ATS – South Dakota DLC

September 24th the South Dakota DLC for American Truck sim was released. And I have to say it’s excellent. Biggest selling point for South Dakota is Mount Rushmore of course, but the rest of the state is very well done as well.

Mount Rushmore South Dakota ATS DLC
Mount Rushmore – South Dakota

Other sites to be seen:

  • Badlands National Park, a dramatic maze of layered rock spires and buttes unlike anywhere else in America.
  • Deadwood, the legendary gold rush town where Wild Bill Hickok played his final hand.
  • Missouri River crossings, where the great river divides the rolling east from the rugged west of the state.

Also released was the Ford car pack. So you can now drive around in a regular car in ATS and visit tourist spots. Haven’t done this that much yet, the cars have a somewhat odd feeling to them. It’ll take some time to get used to them I guess.

Cruising South dakota achievement ATS
Cruising South dakota achievement

The next DLC will be for Europe Truck Sim II, where we get Iceland! And soon there after the coaches DLC, so we can drive tourists around. Looking forward to that one.

ATS – Illinois DLC

Back in may the Illinois dlc was released for American Truck Sim. I’ve been sitting on a bunch of these screenshots (and a lot more, but I selected these) for a while now ;). Usually I posted them here after the event for the DLC was done, but sadly the events are on hold for the moment as SCS software comes up with a new system. Why they couldn’t just use the old system for now I don’t really understand. The events kept me logging in and cruising, so now I play a little less simtrucking.

Chicaho Skyline - ATS - Illinois

Anyway, it’s a nice dlc, the chicago skyline is wonderful, though the reviews on steam are a little mixed, mainly people from the area not agreeing with the choices made.

Valentine Event 2026

The valentine event consisted of 14 deliveries this year. There were some relatively short ones available, but I don’t think they were much under 100 miles. They had to be finished in a couple of weeks time. But it was doable, even on a somewhat casual pace. Though the window was smaller for this event than for others. Apparently over 62000 players made it ;).

https://blog.scssoft.com/2026/03/hearts-in-bloom-event-conclusion.html

Driven by love achievement ATS ETS2
Driven by love achievement

Here are some ‘photos’, more to follow, these are from ATS. I also did a few deliveries in ETS2!

ETS2 – Nordic Horizons DLC

Late november 2025 Scs software released the next chapter of Euro truck Simulator 2: Nordic Horizons. It’s northern Scandinavia all the way up to the arctic! And  I have to say, it’s wonderful! It does have long routes in between cities, especially up north, which is logical. But the scenery is excellent, the details and landmarks are awesome, and I have a lot of fun cruising the roads in Scandinavia.

Nordic Horizons achievement World of trucks

 

Community spotlight

Christmas event 2025

As usual, ETS / ATS had a xmas hauling event this year! It’s called woven wonders of winterland. Not much different from other years I think, though the map of the Xmas world might have had a few tweaks here and there. Event conclusion has now been posted on the SCS blog.

ATS ETS Xmas achievement 2025
World Of Trucking Xmas achievement 2025

Here are the screenshots.

A trucker and his truck XMAS FEEL

ATS – Cruising Louisiana

Early december, yet another DLC for American Truck Sim was released! It’s the state of Louisiana this time. To be honest all these mid west states are a little a like, with lots of trees. But some interesting landmarks in between. I especially liked the Baton Rouge area and the harbors.

I completed the achievement for this one recently. Here are the screenshots!

Achievement for Cruising Louisiana

Scs blogpost

 

Halloween event 2025 The Witches of Brackenreach

The Halloween event was something else this year! Scs software made a new map where the main road was closed and you had to take a detour through a dense and spooky forest to reach the dropoff point for your cargo! The first delivery I got stuck on just about every branch out there and found the whole endeavor pretty annoying! No more, I said!

Witches of Brackenreach Achievement
Witches of Brackenreach Achievement

But I tried again a few days later, since I couldnt really let an event go by ;). And it was much easier once you got to know the route a little bit. What also helped was to figure out the map without a trailer. Anyway, I did take a bunch of screenshots, but it was all rather dark so not all that many were usable.
But I have a gallery here for you anyway.

Cruising Iowa

In july the Iowa DLC was released for ATS! Scssoftware knocked it out of the park once again. Very nice scenery, cities and farms are well done and there is a lot of sight seeing to be done. I participated in the cruising iowa event, screenshots are below. The event conclusion was posted on the scssoftware blog.

Achievement cruising IOWA
Achievement cruising IOWA

Cruising Iowa screenshots

Greece DLC and Xmas 2024

These two events are still going, they overlapped during the Xmas holiday! A nice opportunity to go trucking during the holiday season :). I completed both.

The Greece was quite a bit of work, 15 deliveries over 200km and it seemed the time traveled on the boats in between island didn’t count. The Xmas event, this time names ‘back to winterland’ was the same as last year. The winterland itself was a little improved with better lightning etc. this year. It was fun though.

Here are some screenshots of both events.