Road Trip's Atlas brings exploration to American Truck Simulator

SCS Software has unveiled Atlas, an exploration-focused gameplay feature coming to American Truck Simulator with Road Trip. Announced on August 7, Atlas will be available to anyone who owns either Road Trip DLC—the Ford Car Pack or the RAM & Dodge Car Pack—and it isn't limited to cars, so truckers can use it too.

Atlas lives in the Navigation tab of the in-game desktop. It centers on Tourist Boards scattered across the map: pick one, and the GPS will route you to it. Arriving at the board reveals a set of exploration locations spread across the surrounding region.

Your objective is to visit every location tied to a Tourist Board. These fall into three categories: Viewpoints, Photo Trophies, and the new Points of Interest. A Point of Interest is marked as explored simply by driving through its designated area—no stopping or trigger required. If you revisit one through Atlas or the Gallery, you'll get a live camera feed of the location, and if your vehicle is parked there, it appears in the view.

Discovering a new location triggers an on-screen widget (which can be enabled or disabled in the widget settings), a short celebratory sound, and unlocks a brief description of the place. Unlocked cutscenes can be replayed anytime from the Atlas interface.

Completing every location on a Tourist Board marks that board as completed and rewards you with a postcard inspired by the region, which you can display on your vehicle's dashboard.

Tourist Boards start in California and in the Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota DLCs, with more states to be added gradually.

You can add the Ford Car Pack and the RAM & Dodge Car Pack to your wishlist.