American Truck Simulator News

The year is 1890, Wyoming and Idaho have just been admitted as the 43rd and 44th states in the USA and the last great North American "Gold Rush" has just begun. 73kms southwest of Colorado Springs, a "part-time cowboy and full-time drinker" known as Robert Womack has just found small specks of gold glittering in the local creek, which encouraged him to dig countless prospecting holes in an attempt to find more. The outcome? The richest gold mine in Colorado's history.



Today The Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine is still an active mining area, being the only remaining significant producer of gold in the state. In 2019, the mine excavated over 11 tons of gold, which was priced at around $511 million USD. In the same year, the mine had reported to have an estimated 118 tons of proven and probable reserves which have yet to be excavated.


With plenty of work still to do, there is no shortage of jobs for drivers who haul important mining equipment and waste rock to and from the mining site. In our upcoming Colorado DLC for American Truck Simulator, truckers will be able to assist in the day to day operations of this enormous open-pit mine located near Colorado Springs. Just make sure to take extra care when driving on the dirt roads that lead into the delivery points.


Impressive right? We think it's AU-some! If you haven't already, be sure to add Colorful Colorado to your Steam Wishlist. It really helps support us and notifies you of its release, we thank you for your support and we look forward to sharing more of Colorado's development in the near future.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1209471/American_Truck_Simulator__Colorado/

We asked you to get creative and get snapping across Idaho, and disappoint you did not! With over a thousand submissions made using the hashtag #CaptureIdaho across our social media profiles, our judges have had quite the handful to choose their favorites pictures submitted from you our community. So which pictures caught our eye? Let's find out.



With some great prizes up for grabs, the competition was tough, from cab shots to beautiful landscape compositions, it was no easy task choosing the overall winners from our social media profiles. But without further adieu, here are the top 3 winners as chosen by our panel of judges here at SCS.

1st place - @Sachira_Dil



2nd - @RKI_91



3rd - @Shadowc40481222



Amazing work! A BIG congratulations to our 3 chosen winners, each who will receive some great prizes including:

•  A special Idaho-themed T-shirt + a key for any of our released and available products on Steam +  a100€ voucher to spend at our official SCS E-Shop for the 1st place

•  A special Idaho-themed T-shirt +  a 100€ voucher to spend at our official SCS E-Shop for the 2nd place

•  A special Idaho-themed T-shirt + a key for any of our released and available products on Steam for the 3rd place

These are not our only winners however, as we have chosen 5 more winners who will also receive a special Idaho-themed T-shirt. These pictures were chosen specially by our panel of judges and came very close to making the top 3!

@M4tt_IS



@saikumaresan1



Robert Meek (Facebook)



CK Dezerter



____1v4n____ (Instagram)



We really enjoyed how much creativity, time, and effort went in the entries we received and we especially loved seeing a steady stream of new photos from Idaho on our social media feeds every day. We'd love you to keep snapping (and not just in Idaho!) so be sure to continue to share your creative content with us across our official social media channels. 

Please, if you've spotted your image and profile here, make sure to check also your inboxes and messages received, because we'll be in touch with you very soon to find out where we should send your T-shirt!

To everyone who took part in this creative contest, thank you! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. We'd love to host similar competitions in the future, so if you happen to brainstorm any ideas for a future contest, let us know in the blog comments below, we'd love to hear it!

On July 16th, we invited you to take part in our World of Trucks Event #CruisingIdaho, which celebrated the release of Idaho for American Truck Simulator. The community goal at hand was to achieve 30,000,000 miles (48,280,320 km) while delivering cargoes to or from any city in Idaho, and deliver you did.



In one of the fastest event completions we've seen, you achieved the set goal in less than 72 hours, wow! We couldn't believe how fast the goal was met; it just goes to show the amazing power of our #BestCommunityEver. While the community goal was completed, there were still many truckers who hadn't had the time to complete their personal goal to explore all 11 cities in Idaho. So we decided to extend the event not once, but twice, just to make sure everyone got a chance to gain their rewards.



Incredible work truckers! We cannot thank you enough for your support during the release of Idaho and we are excited at the idea of what other unique events we can bring to the American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2. It really does bring a lot of joy to our team to see how much you enjoy participating in these events. We hope you ride with pride with your newly acquired Idaho paint jobs & hanging accessory.  

Truckers can spend over 300 days per year on the road delivering a variety of loads across different states and countries. That is why our teams spend a lot of time making sure road networks are represented in the best way possible within our titles; and Colorado for American Truck Simulator will be no exception.



From unique junctions to famous truck stops, Colorado will feature unique road layouts and landmarks familiar to truckers who drive in the area frequently. One such example is the Mousetrap, the nickname given to an interchange located near the city of Denver that was built in the 1950s. Today, its layout has become a landmark known to the millions of drivers that pass through it every year.





Truck stops are also another important aspect to truckers in the United States. Every night, these stops become a temporary home and safe space for drivers from around the country as they make their journey. Each one has its own unique look and feel, which we are doing our best to recreate in our title with each new DLC.



So what else does colorful Colorado have to offer? We will be sharing more content as we develop it for this upcoming DLC which you can help support by adding it to your Steam wishlist! You can also find some exclusive content not found on this blog across our social media channels, so be sure to look out for them on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.



Please keep in mind that the screenshots that we have shared today are still in a work in progress state, including road signage, mountains, scenery, and the junctions themselves and do not represent the final product.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1209471/American_Truck_Simulator__Colorado/

Having received quite a few messages from our #BestCommunityEver about not finding enough free time to finish their personal goal in the currently ongoing #CruisingIdaho World of Trucks event, we started wondering if we should extend its duration a little bit more.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/americantrucksimulator/announcements/detail/2724065888612012350

Summer is now in full swing, which means that people are spending more time with their families or on travelling and vacations (well, at least for those who can despite the COVID-19 challenges affecting tourism and travelling in general); many may not have met the requirements needed to obtain the event's rewards. We've also gotten quite a few messages from our players who were getting stuck on trying to reach the event's goal, which meant that they needed more time to successfully complete the event.

We suggest reading the event's rules very carefully. You are asked to pick-up from or deliver a job to all of the 11 cities in Idaho. For example, if you start a job from Boise and complete its delivery to Idaho Falls, this will count as 2 of the 11 cities required for the event's personal goal. However, if you then complete a job from Idaho Falls to Salmon, this job will earn you only 1 additional completed city as Idaho Falls has already served as the start/end point for a previous delivery. You will have to start a delivery from or deliver to all of the 11 cities in Idaho DLC to complete the personal goal. If you're not sure what cities have you had in your recent deliveries, you can always check a few recent jobs you did in the Log Book on World of Trucks website.



After asking our community directly for their opinions on such an extension, we've decided to fulfill these wishes to extend the duration of the #CruisingIdaho event till August 24, 23:59 UTC!



In short, there is now an extra week for all those who could benefit from a bit more time. Don't forget also about the #CaptureIdaho screenshot sharing contest, which is still ongoing. We've been watching our social media profiles and we have to admit that our judges will surely have a difficult task picking the winners; so far we love nearly all of what we've spotted!

https://steamcommunity.com/games/americantrucksimulator/announcements/detail/2728571392160367368

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1209470/American_Truck_Simulator__Idaho/