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Revision as of 09:13, 31 May 2021
Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
Developers | |
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SCS Software | |
Engines | |
Prism3D | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 2, 2016 |
macOS (OS X) | February 2, 2016 |
Linux | February 2, 2016 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 76 |
OpenCritic | 81 |
IGDB | 78 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Expansion pack |
Microtransactions | Cosmetic, Unlock |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Driving, Vehicle simulator, Open world |
Vehicles | Truck |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | North America |
Series | Truck Simulator |
Truck Simulator | |
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Euro Truck Simulator (series) | |
German Truck Simulator | 2010 |
UK Truck Simulator | 2010 |
Trucks & Trailers | 2011 |
Scania Truck Driving Simulator | 2012 |
American Truck Simulator | 2016 |
Key points
- Many video and gameplay settings available.
- Active modding community.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Official website | ||||
Gold Edition also available. | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Arizona | Free. | |
Cabin Accessories | ||
Christmas Paint Jobs Pack | ||
Classic Stripes Paint Jobs Pack | ||
Colorado | ||
Dragon Truck Design Pack | ||
Forest Machinery | ||
Freightliner Cascadia | Free. | |
Halloween Paint Jobs Pack | ||
Idaho | ||
Heavy Cargo Pack | ||
Kenworth T680 | Free. | |
Kenworth W900 | Free. | |
Nevada | Free. | |
New Mexico | ||
Oregon | ||
Peterbilt 389 | Free. | |
Peterbilt 579 | Free. | |
Pink Ribbon Charity Pack | ||
Space Paint Jobs Pack | ||
Steampunk Paint Jobs Pack | Reward for following Steam Store page prior to release[1] | |
Special Transport | ||
Steering Creations Pack | ||
Utah | ||
Valentine's Paint Jobs Pack | ||
Volvo VNL | Free. | |
Washington | ||
Western Star 49X | Free. | |
Wheel Tuning Pack |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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Cosmetic | Truck accessories and paint jobs are sold separately. |
Unlock | Cargo packs are sold separately, offering trailer configurations and gameplay elements that are otherwise unavailable. |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Use the -nointro command line argument[2]
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Game data
Configuration file location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\American Truck Simulator\config.cfg |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/American Truck Simulator/config.cfg |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/American Truck Simulator/config.cfg |
Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\270880\remote\profiles\<user-id>\config.cfg |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\American Truck Simulator\profiles\ |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/American Truck Simulator/profiles/ |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/American Truck Simulator/profiles/ |
Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\270880\remote\profiles\<user-id>\save\ |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | Added in update 1.33.[3] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | 40-120°. Added in 1.5 update.[4] Accessed by pressing F4 and selecting Adjust seats in the game. |
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Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use a borderless windowed program, the top of the truck will be cut off in the menu and customization screens, but this doesn't affect gameplay. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | SMAA (Low, Medium, High, Ultra) as of update 1.36.[5] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | Rendered image uses SDR color space. In-game HDR option refers only to HDR Rendering. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Menus can be navigated with controller, but there are too many binds to fit on a controller. | |
Controller remapping | Adjustment options for deadzones, steering linearity, force feedback, and axis mode | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Tracked motion controllers |
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Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | Added in 1.35 update[6] | |
Haptic feedback | XInput feedback support was added in 1.3 patch[7] | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Steam Input | ||
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Steam Input API support | Added in 1.35 update[6] | |
Official controller preset(s) | ||
Steam Controller button prompts |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound and music. | |
Surround sound | Inherits Windows settings. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Bulgarian | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Greek | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Portuguese | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Romanian | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish | ||||
Turkish | ||||
Ukrainian |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 1500 | Co-op Use the TruckersMP mod (Windows 64-bit only) or update to beta 1.41. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | Use the TruckersMP mod (Windows 64-bit only). | |
Self-hosting | Available in beta update 1.41. | |
Direct IP |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | Use Helix Mod: Euro Truck Simulator 2. |
Headsets | |||
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SteamVR | Add -openvr to launch options |
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Oculus VR (LibOVR) | |||
Windows Mixed Reality | Add -openvr to launch options |
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OSVR |
Devices | |||
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Tracked motion controllers | |||
Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
Keyboard/Mouse | |||
Tobii Eye Tracking | Added in 1.35 update[6] | ||
TrackIR | Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z. |
Play area | |||
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Seated | |||
Standing | |||
Room-scale |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 | Fully switched from Direct3D 9 to 11 as of update 1.36.[5] |
OpenGL |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Bullet | |
Audio | FMOD | OpenAL prior to update 1.37. |
Carrying over ETS2 settings to the game
Copy files[8] |
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Copy all |
Console
- The console can be accessed by pressing ~ in-game.
- There is an extensive list of console commands documented here.
Enable console[citation needed] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 64-bit | 8.1 64-bit |
Processor (CPU) | 2.4 GHz Dual Core | 3.0 GHz Quad Core |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 6 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTS 450-class Intel HD 4000 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 760-class 2 GB of VRAM |
- 64-bit OS required. 32-bit version of the game is unsupported.[9]
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.9 | 10.10 |
Processor (CPU) | 2.4 GHz Dual Core | 3.0 GHz Quad Core |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 6 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTS 450-class Intel HD 4000 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 760-class Intel HD 5300 |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.4 GHz Dual Core | 3.0 GHz Quad Core |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 6 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTS 450-class Intel HD 4000 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 760-class 2 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
References
- ↑ Steampunk bonus for following the American Truck Simulator group - Steam Community - last accessed on 2016-12-21
- ↑ Here's how to skip the splash screen: :: American Truck Simulator General Discussions - last accessed on 2016-6-7
- ↑ ATS update 1.33 is out! - last accessed on December 11, 2018
- ↑ ATS World Rescale is released in Update 1.5! - Steam Community - last accessed on 2016-12-12
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 American Truck Simulator Update 1.36 - last accessed on 2019-11-05
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 American Truck Simulator 2 :: American Truck Simulator 2 Update 1.35 - Steam Community - last accessed on 2019-06-11
- ↑ Free Arizona map expansion for American Truck Simulator released! - Steam Community - last accessed on 2016-6-6
- ↑ Verified by User:Blackbird on 2016-9-13
- Works cause the games are so similar.
- ↑ American Truck Simulator Release Clarifications