oyster]

Anyway ping me if he fixes it since Im 2000 miles away from my pc lol

[stone sluice]

sure

[viral oyster]

Thankies

[plain solstice]

Interesting lighting

[zinc kelp]

Is that locomotive in some ATS state or is it a mod?

[stone sluice]

yeah promods canada

[stone sluice]

@viral oyster done

just gonna test if it actually works

it does 👍

[viral oyster]

Raaaaddd thank you

[stone sluice]

https://blog.scssoft.com/2026/05/iceland-custom-depots.html

[regal jay]

Is the ICE3 Neo programmed to spawn anywhere?😂

[lilac prairie]

ICE train in Sweden? A little odd

[regal jay]

Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Lithuania

[zinc kelp]

"I can't believe SCS Software has let me down by not including the Chicago commuter train, Metra (even a fictional version). What on earth is this? A fictional freight train and a fictional Amtrak parked in a station that is exclusive to Metra? What the hell is this? I think I’ll have to create my own 3D model of a fictional Metra train myself. I can't believe this disaster. It seems they didn't study Chicago properly, leaving out the trains.

[plain solstice]

That's effort and SCS doesn't like effort

[lilac prairie]

they did the Rail Runner for New Mexico but no Metra? Disappointing

[toxic carbon]

Railrunner and Frontrunner in Utah

But no Metrolink in LA either

[dim kindle]

Metra's well known for not doing licensing for games

[toxic carbon]

And they accidentally had Amtrak on Tram tracks in San Jose

But honestly trains in ATS are kind of a hit or miss

The grain hopper is still undersized

But they modeled the electric motors of the Iowa Traction Co

[lilac prairie]

ahh yes, Amtrak on Tram tracks. Maybe they want to try out on local transportation too

[viral oyster]

Well they never got licensing for UTA or NMRX lol

I would be disappointed if they put actual metra in the game lowk

I like my fictional stuff

[viral oyster]

“I cant believe this disaster” like as much as I love trains and Ive already done heaps of modding to them ingame, you gotta remember the focus of this game is trucks, not trains. Also thats a background scene where you can barely make anything out anyway so I don’t personally see the issue

[viral oyster]

The fully sized one can still be seen in places around the map

Im like uuuuhgggg give that back !!!

[zinc kelp]

I said a Fictional Metra Commuter Train like the one I'm making.

[viral oyster]

If you implement that ingame tho that’d be hella cool

[stone sluice]

https://blog.scssoft.com/2026/05/illinois-chicago-big-in-illinois.html?m=1

[stone sluice]

challenger is ingame ❤️

has this aswell

[azure terrace]

Honestly I understand wanting accurate trains if you're a railfan, but it's a game about trucks. Calling this a disaster and saying that means they didn't study the area properly is the equivalent of downloading a TSW route and saying that it's all wrong because the fields don't match what you've seen in your agriculture class. Imagine if someone did that, it'd be funny and unwarranted, right? Well, complaining about trains looking wrong in a truck game is pretty much the same

[azure terrace]

Honestly can't wait for roadtrips

Driving a truck is fun, but driving a car is also fun

Plus they made an old mustang, that's just perfect

I am curious about one thing about roadtrips though. I'm sure they'll end up doing roadtrips for ETS too, so I wonder if they'll manage to somehow make it a shared library to allow all cars to be used across both games

[stone sluice]

i reckon export taxes will become a thing for ATS cars to come to ETS 2

i do hope that ETS2 gets road trip quickly after tbh

i do really want to see european brands

[lilac prairie]

i would love to drive European car brands. i want Aldi

[azure terrace]

That'd be cool

[azure terrace]

And I agree, would love to see some

And there's also the question of Asian cars

Toyota is one of the most popular brands in the world

Honda, etc

A lot to choose from

[viral oyster]

Didn’t they show a Japanese car with one of the packs?

I am not a car guy so I cant like, remember much

But I recall a friend mentioning it

[azure terrace]

Tbh they might've, idk

I only remember them showing the Ford pack and the Dodge & Ram pack

[stone sluice]

yeah nissan pack is coming

[lilac prairie]

Hell yeah! Hope they do Mazda as well

[mortal lark]

i also would like EVs like BYD or also beijing cars

[lilac prairie]

i can take any ev vehicle, BYD is my most favorite

[weak thicket]

Bucharest-Venice, complete

[weak thicket]

new paint scheme :3

[tulip falcon]

so many questions to the ai

[lilac prairie]

the ai manged to flip over somehow

[zinc kelp]

Good evening, excuse me, does anyone know if there's a special forum for ATS discussions created for Discord so we don't fill this section with other things?

[lilac prairie]

POV the Ai in ETS/ATS

Left: Car attempted to overtake a double trailer truck on a 2 way road
Right: Truck driving on the wrong side of the road (Note: I was driving the yellow truck)

[regal jay]

I suppose that Klagenfurt station and bus terminal were added along with 1.59 cuz is most definitely new.

[craggy jacinth]

Yeah, they added quite a few new bus stations with 1.59

[regal jay]

Yeah, Just saw one in front of Innsbruck Hbf

[shrewd hound]

i assume coaches and or Roadtrain arent far out anymore

roadtrip i mean

(on that note; ATS for australia would be funny as a april fools joke

[viral oyster]

I meaaaaannn

https://tenor.com/view/cat-noticing-cat-eyes-huh-gif-16886457356686000641

[lilac prairie]

i wouldn't even mind going to Hawaii or Alaska in ATS

[viral oyster]

Ive heard Alaska / Hawaii are gonna be like the final states SCS will tackle because they’re worse than the East coast in regards of the scale issue

I’d love Hawaii, I went there in 2023 and it was awesome

Would be nice to have ingame

A hawaii map mod would be awesome tho

[azure terrace]

I mean, Alaska is just weird, cause at the scale of the game it'd be:
A bunch of stuff in the south in Anchorage, so close together it would probably be marked as just Anchorage
40 minutes of driving north through nothing
Fairbanks
An hour and a half more of driving north through even more nothing
Deadhorse

[lilac prairie]

i also looked at the northeast states, Delaware, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey. Wonder how they are going to do them

[viral oyster]

SCS is still figuring that out it seems

The scale will probably change

[toxic carbon]

Alaska would be easier to do though, since it links with the rest of North America thru the Yukon and BC, its just gonna have alot of wilderness, not to mention the Dalton would be better if winter was in the game, especially due to IRT.

Hawaii will be a bit odd, since in reality you aren't taking a truck with a ferry from California to there to deliver

[viral oyster]

Nah but Hawaii is pretty as fuck

I would die to drive through Honolulu ingame

[viral oyster]

Plus like, SCS has done minor fictional things like this in the past for gameplay reasons so I dont see the issue

A bit unrealistic? Sure. Fun as fuck? Hell yeah

I dont mind diverting from reality a little bit

[stone sluice]

https://youtu.be/oJiJ3hIodjM

[stone sluice]

https://blog.scssoft.com/2026/05/road-trip-dodge-challenger-hellcat.html

we are getting so close

[viral oyster]

Vacation has been awesome but man I miss flying down the highway in my VNL with the radio cranked

[covert bear]

Illinois tomorrow!!

[viral oyster]

I thought it was the 14th

Not the 13th

[toxic carbon]

Illinois was today for me (again)

I keep getting sent thru the state the past few weeks

[viral oyster]

Lol

[plain solstice]

lmao

[plain solstice]

boring ngl

I want a Panoz Esperante instead

[covert bear]

I’m in the UK

[viral oyster]

Ahhh

[mighty bison]

https://youtu.be/-FKBEBiBXwI?si=CfXMzstad37f7W_O

[lilac prairie]

Yes yes and yes! Maybe i can finally phase out my 2014 and 2018 VNLs

[echo cradle]

Here is the internal name for you guys that are modders

New Volvo VNL (2024/26)

volvo.vnl_2024

[stone sluice]

oh wait what

OHH its both??

siiick

[lilac prairie]

The first electric truck for ATS!!!

[echo cradle]

The VNL is diesel the VNR is electric

[lilac prairie]

ohh i already know the VNR is electric

[neat wedge]

testing

m i r r o r s

[viral oyster]

Uhhhhgggg

I cant play with it yet D:

I fly back tomorrow tho!!!

I already know that Frateways will be getting new 860s to compliment the older ones

[echo cradle]

Do any of you guys know if the diesel version of the new vnl has a paintable grille just like I’ve seen with the new vnr?

[regal jay]

And now the end of the MAN TGX 420 x Krone Trailer Combo🫡

[tulip falcon]

do u mean this

[echo cradle]

Oh I guess Gemini must have gotten confused with the new VNR thank you

[viral oyster]

Relying on gemini for information

Why would you do that

[echo cradle]

So i can update my mods for it

[viral oyster]

?????

What

[echo cradle]

I have an engine mod and some other mods I want to add support to it myself to

[viral oyster]

What does google gemini have to do with that tho

[lilac prairie]

i never used gemini and i am never going to do it, i do not trust it

[viral oyster]

Dont use AI in general

Waste of real resources and it literally doesn’t even give correct information

Be cool and do actual research and use your brainn

Better for all of us

[toxic carbon]

I need to stop visiting this state before its release in ATS lol

Hope to check it out tomorrow though and see how it compares

[viral oyster]

Uuuuhhgggggg

Tonight tho!!! Tonight I shall play with the new VNL and illinois

Give me Like 15 hours and ill no longer be like 3000 miles from my pc

[craggy jacinth]

On my way towards Illinois (though I still have to buy it xD)

[covert bear]

Lets go chat

Can we get Indiana next please

[viral oyster]

AHHHHHH STOP TORTURING ME IM JEALOUSSSSS !!!!!

I want IL DDDDDD:

[stone sluice]

part of it

[covert bear]

How long till you get home :0

[stone sluice]

ignore all the other things i mass bought

[viral oyster]

Probably not another 8-9 hours at least

[covert bear]

Chicago looks SOOOO good

:((

[viral oyster]

Im just now about to board my flight out of Jamaica

[covert bear]

:0

[viral oyster]

Soon. Sooooon.

I am absolutely itching to play this damn game again 😭

[toxic carbon]

Only if I70 slowly damages your truck every time you drive on it

[covert bear]

I should not get this reference as a brit

[toxic carbon]

I 70 in Indiana is terrible

Full of potholes

Pretty sure the issues im dealing with my truck right now was caused by that rough stretch of interstate

[lilac prairie]

sounds like Washington State. the roads really need to be fixed here

[toxic carbon]

Dont remember too many issues with WA the last time I was there

[lilac prairie]

it's more of the local roads and streets, especially in Seattle

[covert bear]

I was in the south and it was horrendous

Off to Chicago, IL!!

(also seeing a sign for Louisville is such a vibe)

[lilac prairie]

if the Illinois DLC has the Easter eggs like what i found in the Missouri and Iowa DLCs with the truck training facilities, it'll make me speechless

[stone sluice]

beautiful

[stone sluice]

yeah jesus christ they did an incredible job

ATS coaches futureproofing? haha

[covert bear]

It’s great isn’t it!!

[lilac prairie]

imagine SCS doing that for ATS as well, i wouldn't even mind driving a MCI or Van Hook Coach

[viral oyster]

MCI MC-12 would make me go feral

[viral oyster]

Hows the VNR? Its quickjob only right

[lyric isle]

very fun, sounds cool too!

speaking of volvos...

[viral oyster]

Mmmmm tempting me!!!

[stone sluice]

yeah quickjob only

pretty fast truck tbh

at launch

[viral oyster]

I wanna make a 24’ 860 for my VTC alreadyyyy

[viral oyster]

Oh interesting

[stone sluice]

gets pretty sluggish after 40

before that it just has really decent acceleration

bit more fairer video because i slam the throttle

[lyric isle]

it caps at 67 mph. I'm not joking

[viral oyster]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1443757432047407174/1482520711208898761/togif.gif

[viral oyster]

Thats sick tho

Cant wait to try this

[zinc kelp]

Where Route 66 Begins Chicago

[viral oyster]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

IM HOMR

I AM HOME !!!

illinois and Volvo time

[stone sluice]

https://blog.scssoft.com/2026/05/isle-of-ireland-guess-where-we-are.html

wow

[lilac prairie]

i already look forward to Ireland, and driving in the UK again soon

[viral oyster]

Oooo wow

That looks amazing

[covert bear]

Needs to be done with a pint of Guinness

[viral oyster]

its timeeeeeeee

Iowa is now the only state I dont have (and Im not in a rush for it lol)

[viral oyster]

illinois is awesome

gonna add CTA to the train lengths mod soon ™

[viral oyster]

redsigned my INTRAX container

this is the old one

new logo

[azure terrace]

A glass of whiskey also works

[stone sluice]

https://blog.scssoft.com/2026/05/uk-rework-stonehenge.html

UK rework news is picking up again

[lilac prairie]

wow that is looking wonderful

[tulip falcon]

promods is out now for 1.59

[covert bear]

Anyone tried ProMods Canada and got a verdict?

[viral oyster]

Its good

My only gripe is I wish I could do stuff like revert the train textures to fictional ones again since I dont like real brands

But its very well built, very pretty to drive though

Its worth getting

[covert bear]

Oh that’s a question for you

I installed your mod for longer trains

[viral oyster]

Oh yea whats up

[covert bear]

But like they didn’t seem much longer😭😂

Maybe I did something wrong

[viral oyster]

Put it above everything in your load order, make sure its above sound fixes and any traffic mods especially

[covert bear]

That could be the issue

I forget about ATS is picky with that

[viral oyster]

And there are short trains in the mod. Its not specifically a “longer trains mod” but moreso “realistic train lengths” where you can see shorter trains which represent locals and then the longer, bigger road trains - which that all depends on which locomotive you see

[covert bear]

Yeah this could be why

[viral oyster]

Yep

Theres your issue

Soundfixes is over it

[covert bear]

That's my bad for not reading the mod page correctly, apologies

[viral oyster]

Ur fine lol

Infinitely better than the people who continue to tell me it doesnt work in the steam comments after multiple re-explanations

[covert bear]

I hate people like that

[viral oyster]

Steam comments drive me mad yeah lmao

[covert bear]

Just gotta find a place where I can see long trains

[viral oyster]

Uhhhh

I mean shit pretty much anywhere I think

[covert bear]

I could try between Kingman and Barstow, I did route 66 yesterday and I remember there being a train on the long section

[viral oyster]

I think that should work yes

[covert bear]

Looks great @viral oyster !

[viral oyster]

Awesomeeee :)) tyyyyy

Enjoy all the custom traincar skins I did too

:p

[covert bear]

I love it ❤️

[viral oyster]

bye bye to this walbert skin

it shall be replaced with something much cooler

[tulip falcon]

interesting reststop

[viral oyster]

are anyone elses trucks suddenly jolting forward like this???

ever since the 1.59 update all my trucks and been acting like this and its super weird

it never used to do this

[viral oyster]

4 euro

[viral oyster]

truck and billboard matching the containers is kinda tuff

[mortal lark]

not the romanian electric poles😔

[sand lantern]

If you want to overwrite the .dds files with your own, create a mod with the folder structure \vehicle\ai\promods\canadian_pacific, then inside that folder the Canadian pacific skin is called color.dds and the Canadian national skin is cn.dds - so if you renamed the fictional skin files to the same names, they should overwrite the PM Canada skins

I want to re-do all the train files at some point & add some more variations, so it might not be a permanent workaround

[viral oyster]

are the decal files with the numbers still "decal" and "decal_spirit"

[viral oyster]

this also intrigues me very much I must say

[sand lantern]

there's decal.dds which is pretty much unchanged, it's just used for the number - the model doesn't use decal_spirit

The texture files for the heritage Canadian pacific unit live in \material\b_at_home\vehicle - bc_fa-2.dds being the main texture and bc_fa-2_decals.dds being all the logos & branding, so if you created a blank 512x512 image to replace bc_fa-2_decals.dds, you'd end up with a non-branded version of that too

ah the ai version uses cpheritage-decals_ai.dds because it's got special (accurate) running numbers compared to the static model

[viral oyster]

ahhh

I see

thanks !

I spent like 2 hours blanking the AC44 last night anyway so

:p

[sand lantern]

ooh! I might quite like that file if that's a resource you're willing to share 😛

[viral oyster]

oh sure! let me dm it to you :-)

give me a second here

I also made one for the SD40 though its a little more jank and I should probably redo it lol

like idk it looks jank as shit in the files but translated ingame I think it looks fine

unfortunately with how old the textures are I dont think theres much I can really do in the way of touching it up more

[sand lantern]

yeah does the job - that model is very old now so I'm not surprised 😛

[viral oyster]

yeahhh

lemme actually touch up the AC44 blank here a bit more cause I didn't do the handrails and you'll prolly want those done too

and then Ill send both over

[sand lantern]

much appreciated 😄

I'm somewhat tempted to turn the SD40 into something resembling the Rocky Mountaineer, granted it wouldn't be particularly accurate

[viral oyster]

textures wouldnt allow for it with the way its mirrored, something like that would honestly just require a new SD40 model at that rate

you could get something basic down that resembles it but eh idk it wouldnt look as good methinks

could get away with the older look maybe

wouldnt be able to do the side text though

but the scheme itself is doable

[sand lantern]

can be worked around with a bit of editing the model in blender, the SCS blender tools are quite nice in that you can combine multiple UV maps on one mesh, so any textures that need to work flipped can be added to a separate 'decal' image

Was how the heritage units were made, as they're based on an model as old as the SD40

[viral oyster]

oh wow

yeah Im not knowledgable enough to be doing that haha

like Im sure I'd have to do some model editing to figure out how to rid the flag decal off this thing

cause even after removing the textures

its still there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sand lantern]

yeah that's weird 😛

[covert bear]

I love all this stuff ❤️

Installed ProMods Canada so when I’m better I’m going to have a play

[sand lantern]

Only thing I can maybe think of is ensuring that there's zero transparency on the image you're using or something along those lines, as scs somehow uses alpha transparency to control how shiny a surface is (no idea how it actually works really)

[viral oyster]

it shows up on the alpha channel fo the AC44, you can kinda see the flag highlighted here

its like baked into the alpha channel and all I know is how to transfer the alpha from the original to my updated textures so its not all shiny ingame

[sand lantern]

oh yeah

that would be causing it then I reckon

[viral oyster]

yeah def

no idea how to fix that

[sand lantern]

yeah it's not something I've messed with either, no idea how SCS goes about generating the alpha to be like that

[viral oyster]

yeaaahhhh

Ive thought about asking on the forums

[viral oyster]

oh and thanks lol

glad u like my mod :>

[viral oyster]

containers in the quarries

[viral oyster]

so

chatting in discord and playing the game at the same time pm (pausing and tabbing out to chat) and uh

I go to do that

I chat for like 2 minutes

I come back to the game

theres a story here

I have no idea what the fuck happened

but something clearly did

the car in the grass tells a lot already

[lilac prairie]

driver was told to touch grass

[viral oyster]

taking a break from containers

might do some flatbed running for a bit cause this setup kinda fucks

[viral oyster]

WHAT THE FUCK LOL?

(warning, radio is cranked)

[lilac prairie]

Okay, so does anybody else experience this? So I had the parking brake on my truck applied, for some reason, I accidentally pressed the accelerator so hard that the truck moves while the parking brake is applied. I was driving the 2024 Freightliner

[viral oyster]

I haven’t experienced that

I have experienced my trucks jolting forward now tho

Ever since 1.59

[stone sluice]

https://vxtwitter.com/NewsAts45054/status/2057892964085411946

American Truck Sim News 🇺🇸 (@NewsAts45054)

👀A teeny tiny glimpse of Road Trip in the SCS fan day experience video. That's the Ford Bronco

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · May 22, 2026, 6:34 PM

[stone sluice]

UK rework London also spotted

[lilac prairie]

that's the city i look forward to when they are done reworking the UK

[primal crown]

One wise man said once : "Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you, that's the kill"

Living to this belief with my box of sad VNL

I also found the Mystery Machine...

[lilac prairie]

oh never seen that before. i looked around Illinois so much and already found a few hidden routes

[stone sluice]

turns out theres quite alot more than i expected

the dartford crossing, london gateway/tilbury docks, london heathrow airport and possibly croydon have all made it in

[primal crown]

It's in Utah, on the exit to Moab off the I-70, there's this station on the opposite side of the road to Moab. I had to get in to refuel

I had to put the day in the photo mode because there's nothing we could see at night otherwise

[covert bear]

Another one too

https://www.reddit.com/r/trucksim/comments/1tjxc1o/is_this_indianapolis_in_the_scs_fan_day_video/?share_id=wKln9FEcZSq94Q9qzwbi6&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

[stone sluice]

oh damn indiana

[primal crown]

Obviously Indiana is gonna be next....

[covert bear]

i70 had better be a shit show

[stone sluice]

also see blackwall tunnel, cobham services??, hammersmith flyover and the A13

seriously happy with that

[viral oyster]

holy hell

london finna be packed yo

[lilac prairie]

Hope there'll be landmarks i can get good pictures of

[viral oyster]

I should just get these skins out already lol

[viral oyster]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3731213176

ofc it wont embed lol

but enjoy the skinpack :)

[covert bear]

I love the lore friendly stuff

[tulip falcon]

agreed

[viral oyster]

Its the best way to go 🫡

I have more in the works :)

[stone sluice]

oh yeah i think you will

im highly certain you can drive on tower bridge (unless you have a heavy coach/truck) or near it

canary wharf is also very likely to be in since blackwall tunnel is present

[viral oyster]

if they dont let us drive on tower bridge that would be lame

though

[stone sluice]

yeah i guess but theres gonna be a restriction like yellowstone

if it were drivable

[viral oyster]

I cant say Ive ever seen a lOrRy cross one irl?

[stone sluice]

quite rare since trucks rarely go into central london

[viral oyster]

makes sense

[stone sluice]

cant wait to see the rest of the UK aswell

though im mainly excited about london

also there was a clip of a blurred screen in the fan experience

turns out that was the CLT9000

[viral oyster]

I wanna know more about that

they just said "heres a bunch of classic trucks we're making" and then no updates !!!!

[stone sluice]

same

tho if i were to guess theres probably a very early mesh of the CLT9000 in game now

its a bit unblurred when someone walks over but its still hard to tell

just praying that ets2 gets classic trucks straight after 🙏

[viral oyster]

PLEASE

that would also be fire

[viral oyster]

fun tidbit

but please, I beg you, if you are downloading one of my mods

read the damn description before commenting 😭

if you uh

dont

just be aware I will find you and do this I think

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/897355687410163713/1327007796977467503/RAGGGHHH.gif

[mighty bison]

https://i.makeagif.com/media/9-22-2023/qzE7Wf.gif

[stone sluice]

honestly forgot that 1.60 is gonna be a major core update (following the 1.x0 pattern) so i might aswell look at what people think it may be

genuinely praying the mp4 rework actually comes

[tulip falcon]

i hope they take some time with 1.60

updating mods every month is really tiring

[viral oyster]

somehow I've never been too affected by that

but its probably because I dont use like

200 mods at once

like some people lol

[tulip falcon]

[viral oyster]

*wasnt a call out speifically there

but rip you 😭

idk I still cant fathom having that many mods when Ive like... in my almost 1100 hours of playing ATS have never gone above 55

how does yo game not have a stroke

[tulip falcon]

for ATS im running 86 iirc, for ETS2 its about 116

most of them are just skins/traffic mods incl a few overhauls for the dashboards

then truck mods, trailer mods, sounds for them

alot of them require additional DEF files and bla bla bla bla

thats how it stacks up

[primal crown]

Yeah, you just add stuff for ETS2, it adds up more than ATS, I've got like 48 on ETS2 and 29 on ATS, but I'd only need a fraction of the ATS mods if I kept using my VNL

[viral oyster]

I have like

12

on ets2

lol

[craggy jacinth]

https://blog.scssoft.com/2026/05/160-update-job-details-widget.html Well, speaking of 1.60

[viral oyster]

ohh interesting??

[stone sluice]

oh

yeah im never gonna use that

[primal crown]

I think it's only convenient if you program it like that, then hide it with F3 and if you need it, you just F3...

And even then, yeah...

I get why they wanted to do widgets, but... It's not as convenient as the route advisor tabs...

I don't know how hectic it would be, but rather than ditching it, they should've kept the ability for the players to choose... Based on platform and personal preference

[viral oyster]

^^^^

i kinda miss the old route advisor

I’d like that back

I dont really see why one needs to see job information though

Like the game is A to B basically

You already know where you’re going, you know what you’re hauling and it tells you how much you’ve made at the end of the job

So like whats the point with this lmao

Back with the old route advisor there was the job details tab and I quite literally never used it lol

[unkempt bay]

that looks fucking horrendous

[lilac prairie]

i really not a fan of it either

[viral oyster]

Idk about horrendus but its not amaziny

I still hate that stupid fucking speedometer they added tho

So glad theres mods to remove that

[stone sluice]

i always kept the tachometer disabled

same for the indicators

[viral oyster]

For me I always drove with the minimized F3 hud

I just use the gauges in the truck

[unkempt bay]

no HUD for me at all

atleast most the dashboard mods have some way you can see how many hours you have left

even if it isn't realistic most of the time

but jesus, instead of keeping all the stuff neatly tucked away its just out there all at once like please

I miss the old route advisor, albeit dated it made sense

[primal crown]

Might actually be a bit different if my theory about coaches being a test bed for multiple future mechanics on the freight side is true.

[viral oyster]

true

[tulip falcon]

100% this

[viral oyster]

I want an option to go back to the old one

like I dont wanna be forced to use this new clunky shit

give me a choice

[primal crown]

They made a whole UI setting tab, surely there's a way to choose how'd you want your, for want of a better word, "in the world" UI be like

[viral oyster]

I dont think ive even seen that

[tulip falcon]

its in f4 ui

iirc

[viral oyster]

ill take a look

[primal crown]

You mean F6. F4 is to set your view, mirrors, and light setup. F6 is to customise the UI. And I don't think it should be added to the F6 menu, but in the UI setting tab

F6 used to be the job info tab in the old route advisor

[tulip falcon]

idk the controls out of the back of my head

it was some f button

[primal crown]

I can tell you. It's F6 ^^

[primal crown]

New(ish) truck, new adventures

[stone sluice]

one more SCS blog today

[stone sluice]

nvm its just star nation

[viral oyster]

im so good at this game its unreal

[lilac prairie]

"Oh that's my exit, let me just slow down"

[viral oyster]

Once again proving the AI cannot merge

I do not get why they always brake and slow down so much when merging it frustrates me

[lilac prairie]

And they slow down when a vehicle on the side of the road has its hazard lights on. like it doesn't effect them! it's a vehicle telling everyone they are having problems!

[viral oyster]

I hate it when they do this especially

like what are you DOING

[lilac prairie]

Like come on, them slowing down like that, asking to get hit. Reality, either slow down and let the truck enter, or just simply change lanes

[viral oyster]

when merging you're supposed to just maintain your speed

but nooo I gotta slam my brakes !!

smh

[lilac prairie]

Light changing to red while going through the intersection, slams on brakes then goes through it

[viral oyster]

double train action is tuff

[primal crown]

Well s**t...

[viral oyster]

Ohh is that Grand Utopia?

[lilac prairie]

idk if it's the mod or not, but my navigation voice in both ETS and ATS keeps cutting while it's speaking

[viral oyster]

Made a plugged container and lowk was like "this dont make much sense"

so I changed it to Expert Transport Solutions

looks a lot neater imo

[lilac prairie]

that does look good

[viral oyster]

tyty

[viral oyster]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3733074180

ofc it doesnt embed either lol

anyway heres another super duper awesome fun really cool amazing lore friendly™ mod from yours truly

barebones atm but I am working on it ✌️

[primal crown]

yes

[primal crown]

Little convoy with my boyfriend earlier today

[craggy jacinth]

https://blog.scssoft.com/2026/05/iceland-fjords.html

[stone sluice]

this looks so nice

but im scared how it will look like with busy traffic mods

[craggy jacinth]

Decided to recreate (as close as possible) my (based on surviving screenshots) first truck in ETS2

[craggy jacinth]

And also recreating the earliest surviving screenshot

[viral oyster]

I should do that too

[lilac prairie]

Racing Miku

[viral oyster]

containers fo' days

[clear bolt]

The AI (trying to) give way when they don't need to or shouldn't at all is my main gripe with the ETS2/ATS AI tbh

So often at intersections where I'm creeping ahead to let a car pass we both end up stopped

[viral oyster]

its soooooo annoying

like there are times where THEY have the right of way and yet they stop in the middle of the intersection

this one was from a few days ago

like homie WHAT are you DOING

MOVE

stops on his green
goes on my green
stops in front of me
drives forward when I begin to pull out

???????

or this one where (forgive the cranked radio here) he waits for the train behind him??????

[mighty bison]

https://tenor.com/view/rage-unleash-rage-gif-13249187

[viral oyster]

the barriers went up and thats when he drove away and I was like ??? 😭

in short I would uh

really appreciate another AI-focused update

[primal crown]

Good thing you don't have that many roundabouts in ATS. You're creeping up on the circle and the AI just doesn't acknowledge you're here since you're doing 20 km/h, so it cuts your right of way.

I feel like the AI should have the same merging logic with the AI itself, as the one it has with the player, because now, they will either adapt or change lanes to help you merge, which is a good improvement of AI behaviour over the past months or even years

[lilac prairie]

i always have my warning lights on when i enter the traffic circle, but they never seem to care unless i am taking over 2 lanes

[viral oyster]

Traffic circle? lol

[lilac prairie]

that's another way to say roundabout

[mighty bison]

https://tenor.com/view/pray-car-roundabout-flying-gif-11286701190733441369

Not sure if that'll work the same with a truck though

[lilac prairie]

just drive through it smh

[craggy jacinth]

https://blog.scssoft.com/2026/05/160-update-game-radio.html

[lilac prairie]

i have my own music to listen to while driving so this doesn't matter to me too much

[stone sluice]

ngl that is so cool lmao

[primal crown]

Some people are mad about that

[stone sluice]

i do also like that widget

hopefully community radios will support that too

[primal crown]

Me too, but some people, especially the ones on consoles, probably won't have this luxury, or will even be able to change the livestream file. So that's good for them.

[stone sluice]

tbf consoles do have spotify/apple music

so they are fine

although i cant remember if you can use it during games

[primal crown]

The widget kinda makes it Rich Presence look like, which isn't a bad thing

[primal crown]

If that's an issue then the feature can be useful.

[viral oyster]

ooohh my good

I can revive 150.1 Nu Metal FM

[viral oyster]

yeah bruh fuck this guy I say

this is AWESOME

I love the idea of being able to make my own radio station and sharing it with the public

thats so fucking cool

[viral oyster]

shockingly that was a pretty easy trace!

[viral oyster]

dare I say this might be one of my coolest concepts yet when it comes to fictional SCS companies

[viral oyster]

oooooohhhhgggggggg I am poppin tf off with these yo

(I havent made a tractor for APEX yet)

[primal crown]

Damn, the LKW combo on ATS...

[viral oyster]

random Idea I had a bit ago

I am SOOOOO happy with how it turned ouit

it will be included in this traffic pack and there will be an LKW skinpack too

[shrewd hound]

that "LKW USA" skin on a Scania and Trailer could go hard

[viral oyster]

considering I did this.....

hmmmm

not a terrible idea

[shrewd hound]

👀

Bonus points if you do a Griffin version lol

[viral oyster]

I could figure out how to incorporate the griffin into the scheme

[shrewd hound]

thatd be banger imo

[viral oyster]

I was kinda considering axing the blue top anyway

[shrewd hound]

that said

im now considering if i should play ETS or FS25

[viral oyster]

honestly, if you want my two-sense I say ETS2

FS25 kinda made me fall out with the farm sim series

yawn

[shrewd hound]

uhm

[viral oyster]

I played 19 and 22 a lot

counting my XBOX days, im sure 19 is like 300+

but yeah idk my will to touch FS is sorta gone atm

I think ATS is the one game Ive literally never managed to fall out of love with

idk where I would be without ATS tbh

ETS2 as well but to a lesser degree

[shrewd hound]

[viral oyster]

Ive also considered doing euro goodies cause I think it would be funny

Idk I needa look through the ETS2 companies and see what other ones could make sense for a US division

[lilac prairie]

Euro goodies in the US imagine

i still think i need more fictional company skills for ETS and ATS scs or not

[viral oyster]

fictional company skills? you mean skins lol?

[lilac prairie]

oh my god i hate autocorrect. i ment skins!!!

[viral oyster]

ah lol

well I plan to make more for sure

I wanna do an ETS2 ai traffic truck pack too

thats just a ton of work though lol

[lilac prairie]

i also tried to find real trucking company skins for ETS, but i really don't know many European trucking companies other than the ones in the US

[viral oyster]

I know of Jazzycats AI packs

but thats it

I dont really play with real companies so

I wouldnt know lol

[craggy jacinth]

https://blog.scssoft.com/2026/05/160-update-improved-material-system.html

I wonder if that is more a of reminder that the road trip vehicles are seperate DLC or a hint that road trip wont be coming with 1.60

[unkempt bay]

should've used the cursed CNG variant that seems to be available

which makes me think why the CNG mod is available in ATS & not ETS

[stone sluice]

yeah THIS looks good

[stone sluice]

i think support will be there

but road trip will release after

thats my guess

[lilac prairie]

Hopefully before the end of the year

[viral oyster]

Im assuming coaches and roadtrip should be out sometime this year

[shrewd hound]

taking my "new" truck out for a spin

[stone sluice]

yeah

i doubt consoles will drop at the same time aswell

maybe 2027

[primal crown]

Okay, you have 100003510 points solely because you're really smart

[shrewd hound]

ellaborate

[primal crown]

We already know they're separate DLCs

[primal crown]

The F2000 is brilliant, I love that thing, I want one so bad.

Okay I'm just simping over this thing

[shrewd hound]

haha fair

[primal crown]

Shame it's paid now, but oh well

[shrewd hound]

now with bed

[shadow sequoia]

https://youtube.com/shorts/gHyvThh_B0U?is=KOZXJqRhVglHVJ9O

[viral oyster]

this took so much trial and error but I am so happy with the end result

[shrewd hound]

guess who saw the Barrier too late

[viral oyster]

LOL

oh my lord 😭

[primal crown]

And it's the 603 engine

https://tenor.com/view/top-gear-jeremy-clarkson-james-may-richard-hammond-rowan-atkinson-gif-1528436710014007561

[tulip falcon]

the yellow is a nice tone

it fits the cascadia

[viral oyster]

yk ur prolly right

I might have to translate this onto a cascadia too

this skin was tons of trial and error to get the stripes to line up but holy fuck im so happy with it

bet SCS didnt expect someone to go wild with their basic companies lol

[tulip falcon]

the lore friendly skins go insanely hard though

[viral oyster]

agreed! they're so fun to do

will never touch a real company mod again

[tulip falcon]

now that

is sexy

is that one public

[viral oyster]

none of these are yet (apart from my mailway skinpack which is on my workshop) but I want to release all of this eventually! Gonna finish this AI traffic truck pack first

and then more truck skinpacks

the first truck skin pack ima do is LKW

[tulip falcon]

do lmk cuz that red one is fire

[viral oyster]

already did an AI truck for it

[viral oyster]

will do haha, still debating if thats how I want it to be finalized or not

but yeah ive been cranking these out like mad its not even funny at this rate 😭

[tulip falcon]

cursed af

the other 3 looks really nice as well

so they're all ATS companies right?

[viral oyster]

all except LKW yeah

[tulip falcon]

cant remember the last time i drove without a company mod

[viral oyster]

a lot of these companies Im doing aren't even deliverable, they're just trailer skins SCS added to the game when the final phase of the cali rework hit

NCS, Mailway, HFX, Omniway, ETS etc are all just ai traffic only companies in the base game

figured it would be fun to do these since toptier hasnt gotten to any of em

Ive got a full list here uh

[tulip falcon]

which trucks do u do for all of em?

just at random?

[viral oyster]

for the AI traffic trucks Im limited to what Mods Studio has available (which, admittedly isnt much unfortunately)

when it comes to player skins its sort of what I feel looks best? Like Ive envisioned LKW as an operator of Mack Anthems, My Mailway pack was volvos (as well as a singular cascadia) and ETS I want to be mainly International LTs

[viral oyster]

I just kinda try an apply the scheme to the truck in my head and detiremine what looks good and what doesnt

[tulip falcon]

oh thats crazy

i thought u could just do any truck

[viral oyster]

its possible to do it without modstudio, I just dont know how to do traffic trucks without it

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2982278213

like most of the trucks / configurations in this AI pack arent in MS2

I wish I knew how to do it like this because I would if I could

if I knew someone who could teach me that would be baller but uh, unfortunately I dont think we'll ever get there lol

so Im stuck with MS2

[stone sluice]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EM1rP2GYuWs

[shadow sequoia]

Indiana

[stone sluice]

yeah

the audio of the video literally screams NASCAR

[lilac prairie]

Wisconsin? North Dakota? Minnesota?

[stone sluice]

indiana

the real hint is the audio at the end and the truck paint

[viral oyster]

kinda figured that was gonna be the next state anyway

[stone sluice]

i mean it was revealed during the fan visit video

[viral oyster]

oh? I didnt see that

[stone sluice]

along with the map of london and road trip + coaches gameplay

[stone sluice]

understandable tbf

was barely visible

[shadow sequoia]

we have a map of reworked London??

[stone sluice]

yep

[shadow sequoia]

is there a link where I can find it

[stone sluice]

one sec

ill drop it here

quite impressive from what i've seen, getting alot of london

[viral oyster]

friends theory on the new trailer

[shadow sequoia]

danggg... we can drive around London and take a train in TSW lol

[shadow sequoia]

they just did Illinois, Indiana is logically the next stop and I associated the racing car sounds to the Indy 500. Also the Arkansas plate could be from a demo vehicle or why can't someone drive from AR to IL 😛

[stone sluice]

yeah surely the car sounds are enough of a clue

and the fact that indiana was shown in dev

im surprised wisconsin isnt first

knowing that was hinted in a coaches blog

[viral oyster]

hmmm yeah

likely indiana then

[viral oyster]

lowk been really wanting it

and michigan

[shadow sequoia]

dang this is some next level detective work loll

[stone sluice]

yeah

scs seriously love hinting stuff so its fun for the community

[shadow sequoia]

for maximum realism they should simulate the parking lot that is the M25

[stone sluice]

the day AI traffic is redone to allow slow and heavy traffic simulation it would be great

working smart motorways too

cant wait to see london though

i already see heathrow cargo area, brentford, blackwall tunnel, croydon and tilbury docks make an appearance

gonna be great

[shadow sequoia]

will we be able to go into The City?

cause in the old one, you can get quite close

[stone sluice]

yeah

highly certain you will drive through tower bridge

[shadow sequoia]

I mean no way we can get Big Ben or Westminster

[stone sluice]

if your truck has suitable weight

if not, a coach

only saying it because this was shown ages ago

[shadow sequoia]

nicee

[stone sluice]

on the london map that will be tower bridge

[shadow sequoia]

imagine taking an urgent delivery and then this thing just freaking opens at the last min lol

[stone sluice]

oh god i forgot it opens

had that happen to me during a drive through louisiana

[viral oyster]

maybe allow them to like

oh I dunno uh

merge

instead of what they currently do, which is not merging

but rather acting ANNOYING

[lilac prairie]

had a couple of bridges opened on me before, but luckily no urgency or importance deliveries

[shadow sequoia]

which is how real drivers do anyway :p

[viral oyster]

I beg to differ in some cases

I have not personally seen anyone irl hit the brakes instead of gunning it when a vehicle is merging but the ai does this all the time

its so annoying oh my gooooodddd

[shadow sequoia]

I want cars to honk when that happens. Like a bit of real life as well

[shadow sequoia]

oh yeahh thiss... oh gosh

hate it

or when a car just flies in front of me

[orchid phoenix]

my "favourite" thing the AI do is stop in the middle of a junction (where they have priority) to let you out. then once youve realised that and start moving they start moving as well

[viral oyster]

funny you say that

[viral oyster]

stops on his green
goes on my green
stops in front of me
drives forward when I begin to pull out

???

[lilac prairie]

always happens to me when i am stopped at a stop sign and a have to creep up just to see around a hard spot

[stone sluice]

heres the roads + possible locations mapped out

[viral oyster]

sheeeeeesh

very similar to promods in that way

in the sense that london is huge and theres basically a loop around it

[stone sluice]

correction: all of this is the A34

[stone sluice]

yep

[mighty bison]

No M23? At least I won't have to go near Crawley or Horsham, although that would be cool to see my old stomping ground in game I wonder if they'll redo Grimsby and have the Corperation bridge closed for the next 15 years for refurbs like in real life?

[viral oyster]

they should let us drive over the tower bridge for shits

I dont think trucks go over it irl but I like having fun !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mighty bison]

I'm not sure to be fair but if it opened... We could recreate that bus jump with the double decker

[stone sluice]

think M23 is canned to fit southampton/portsmouth in

both cities are very close to each other and to london in the rework

though i reckon M23 would've happened if the UK rescale also came along with the rework

[viral oyster]

Coaches DLC on the horizon too…..hmmmm…

Brain is brewing

[stone sluice]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/93633177@N02/14171852840/

tbf

its possible

[viral oyster]

[lilac prairie]

yeah i may have played or watched a little too much Umamusume...

[primal crown]

Love an anime themed truck.

[lilac prairie]

it's all i basically drive in ETS/ATS

[viral oyster]

that plane shot is hard

[mighty bison]

Thanks 😁

[lilac prairie]

think i have a few plane shots, most in NE

[viral oyster]

One day Ill reskin one of the ingame cargo planes to be liveried for the Frateways' air freight division

[viral oyster]

so I might be slightly proud of how this turned out

but IIIIIIII dunno

just a guess

[shadow sequoia]

SCS Software's blog: 1.60 Update: Expanded Rest Mechanic https://share.google/X3CiHhfa1vqixNUj8

[lilac prairie]

oh good, just like in the 18 wheel series

[stone sluice]

woah

this updates gonna be biiig

[viral oyster]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

FINALLY

FINALLLLLLYYYY

OH MY GOD

https://klipy.com/gifs/nasa-cheering

[shadow sequoia]

We're so back 😎😎

[lilac prairie]

damn trucker take over in Norway

[loud arch]

that's beautiful tbh

[unkempt bay]

might be a big ask but would be nice for those that drive without the HUD at all times, to have a warning on the dashboard for whenever you're required to stop & rest

[toxic carbon]

Inb4 e log in cab

[unkempt bay]

yea legit at this rate I may aswell get my digicard out the wallet hahaha

[mighty bison]

I already got one as I did my training to get my C+E license... It's seen like 4 hours of driving in the past 3 years as companies don't touch me due to my lack of on the road experience because apparently having thousands of hours in a truck sim isn't good enough

[unkempt bay]

have had my C+E for the past 3 years, pretty much used every day

barring any vacation time

[craggy jacinth]

Finally went ahead and got Illinois

[shadow sequoia]

https://klipy.com/gifs/sml-chef-pee-pee-314

[craggy jacinth]

Arriving into Chicago

In the Chicagoan underground

[primal crown]

That sign is giving me a headache

[lilac prairie]

Kentucky DLc soon trademark

[primal crown]

The only thing I know about Kentucky is...

And it's shaped like a pan... At least, I think it's the one shaped like a pan

Erratum, I mixed it up with Oklahoma

[stone sluice]

man cant wait for roadtrip

[stone sluice]

funnily enough im pretty sure kentucky is gonna be a merged DLC with tennessee

i dont even know what they'd call that

[dim kindle]

the kennessee (pronounced kenussy)

[primal crown]

What is a Kenussy...?

I regret asking this already

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