American Truck Simulator including scenic Yosemite drive

So far, American Truck Simulator has inspired secure and authorized driving. Don’t velocity, don’t crash, don’t run crimson lights. But I’ve longed for the sport to be slightly versatile with guidelines of the highway within the title of a pleasing drive and my dream is coming true. The subsequent replace will add a brand new highway venturing into a spot the place business trucking is forbidden, driving by means of a nationwide park simply because. The new route goes by means of Yosemite National Park alongside the winding Tioga Pass, and it seems to be beautiful.

The new highway coming free with replace 1.31 is the Tioga Pass, driving alongside California State Route 120 by means of a piece of Yosemite National Park.

“Commercial trucking through Yosemite is prohibited,” The Man says. SCS Software don’t care what The Man says. To hell with The Man.

But why now? Why haven’t we been driving vehicles by means of campsites, into supermarkets, alongside Hollywood Boulevard, and down the underside of the Grand Canyon? SCS defined in today’s blog post:

“With the scale of our worlds compared to reality, we simply have to focus on major road arteries to form the road network. There is usually not enough room to even think about squeezing in any lesser roads. But we enjoy making exceptions and based on feedback from our fan community, so do the players. We have noticed a bit of empty space next to the Sierra Nevada, did a little research, and felt that it would be a great opportunity for one of our new map designers to cut his teeth designing a pass across the mountain range. There was just one small problem – typically commercial trucking is restricted in US national parks! Still, this region is so scenic and the task was so tempting, we decided to give it a go, and to find an excuse in the game for allowing the player to travel across the mountain pass.”

I’m so up for the sport bending the foundations to drive alongside extra scenic routes. Thanks, new map designer.

Yes, clearly I’m nonetheless crossing my fingers and toes and wishing with each wishbone in my physique for a detour by means of the redwoods down the Avenue of the Giants. I do know it’ll by no means occur, however you’ll be able to’t take the dream from me.

SCS tease that they’ve extra little fleshing-out routes within the pipeline, “especially in Europe later this year”.

As for large additions, the following ATS growth will drive into Oregon and Euro Truck Sim 2 is off around the Baltic sea in its subsequent. Oh! And our Adam will discuss to 2 of the Truck Sim fellas on stage during EGX Rezzed in April. ASK THEM ABOUT THE AVENUE OF THE GIANTS, ADAM.