American Truck Simulator 1.3 beta

American Truck Simulator is currently now in an open beta, available on Steam. This brings with it the new Arizona DLC that you can explore before the official release.

A short ad of the new DLC would be: Drive through the streets of 15 new cities including the largest city and capital, Phoenix, and visit the distinctive southern centers Flagstaff and Tucson. Discover a section of the famous Route 66 with its key landmarks. Cross the Colorado river over unique bridges and explore many wonderful vistas and famous landmarks within this region. (as mentioned on SCS Software’s blog)

New patch features:

• Arizona DLC
• Take World of Trucks Contracts directly from the game, now with ATS support
• Physically simulated truck and trailer coupling

Detailed features:

CODE

• Blinker auto off can be disabled (option)
• Speeding highlight can be disabled (option)
• Torque converter simulation greatly improved
• Automatic transmission behavior improved
• XInput support added
• Added UI support for 4th and 5th controller
• Gear shift selectors (range, split) now have UI support for position-based switches

DATA

• New accessories added to 579 a T680 (bullbars, deflectors, sideflares, etc)
• Default air horn added to all trucks (attribute air_horn in sound accessory)
• New engine sound of W900 (air intake)
• Interior sounds of all trucks rebalanced
• US specific engine data

MODDING

• Damage params moved out from game_data.sii and some more added (including wear and part damage factors)
• Data driven engines (torque curve, rpm limits)
• Force feedback data for XInput added (force_feedback.sii)
• Torque converter physics data added, separated manual clutch data (physics.sii)