Euro Truck Simulator 2's 1.61 update is available now on Steam. It adds Proximity Exploration, the Volvo FH Series 6 100 Year Edition, an Improved Material System for several Volvo trucks, a rebuilt Livestock Trailer, the first part of the Schwarzmüller Trailer Pack DLC rework, and map prep for the upcoming Coaches DLC. The Multi-Function Display (MFD) and In-Game Menu tested in the Experimental Beta are not in this update and will arrive in a future update.

When enabled, Proximity Exploration automatically reveals a small area around your vehicle as you travel. You no longer have to drive over every tiny road section to mark it explored, which should help players chasing 100% map discovery. It can also reveal nearby accessible roads around rest stops, toll gates, border crossings, gas stations, and other places where road segments sit close together.

Secret roads remain partly hidden. Proximity Exploration can reveal the first segment when you get close, but the rest must be driven. The feature is optional.

Volvo Trucks' 100th anniversary is marked with the Volvo FH Series 6 100 Year Edition. New base-game accessories and paint jobs are available for the Aero XL cabin.

Exterior options include the 100 Year Edition – Night and 100 Year Edition – Day paint jobs, with dark or light striping and two additional Centennial logos on either side. Two light boxes are available: one with the 100 Year logo and one with the FH16 logo.

The interior adds black leather door panels with unique stitching, carpets, a rear wall decoration with the 100 Year Edition logo, and decorative dashboard ambient LED lighting in red or blue. Exclusive accessories include a black leather steering wheel and two-tone seats with a black leather base, grey textile upper section, and the 100 Year logo.

The Improved Material System improves lighting and visual quality in selected truck interiors, focusing on how materials react to light. Redesigned materials make leather, fabric, plastic, and metal more distinct, even in low-light conditions. Multiple dynamic cubemap variants let materials reflect their surroundings and respond to ambient light more naturally.

In 1.61, the system comes to the Volvo FH Series 6, Volvo FH Series 5, and Volvo FH Series 4, joining the already updated DAF NGD and MAN TG3 TGX. It was designed for truck interiors in both games, so base games and existing fleets will gradually benefit. More trucks will follow in future updates.

The Livestock Trailer has been rebuilt from scratch, inspired by modern European livestock trailers. The older belly axle variant is gone, replaced by a lowered chassis configuration with dual wheels.

Owned trailers offer two chassis variants—Straight 3 Axle and Lowered 3 Axle—plus an aluminium body or a fully paintable body and a wide range of accessories. Newly configurable paint jobs allow up to four colour sections on specific parts of the trailer. Freight Market and AI traffic variants have also been reworked from the new model, with company paint jobs completely reworked.

The Schwarzmüller Trailer Pack DLC update starts with a complete rework of one low loader trailer and its accessories, rebuilt to closely match Schwarzmüller's latest real-world model. Cargo options remain the same. More of the pack will be reworked later.

For the upcoming Coaches DLC, Nuremberg gets a new bus station and several remade or newly created landmarks nearby. Bus stations in Karlstad, Aarhus, and Thessaloniki are now functional with the DLC. Karlstad has a new station building, Thessaloniki has new signage and updates, and Heraklion has a previously inaccessible street opened for the new bus station. Other changes cover navigation, access, and layouts.

Border crossings have received vehicle-specific navigation, previously inaccessible areas have been opened, and layouts have been adjusted so coaches follow correct routes while navigation keeps working as expected. Bus stops and their surroundings across the map also received smaller tweaks.

SCS Software has released a new SCS On The Road episode from its Iceland research trip for the upcoming Euro Truck Simulator 2 Iceland DLC. The video, published September 16, 2026, follows the map designers as they document locations they are recreating for the expansion, with landscape footage and comparisons to the in-game map.

The team gathered visual references to recreate Iceland’s landscapes and landmarks as accurately and faithfully as possible. The episode also shares insights into the map creation process and teases an upcoming hidden road that crosses a narrow bridge on its way to Þingvellir National Park.

SCS thanks Volvo Trucks and Skúli, a real truck driver from Iceland, for making it possible for the map designers to ride in a 780-horsepower Volvo FH16 XXL and experience Iceland from a truck cabin. SCS also shot a separate video with Volvo during the trip; it cannot reveal what it was about yet, but a behind-the-scenes SCS On The Road episode is planned.

Players can add the Iceland DLC to their Steam wishlist.

World of Trucks events are returning to Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator in the familiar format, after a temporary pause earlier this year. The events mean a lot to the community, and many players missed taking part. The wider rework continues, but events are resuming throughout the months ahead.

First up is Cruising South Dakota, followed by Cruising Iceland and the seasonal Halloween and Christmas events later this year. Full details will be shared ahead of each event.

Work also continues on the systems and infrastructure behind World of Trucks events. The aim is to bring much more of the event experience directly into Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator. That includes previously described improvements: viewing and redeeming rewards, earning and viewing achievements, and following event progress and community milestones in-game. Broader behind-the-scenes changes are also part of the work to support the World of Trucks service in the future.

The latest Euro Truck Simulator 2 Community Stories entry, published September 11, 2026, at 15:00:58 UTC, profiles Trucker Cassie: a Scandinavian truck driver, YouTuber, and Twitch streamer with 13 years behind the wheel and more than 160,000 YouTube followers. She now works part-time as a real truck driver and streams ETS2 — and says the sim is accurate enough that players have used it to practice reversing trailers before doing it in real life.

Cassie did not grow up around truckers. A friend who had just earned his heavy license gave her a ride to school in “the oldest Scania I had ever seen,” and the spark stuck. She applied to trucking school and has now been driving for 13 years.

Early in her career, she never wanted to stop and chased records for daily deliveries. Burnout forced her to rethink that pace; today she works part-time and says she has learned how important it is to wind down and relax when she can.

Cassie has tried gravel, wood chips, and powder tanker work. Her current run carries various goods from Sweden to Norway. After delivery, she normally loads fish in Norway — often in tricky fishing-industry locations reached through small towns and up and down steep, curvy hills that can be especially challenging in winter. She then drives to Denmark, where another driver picks up her trailer and takes it somewhere in Europe; she picks up a load in Denmark and drives home to Sweden.

What she loves most are the views and the solitude. She listens to music and podcasts, rarely talks to customers, and gets to bring her Chihuahua, Happy.

A colleague introduced Cassie to ETS2 after she had already been trucking. She thought it was a silly idea to drive a truck for work and then play a truck simulator after work. “And now look at me,” she says.

Real trucking means a lot of responsibility and constant alertness, she explains, while playing ETS2 lets her be social with chat, drive with viewers, answer questions, and have a good time. The consequences are smaller too — even when her digital truck makes a kickflip off a mountain because she was focused on chat. She also likes comparing real-life roads with the simulator and pointing out landmarks and differences.

On accuracy, Cassie says ETS2 is “very accurate to real life trucking,” especially with a steering wheel and pedals. She knows people who practiced reversing trailers in the game and then nailed it in real life. In-game, she tests limits and does more daring stunts; people are sometimes surprised she can actually drive a real truck after seeing them. She would like a pink MAN truck in real life as well, but for now she gets to be “pretty in pink” in the simulator.

Cassie started creating content after being offered a spot on a reality TV show years ago. She had to film her own workday as a truck driver and send the footage to the production, but the show was canceled before it began. Left with a vlog, she edited it herself and posted it to YouTube. A few videos in, she gained thousands of subscribers in a few weeks.

She now runs a main YouTube channel, a smaller YouTube channel for gaming content and previous livestreams, and a Twitch channel for livestreams when she has the energy.

Cassie recommends ETS2 for anyone curious about becoming a real truck driver. She warns it is a big decision with lots of money needed for a heavy license and all the required certificates, but says the game gives a great hint of what trucking can feel like. She also suggests bringing non-trucking friends home to reverse a trailer in the game, calling it better than any board game she has played.

SCS Software has revealed 'Historic Bristol' as a brand-new city in the Euro Truck Simulator 2 UK Rework. The south-west England city will be part of the reworked UK map that arrives as a free update for all owners, though today's look is still early in development.

Bristol's recreation is split into two main areas: the city centre with its road network, and a harbour/logistics district. Its position near the Severn Estuary also makes it a natural route between England and South Wales.

The waterfront area features Marina Plaza depot, a logistics warehouse, a car shipping terminal, and a marina yacht dock, set around Bristol Marina and the Albion Dockyard. The preserved SS Great Britain, launched in Bristol in 1843, can also be spotted in the historic dockyard.

Planned roads include Brunel Way, the A4, Hotwell Road, Merchants Road, and the A4018, running past residential streets and riverside views. Drivers will also encounter St James Barton Roundabout, better known as The Bearpit.

Landmarks visible from the routes include Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge over the Avon Gorge, Cabot Tower on Brandon Hill, the Wills Memorial Building, and Queen Elizabeth's Hospital.

The city's bus station is being recreated as part of the growing coach network and will serve as a destination in the upcoming Coaches DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2.

SCS Software has released an SCS On The Road episode documenting the Irish research trip behind Euro Truck Simulator 2's upcoming Isle of Ireland DLC. The video follows community manager Alex alongside members of the map team, QA team, and the studio's road specialist as they travel across Ireland, visiting locations featured in their reference-gathering work.

The trip was first detailed in an earlier SCS blog post. The episode offers a closer look at how the team collects photos, road information, and other on-site material for the expansion.

Players eager for the DLC can add it to their Steam wishlist via the Isle of Ireland store page.

Euro Truck Simulator 2's 1.61 update has entered open beta on Steam, and its marquee addition is Proximity Exploration, a map-discovering helper aimed at drivers chasing 100% map completion. The update also brings a full Livestock Trailer rework, the first major Schwarzmüller Trailer Pack refresh, and map changes that prepare the world for the upcoming Coaches DLC.

Anyone who took part in the 1.61 Experimental Beta should move to the public_beta branch to keep getting updates; saves made during the experimental build stay compatible. The Multi-Function Display and new in-game menu tested in that build have been postponed so they can be refined further.

Proximity Exploration automatically reveals a small area around your vehicle as you drive. It removes some of the need to drive over every tiny road segment, which should help when hunting down that final percentage of the map. It can also uncover nearby accessible roads around rest stops, toll gates, border crossings, gas stations and other places where road segments often sit close together.

Hidden roads are still hidden, up to a point. Getting close will reveal the first segment of a secret road as a hint, but the rest of the route only appears when you actually drive along it.

The Livestock Trailer has been completely rebuilt from the ground up, based on modern European trailer designs. The older belly axle variant is gone, replaced by a lowered chassis configuration with dual wheels.

If you own a Livestock trailer, there are now two chassis types to choose from — straight 3 axle or lowered 3 axle — plus an aluminium body or a fully paintable body. Accessories have been expanded, and owned-trailer paint jobs have been made more flexible, allowing different colours to be set across up to four trailer sections. Freight Market and AI traffic versions have been rebuilt around the new model, and company paint jobs have been redone for a more realistic look.

More details are in the Livestock Trailer Rework post.

The Schwarzmüller Trailer Pack is also starting a longer-term modernisation. First up is the low loader trailer, which has been rebuilt to match Schwarzmüller's latest real-world model. Its accessories have been updated too, while available cargo options remain the same. This marks the beginning of a planned rework of the whole pack.

More details are in the Schwarzmüller Trailer Pack update post.

The base game map has been quietly updated ahead of the Coaches DLC. Nuremberg gets the biggest change, with a brand-new bus station plus several remade and newly created landmarks in the surrounding area.

Bus stations in Karlstad, Aarhus and Thessaloniki are now functional for coaches. Karlstad has a new station building, Thessaloniki has received new signage and similar updates, and Heraklion has opened a previously inaccessible street to make room for its new bus station.

Border crossings have also been adjusted for passenger transport, with vehicle-specific navigation added and previously inaccessible parts of border areas opened up. Kapıkule, on the Turkey–Bulgaria border, has been redesigned to match its real-world counterpart more closely. Smaller layout tweaks have been made to other crossings, and numerous smaller bus-stop updates have been spread across the world.

As with any open beta, this is not a stable version yet, so expect bugs, instability or crashes. Feedback and bug reports can be shared in the official forum section for Euro Truck Simulator 2.

To try the beta on Steam: right-click Euro Truck Simulator 2 in your library, open Properties, go to the Betas tab and select public_beta from the Beta Participation dropdown. No password is required. You may need to restart the Steam client before the branch appears.

SCS Software has announced that the upcoming 1.61 update for Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator will expand the improved material system to three more trucks. In ETS2, the Volvo FH Series 6 gets the upgrade, while ATS players get it on the International LT and International LoneStar.

The system improves cabin lighting and visual quality by changing how interior materials react to light. Leather, fabric, plastic, and metal become easier to tell apart, even in low-light conditions.

The improved material system first arrived in the 1.60 update on the DAF NGD and MAN TG3 TGX in ETS2, plus the Mack Anthem and Western Star 49X in ATS. SCS said the rollout is continuing gradually across more trucks, and has shared an Under the Hood blog post about how the feature is implemented on new vehicles.

The upcoming Coaches DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2 will let you buy, customise, and drive your own coach, then take on passenger contract jobs in cities across Europe. It's already listed on Steam and can be wishlisted ahead of release.

Coaches are purchased through the Online Dealer and stored in your virtual garage, separately from trucks—so they won't occupy existing garage slots. Finances are shared across truck and coach modes, meaning you can earn money through Coach Quick Jobs or regular truck jobs before buying your first coach. Financing and loans are also available if you want to get behind the wheel sooner.

Depending on the vehicle model, coach customisation can include chassis configurations, engine and transmission variants, interior choices such as seat upholstery colours and curtains, plus selected compatible cabin accessories. Some parts and accessories will unlock through player progression, giving you more options as you gain experience.

Owning a coach unlocks the Contract Jobs menu, where you can browse passenger services in cities close to your current location. After selecting a route, drive to the bus station, confirm the line, and the game will advance to the scheduled departure time. Passengers board, and the journey begins—many services include multiple stops along the way.

Jobs vary in difficulty based on your experience and skill level, with more challenging routes offering higher earnings and additional experience. Outside scheduled services, an owned coach lets you explore the map freely, visit viewpoints, and drive across Europe at your own pace. Fuel consumption, fatigue, and other familiar systems work just as they do with owned trucks.

The Volvo FH Series 6 100 Year Edition will arrive in Euro Truck Simulator 2 when update 1.61 releases. It adds a centennial look for the Aero XL cabin of the Volvo FH Series 6 in the base game, with new paint jobs and accessories for both interior and exterior.

Volvo Group was established in 1927 and will celebrate its 100th anniversary next year. Volvo Trucks is marking the occasion with an anniversary edition of its latest model, the FH Series 6, and ETS2 players will get to drive that same edition.

• Two new paint jobs: 100y Edition – Night and 100y Edition – Day, with dark or light striping and Centennial logos on each side of the truck.
• Two light box options: one with the 100y logo, another with the FH16 logo.

• A new interior option adds black leather door panels with unique stitching, carpets, and a rear wall decoration featuring the 100 Year Edition logo.
• Decorative dashboard ambient LED lighting is available in red or blue.
• A range of exclusive accessories completes the cabin: a black leather steering wheel and two-tone seats with a black leather base, grey textile upper, and the 100y logo.

The Euro Truck Simulator 2 team spent a week in Iceland gathering references for the upcoming Iceland map expansion, driving the western half of the Ring Road from Lake Mývatn in the north to Vík in the south. The group included map DLC lead Ivo, map designers Ashley and Johana and, for the first time on a research trip, marketing staff — the journey will be covered in a packed SCS On The Road episode.

The expansion is already in an advanced state, but the trip helped fill missing reference gaps and experience a landscape unlike anything the team has mapped before. Along the way they logged mountains, fjords, lava fields, waterfalls and narrow gorges, free-grazing sheep and horses, and roads and urban areas including Akureyri and Reykjavík.

Ivo described Iceland as "a living textbook of geological processes," with his favorite stop at Thingvellir National Park, where the Viking Althing once met. Ashley said the real world felt familiar compared with the in-game version, almost like she had "stumbled into the game itself." Johana checked the harbor at Ólafsvík, a town she is working on, because good online references are hard to find. The near-endless daylight helped: the sun set for less than three hours a day during their visit.

Volvo Trucks invited the team to take part in filming for videos that cannot be revealed yet, which SCS is turning into another behind-the-scenes SCS On The Road episode. The shoot also gave Ivo, Ashley and Johana their first passenger-seat rides in a truck with a local professional driver, offering a new perspective on Iceland's roads.

If you want to make the trip yourself in ETS2, add the Iceland map expansion to your Steam wishlist.

SCS Software will attend Tokyo Game Show for the first time in its history, with a playable lineup that includes the Iceland DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2. The 30th anniversary event runs September 17–21, 2026, over five full days; the first two are industry-only and the final three are open to the public.

SCS will be in Hall 09, Booth E86 in a compact booth supported by Neon Noroshi.

Visitors can try the Iceland DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2, alongside the British Columbia and South Dakota map expansions for American Truck Simulator.

SCS is also working to bring playable demos of the upcoming Road Trip and Coaches projects and a PlayStation 5 version of Euro Truck Simulator 2, though none of those appearances are confirmed yet.

Japanese-speaking visitors will have language interpreters available at the booth throughout the event.