American Truck Simulator 1.59 is now available on Steam

SCS Software has published the official release of update 1.59 for American Truck Simulator. After the Open Beta period, the stable version is now available on Steam with several changes focused on readability, driving comfort, and the overall game experience.

One of the most useful additions is in the route advisor: finance and damage widgets are now available. These panels make important information easier to see while driving, including truck, trailer, and cargo damage when relevant, plus bank balance and recent average profit.

Tow to Road is another practical feature in this update. When a truck is overturned, stuck, or no longer in a drivable position, players can use the service menu to return it to the last safe road position instead of sending it all the way to a repair service.

The Skills screen has also received a visual refresh. It now communicates current level, next progression, and remaining steps more clearly. Controller navigation has been improved too, which matters for players who prefer a gamepad over keyboard and mouse.

Version 1.59 adds multiple quality-of-life UI changes: a clearer in-game news banner, better map pin controls, improved save icons, clearer overwrite behavior, more reliable garage cutscene skipping, and better D-pad accessibility.

On the sound side, SCS has rebalanced traffic audio so it feels less intrusive and more natural from inside the cab. Visually, Height Blend receives technical improvements, including GPU memory-saving options and fixes for inconsistent graphical results.

One important note: detours have been temporarily disabled while SCS maintains and improves that system. Random road events remain available, so this change only affects the detour feature.

While the official announcement focuses on visible 1.59 features, every major ATS update can include internal changes that affect heavily modded profiles. If you play with maps like Mapkalo, traffic packs, sounds, graphics mods, or custom trucks, treat 1.59 as an important compatibility update and check your setup before loading your main profile.

For MundoATS users, the safest path is simple: back up your profile, test the update on a secondary profile first, disable outdated mods if the game does not load, and wait for compatible versions when a mod depends on map, economy, traffic, or UI files. Running old mods on a new game version can cause crashes, loading errors, broken map areas, or black screens.

It is also worth checking performance after updating. UI, sound, and visual changes can feel different depending on the PC, especially on mid-range or low-end systems. If you notice stuttering, FPS drops, or slower loading, test again with mods disabled to separate base-game behavior from a mod compatibility issue.

In short, ATS 1.59 is not only about new buttons: it improves comfort, information readability, ambient sound, and parts of the visual pipeline. For players using Mapkalo or a large mod list, the most important step is to update calmly and keep everything compatible with version 1.59.