American Truck Simulator is out!

[XDriver]

Use to play and mod the Haulin game. I drive in real life so it's kinda fun.
Of course I have ATS!
Here's my truck painted by me.

Pete.jpg

[_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha]

This is the SCS site for Am Truck Sim - http://forum.scssoft.com/viewforum.php?f=122

If you want to post anything you need to register for an account which is free and easy. otherwise, just browse through the various threads, Mods is the most visited thread I would think.

When you download something you need to put the .scs file in your C:Drive>My Documents>American Truck Simulator>Mod folder, then, when you go into the game click on Mod Manager and move from the left hand box the mods you want into the game to the right hand side, scroll down to the bottom of the page and confirm the changes. Any new trucks should appear in their appropriate dealers, Peterbilt, or, Kenworth, if the creator has done a Mack, or, a Freightliner, then they should tell you which dealer's showroom the vehicle will appear in, supposedly........ I know that on occasions if you have 3/4/5/6 different Kenworths in your garage, they might conflict with each other and crash your game, so, you may need to take extract some of them out of your Mod Manager to allow just 1 of them to show up in the garage for you to drive it, it's all trial and error with it being a new game structure.

Cheerz. ex.

Perhaps when more official licensed trucks become available, there will be more dealerships and the garages might get more bays? Or even a showroom? Clever guys these SCS, only allowing licensed brands to be sold and then only the licensed models. Custom paint jobs probably won't make a difference as the keys to the model are the same?

[ex-railwayman]

Perhaps when more official licensed trucks become available, there will be more dealerships and the garages might get more bays? Clever guys these SCS, only allowing licensed brands to be sold and then only the licensed models.

Hmmm, well, SCS have already stated that the licences are quite difficult to negotiate, which seems a lot like the BNSF saga. I noted today that there are loads of trucks available now, besides the default Kenworth and Peterbilt models, half the content from Europe and Scandinavia have been included now from ETS2, and lots of ported stuff from the old SCS game of 18 Wheels of Steel, so, by the end of next week I reckon we will have most of the authentic American trucks in the game, new and old, mostly freeware, and all superbly built, so, there won't be much left for SCS to get a licence for.....

Cheerz. ex.

[_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha]

Perhaps when more official licensed trucks become available, there will be more dealerships and the garages might get more bays? Clever guys these SCS, only allowing licensed brands to be sold and then only the licensed models.

Hmmm, well, SCS have already stated that the licences are quite difficult to negotiate, which seems a lot like the BNSF saga. I noted today that there are loads of trucks available now, besides the default Kenworth and Peterbilt models, half the content from Europe and Scandinavia have been included now from ETS2, and lots of ported stuff from the old SCS game of 18 Wheels of Steel, so, by the end of next week I reckon we will have most of the authentic American trucks in the game, new and old, mostly freeware, and all superbly built, so, there won't be much left for SCS to get a licence for.....

Cheerz. ex.

I don't know much about the US truck market. Have the major brands consolidated? Where are Mack, International, GMC and perhaps other manufacturers from last century? Are these European trucks ever seen on the US highways?

[ErikGorbiHamilton]

Any GN skyblue or NP schemes for those trucks yet?

[ex-railwayman]

I don't know much about the US truck market. Have the major brands consolidated? Where are Mack, International, GMC and perhaps other manufacturers from last century? Are these European trucks ever seen on the US highways?

There's a Mack been released today, unsure about International, or, GMC, it depends on what was available in the other SCS simulator games from years ago that could be ported across to this game, lots of modders are getting involved, especially the Eastern Europeans and Russians, who are very good at building content from scratch, so, keep your eyes peeled.
The vast influx of Scandinavian and European/British trucks have upset a few folks, as many of them you'd never ever see in North America, but, that hasn't stopped the fanboys from putting them in, I just ignore them and do my own thing......

Cheerz. ex.

[OldProf]

I'm not really interested in driving trucks, but I find the reflective mirrors in this sim interesting. Why can't that be done with mirror surfaces in Train Simulator?

(I thought I'd posted this comment yesterday: either I didn't hit the Submit button or someone removed it, so I'm trying again.

[buzz456]

I'm not really interested in driving trucks, but I find the reflective mirrors in this sim interesting. Why can't that be done with mirror surfaces in Train Simulator?

(I thought I'd posted this comment yesterday: either I didn't hit the Submit button or someone removed it, so I'm trying again.

No one would remove it. I'm sure one of the critics will come in here and tell you including comments about DTG ancient game core and lack of customer interest.

[ZekTheKid]

Like those RR trucks!!

[Chacal]

Why can't that be done with mirror surfaces in Train Simulator?

They have it in Construction Simulator 2015 also.
Everything can be done eventually.

I'd guess it is a question of: high development cost vs negligible return.
Cost: This kind of things is easy to include in the initial graphics engine. Much harder to add later.
Return: It is impossible to drive trucks without a mirror. Not so for trains.

[ex-railwayman]

I'm not really interested in driving trucks, but I find the reflective mirrors in this sim interesting. Why can't that be done with mirror surfaces in Train Simulator?

Hmmm, from memory, Tom, the only trains that have wing mirrors are predominantly from Poland, Italy and Romania, and none of these countries have any marketable value for DTG, at present, so, I doubt they will feature in any products for the forseeable future.

Cheerz. ex-railwayman.

[BNSF650]

Just bought this game yesterday the MP is awesome.

[Griphos]

What MP?!?!

[dejoh]

Just completed the demo. A lot like Grand Theft Auto 5,(as far as traffic) but much more detail in the trucks. Too bad you can't stop and check out the sights.
Nice looking freight train running in the backgrounds.
Looks sharp on my Nvidia 970

[thecanadianrail]

Love the game, pretty good IMHO. Although all these highway trucks are pretty nice all I'm waiting for is an oilfield modified truck, something that screams power! (search up oilfield semi in google and you will see some of the ones im talking about)