SCS Software hat das "Rescale-Update" für den American Truck Simulator (ab 12,53€ bei kaufen) veröffentlicht. Die Entwickler reagieren damit auf die Kritik vieler Spieler an den zu klein geratenen Dimensionen der Umsetzung der amerikanischen Westküste. Der Maßstab der Welt wird von 1:35 auf 1:20 umgestellt. Dadurch sollen die Straßen außerhalb der Städte ungefähr 75 Prozent "länger" werden. Das Gefühl für die Größe und die Distanz soll somit besser vermittelt werden. Sämtliche Kreuzungen und Straßen-Knotenpunkte sowie der Tag/Nacht-Wechsel mussten ebenfalls angepasst werden.

Rescale

• Scale 1:35 -> 1:20 - 1,75x larger map
• Hundreds of miles of new longer roads
• A new city - Santa Maria
• Completely reworked city - Oxnard
• Reworked road system topology:
  
  • New Interstate I-580 and I-80 connections
  • I-5 near LA topology corrected
  • I-5 Redding topology corrected
  • New stretch of CA-101
• Correct interstate junctions - no more same level crossing, freeways exiting on itself, etc
• 28 reworked or new junctions - most notably - Reno, San Francisco, San Diego, L.A.
• 6 new custom rest areas – truckstops
• More accurate height profiles - new steeper climbs and descends
• Famous recognizable landscape landmarks: Donner pass, Grapevine, Kumeyaay highway, Picachio peak, Humphreys peak, Cajon pass

• Map rebuilt in 1:20 scale
• Upgrade Shop and Truck Browser Search Tool
• New chassis options (6x2 & 6x2 Midlift)

• Adjustable interior FOV per truck
• Weigh station UI behavior made more real
• Truck repair/refuel performed by hired driver cost money, included in logs
• Added informational dialog showing when game detects upgrade or downgrade
• Added pounds + short tonnes as weight unit option
• Add possibility to buy driver and co-driver plate in truck dealer
• Online job offer: Replaced refresh button with browse jobs
• Better trailer air pressure simulation
• Low air warning should only be active with running engine
• Parking brake mechanical safeguard on low air added
• Revised rolling resistance computations
• Hired driver use same math for eco skill as player
• Added selector modes to shift layout, correct detection of split shifts (advanced mode)
• Adaptive shifting logic improved
• Mod manager: Added link to load game screen in case game crashed and user has at least one mod activated
• Mod manager: Added possibility of setting profile by name and by user profile pointer
• Mod manager: Added dlc dependency list to mod manifest
• Prevent to AI trucks disappearing in players view
• Tweaked traffic spawn frequencies

• Changed map parameters (climate_profile, map_data)
• Moddable interior camera zoom parameters. (speed, factor)
• 1 degree rotation on Ctrl + R, 90 degree rotation on Home
• Merged editable sign and sign dialog
• Refresh sign template and its model from content browser
• Added letter-spacing to sign editor
• Store content browser navigation history
• Support for day/nigh effect switching and child hookups for lod_model_hookup_u
• Undo of veg sphere manipulation