Convoy - Community Spotlight

With the recent release of the Convoy feature for ATS and ETS2, our social media channels have witnessed an avalanche of absolutely incredible photos and videos from your first multiplayer journeys, in which you and your friends were taking on the same jobs and delivering cargo together. It’s difficult to simply express with words how much we appreciate this kind of feedback, since in the end, whatever we do we are doing for the happiness of our #BestCommunityEver. 

What you will see here is just a small selection of videos we have laid our eyes on and there is much more here and here. Feel free to keep sending us pictures and videos on our social media - Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and we’ll make sure to check them out as well!

In addition to screenshots and videos, quite often there are developers who are watching the ETS2 and ATS categories on Twitch, so the streamers certainly do not have to feel left out.

We also immensely value the amount of positive feedback we have received for the update in comment sections and on our forums. We know you have been waiting to drive together with your friends for a long time, so do not be afraid and start a Convoy session yourself or jump into an already created one and work together with your fellow truckers in this awesome new multiplayer experience!

The First 5 Days of #CruisingIdaho

Five days ago, we released the latest expansion for American Truck Simulator, the state of Idaho. With its release, we also introduced a very special World of Trucks event for our community, the #CruisingIdaho event.

We wanted to set the community goal to a number which wouldn't put too much pressure on our players while hoping it would last for at least a week or two, but you, our #BestCommunityEver have smashed right through it and have left us speechless once again!

Your amazing support kicked the Idaho DLC to the first position in Global Top Sellers on Steam to steal a few minutes of fame from other big titles (sorry Death Stranding, but not sorry). Thank you so much for your support!

But that was not enough for you, because immediately thousands of you joined the #CruisingIdaho event and the community goal of 30,000,000 miles was completed on Sunday morning, which left us all astonished!

But please do not worry for a second! Because with the community goal finished, it doesn't mean that we are going to end the event anytime soon! We do not want to bring any pressure or make you feel like you have to hurry and rush through this new DLC to complete the personal goal to earn the rewards. Plus we know that many of our players are on their vacation, or simply enjoying the summer away from their rigs. You all can slow down your trucks a bit, open windows, let the fresh Idaho air come to your truck's cabin, and enjoy the view a bit.

 The event will conclude on the 16th of August, 2020, 23:59 UTC!

Meanwhile, while you're filling up your tanks or taking a rest at some of the new Idaho rest stops, you can watch some of the community videos created in this latest map expansion! As usual, these below are just a very few of those videos and stream recordings that caught our eyes recently, and if you want to find more, or your favorite streamer or content maker, be sure to check the full list of videos that can be found here.

Jeff Favignano
(you have to click on it and watch it on Youtube)

Clumsy

Squirrel

Fox On The Box

TGM

Hubyfan (German Language)

SiSL

TheNorthernAlex

Acepilot2k7

SCS Video Contest 2020 - Results

Due to popular demand, the return of video contest has been a success! This year we allowed you to record on Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator, which brought a lot of variety to the videos submitted.

Our committee of judges really enjoyed watching all your videos, even if it did mean settling down for hours at a time to do so. We were especially surprised by the creativity and work that went into some these entries.

There was an overwhelming majority of ETS2 videos - which is somewhat surprising, considering ATS videos could've been from two states, both single and combined. So due to the ratio, 4 winning videos are from good old Europe and 1 from the States!

HetriX with a professional trailer!

Thizorac with a wonderful Twin Peaks references!

JekaArtz with a well-balanced video!

Tamás Vajvoda (so epic as a whole, we expected a dragon somewhere in there!)

Toast (European trucking with American country music!)

It wasn't an easy choice to pick our winners, as some of the other videos came close to reaching a top 5 spot, however, we have decided to give some of these videos honourable mention special prize for their efforts!

• Kuba522 - this video was sooo close to hit TOP 5!
• Cinematography Gaming - with some great shots of  the many landmarks and assets!
• Stasmaster - a great journey!

We have also picked some of your entries to be featured on our social media channels, because of the number of great videos you've sent us. We certainly did enjoy watching them all! Be sure to look out for them on our official Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Unfortunately, not all entries made it to our judging panel as they did not reach the requirements we set for the contest, so make sure to read the rules carefully next time!

Also, if you have any feedback, wishes or requests, please let us know in the comment section. What would you change to make our future contests easier or more interesting? Would you like a different format?  One of the more popular bits of feedback we received, which was to reply/ confirm/ validate every entry that was received unfortunately isn't possible for us.

A BIG thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations to our top 5! All winners will be contacted and notified by the email from which they sent their entry.

SCS Video Contest 2020

With the release of our latest and newest content, we have received a large number of screenshots, videos and more across our social media channels and forums. Last year we organized a contest that gave the opportunity to the creative film-makers of our community to show off their work. This year we're not only repeating that, but also including American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2 together.

So, to celebrate last year's releases, the focus of the video can be either Road to the Black Sea, Washington or Utah - featured together or alone - your choice. But you have to focus on one game, you can't mix both our simulators together.

From this point on, the contest is now live! Anyone willing to show their creative filming skills is welcome to do so by creating a trailer-like video with any of last year's map expansions as the main focus, and with the freedom to use any and all of the other DLCs for our games.

The 5 best videos will be selected by SCS Software staff and all five winners will receive a coupon allowing them to spend 100 EUR on anything in SCS Software's Merchandise e-shop, plus 1 Steam key for Euro Truck Simulator 2 – Iberia or 1 Steam key for American Truck Simulator – Idaho!

Shipping costs will also be covered by SCS Software, to make it fair for all of our fans around the globe, as we're aware that shipping cost might cast a shadow on the excitement of winning. In the event of a really high number of participants with quality entries, we may throw in some more rewards.

Keep in mind that your videos should be somewhat movie-like and cinematic. Normal "Let's play" videos won't be accepted. After-effects and editing is allowed.


Conditions (read carefully - you need to meet all of them):

• You must use the standard game & DLC only (SCS content) - using any 3rd party mod will disqualify you from the contest; so only the base game and any of our official DLCs are allowed
• Dev camera (free camera) can be used, as well as any other game functions (config edit is allowed completely)
• You may use any truck & trailer combination(s)
• The video must be shot primarily in locations from Road to the Black Sea, Washington and the Utah map expansion.
• The form of the video is completely up to you, but remember to keep your original video file, and of course, keep any revenue if you are a semi-pro creator (see our monetization licence).
• All videos have to be uploaded to YouTube as a publicly available video and we'll be happy to embed the worthwhile entries into our social media feeds as they reach us to help you boost the viewer numbers.
• Music featured in the video is up to you, but since the video needs to be on YouTube, it must follow YouTube content and copyright policy
• One video entry per person
• To participate you have to send the direct YouTube link  together with your name/nickname to contest@scssoft.com – Subject of the email has to be "SCS Video Contest 2020"

Technical parameters:

• Length: 90-120 seconds (not less than 90, not more than 120)
• Resolution: 1920x1080 or higher.

16. February 2020 23:59 UTC is the deadline - entries received after this time won't be accepted.

 - Full terms and conditions are available here -

Road to the Black Sea: Community Showcase

With the recent release of Road to the Black Sea for Euro Truck Simulator 2, our social media channels have been filled to the brim with your photos, videos, GIF's and other content. We love to take a look through them during our work day, and even share them with each other across our internal team channels for inspiration and positivity.

We'd love to share just a handful of content from our #BestCommunityEver with you here, such as these beautiful screenshots.

and across YouTube, Twitch, Mixer and more you can find a handful of video content made by some very talented community members!

We love all the pictures and videos you send us, and thank you for your hard work in creating them; and look forward to seeing many more as you explore more of Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey.

If you want to see many more screenshots and videos like the ones featured above, you can find more of them shared on our Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, or share them with us using the hashtag #RoadtotheBlackSea.

Hello from Gamescom 2019!

It's the start of Gamescom 2019 hosted in Cologne, Germany! We are excited to be among so many different game developers and communities at this great event. We are also happy to be showcasing our games and expansions in a new and unique booth this year, which has been built in a truck garage-styled theme.

It features not only our famous SCS Motion Simulators but a range of PC setups with a variety of accessories and PC peripherals. A huge thank you to Thrustmaster, Steelseries, Tobii , Intel, Alienware and Speedseats for providing these fantastic setups. 

So make sure if you are visiting this week, to swing by Hall 6 at Booth B050, and say hello to our developer team and take a drive of ETS2 or ATS, which may even feature a few roads from future expansion. We'd love to also see you take plenty of photos & videos, just use the hashtag #GamescomTrucking and we will be sure to see them.

If are unfortunately unable to make it, don't worry! You can keep up to date with us with what we're up to on location from our Twitter, Instagram and Facebook Pages (SCS Software, Euro Truck Simulator 2, American Truck Simulator)

SCS On The Road - Truck Event Austria

That's right - our sim trailer is repaired and ready to roll out again! And the first destination we're going to is Truck Event Austria, which is happening at Wels, this Saturday, on June 29, 2019.

Just a reminder if you haven't seen our previous post - you can look forward to an area of 27,500 m² with more than 500 polished show trucks with their proud owners from Austria, Germany and Switzerland, plus lots of different attractions and activities for everyone, be it for a kid or a seasoned trucker. Just check out last year's video! This year they are planning to go even bigger than what you can see here! Are you going to be there?

If you can't make it to this event, check out our calendar below for other opportunities to meet us. See you soon!

Washington: Community Showcase

With the recent release of Washington for American Truck Simulator, many of you have been actively engaged in sharing your photos and videos, on your journey through this new map expansion.

With so many to choose from, we've decided to showcase a small handful of the images which you have captured in this slideshow below.

Along with these beautiful screenshots, many of you have also decided to record your journeys on YouTube and give your first impressions and thoughts on Washington. Here is just a small selection of our community's creative work!

We love all the pictures and videos you send us, and thank you for your hard work in creating them; and look forward to seeing many more as you explore more of this beautiful state.

If you want to see many more screenshots and videos like the ones featured below, you can find more of them shared on our Twitter, Instagram and Facebook!

Beyond the Baltic Sea - Community Videos

The Beyond the Baltic Sea map expansion for Euro Truck Simulator 2, the latest and so far largest DLC we've developed, has been out for almost a week, and we're extremely happy and honored that it's been welcomed by our games' fanbase so well.

We would like to share with you some of the videos created by members of the truck sim community, reviewing the new map DLC.

Squirrel's Review

Daggerwin's First Look

Clumsy's First Look - Entering Finland

Nordrheintvplay's video (German language)

Burning-Gamers.de (German language)

Mark Armstrong Gaming's First Look

Darwen's Creative Video

ArturPL's Video (Polish language)

There are dozens and dozens more, the newest member of our ETS2 family is getting a lot of attention on Youtube and Twitch. If you want to see more videos, there are more links appearing in the search results all the time: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ets2+beyond+the+baltic+sea.

Meanwhile, we are working on a small patch for the game and the DLC, to address several fortunately relatively minor glitches reported by the players in the past few days. We hope to get it to you in a couple of days.

SCS On The Road: Most

Five weeks of summer break in the FIA ETRC 2018 season are over. We have kept ourselves very busy in the meantime, traveling to other big events, so now we need to gather our crew again, refill our Sim Trailer with goodies, and set the course to Autodrom Most circuit for the next round of the championship.

If you think about going to the Most truck race, make sure to stop by our place and spend some time with us. You'll be able to try our 4D motion seats, play our game (we can even give you a sneak peek at the upcoming DLC content!), get the latest info about our current projects, grab a piece of our merchandise, or have a chat with the devs.

If you can't make it there, you can follow us on our Twitter and Instagram profiles where we'll be posting what's going on around this event, just as usual.

As an inspiration, here is a little travel report from the most recent event we have visited. We have just arrived from this year's Gamescom, and below you can see a few photos and a little video celebrating our participation in the largest European gaming expo. It was five days full of virtual trucking and meeting with amazing people and fans of our games. It was also the first time we have been publicly showing bits of the upcoming map expansions of ATS: Oregon and ETS2: Beyond the Baltic Sea.

It was for the first time at Gamescom for us when we've been placed inside a hall in full glory with our sim trailer, and we loved every single moment of our stay. Thanks to all of all who have stopped by our #GCTrucking spot and spent some time with us!

Grand Gift Delivery countdown

Hurry up all Santa's trucking elves! You may be a little late, but your effort still counts! If you want to participate in our Christmas event, there is plenty of time left to deliver those parcels and earn your chance to get unique prizes both digital and physical!

To get up to speed, make sure to read our earlier Grand Gift Delivery 2017 blog post first.

Physical rewards will be drawn randomly from all participants for each Tier after the special event completion on Monday, January 22, 2018. Keep an eye on our social media so you do not miss the event winners announcement.

During the event so far, we have noticed several questions being asked repeatedly. To address them, we decided to create a little f.a.q. list:

Q: How can I see my progress?

A: Both in-game (in a new little bar at the top of the main menu screen) and on your Profile page on the World of Truck web site. The latter includes the Log Book page to help you keep track of recent jobs' details.

Q: I keep delivering things and the progress still shows 3/6. How comes?

A: Please make sure your jobs are:

• External Contracts - Quick Jobs nor Freight Market doesn't count.
• Gift jobs - only the big gift boxes as the cargo count, nothing else does.
• Different destination cities - each job has to be delivered to a different city than any of the previous ones. Check the log book! The list of visited cities doesn't reset after finishing tier 1. 

Q: I get an error that my vehicle is too long when I try to take an External Contract. What's going on?

A: You have very likely some incompatible mod enabled. It's recommended to disable all mods when participating in World of Trucks events.

Q: I finished Tier 1 and got nothing!?! Help!

A: You have to log in to World of Trucks and claim the Steam inventory items from the Event page. The "Open Events Page" button from the in-game event description will steer you there as well.

Q: I finished Tier 1 and got no Steam achievement. What's wrong?

A: It's a World of Trucks achievement, not a Steam one.

Q: How can I activate tier 2?

A: Just keep going. Once you deliver another gift job, it will be counted towards Tier 2 automatically.

Special Transport Fan-Made Videos

On Wednesday, we have offered the players of Euro Truck Simulator 2 a new challenge with the release of Special Transport DLC. We wanted to bring you something fresh, something different from the monotony of standard deliveries. Some of the tight passes should put your skills to a real test, and the escort vehicles make it all look really exciting.

Reading your excited and positive reactions, comments, and reviews on the various communication and social channels, it looks like we have succeeded in our goal, and made our fan base mostly happy.

Searching the Internet, we have found many great fan-made videos, stream records, let's plays, and first looks. Let us show you just a small sample here...

MrMorrelo's Fan Made Trailer

TGM's Fan Made Trailer 

Daggerwin's First Look

Gadarol's Video (German language)

Hilmi Şahin's Video (Turkish language)

JNR-SNR Gaming's Video

Gamekeepers_cz's First Look (Czech language)

If you are in the mood for even more movies, here is a link conveniently asking YouTube to search for "special transport ets2." However, who would just sit and watch movies all day when you can actually get behind the wheel to deliver those huge loads!? :)

Italia Fan-Made Videos & Reviews

Only a few days have passed since we released the latest ETS2 map expansion - Italia. The fan community's response has been overwhelmingly positive, we're so happy and honored by your voice of support! There were still some bugs reported, and we are working on a quick update of the game and the DLC for next week.

For a very brief moment in time, for some two or three hours on Tuesday evening, our humble map DLC has enjoyed its moment of glory at the very top of Global Top Sellers on Steam. This is a major accomplishment and an indication of the decication and strength of our fantastic player community. Not many full-priced games can do it, especially now in the era of total dominance of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in the chart.

Quite a lot of players and fellow truckers have also celebrated the release their own way - with "First Looks" or "Let's Play" videos for their channels. We think it may be of interest for you if we list some notable videos here...


MrMorrelo's Fan Made Trailer

Squirrel's First Look

SiSL's First Look

Daggerwin's First Look

Wujek Bohun's Video (Polish language)

NU89's Video (Italian language)

Негабаритный Канал Video (in Russian)

There are many many more! It would make a never-ending blog post if we tried to list them all, so if your favorite YouTube or Twitch.tv hero isn't placed among those above, try to search some keywords on these sites (like at this link) and surely you'll find their uploads as well.

Thank you all and see you next time! We have some HUGE news lined up for you very soon! ;-)