American Truck Simulator cruises into Illinois with a fresh expansion releasing mid-May, as SCS also tease a new truck

Your cargo's Chicago-bound

Fresh disconnected adding a caller diagnostic that'll marque my reckless driving a spot easier to retrieve from, SCS Software person announced a merchandise day for American Truck Simulator's adjacent expansion, arsenic the crippled continues its trek from US westbound seashore to East. Illinois is the latest destination and you'll beryllium capable to instrumentality to its highways connected May 14th.

"Illinois showcases the champion of what the USA has to offer. Hop into your rig, deed the legendary Route 66, and travel done Springfield, the state’s historical capital, to Chicago, 1 of the Midwest's astir iconic cities," SCS wrote successful the DLC's description.

"Travel alongside the mighty Mississippi River, which defines the state’s occidental border. Discover charming stream towns, classical steamboats, and scenic vineyards dotting the landscape. In the confederate portion of Illinois, acquisition a blend of cities, lush farmland, and quaint tiny towns. Meanwhile, the northeastern portion is simply a bustling hub of municipality and suburban life, anchored by Chicago, the nation’s third-largest city, nestled connected the slope of Lake Michigan."

They adhd that erstwhile Illinois is out, you'll beryllium capable to thrust the entirety of Route 66 successful ATS, with the iconic road moving from the game's archetypal stomping crushed of California each the mode done Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri earlier reaching Chicago. I tin surely spot myself making a constituent of driving the magnitude of it erstwhile the Road Trip mode SCS announced a portion backmost brings lets maine thrust a regular car crossed its mentation of America.

That said, SCS are intelligibly inactive prioritising truckers astatine the moment, with this DLC day uncover having travel alongside a teaser for a caller motortruck acceptable to get successful the sim astatine immoderate constituent soon. The latest mentation of Volvo's VNL rig looks to beryllium the lorry successful question, which is cool, though I bash privation ATS had a fewer much retro-style lorries extracurricular of the likes of the International 9900i and the Kenworth W900 if you opt to platform the second retired successful specified fashion.

Either way, it'll beryllium absorbing to spot however large Chicago feels rendered successful ATS' scale, arsenic good arsenic breeze done immoderate much midwestern farmland erstwhile I fancy a interruption from runs done the pacific northwestern wilderness.

You tin wishlist American Truck Simulator's Illinois enlargement connected Steam.