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American Truck Simulator

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American Truck Simulator
American Truck Simulator cover
Developers
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 One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Microtransactions Cosmetic, Unlock
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Driving, Vehicle simulator, Open world, Racing, Simulation
Vehicles Truck, Transport
Art styles Realistic
Themes North America
Series Truck Simulator
American Truck Simulator on HowLongToBeat
American Truck Simulator on IGDB
American Truck Simulator on MobyGames
American Truck Simulator on Wikipedia
Truck Simulator
Euro Truck Simulator (series)
German Truck Simulator 2010
UK Truck Simulator 2010
Trucks & Trailers 2011
Scania Truck Driving Simulator 2012
American Truck Simulator 2016

American Truck Simulator is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person driving, vehicle simulator, open world, racing and simulation game in the Truck Simulator series.

General information

Official forums
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Official website
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
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Gold Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
All versions require Steam DRM.

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Sponsored Features real-world trucks that are an integral part of gameplay.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
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.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Arizona Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Cabin Accessories
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Christmas Paint Jobs Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Classic Stripes Paint Jobs Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Colorado
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Dragon Truck Design Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Forest Machinery
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Freightliner Cascadia Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Goodyear Tires Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Halloween Paint Jobs Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Heavy Cargo Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Idaho
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
International 9900i Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
International LT Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Kansas
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Kenworth T680 Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Kenworth W900 Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Lode King & Prestige Trailers Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mack Anthem Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Montana
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Nevada Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
New Mexico
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Oklahoma
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Oregon
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Peterbilt 389 Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Peterbilt 579 Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Pink Ribbon Charity Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Retrowave Paint Jobs Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Space Paint Jobs Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steampunk Paint Jobs Pack Originally exclusive reward for following Steam Store page prior to release.[1] Can be purchased since April 18, 2023[2]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Special Transport
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steering Creations Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Texas
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Utah
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Valentine's Paint Jobs Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Volvo Construction Equipment
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Volvo VNL Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Washington
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Western Star 49X Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Western Star 57X Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Western Star 5700XE Free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Wheel Tuning Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Wild West Paint Jobs Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Wyoming
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use the -nointro command line argument[3]

Game data

Configuration file location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\American Truck Simulator\config.cfg
macOS (OS X) $HOME/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
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\American Truck Simulator\profiles\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/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
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Added in update 1.33.[4]

Video

Advanced graphical settings.
Advanced graphical settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
40-120°. Added in 1.5 update.[5]
Accessed by pressing F4 and selecting Adjust seats in the game.
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.[6]; TAA; DLAA via mod.
High-fidelity upscaling
DLSS 3.5
Use snowymoon's Temporal Anti Aliasing/DLSS/DLAA mod.
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.
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.
Key rebindings.
Key rebindings.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound and music.
Surround sound
Inherits Windows settings.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
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
Local play
LAN play
Online play
8 Co-op
Native support added in update 1.41.[9]

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
[10]
Dedicated
Official support added on December 8th, 2022.[11]
An alternative, TruckersMP (Windows 64-bit only), is also available and much more popular.
Self-hosting
Available since update 1.41.[9]
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
Use Helix Mod: Euro Truck Simulator 2.
Headsets
SteamVR
Add -openvr to launch options
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
Windows Mixed Reality
Add -openvr to launch options
OSVR
Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller
See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse
Tobii Eye Tracking
Added in 1.35 update[7]
TrackIR
Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z.
Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11 Fully switched from Direct3D 9 to 11 as of update 1.36.[6]
OpenGL 3.3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Bullet
Audio FMOD OpenAL prior to update 1.37.

Carrying over ETS2 settings to the game

Copy files[12]

Copy all *.sii files (with exception of profile.sii) from %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Euro Truck Simulator 2\profiles\<user-id> to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\American Truck Simulator\profiles\<user-id>.

Mods

snowymoon's Temporal Anti Aliasing/DLSS/DLAA

Adds support for TAA and DLSS.
Installation[13]
  1. Download the mod.
  2. Go to game's installation folder.
  3. Go to bin\win_x64
  4. Copy and paste dxgi.dll from the downloaded ZIP file.
  5. Start the game with DirectX 11.

Notes:-

Disable any other anti-aliasing (SMAA, MSAA, Nvidia Profile Inspector (NPI)), sharpen filter and resolution scaling (only use in-game resolution scaling)
If the game displays a black screen, disable HDR, reset game's config.cfg as well as settings from NVIDIA/AMD control panel.

Console

The console can be accessed by pressing ~ in-game.
There is an extensive list of console commands documented here.
Enable console[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file location.
  2. Open config.cfg.
  3. On line 63, change uset g_developer "0" to uset g_developer "1".
  4. On line 88, change uset g_console "0" to uset g_console "1".
  5. Save the file.

System requirements

Since 1.48.5[14]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-6400
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 25 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon RX 460
Intel HD Graphics 630
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX-compatible
SSD recommended.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.9 (Mavericks)
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-6400
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 25 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon RX 460
Intel HD Graphics 630
SSD recommended.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-6400
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 25 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon RX 460
Intel HD Graphics 630
SSD recommended.

Before 1.48.5

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) 2.4 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTS 450-class
Intel HD 4000
A 64-bit OS is required. 32-bit version of the game is unsupported.[15]
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.9
Processor (CPU) 2.4 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTS 450-class
Intel HD 4000
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit
Processor (CPU) 2.4 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTS 450-class
Intel HD 4000
A 64-bit operating system is required.


References

  1. Steampunk bonus for following the American Truck Simulator group - Steam Community - last accessed on 2016-12-21
  2. American Truck Simulator - Steampunk Paint Jobs Pack Release - Steam News - last accessed on 2023-04-18
  3. Here's how to skip the splash screen: :: American Truck Simulator General Discussions - last accessed on 2016-6-7
  4. ATS update 1.33 is out! - last accessed on December 11, 2018
  5. ATS World Rescale is released in Update 1.5! - Steam Community - last accessed on 2016-12-12
  6. 6.0 6.1 American Truck Simulator Update 1.36 - last accessed on 2019-11-05
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 American Truck Simulator 2 :: American Truck Simulator 2 Update 1.35 - Steam Community - last accessed on 2019-06-11
  8. Free Arizona map expansion for American Truck Simulator released! - Steam Community - last accessed on 2016-6-6
  9. 9.0 9.1 American Truck Simulator: 1.41 Release - last accessed on 2021-07-13
  10. Convoy FAQ - last accessed on 2021-08-17
    "Is Convoy a form of peer-to-peer gaming?

    While the Convoy sessions are hosted by the players themselves, one player always works as a server and therefore acts as a junction for other players. Everyone else communicates with this particular server in the end. More specifically it is the usual client-server communication layout with all clients having authority over specific objects.
    "
  11. Convoy: Dedicated Servers Support - last accessed on 2022-12-08
    "Since the release of Convoy, our native multiplayer mode for Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator, we have been making small updates to further improve the players' experience. Today we are excited to share that a much-requested addition has arrived and that is the option to host a dedicated server!"
  12. Verified by User:Blackbird on 2016-9-13
    Works cause the games are so similar.
  13. Snowy Moon - last accessed on 2023-11-09
  14. SCS Software's blog: PC System Requirements Update - last accessed on 2023-10-01
  15. American Truck Simulator Release Clarifications - last accessed on May 2023