Paul Jeffrey
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A brand new build for the increasingly impressive American Truck Simulator is now available.
Before new map expansion fans get too excited, this new build doesn't bring with it the much anticipated Utah DLC, that one comes in a few days time, but it does offer up some nice improvements to many of the already existing game areas, plus a few extra goodies thrown in for good measure.
Having been available in public beta access form for a little while now, V1.36 doesn't appear to be as considerable in size as previous update for the sim - however this new build does mark an important step forward for SCS Software as they look to improve the core game code under the hood - allowing the development team opportunities to build bigger and better content releases in future updates.
One of the particularly interesting things from this new build is the move to DX11 as standard, retiring the older DX9 build of the sim and adding quite a nice FPS performance boost for many of the players. With DX11 should hopefully come a nice uplift in power for VR users, helping improve a feature of the title that has to be tried to believe how good it is in a game such as this.
To celebrate the new 1.36 update, you can check out the below update trailer, and catch the full change log below:
American Truck Sim V1.36 Update Notes:
MAP
VEHICLES
FEATURES
MOD
Before new map expansion fans get too excited, this new build doesn't bring with it the much anticipated Utah DLC, that one comes in a few days time, but it does offer up some nice improvements to many of the already existing game areas, plus a few extra goodies thrown in for good measure.
Having been available in public beta access form for a little while now, V1.36 doesn't appear to be as considerable in size as previous update for the sim - however this new build does mark an important step forward for SCS Software as they look to improve the core game code under the hood - allowing the development team opportunities to build bigger and better content releases in future updates.
One of the particularly interesting things from this new build is the move to DX11 as standard, retiring the older DX9 build of the sim and adding quite a nice FPS performance boost for many of the players. With DX11 should hopefully come a nice uplift in power for VR users, helping improve a feature of the title that has to be tried to believe how good it is in a game such as this.
To celebrate the new 1.36 update, you can check out the below update trailer, and catch the full change log below:
American Truck Sim V1.36 Update Notes:
MAP
- Santa Cruz (CA) revamp
- Flagstaff (AZ) revamp
- California speed limit improvements
- Oregon and New Mexico speed limit and general sign improvements
VEHICLES
- Grain hopper trailer (ownable)
- Bulk feed trailer (ownable)
- Frac-tank trailer
FEATURES
- Avoid pins for GPS navigation
- New AI vehicles + all police paint jobs corrected
- Drivers / Trucks / Trailer visible on manager map
- DirectX 11 full support (DirectX 9 removed)
- Chinese and other non-Latin character input (IME)
- Anti-aliasing improvements (SMAA, electric-wires)
- New loading screens
MOD
- Sun profile changes (HDR)
- License plate changes for AI (data-driven types, background texture data)
- Dashboard display UI elements (digital gauges, fuel consumption bar)
- Map editor history (undo/redo)
- Continuous selection of nodes
