American Truck Simulator's Kansas expansion arrives next week
eurogamer.netAmerican Truck Simulator rumbles ever-onward, and developer SCS Software has announced it'll be making its next stop, this time in the state of Kansas — the destination of its newest paid expansion — next Thursday, 30th November. Plus, its substantial 1.49 update — which adds a dynamic night sky, the moon, HDR skyboxes, and more — is out now.
Kansas was confirmed to be the focus of American Truck Simulator 's next, post-Oklahoma expansion back in February, bringing the tally of explorable states in the game up to 14, joining the previously released California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Texas, and Oklahoma.
American Truck Simulator's rendition of Kansas — or the Sunflower State, if you will — promises to give potential visitors and their hefty transportation a tour of the area's «native grasslands, streams, abundant blue skies, and green grassland vistas». You can see some of that across copious screenshots in SCS' launch date announcement post.
«Once considered to be the country's agricultural heartland,» SCS explains of the game's newest addition, «the Sunflower State has managed to attract many large businesses and develop in other industrial areas… [But] nature is certainly doing very well to keep up with technological progress, as the state parks and vast prairies offer unique views with a marvellous atmosphere that will leave every trucker passing by with something to remember.»
Kansas' arrival continues American Truck Simulator's left-to-right march across the US, with SCS having already confirmed it'll be followed by the introduction of Nebraska and Arkansas in the game's next two paid expansions.
In preparation for Kansas' launch next week, SCS
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