Greetings truckers, and welcome to our Happy Hauloween - World of Trucks[worldoftrucks.com] event! The fun all starts today, Thursday 24th October...

As twilight fades and shadows grow
You realise that it’s time to go
And join the crowd of jolly ghosts
That beckon you, as kindly hosts,
With spooky pumpkins all in hand,
What fun awaits this merry band!
They float and glide with eerie grace,
In search of treats from place to place.
So, start your rig and take the lead,
With all the hungry mouths to feed.
Tonight’s the night, and you’re the one
To bring to all some spectral fun!

For Hauloween is in the air,
And there’s no time to flee nor dare
To hide away from all the treats
That wait for you, but not to eat,
NO, they must be hauled, delivered quick,
Then parked away, now that’s the trick!

To our #BestCommunityEver, we’d love for you all to join us in celebrating Halloween this year by delivering our famously delicious Halloween Treats throughout all trucking territories. This time we have a combined community goal of 1,300,000 deliveries to make. That’s 300,000 more than last year, but we’re sure you can smash it! Our artists have created an extremely cool, ghostly Halloween-themed trailer that will carry your special treats cargo.

This year’s #HappyHauloween also offers a cool new, ghoulishly good, desktop theme that matches our celebrations for the event duration – we sure love it and hope you do too!

Your personal goal is to complete 13 deliveries of our yummy Halloween Treats cargo, and we’re offering some spooktacular event specific rewards, including a World of Trucks Achievement for this. All jobs for the event will be 100Km each (62.1 mile) or more, and be sure to check out the rules below.


Using External Contracts, with a World of Trucks-connected profile in Euro Truck Simulator 2, American Truck Simulator or both, the community goal is to achieve 1,300,000 deliveries of Halloween Treats cargo, from any city in any trucking territory.

When a player completes 13 deliveries of Halloween Treats cargo across any trucking territories in either game, it will complete their personal goal.


Personal: Players that complete 13 or more deliveries of Halloween Treats cargo will gain a unique World of Trucks Achievement as well as a spooky Booing Ghost cabin item as a Steam inventory item for Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator.

Community: When the community goal of achieving 1,300,000 deliveries of Halloween Treats cargo from any city is met, and if the player has also achieved their personal goal, then they will receive a Grumpy Ghost hanging toy as a Steam inventory item for their cabin.

Note: In order to qualify for any community reward, you must complete at least your personal goal in Euro Truck Simulator 2, American Truck Simulator or both. Each reward will be a Steam inventory item for both Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator. Once completed, claim your reward in the Events page on your World of Trucks profile.

The event will be concluded on Sunday, 17th of November at 23:59 UTC.

But that's not all! This year, we're excited to host a special SCS Hauloween Sale on Steam with big discounts on our base games, map expansions, and other DLCs in celebration of Halloween and our Happy Hauloween WoTr event. Complete your collection of ETS2 and ATS DLCs here!

We've also prepared two special Halloween-themed bundles for you to mark this special occasion! So without further ado, we encourage you to take a look at what's in store in the Euro Truck Simulator 2 Hauloween Special and the American Truck Simulator Hauloween Special.

The bundles and Hauloween Sale will be available on Steam on the 24th of October from 19:00 CEST.

This year’s event is packed with ghostly spectral fun, for both American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2, with deliveries counted in both games. You can even join in with the celebrations across both sides of the Atlantic, so we look forward to seeing all your pics on our Facebook ATS[www.facebook.com] / ETS2[www.facebook.com], X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram[www.instagram.com] profiles and we will share our favourite ones.

We have another glimpse for you of the upcoming Missouri map expansion for American Truck Simulator! This time, we will take you to the town of Poplar Bluff which will be included in this DLC. What is awaiting you there? Let's take a look!

Located in southern Missouri, Poplar Bluff is home to around 17,000 people. The town was established in the 19th century and named after an uninhabited bluff on the Black River where it was built and the beautiful poplar trees that grew there. Today, it serves as a regional hub for education, health care, and business.

How did our team recreate this charming town? You can look forward to some beautiful buildings inspired by real ones such as the Poplar Bluff bank, courthouse, sheriff department, theatre, and also a couple of stunning historic churches.

Looking at what the industry has to offer in and around the city, truckers hauling goods from Poplar Bluff will be able to find jobs in six companies. In the city, you will find a warehouse, sawmill, metalwork, and construction site that all need your help with delivering supplies. And if you don't feel like going to the city center, you will surely find a job at the timber harvest site or furniture factory in the suburbs.

We hope you are looking forward to trucking in the Missouri DLC and visiting this town. If you do, make sure to add this map expansion to your Steam Wishlist! And don't forget to follow us on our X/Twitter, Facebook[www.facebook.com], Instagram[www.instagram.com], and YouTube, so you won't miss out on any American Truck Simulator news. Until next time, drive safe!

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Today, we are very happy to announce that Driving Academy is now available for American Truck Simulator! A few weeks ago, we announced this new game module in this blog[blog.scssoft.com] and showed you a preview of it in some of our live streams, and now you can finally try it out for yourself.

As was mentioned in the previous blog we released about Driving Academy, we are venturing into new territory, inspired by years of feedback from players who have told us that our games have helped them grasp the basics of truck driving. Many have used it to get a sense of handling a truck and trailer, learning how to maneuver and reverse. With this in mind, we thought we'd take it a step further with this free update which includes sets of scenarios designed to improve and expand these skills in a fun and captivating way.

We've prepared a short video just for you, explaining everything you need to know about Driving Academy. It also includes a brief yet comprehensive guide on how to get started and make the most out of the game module.

This new game module will provide you with various scenarios of increasing difficulty inspired by instructions given to real-life students. You will go from basic driving to navigating intricate courses and complex parking maneuvers with a detailed explanation via driving instructions including diagrams, pointers, and directions. We also wanted to allow drivers to analyze their drive so we have implemented a new replay feature into this game module as well.

If we get positive feedback from our community, we would love to continue creating additional scenarios and special challenges in the future that real-life truck drivers may encounter on the road. Our dream is for this game module to offer a deeper understanding of both truck driving and the underlying systems, as well as when to use them. But that is still a long way to go.

We hope you will enjoy this new game module. Make sure to share your videos or photos with us by tagging us on social media (X/Twitter, Instagram[www.instagram.com], Facebook[www.facebook.com], and YouTube), we are really eager to see those! Also, keep your eyes on our channels so you do not miss out on more upcoming Driving Academy content.

We're thrilled to announce the arrival of the The Fifth Generation Cascadia from Freightliner in American Truck Simulator, which is now available to purchase and drive in-game. This release is especially exciting, as we've worked closely with the team at Freightliner to synchronize its real-life premiere and launch with our virtual implementation.

Ready to hit the road? Let's take a closer look at the newest generation of this iconic on-highway truck.

The Fifth Generation Cascadia is the most advanced on-highway truck Freightliner has ever offered, featuring a cutting edge aerodynamic package with chassis fairings, skirts, cabin extenders, roof fairings, front wheel closeouts and a new aerodynamic hood. These features help streamline airflow and reduce drag, extending the fuel efficiency and range on each journey.

Drivers can also take advantage of the new MirrorEye® digital camera system on the Fifth Generation Cascadia, which provides considerably better vision for the driver, even when light or weather conditions are challenging.

The design of The Fifth Generation Cascadia has been inspired and tested by The SuperTruck II, a prototype truck from Freightliner which is used to push the boundaries of Freightliner's vision for sustainable design by optimizing current technologies.

We'd like to thank our friends at Freightliner and Daimler Truck North America for allowing us to work with them closely to launch this truck both the real world and virtual American Truck Simulator world with early access reference material. We know our community are going to really enjoy this new addition!

We were also given the opportunity to collect our own reference shots and record sounds with the Fifth Generation Cascadia at the High Desert Proving Ground in Madras, Oregon. We look forward to sharing more about our trip and our time with the Cascadia in a future SCS On The Road episode!

It's time to get trucking! We are looking forward to hearing about your first experiences with The Fifth Generation Cascadia from Freightliner. Share with us and Freightliner your screenshots, videos and more, and we'd love to share them. See you on the road!

We're back in the USA for our newest SCS On The Road episode! Join us in Allentown, Pennsylvania, at the Mack Experience Centre as we check out the legendary Mack® Pinnacle, which was recently added as a driveable truck in American Truck Simulator as part of a free recent update (see our blog about it here[blog.scssoft.com]).

During our visit, we had the pleasure of meeting with Christopher Bzik, the Manager of Sales Engineering at Mack Trucks, who gave us an in-depth tour of the Mack® Pinnacle, both inside and out. This episode is packed with valuable insights, including the rich history of Mack Trucks and what makes the Pinnacle such an iconic truck, along with much more, so be sure to watch it all!

We'd like to thank our partners at Mack Trucks for allowing us to film and share this episode with you, and for the team's kind hospitality when we visited them in Allentown. We really learnt a lot about this incredible truck, and we are sure you will too.

If you enjoyed this episode, we'd love to hear your comments! Be sure to let us know something new you learned about the Mack® Pinnacle, along with a like and a subscribe, it really helps support our channel and videos. We will see you soon for the next episode, until then, keep on truckin'!

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Whilst Maryville isn't the biggest city in our upcoming Missouri DLC for American Truck Simulator, it still has plenty to offer to both truckers and visitors alike! Today we're happy to share with you more about this area, which our team has recreated in detail. Let's take a closer look, shall we?

Located in the rolling hills of the northwest, Maryville is a small town with big hospitality. Whether you’re visiting or passing through on a long-haul drive, be sure to take a moment to admire everything this city has to offer.

In Maryville you'll come across several recreated landmarks such as the local church, which was originally built in 1897 (but has since been upgraded and expanded over time). The historic Nodaway County Courthouse, with its iconic structure and clocktower, and other notetable landmarks such as the local firehouse and the Maryville Treatment Center can also be found there.

If you're looking to pick up some work while you are there, Maryville has no shortage of industries that are looking for drivers! Downtown you'll find a range of industries from warehouses to construction sites and even car parts factory. If you happen to be travelling on the outskirts, you can find other industries such as farms with livestock and a wind power plant.

If you're just in town for a break, be sure to take advantage of the local truck stop, where you can rest up for the journey ahead!

We look forward to sharing more previews from the Missouri DLC for American Truck Simulator in the near future. If you like what you see, you can support us by adding Missouri to your Steam Wishlist. A big thank you to everyone who has already, it really means a lot! Until next time, keep on truckin'.

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We know you have probably been wondering what our next state will be in American Truck Simulator after the teaser we published some time ago. Well, most of you guessed it right! Today we are excited to announce that our team is hard at work creating...


Embark on a journey to the Pelican State nestled in the south of the U.S.. Discover the subtropical climate of the state which has provided the magnificent brooding scenery of the coastal bayous, and the lush, dank vegetation.

Truckers can look forward to the beautiful and iconic landscape of this southern state, historical cities like New Orleans and Baton Rouge, miles and miles of long stretching roads, and also the Mississippi River delta that has helped shaped how the area looks today.

The diverse landscape contributes to the unique beauty of this state, as visitors can find three types of regions there. The lowlands consist of the coastal marshes and the Mississippi floodplain. The Red River valley is typical for its red soil and many raft lakes. In the northern part of the state, you will mainly find some rolling hills.

Louisiana has a diverse variety of industries ranging from agricultural production, fishing, or forestry, to petroleum, gas, and coal. Thanks to this, drivers can haul plenty of different cargo types in and out of the Pelican State. We cannot understate the importance of waterways in this state, especially its canal system and the crucial role ports play, such as the port of New Orleans, which ranks among the busiest in the country in terms of volume of seaborne freight handled, so there is plenty of cargo to transport for everyone!

We look forward to sharing more from this state with you in future blog posts. But for now, please remember that everything you see here is still very much a work in progress and may not represent the final product when it is released.

Excited about Louisiana? Then be sure to add this map expansion to your Steam Wishlist as it really helps support our future projects. To stay in touch with all the latest news, don't forget to give our X/Twitter, Instagram[www.instagram.com], Facebook[www.facebook.com], and TikTok[www.tiktok.com] a follow as you'll receive any announcements or updates straight to your feed! We look forward to sharing more with you down the road.

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Every October since 1985, organizations and people from around the world help raise awareness and support local charities in the fight against Breast Cancer. Known as Pinktober, this special month is marked by the iconic pink ribbon, a symbol of unity and strength. It also serves as a reminder that breast cancer impacts many lives, and that we should educate, inform, and empower individuals to make proactive choices about their health.

At the heart of Pinktober is the importance of knowledge and awareness. Recognizing the signs and symptoms of breast cancer can lead to early detection, which significantly improves outcomes. By committing to regular self-exams and professional check-ups, we can play a crucial role in safeguarding our own health. Moreover, sharing this vital information with those around us helps amplify the mission of breast cancer awareness.

Pinktober reminds us all that taking care of our health should be a top priority. Encouraging regular screenings, health check-ups, and advocating for these practices within our communities, friends and families is at the core of what this campaign stands for.

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Since 2019, we've been proud to actively support and bring awareness to this important cause. Our community has been at the core in helping us raise funds for our local charity of choice, the Alliance of Women with Breast Cancer, by purchasing our special Pinktober DLCs for American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2 from which 100% of the income goes to charity every year.

We've had the pleasure of meeting with those involved in this charity organisation, as well as hosting numerous educational talks at our offices in the past. We encourage you to check out their work at their website, which you can find here[www.breastcancer.cz].

We'd like to express our sincerest gratitude to every player who has purchased these special charity packs, your contributions have helped save lives and support those who are directly impacted by Breast Cancer.

If you're looking to make a tangible impact and add some unique flair to your trucks, now is a perfect time to purchase or gift these DLCs. By customizing your trucks with Pink Ribbon designs and sharing them online using #Pinktober2024, you can help spread awareness while supporting the cause.

We are deeply grateful to everyone who has supported Pinktober over the years. Whether through donations, awareness campaigns, or participating in educational events, your efforts have a lasting impact. Together, we continue to bring hope and change to the lives of those affected by breast cancer.

It has been a few weeks since we released the Arkansas map expansion for American Truck Simulator and as always, it is time for us to take a deep dive into the feedback our community has provided us with. You have been flooding us with both screenshots and videos from this new DLC and we really appreciate both the positive reactions and constructive criticism. So let's take a look at what our #BestCommunityEver had to say about Arkansas.

Make sure to keep the content from Arkansas coming as we really love to watch your videos and photos or read the messages and feedback that you are sending us. The best way for it to reach us is by tagging us on our X/Twitter, Instagram[www.instagram.com], Facebook[www.facebook.com], and TikTok[www.tiktok.com], or sharing your impressions on our official SCS Forum[forum.scssoft.com]! We would like to express our thanks to everyone who took the time to create and share some Arkansas DLC content so far and to all those who will do that from now on.

We have also received plenty of positive feedback via the review on Arkansas' Steam page. These nice comments really make our day and push us to keep working hard in delivering our community exciting new content that they enjoy.

If you want to, you can still write a review for Arkansas DLC on the Steam page. We would really appreciate it! You can find the review section if you scroll to the bottom of the Arkansas Steam page.

We also managed to reach some of the content creators who often make content from our games. They sent us their opinions on the Arkansas DLC and some of those made us really happy! You can look at them below. Don't forget to drop by their channel and give them a follow to support their work.

MESETNEOMAN® [Black]

"Arkansas is a legendary region that I have been seriously waiting for a long time. After the unique details of Texas, the announcement of Arkansas made me ecstatic. The first thing I did after receiving the early access was to buy a brand-new Mack Pinnacle. Watching the rivers and hearing the sounds of nature in the rough parts of Arkansas with the Pinnacle took me to more than just the game, I felt it. Finally, Little Rock and other cities really fascinated me with their details. Whether it was the intricate city details or the fascinating adventure of nature, Arkansas offered me more than just a map DLC. SCS Software has given us endless pleasure with this unique early access and subsequent detailed presentations. I would like to extend my eternal respect to the community officials and then to all the other team members. Don't miss this unique experience..." - MESETNEOMAN® [Black] & Murat Arda Güldiken.

meLadyBear

"The Arkansas DLC is taking us further East! This expansion allows us to drive our rigs across the map of the beautiful state of Arkansas. We now have 10 more amazing cities to haul to and from including Little Rock and Hot Springs. Many amazing landmarks as well, don't forget to check out the Arlington Hotel! But that’s not all, as with each new DLC, Arkansas DLC brings us new challenges and missions that will keep us hooked for hours. Arkansas is a state of stunning natural beauty, with beautiful rolling hills, dense forests, and the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers! The scenery is perfect for outdoor enthusiasts and nature lovers. From the driver's seat, we can view the gorgeous mountain ranges," - meLadyBear[www.twitch.tv].

Duude

"Wow, what can I say about the Arkansas DLC! What an amazing addition to American Truck Simulator. This DLC offers over 10 epic cities to explore and many hours to enjoy cruising around. Yet again SCS Software has smashed it with another brilliant DLC with great detail, great scenery, and epic roads to explore. I have certainly enjoyed cruising around Arkansas and the impressive scenery. I thank SCS Software for the work that they have done with the Arkansas DLC. I wonder what they have installed in the future," - Duude.

Nightmare_se

"Welcome to Arkansas y'all! In this DLC you can tell that we are getting into the Eastern United States as the landscape transitions from arid landscapes and grassy plains over to small mountain ranges, forestry, and fertile lowland. All of which SCS has managed to capture in great detail. The cities represented are a good variation ranging from the most populated city of Little Rock all the way down to very small communities you drive through between the map represented cities. With new DLCs come new features and industries. I and my community thoroughly enjoyed the dynamic loading and unloading of logs at the new logging sites. Hot Springs is the must-see city of this DLC for me. With this DLC comes another section of Interstate 40 which was the Interstate I traveled most as an over-the-road driver, bringing back memories and bringing me one step closer to being able to recreate those east-to-west long hauls I enjoyed so much. Hope to see y'all in Arkansas," - Nightmare_se[www.twitch.tv].

We are excited to have you hit the roads of Arkansas! Keep sharing your adventures with us by using #CruisingArkansas on social media. Stay tuned for more updates by following our social media channels (X/Twitter, Instagram[www.instagram.com], Facebook[www.facebook.com], TikTok[www.tiktok.com]). We'll see you on the road!

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