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{{Short description|2016 truck simulator game developed by SCS Software}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = American Truck Simulator
| image = American Truck Simulator Steam Cover.jpg
| caption = Cover art featuring a Peterbilt 579 pulling a trailer
| developer = [[Company:SCS Software|SCS Software]]
| publisher = SCS Software
| series = ''[[Software:Truck Simulator|Truck Simulator]]''
| engine = 
| platforms = {{Unbulleted list|[[Software:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]]|[[Software:MacOS|macOS]]|[[Software:Linux|Linux]]}}
| released = 2 February 2016<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gamerant.com/american-truck-simulator-release-date/ |title=American Truck Simulator Releases Today |date=2016-02-02 |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=GameRant |last=Jacques |first=John}}</ref>
| genre = Vehicle simulation
| modes = [[Software:Single-player video game|Single-player]], multiplayer<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chalk|first=Andy|date=2021-07-14|title=Hit the open road with your friends in American Truck Simulator's new 'Convoy' mode|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/hit-the-open-road-with-your-friends-in-american-truck-simulators-new-convoy-mode/|access-date=2021-07-20|magazine=PC Gamer|language=en-US|archive-date=20 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720192442/https://www.pcgamer.com/hit-the-open-road-with-your-friends-in-american-truck-simulators-new-convoy-mode/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
'''''American Truck Simulator''''' is a truck simulator game developed and published by [[Company:SCS Software|SCS Software]]. It was announced as being in development in September 2013<ref name="ExcaliburPublishing">{{cite web|url=http://www.excalibur-publishing.com/products/american-truck-simulator|title=American Truck Simulator Details - Excalibur Publishing|publisher=Excalibur Publishing|access-date=9 June 2015|archive-date=16 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216091141/https://www.excalibur-publishing.com/products/american-truck-simulator|url-status=live}}</ref> and unveiled at the E3 2015. It was released on 2 February 2016 for [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]], [[Software:Linux|Linux]], and [[Software:MacOS|macOS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://steamcommunity.com/games/americantrucksimulator/announcements/detail/988906849502891396|title=American Truck Simulator Releasing Today|date=2 February 2016|access-date=2 February 2016|archive-date=6 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206181958/http://steamcommunity.com/games/americantrucksimulator/announcements/detail/988906849502891396|url-status=live}}</ref> The game is the parallel sequel to ''[[Software:Euro Truck Simulator 2|Euro Truck Simulator 2]]'', the spiritual successor of ''[[Software:18 Wheels of Steel|18 Wheels of Steel]]'', and the fifth installment in the ''[[Software:Truck Simulator|Truck Simulator]]'' series. The game is set in a condensed depiction of the {{wipe|United States}}, featuring American conventional [[Engineering:Semi-trailer truck|semi-trucks]] and various locations across the U.S., where players pick up a variety of cargos and deliver them to their destinations.

Since its release, the game has sold over 2 million copies on [[Software:Steam (service)|Steam]].

== Gameplay ==
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''American Truck Simulator'' is a truck driving simulator with business management elements.  A beginning player will be directed to found a truck driving business and select a home city from which to operate that business.  Upon selection of the home city, the player will own the pre-placed truck garage located in that city, which will operate as the player's home base.
[[File:American Truck Simulator driver view screenshot.png|thumb|Driver's view from a Western Star 49X during gameplay]]
During gameplay, the player will select from a menu of currently available goods delivery routes to drive one of several models of trailer-hooked truck and deliver the selected load to a designated location within a fixed amount of time.  By making such deliveries, the player earns money for the player's company and experience points for the player themself.  By delivering the selected cargo to its designation within the allotted time and with the least damage to the goods, the player will maximize the amount of money and experience points earned.  Late deliveries or deliveries with damage will result in the player earning reduced cash and experience points.  The amount of money and experience points earned are commensurate to the length of the delivery in distance traveled and type of goods being transported.

A beginning player will own a garage, but no trucks or trailers.  The player will begin by completing "quick jobs," which are goods deliveries that utilize an in-game company's trucks and trailers.  Once the player has earned enough money, the player may then begin purchasing one or more trucks, but the player may continue making "quick job" deliveries if desired.  After purchasing a truck, the player may elect to use the purchased truck for deliveries, or go back to performing quick job deliveries.

As the player completes deliveries, the player will unlock skills by spending experience points to purchase particular skills upgrades.  These upgrade categories include [[Physics:Fuel efficiency|fuel efficiency]], route delivery distance, carrying heavy cargo, carrying dangerous goods, carrying fragile cargoes, or making urgent deliveries.

The money earned by the player's company will automatically be used to pay back any company loans the player obtains for the company or to pay any fines incurred in the course of the player's gameplay.  The money is also needed to pay for fuel and maintenance on any vehicles or trailers owned by the player's company.  When performing quick job deliveries using an in-game company's truck, repairs and other costs are paid by that in-game company and not from the funds of the player's company.  The player may also use the company's money to purchase additional trucks and trailers which are held in designated slots in the garage.  

The player may use company funds to hire [[Software:Non-player character|NPC]] drivers (and pay their associated expenses), who are placed in additional driver slots in the garage.  Once the player has earned sufficient money, the player may also purchase garages in other cities and hire NPC drivers to drive from those garages, as well.  The longer an NPC driver is employed by the company, the more experience points they will earn, thus increasing the amount of money that driver earns from each delivery.  Much like the player's experience points, the player may direct the focus of each hired driver's experience points, thereby ensuring that particular hired drivers become experts in particular skill areas, such as hauling dangerous goods or performing long-haul deliveries.

Company money may be used to upgrade garages, which will allow the garages to hold additional trucks, trailers, and NPC drivers, as well as place a reduced-cost fueling station at the garage.  The company money may be used to upgrade the company's trucks and trailers, specifically by upgrading their associated aesthetic, mechanical, and structural upgrades.

While driving routes, the game will direct the player to stop at designated [[Engineering:Weigh station|weigh station]]s to determine the weight of the cargo before being permitted to proceed (though the game may occasionally allow the driver to bypass such station).  When crossing the border into the state of California (currently only in the northern part of the state), the player is similarly obliged to stop at California Border Protection Stations to have their vehicle inspected.  Avoiding a weigh station or border protection station will result the player being fined.

=== Trucks ===
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="width: 400px; margin-left: 1em; border: none;"
!|Make
!|Model
|-
| Freightliner
| Cascadia
|-
| International
| Lonestar, LT, 9900i
|-
| Kenworth
| T680 (2014), W900, T680 (Signature Edition)
|-
| Mack
| Anthem
|-
| Peterbilt
| 389, 579
|-
| Volvo
| VNL, New VNL
|-
| Western Star
| 49X, 57X, 5700XE
|}

SCS Software confirmed in a blog post on 15 February 2016 that the Kenworth W900 has been launched and added to the game. Later, the company confirmed in a blog post that the Peterbilt 579 and the Kenworth T680 will ship with the sim on release day. They also confirmed the Peterbilt 389 on 3 November 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.scssoft.com/2016/11/peterbilt-389-release.html|title=SCS Software's blog|website=blog.scssoft.com|access-date=29 January 2016|archive-date=4 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104080241/http://blog.scssoft.com/2016/11/peterbilt-389-release.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Two years later, SCS Software included the Volvo VNL into the game on 5 November 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.scssoft.com/2018/11/volvo-vnl-coming-to-american-truck.html|title=Volvo VNL coming to American Truck Simulator|date=5 November 2018|website=blog.scssoft.com|publisher=SCS Software|access-date=7 November 2018|archive-date=6 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106112424/http://blog.scssoft.com/2018/11/volvo-vnl-coming-to-american-truck.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A little over a year later, on 10 December 2019, the CEO of SCS Software confirmed that the International LoneStar would be coming to the game.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alex|title=The LoneStar is arriving in American Truck Simulator|url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2019/12/the-lonestar-is-arriving-in-american.html|access-date=2022-01-29|archive-date=29 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129003210/https://blog.scssoft.com/2019/12/the-lonestar-is-arriving-in-american.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The LoneStar was released into the game on 12 December 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carthoo|title=The International LoneStar has arrived|url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2019/12/the-international-lonestar-has-arrived.html|access-date=2022-01-29|archive-date=29 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129003209/https://blog.scssoft.com/2019/12/the-international-lonestar-has-arrived.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Four months later on 28 April 2020, the Mack Anthem was added to the game, with the Western Star 49X being added to the game 4 months later on 30 September 2020, about one day later after its real-world unveiling.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alex|title=The Mack Anthem® has arrived!|url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2020/04/the-mack-anthem-has-arrived.html|access-date=2022-01-29|archive-date=29 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129003209/https://blog.scssoft.com/2020/04/the-mack-anthem-has-arrived.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Oscar|title=The Western Star® 49X is now available!|url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2020/09/the-western-star-49x-is-now-available.html|access-date=2022-01-29|archive-date=29 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129003209/https://blog.scssoft.com/2020/09/the-western-star-49x-is-now-available.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Then three months later on 2 December 2020, the [[Engineering:Freightliner Cascadia|Freightliner Cascadia]] was added to the game.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alex|title=The Freightliner Cascadia® has arrived!|url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2020/12/the-freightliner-cascadia-has-arrived.html|access-date=2022-01-29|archive-date=29 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129003212/https://blog.scssoft.com/2020/12/the-freightliner-cascadia-has-arrived.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 

A little less than a year later, on 1 September 2021, SCS added to the International line in game with the International LT, formerly known as the International ProStar, which accompanies the International LoneStar.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alex|title=The International LT® has arrived!|url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2021/09/the-international-lt-has-arrived.html|access-date=2022-01-29|archive-date=29 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129003215/https://blog.scssoft.com/2021/09/the-international-lt-has-arrived.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Three months later, the Freightliner Cascadia received an update with new parts from the 2022 model of the truck.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alex|title=American Truck Simulator 1.43 Update - 2022 Freightliner® Cascadia|url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2021/11/ats-1-43-cascadia2022.html|access-date=2022-01-29|archive-date=29 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129003214/https://blog.scssoft.com/2021/11/ats-1-43-cascadia2022.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 22, 2022, The International 9900i was added to the game.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2022/03/the-international-9900i-has-arrived.html | title=The International® 9900i has arrived! }}</ref> On August 2, 2022, Western Star Trucks unveiled the new Western Star 57X truck, with SCS announcing shortly afterwards that the truck was also available in the game. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2022/08/western-star-57x-coming-to-american.html | title=Western Star® 57X Coming to American Truck Simulator }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=American Truck Simulator adds the new Western Star 57X |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/american-truck-simulator/western-star-57x |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=PCGamesN |language=en-GB}}</ref> Another Western Star truck, the 5700XE, was announced on January 31, 2023. It came with a unique paint job inspired by Optimus Prime from the movie Transformers: Age of Extinction due to Optimus transforming into a 5700XE in his vehicle mode.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2023/01/western-star-5700xe-is-now-available.html | title=Western Star® 5700XE is now Available for American Truck Simulator }}</ref> Three new Volvo VNL Models, the VNL 860, the VNL 740 and the VNL 300, all collectively called the "New VNL" series, were added to the game on May 25, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dareus |title=Introducing the Volvo VNL |url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2023/05/introducing-volvo-vnl.html |access-date=2023-06-09}}</ref> On December 19, 2023, SCS added the Kenworth T680 Signature Edition, also known as the Kenworth T680 100 Years Anniversary Edition, to the game.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2023/12/kenworth-t680-100-years-anniversary.html |title=Kenworth T680 100 Years Anniversary Edition Release |date=2023-12-19 |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=SCS Software's blog |last=Petr}}</ref>

== Setting ==
The game is currently set in a condensed 1:20-scaled version of the entire Western Contiguous and part of the South Central and Midwestern regions in the {{wipe|United States}}, expanded periodically by the developer through downloadable content. It currently features depictions of the U.S. states of {{wipe|California}}, Nevada, and Arizona, with New Mexico, Oregon, {{wipe|Washington (state)}}, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, {{wipe|Texas}}, Oklahoma and {{wipe|Kansas}} available as DLCs.<ref name="map-dlc">{{cite web|url=http://blog.scssoft.com/2016/01/american-truck-simulator-map-dlc.html|title=American Truck Simulator Map DLC Clarifications|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=15 January 2016|website=SCS Software Blog|publisher=[[Company:SCS Software|SCS Software]]|access-date=21 January 2016|archive-date=17 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117184848/http://blog.scssoft.com/2016/01/american-truck-simulator-map-dlc.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The game features 204 visitable cities, including most state capitals and major cities, as well as many thousands of miles worth of in-game roads.<ref name="map-dlc" /> Currently, the player may travel as far north as Bellingham, Washington, as far south as Brownsville, Texas, as far west as Eureka, California, and as far east as Beaumont, Texas, assuming the player has all the states available to them. SCS have stated that most future map expansions, if not all, will be at additional cost.<ref name="map-dlc" /> 
The modding community for American Truck Simulator have also created their own map extensions. The most popular of these extensions include cities in each state, Mexico, and Canada, though the majority of these maps, with some exceptions, are generally not as dense with roads as the base game nor regarded by the community as high quality or detailed. Some modded maps redo older sections of the map with their own areas, regarded as higher quality than the vanilla game. These old areas are generally considered to be out-of-date by the community, with lower design standards than SCS Software's map content with the exception of northern {{wipe|California}} and Las Vegas as of version 1.44.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maps - SCS Software|url=https://forum.scssoft.com/viewforum.php?f=194&sid=7a82338c977c6cdda9ab95ad804a4a7a|access-date=19 June 2020|website=forum.scssoft.com|archive-date=20 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520091325/https://forum.scssoft.com/viewforum.php?f=194&sid=9672c44ff56bc7d381750ec84f082c06|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== States ===
[[File:Updated ATS map Missouri.png|thumb|400x400px|Map of the continental United States demonstrating the states available in the game.{{legend|89CD69|Available}}{{legend|F4C135|In development}}{{legend|D7564A|Not available}}]]
At launch, the game started off with the U.S. states of {{wipe|California}} and Nevada. Arizona was released in June 2016 as a free update to all players.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/05/25/american-truck-simulator-arizona-review/ |title=American Truck Simulator's Free Arizona DLC Makes The Game The Size It Always Should Have Been |last=Meer |first=Alec |journal=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |publisher=Gamer Network |date=25 May 2016 |access-date=17 August 2020 |archive-date=26 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926194305/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/05/25/american-truck-simulator-arizona-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A number of other states like Utah have now been added as paid [[Software:Downloadable content|DLC]]:

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 650px; border: none;"
!|State
!|Release date
!|Map additions/removals after (DLC) release
!|DLC Cover Truck
|-
| {{flag|California}}
| 2 February 2016
|
* Ukiah (added v1.3)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Unknown |title=American Truck Simulator Update 1.3 going into Open Beta |url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2016/05/american-truck-simulator-update-13.html |access-date=2023-03-11}}</ref>
* Santa Maria (added v1.5)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meddy |title=ATS World Rescale is released in Update 1.5! |url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2016/12/ats-world-rescale-is-released-in-update.html |access-date=2023-03-12}}</ref>
* Hilt (replaced Hornbrook in v1.41)
* Removal of San Rafael in v1.44<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alex |title=American Truck Simulator: 1.44 Update Release |url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2022/05/american-truck-simulator-144-update.html |access-date=2023-06-10}}</ref>
* Modesto (TBA)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2023/03/california-rework-phase-3.html |title=California Rework: Phase 3 |date=2023-03-21 |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=SCS Software's Blog |author=Alex}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2023/11/california-rework-modesto.html |title=California Rework - Modesto |date=2023-11-22 |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=SCS Software's Blog |author=Petr}}</ref>
| Peterbilt 579
|-
| {{flag|Nevada}}
| 2 February 2016
|
| Peterbilt 579
|-
| {{flag|Arizona}}
| 6 June 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2016/06/arizona-map-expansion-for-american.html |title=Arizona map expansion for American Truck Simulator released! |publisher=SCS Software Blog |date=6 June 2016 |access-date=26 November 2020 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127003405/https://blog.scssoft.com/2016/06/arizona-map-expansion-for-american.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
* Clifton (added v1.32)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carthoo |title=ATS and ETS2 Update 1.32 |url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2018/09/ats-and-ets2-update-132.html |access-date=2023-03-12}}</ref>
| Kenworth W900
|-
| {{flag|New Mexico}}
| 9 November 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-02-american-truck-simulators-big-new-mexico-update-is-out-next-week |title=American Truck Simulator's big New Mexico update is out next week |last=Wales |first=Matt |work=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |date=2 November 2017 |access-date=17 August 2020 |archive-date=31 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831223027/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-02-american-truck-simulators-big-new-mexico-update-is-out-next-week |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
| Kenworth T680
|-
| {{flag|Oregon}}
| 4 October 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/au/american-truck-simulator-oregon-expansion-due-next-week/ |title=American Truck Simulator Oregon expansion due next week |last=Senior |first=Tom |work=PC Gamer |publisher=Future plc |date=28 September 2018 |access-date=17 August 2020 |archive-date=27 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227145205/https://www.pcgamer.com/au/american-truck-simulator-oregon-expansion-due-next-week/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
| Kenworth W900
|-
| {{flag|Washington}}
| 11 June 2019<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/06/11/american-truck-simulator-washington-released/ |title=American Truck Simulator now rolling through forests and mountains of Washington |last=O'Connor |first=Alice |journal=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |publisher=Gamer Network |date=11 June 2019 |access-date=17 August 2020 |archive-date=13 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813005040/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/06/11/american-truck-simulator-washington-released/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
| Kenworth T680
|-
| {{flag|Utah}}
| 7 November 2019<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/11/02/american-truck-simulator-honks-into-utah-next-week/ |title=American Truck Simulator honks into Utah next week |last=O'Connor |first=Alice |journal=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |publisher=Gamer Network |date=2 November 2019 |access-date=17 August 2020 |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026190638/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/11/02/american-truck-simulator-honks-into-utah-next-week/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
| Volvo VNL
|-
| {{flag|Idaho}}
| 16 July 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/american-truck-simulators-next-dlc-wants-you-to-really-explore-idaho/ |title=American Truck Simulator's next DLC wants you to really explore Idaho |last=Parlock |first=Joe |work=PC Gamer |publisher=Future plc |date=9 July 2020 |access-date=17 August 2020 |archive-date=13 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813151817/https://www.pcgamer.com/american-truck-simulators-next-dlc-wants-you-to-really-explore-idaho/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
| International Lonestar
|-
| {{flag|Colorado}}
| 12 November 2020<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2020/11/colorado-release.html?m=1 |title=Colorado Release |work=SCS Software's blog |date=2020-11-12 |access-date=2020-11-12 |archive-date=26 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126140734/https://blog.scssoft.com/2020/11/colorado-release.html?m=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
| Mack Anthem
|-
| {{flag|Wyoming}}
| 7 September 2021<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2021/09/wyoming-release.html | title=Wyoming Release | work=SCS Software's blog | date=7 September 2021 | access-date=7 September 2021 | archive-date=7 September 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907080346/https://blog.scssoft.com/2021/09/wyoming-release.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
|
* Cody (added v1.45)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alex |title=American Truck Simulator - 1.45 Update: Cody and US-14 |url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2022/06/Cody-and-US-14.html |access-date=2023-03-12}}</ref>
| Western Star 49X
|-
| {{Flag|Montana}}
| 4 August 2022<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2022 |title=Montana Release |url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2022/08/montana-release.html |access-date=5 August 2022 |website=SCS Software's Blog}}</ref>
|
| International 9900i
|-
| {{flag|Texas}}
| 15 November 2022<ref name="SCS Software's Blog">{{Cite web |date=2022-11-05 |title=Texas - Release Date Announcement + Video Trailer Reveal |url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2022/11/texas-release-date-announcement-video.html |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=SCS Software's Blog}}</ref>
|
* Texarkana (added v1.48)
* De Kalb, Greenville, Paris, Shamrock & Sherman (as scenery towns, added v1.48)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alex |title=American Truck Simulator 1.48 Update - Texas New Content |url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2023/06/american-truck-simulator-148-update.html |access-date=2023-06-17}}</ref>
| Western Star 57X
|-
| {{flag|Oklahoma}}
| 1 August 2023<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-21 |title=Oklahoma - Release Date Reveal |url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2023/07/oklahoma-release-date-reveal.html |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=SCS Software's Blog}}</ref>
|
| Volvo New VNL
|-
| {{flag|Kansas}}
| 30 November 2023<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZmrDhyWPVM |title=American Truck Simulator - Kansas Video Trailer |date=2023-11-15 |access-date=2023-11-15 |publisher=SCS Software}}</ref>
|
| Kenworth W900<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2023/11/kansas-dlc-release.html |title=Kansas DLC Release |date=2023-11-30 |access-date=2024-01-02 |last=Petr}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Nebraska}}
| TBA
|
|TBA
|-
|{{flag|Arkansas}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-12 |title=American Truck Simulator - Introducing Arkansas - Steam News |url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/270880/view/3676681305634183137 |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=store.steampowered.com |language=en}}</ref>
|TBA
|
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== Development ==
SCS Software announced the game on 6 September 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.scssoft.com/2013/09/change-of-topic-and-continent.html |title=Change of Topic (and Continent!) |publisher=[[Company:SCS Software|SCS Software]] |date=6 September 2013 |access-date=9 June 2014 |archive-date=30 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730220615/http://blog.scssoft.com/2013/09/change-of-topic-and-continent.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It was revealed at E3 in 2015.<ref name="E3Reveal">{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/17/e3-2015-american-truck-simulator-announced|title=E3 2015: American Truck Simulator Announced|last=Dyer|first=Mitch|publisher=IGN|date=16 June 2015|access-date=18 June 2015|archive-date=18 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618172600/http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/17/e3-2015-american-truck-simulator-announced|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 11 April 2014, SCS Software announced that there will be 100+ cities in the game once completed (not initially), and SCS released screenshots of the game. Truck brands included on ''American Truck Simulator'' so far are Kenworth, Peterbilt, [[Company:Volvo|Volvo]], International Trucks, Western Star, Mack and Freightliner. More will follow; the only setback remains the licensing of trucks from their manufacturers. SCS plans to eventually include the entire contiguous United States, as long as the game continues to do well. On 26 January 2015, SCS Software published a one-hour video to [[Company:YouTube|YouTube]] of footage from early alpha of the game. On 18 December 2015, SCS Software announced the official release date for ''American Truck Simulator'', 3 February 2016, on their blog. The game was released one day earlier instead.<ref>{{cite web|title=American Truck Simulator Release Date|url=http://blog.scssoft.com/2015/12/american-truck-simulator-release-date.html|website=SCS Software's Blog|publisher=SCS Software|access-date=21 December 2015|archive-date=7 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507112124/http://blog.scssoft.com/2015/12/american-truck-simulator-release-date.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The game was released for PC-DVD on 14 December 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/americantrucksimulator.scs/posts/783543008516311|title=American Truck Simulator|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-date=25 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425073952/https://www.facebook.com/americantrucksimulator.scs/posts/783543008516311|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=s.r.o |first=web revolution |title=American Truck Simulator Enchanted Edition - SCS SOFTWARE |url=https://eshop.scssoft.com/american-truck-simulator-enchanted-edition#prettyPhoto |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425074007/https://eshop.scssoft.com/american-truck-simulator-enchanted-edition#prettyPhoto |archive-date=25 April 2019 |access-date=15 December 2017 |website=eshop.scssoft.com}}</ref>{{bcn|date=August 2020}}

== Reception ==
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 76/100<ref name="metacritic"/>
| Destruct = 85%<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.destructoid.com/review-american-truck-simulator-337137.phtml|title=Review: American Truck Simulator|date=29 January 2016|access-date=25 December 2017|archive-date=14 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214061900/https://www.destructoid.com/review-american-truck-simulator-337137.phtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Edge = 70%
| EuroG = 70%<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.eurogamer.pl/articles/2016-02-06-american-truck-simulator-recenzja|title = American Truck Simulator - Recenzja| newspaper=Eurogamer.pl |date = 6 February 2016|access-date = 25 December 2017|archive-date = 26 December 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171226130428/http://www.eurogamer.pl/articles/2016-02-06-american-truck-simulator-recenzja|url-status = live}}</ref>
| IGN = 8/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nordic.ign.com/sve/american-truck-simulator/79827/review/vi-recenserar-american-truck-simulator |title=American Truck Simulator - Recension |access-date=25 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103082944/https://nordic.ign.com/sve/american-truck-simulator/79827/review/vi-recenserar-american-truck-simulator |archive-date=3 January 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| Poly = 8/10<ref name="Poly">{{cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/4/10906288/american-truck-simulator-review|title=American Truck Simulator Review|author=Laura Dale|work=Polygon|date=4 February 2016|access-date=21 February 2016|archive-date=18 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218040248/http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/4/10906288/american-truck-simulator-review|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''Hardcore Gamer''
| rev1Score = 4/5<ref name="hardcore gamer review">{{cite web|url=http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2016/02/21/review-american-truck-simulator/193563/|title=Review: American Truck Simulator|work=Hardcore Gamer|first=James|last=Cunningham|date=21 February 2016|access-date=21 February 2016|archive-date=22 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222092826/http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2016/02/21/review-american-truck-simulator/193563/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''PC Gamer''
| rev2Score = 80/100<ref name=PCGATS>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/american-truck-simulator-review/|last=Kelly|first=Andy|title=American Truck Simulator Review|work=PC Gamer|date=20 January 2016|access-date=30 May 2016|archive-date=3 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603175445/http://www.pcgamer.com/american-truck-simulator-review/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
''American Truck Simulator'' has received mostly positive reviews from critics, scoring 76/100 on Metacritic.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/american-truck-simulator-starter-pack-california/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=American Truck Simulator |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=21 February 2016 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505210618/https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/american-truck-simulator |url-status=live }}</ref>

James Cunningham of ''Hardcore Gamer'' gave the game a 4 out of 5 saying, "While a little more realism would make ''American Truck Simulator'' more fun, paradoxical as that may sound, there’s no escaping how fantastically playable it is."<ref name="hardcore gamer review" /> Laura Dale from Polygon rated the game a 8/10 saying, "As someone who sunk countless hours into ''Euro Truck Simulator 2'', a fresh coat of paint, an unfamiliar set of sights and the challenge of driving on the wrong opposite side of the road left me confident that I'll be sinking just as many hours into ''American Truck Simulator''."<ref name="Poly"/>

Andy Kelly of ''PC Gamer'' commended the game and noted that it shared the strengths and shortcomings of its predecessor due to the two games' similarities, though advised that it was not finished on launch and urged more cautious gamers to wait until it was more completed before purchasing the game.<ref name=PCGATS/>

''American Truck Simulator'' won Best technological solution at the 2016 Czech Game of the Year Awards, and was also nominated for Best Game, Best PC/Console Game, and Best Audio.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nominace - ČESKÁ HRA ROKU 2016|url=http://ceskahraroku.cz/nominace-2016/|website=ČESKÁ HRA ROKU 2016|access-date=28 January 2017|language=cs-CZ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728034657/http://www.ceskahraroku.cz/nominace-2016/|archive-date=28 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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== See also ==
* TruckersFM, an online radio station created by the game's community

== References ==
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== External links ==

{{Truck Simulator series}}

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