I was not prepared for the emotional jolt I got from seeing SCS Software post a video titled "American Truck Simulator - Reaching The End," but take heart, friends - American Truck Simulator has not been canceled.
Instead, the developers are merely reaching the end of Route 66. The brief teaser video shows a truck move from a dirt roadside stop area beside what appears to be a corn field.
Behind the truck, a sign for US Route 66 is revealed. The obvious implication here is that Illinois - which hosts the final stretch of Route 66 not yet in the game - will be the next DLC state, after the respective releases of the previously-announced Missouri, Iowa, and Louisiana.
As an icon of the US road system, Route 66 represents a major milestone for American Truck Simulator. The game originally launched in 2016 with the states of Nevada and California, the latter of which featured the eastern end of Route 66.
Over the years, more and more pieces of the road got added alongside further state DLC packs - first with the free Arizona DLC later in 2016, then with New Mexico in 2017, Texas in 2022, and Oklahoma and Kansas in 2023.