American Truck Simulator

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American Truck Simulator

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

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
Official website
		Gold Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

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

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use the -nointro command line argument

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.

Video

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. 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.; 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.

Key rebindings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
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

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	unknown

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging		Added in 1.35 update
Haptic feedback		XInput feedback support was added in 1.3 patch
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support		Added in 1.35 update
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

Audio

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.

Connection types

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

Download the mod. Go to game's installation folder. Go to bin\win_x64 Copy and paste dxgi.dll from the downloaded ZIP file. 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]
Go to the configuration file location. Open config.cfg. On line 63, change uset g_developer "0" to uset g_developer "1". On line 88, change uset g_console "0" to uset g_console "1". Save the file.

System requirements

Since 1.48.5

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-6400 AMD Ryzen 3 1200	Intel Core i5-9600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	12 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	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 AMD Radeon RX 590
Sound (audio device)	DirectX-compatible

SSD recommended.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.9 (Mavericks)	10.10 (Yosemite)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-6400 AMD Ryzen 3 1200	Intel Core i5-9600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	12 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	25 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon RX 460 Intel HD Graphics 630	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 AMD Radeon RX 590

SSD recommended.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-6400 AMD Ryzen 3 1200	Intel Core i5-9600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	12 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	25 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon RX 460 Intel HD Graphics 630	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 AMD Radeon RX 590

SSD recommended.

Before 1.48.5

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8.1
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 OS is required. 32-bit version of the game is unsupported.

macOS (OS X)
	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
	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.