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ATS | Getting Started: Canada, Mexico, East Coast! | American Truck Simulator | Big World 1

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In this American Truck Simulator Let's Play career episode, we get started on a new career with a heavily modded world: Promods Canada, Reforma, and Coast to Coast, which adds a part of Canada, Mexico and the East Coast. In this episode, we create a profile, install our mods, and make our first short delivery.
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This series is an American Truck Simulator career Let's Play (ATS) playthrough where we start with nothing and attempt to build a trucking empire in Europe.
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ATS | Getting Started: Canada, Mexico, East Coast! | American Truck Simulator | Big World 1

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@Chlrintruc Жыл бұрын

I'm a teenager who plays ATS. When I saw this man, I thought he's a boring old guy. Once he started talking, though, I realised he's more entertaining than the psychotic new generation content creators.

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, Mememento! Glad you're enjoying the videos. :)

@hal8517 Жыл бұрын

Thoughts on a house rule: You can’t drop into a Service center and change the length of your chassis (short, medium, long). That would be building a new truck. You can change the size of the fuel tanks, or maybe add a drop-axle, but that’s about it. What do you think?

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

This would be a fun rule to test out and makes total sense. I'm not sure I'll use it in this save, but I can see that being a fun restriction, forces you to make some fun decisions along the way, and each truck would stay unique.

@stewartrickert Жыл бұрын

Awesome as always, glad to see you using Coast to Coast as I can't play ATS without it

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

I'm looking forward to checking it out. Might be fun to do an east coast-west coast trip.

@C1rnobyl Жыл бұрын

Imagine a mod that added a giant fictional bridge between California and Hawaii. Not sure if you'd have enough fuel to cross it though.

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

Ha! That'd be cool, unless it were a toll bridge. Hefty toll for sure. :)

@C1rnobyl Жыл бұрын

@@ZillaBlitzPC Nah, the REAL challenge would be having enough fuel!

@paulfox3532 Жыл бұрын

Have you even seen a forklift that wasn't scraped to hell and gone on the sides? That's just normal wear and tear lol

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

Good point, yes! They are trying to make me pay for damages but I’ll tell them this. Thanks!

@robscott9414 Жыл бұрын

Canada!!! Yes, eh? 🙂 A loop from Vancouver to Kamloops via Penticton, Kelowna, and then Merritt would take you through some of the varied landscapes that contribute to our "Hollywood North" nickname up here. Alternatively, Vancouver to Squamish -- along what's known as the Sea to Sky hwy would be cool -- could then head to Kamloops from that direction (going from the mountains and coastline of the Pacific Northwest to the heart of North America's northernmost desert (and yes, you'll find rattlesnakes and sagebrush in Kamloops!)

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

I'm looking forward to getting up there, thanks for the tips on where to check out. First I think will be Mexico though, then north! :)

@wvuboy2194 Жыл бұрын

Im kinda jealous that you can go to West Virginia and Virginia (my home state) in this Mod!

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

It'll be fun to explore that part of the US, but I think it's pretty generic from what I've heard. So each state tends to look like the others. Except for the southeast, that is.

@CowBoyHatGaMing Жыл бұрын

Riad trip up to promods, canada then up to the north of Alaska 🎉 i agree

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

I really think I should add that Alaska mod, I'll get on it. :)

@CowBoyHatGaMing Жыл бұрын

@@ZillaBlitzPC nice scenic route

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

I'm sorely tempted. :)

@coyi51 Жыл бұрын

A fine start to an new chapter, looking forward to the next episode.

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

I think this'll be really fun, I'm excited too. Building up again from Level 0 is so much fun, and the added maps should make for some nice variety. :)

@setSCEtoAUX Жыл бұрын

Cool! I'm of course hoping you go to "Minneapolis" soonish, but Mexico looks *amazing* with all those switchback roads. I get motion sick on IRL switchbacks, I'm curious if I would on virtual ones. :)

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

I think Mexico first definitely sounds like a win. Lots of cities so we don't need long distance, and some interesting driving up and around those mountains. :)

@ChaseTheVase 4 ай бұрын

I’m new to the game as a whole and so glad I found your channel. Tons of great mod inspiration, can’t wait to watch this series from the start! I do wonder though, with the new DLC and updates coming out, will that break these mods?

@ZillaBlitzPC 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! And yes, after the game is updated we'll need to wait until the mods get updated. That can take anywhere from a couple of days to a couple of weeks.

@ChaseTheVase 4 ай бұрын

@@ZillaBlitzPC Does that concern you at all or are the mod authors typically active enough that you’re comfortable updating?

@ZillaBlitzPC 4 ай бұрын

I'm pretty much only using ones that have good history, so for the most part I'm not too worried. Worst case I can drop the mod out and still keep the series going.

@thefullmetalgamr9887 Жыл бұрын

Just started playing! Looking forward to the series!

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

Oh, enjoy! It's such a relaxing, chill game. :)

@donald2818 Жыл бұрын

You need the midwest maps.

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

Yes, I'd like to. At the time they weren't ready for the 1.47 update, and when I checked later they still weren't ready. I'll add them if they get it updated for the version I'm using. :)

@thecustardprophet8434 Жыл бұрын

I'm probably a bit late with this, but like the idea of either Mexico or Alaska.

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I think we'll go to Mexico first, for sure. It looks fun, and it should be fun to see how our truck can handle some of the harder roads. :)

@ParkeraNZ Жыл бұрын

Excited to see these new adventures with so much much more miles to run. Ha Denver is the where I started my new career as well and a nice central place. Looking forward to seeing some long drive coast to coast North to Sth coming up. I reckon start in North Canada and end in the South Mexico going along the Pacific Coast H/way exploring NEW Arizona and then into Mex. Then come up from Sth Mex into Texas to Florida then the East Coast

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

Map CIRCUMNAVIGATION along the coast?! That'd be so cool Start in Washington go down through California, into Mexico, then around to Texas, Florida, up the east coast, across the northwest, and then up into Alaska. How cool would that be? :)

@ParkeraNZ Жыл бұрын

@@ZillaBlitzPC Purrrfect!

@RevanFan Жыл бұрын

Where to go first? I would say Mexico, to some of the bigger cities. Chihuahua especially stands out to me as a great one. Once you've got some long distance, Canada. Especially through Vancouver and into Bralorne. There's some cool hidden roads around Bralorne for you to look for too. And you'll be in a good spot to go to Alaska from there if you get the road connection.

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

I think Mexico first sounds like a good idea, I can probably add distance skills as I do that. That might give the Midwest Expansion time to update so we could add that too. Thanks!

@xipswich Жыл бұрын

I saw you mention places like Detroit when you were looking at the map, I highly recommend the mod Midwest Expansion when he releases the 1.47 update fix. It will transform that area of the game.

@xipswich Жыл бұрын

The C2C dev wanted focus on getting to Florida which is why the southern part of the US is more full of content, Reforma is going to be fantastic to explore. I am going through it now on my profile and I'm so amazed by it. This will bring so much content to you.

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

This is great intel, thanks so much! I think I'll likely head to Mexico and then in the meantime perhaps the Midwest Expansion will get updated. :)

@pottytrained4233 Жыл бұрын

Well Mike, you've done it again, I've not only started a new ETS2 game with all your suggested mods, I'm about to do the same with ATS, starting from scratch again after being 100% on all things is gonna be a challenge. Nice video and I'm going to head straight to Mexico, those windy mountain roads look brilliant. Cheers and Keep on Trucking :o) PS, I'm still waiting for "Votes for Women" to arrive and am finding Great Battles of Julius Caesar to be a very heavy/steep learning curve, wow.... :o)

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

These map mods really change the game, I think. It's a whole new experience, like having a half dozen DLCs get released on the same day. :)

@Solidier1 7 ай бұрын

I like how everyone including myself have chosen real companies mods. However some of the areas in the game that I explored in IRL have the wrong companies in the wrong place. I just hope in the future that they will expand the maps more so you can explore more of areas like Hollywood California. Maybe ATS2 would have it?

@ZillaBlitzPC 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, the real company mods add a great sense of immersion. That'd be an interesting question, what would you make different with ATS2?

@Solidier1 7 ай бұрын

yes sir. I'm sure like for a ETS 3 that the map for cities be more than just a small area, of course the graphics be much detailed, maybe they could combine both ATS and ETS maps together and be called "World Truck Simulator" or something much cooler named. This game really got me hooked as it reminds me of the times I used to be on the road alot with my dad who sadly passed a couple months ago. It's like that nostalgic I used to have with him. But yeah seeing how much the game has bring in loads of fans over the years (mostly actual drivers themselves) that they could improved more in the future. I hope some day we could walk around with our own customize avatar beings and real hands behind the wheels. I yet got a chance to play the newer maps that came out after Texas which I hope to experience this year. Heck I was amazed by how the community in ETS2 are with added more areas to make the map more bigger that it probably take a full day to get from the west to the east side of the map. Anyways sorry for the ramble. This game really addicting. I would also like to thank ya for helping out getting both the coast to coast map to work with mexico. Another truck youtuber had there's to the point where it didnt work on my copy for some reason. So yeah gg on the new follower. Hope to see more kick *ss content of yours in the future.

@josesoto3693 Жыл бұрын

Zillaaaa! I was so excited to see this 1st episodes cant wait for more. I used them same map mods so much fun. Mexico is definitely a whole different ball game i found it to be more challenging but really fun. When i was running them map mods i could only use frieght market loads and not the WOT contracts but i think that would add more challenges for the episodes to be under time crunches and then do perfect deliveries. Maybe they updated them now to work with wot but youll have to check. Either way keep up the fun videos.

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

I'm really excited for Mexico and it's good to hear you liked it. :) I'm pretty sure World of Trucks doesn't work well with these mods, so I'm only doing freight deliveries and quick jobs at the moment. No worries. :)

@classicalmusic3979 8 ай бұрын

Somebody turned 253 Years old today

@RevanFan Жыл бұрын

The Alaska Mod is definitely good, but it's not perfect. Some of the mapping is a little lower quality than what SCS does and performance isn't optimized in Fairbanks, but the areas by the coast off the ferries are really high quality, especially Homer, and the drive from Coldfoot to Prudhoe Bay is pretty challenging. If you do use it though, get the road connection between it and ProMods Canada, as it also adjusts the ferry times to be much more realistic.

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

Ah, that's good to know about the quality, thanks. I imagine we'll get our money's worth out of it. I'm looking forward to giving it a shot. I had heard about that connector mod, and will definitely use that if/when I add Alaska. Thanks!

@hal8517 Жыл бұрын

BTW, I love this new series; It’s going to be great.

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm looking forward to it as well. I'm really curious to see how these map mods look. :)

@redbelliedgaming 9 ай бұрын

I need to check out that coast to coast map mod, it definitely sounds like a great mod

@ZillaBlitzPC 9 ай бұрын

It's a bit barren from what I've heard, but still, nice to be able to drive across the whole country.

@Bainesy8586 Жыл бұрын

Hi ZB, loving the new channel, I've not commented in a while, but concepcion del oro quarry in mexico is one Hell of a drive, check it out, great fun.

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Bainsey! Concepcion del oro = noted! We'll definitely do that. Thanks!

@classicalmusic3979 8 ай бұрын

I saw a video on youtube where somebody drives a GLS From its Roof. It was Mr bean

@NerdyNanaSimulations Жыл бұрын

So excited to see promods on the American map, I've thought about it but it seemed like a hassle so I never installed it. Great video.

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

Me too! Would a tutorial video be helpful to people, do you think?

@NerdyNanaSimulations Жыл бұрын

@@ZillaBlitzPC I'm confused and I know ATS well so I can imagine it would be.

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

@@NerdyNanaSimulations Okay, thanks! I might do this this weekend. It took me a bit to figure out, but I think I got it down now.

@NerdyNanaSimulations Жыл бұрын

@@ZillaBlitzPC Might even go viral like your snow mod tutorial... give your channel a boost

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

Yes, views are good but I thought they'd be more subs. Probably need some tutorials. :)

@timber9705 Жыл бұрын

I'd rather see you explore plain ATS.

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'll be keeping the original series going, and will be still driving in lots of plain ATS areas. In case it's helpful, here's episode 1 for the original series that has 80+ episodes with the core ATS maps. :)

@whovian223 Жыл бұрын

Another restart! Happy to get in on the ground floor. Are you ending the ongoing ones, or are these in addition to those?

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

I think I'm going to focus on these, but keep the others going as well. When the game gets updated, there are often 2-4 weeks where you have to wait for map mods to get updated. :)

@wyattkube7714 Жыл бұрын

MY CITY IS ON THERE IM FROM KAMLOOPS AKA KAMMY THANK YOU FOR THIS BANGER

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

Awesome, that's great. :)

@ting-an0627 7 ай бұрын

Gee, the reforma map finally works. I think the game will crash is because I don't install the reforma compability patch mod. Well, thank you bro anyway :)

@ZillaBlitzPC 7 ай бұрын

Good luck! Installing the patch is easy if you want to add it. I got mine on Truckymods and you install it just like any other mod. You don't need it unless you have other mods installed like the improved Arizona mod, or perhaps others that the mod information will tell you about. Did you install the two main Reforma files? There is the Map mod and a resources file too.

@classicalmusic3979 Жыл бұрын

new ats series without telling

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

Sneak attack! :)

@ZainR997 Жыл бұрын

Nice video how are you really edited to see what's in promods in these new series

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

I'm really looking forward to it. I think the maps will be fun to explore. :)

@ZainR997 Жыл бұрын

@@ZillaBlitzPC ye

@0rijinal 6 ай бұрын

I can't find Coast to Coast anywhere. Dang

@ZillaBlitzPC 6 ай бұрын

Here you go: truckymods.io/american-truck-simulator/maps/coast-to-coast

@0rijinal 6 ай бұрын

@@ZillaBlitzPC Thank you!

@WayneKerr69420 Жыл бұрын

Dear Mike, I have a question. What is your favorite truck in ATS now that the Volvo VNL 2018 is out?

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

I haven't tried the Volvo yet, have got to pick one up with the original series on this channel. I definitely want to try it out. I think outside of that, I've liked the original Peterbilt we had, and the new Kenworth is fun to drive too. :)

@ting-an0627 7 ай бұрын

Are unimex map and project better arizona crucial when installing reforma map? I thought the game will crash to the desktop...

@ZillaBlitzPC 7 ай бұрын

No, you don't need either of them for Reforma. It works fine with them, but you want to make sure you have the linking file(s) and that you get the load order correct.

@ting-an0627 7 ай бұрын

Btw the unimex map does not have 1.48 version and is incompatible, so is there another way to install mexico without the unimex map?

@ZillaBlitzPC 7 ай бұрын

Yes, Unimex didn't seem well supported at the moment, so I just didn't install it when the game updated. You don't need it to run Mexico. Offhand, I forget, but there might have been a "linking" file too? If so, I just didn't install that either. But you can install Mexico on its own, no need for Unimex. :)

@classicalmusic3979 8 ай бұрын

I sold my bed

@ostrichponk6844 Жыл бұрын

How do you copy your settings from one save to another?

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

I'm using cloud Steam saves, so I think this impacts the location, but look in Documents -> American Truck Simulator -> steam_profiles. There should be coded folders in there for each of your profiles. You can figure out which one is which by the "Date Modified" column. Just copy everything that's inside the folder of the profile you want to copy from and paste it into and replace the files in the folder of the profile you want to copy into. If you're not using Steam cloud saves, you might look in the "profiles" folder.

@iJulioRocha Жыл бұрын

Hey there! I wanted to know, if possible, how do you look to the left and right so smoothly. Is it with some mod? Because when I'm on ETS2, and press the assigned key to look in the interior left or right, it's so unnatural, but yours is some sort of smooth.

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

I don't have the game handy at the moment, and to be honest, that's one thing that I remember messing around with on my old save for a long time to get things right. I don't remember exactly what I did, but when I started up this save I was having the same problem you mention. I'll poke around the settings and see if I can figure out what I did.

@iJulioRocha Жыл бұрын

@@ZillaBlitzPC Thank you so much! And sorry for bothering you!

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

No worries at all. I want to figure it out for my new ETS2 save too, because the controls aren't working well there. I just have to remember what I did, like, 2 years ago. I remember it being kind of wonky, and several of the keys didn't work the way I thought they would.

@herradorfe6749 6 ай бұрын

where can I get those maps

@ZillaBlitzPC 6 ай бұрын

Trucky Mods, but I'm working on a tutorial video now. It should be up soon. :)

@donwhittaker2116 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Got a couple of questions for you. How do you get those maps and how do you get them added into your game. I've been wanting so bad to add more to my game. Once again great video really enjoyed it inspires me to play. Be safe driver

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

At some point I'll have to make a video tutorial for it, there are a few sites and a few steps to getting it all downloaded and installed. But I'd start with the ProMods site. It shows up in a Google search and there you can download the ProMods Canada files. Their installation instructions are pretty good. Once you've got that installed, you can try it out and add others after?

@ting-an0627 7 ай бұрын

So will the game crash to the desktop no matter what if your reforma is loaded in the correct order with other maps, but you just don't install reforma other maps compability patch? So far I have installed promods canada, c2c map, route to alaska, pacific map, and caribbean map but mexico.

@ZillaBlitzPC 7 ай бұрын

I think it's more that the maps won't link up and at those linkage points weird things can happen like your truck falling through a hole to nowhere, or just hitting a highway that dead ends, etc. Of course those things can lead to a crash, I suppose.

@classicalmusic3979 Жыл бұрын

show your stats

@classicalmusic3979 8 ай бұрын

SCS needs to rework iveco stralis or remove it from the game

@leonardotoschi585 Жыл бұрын

Ets but american version

@ZillaBlitzPC Жыл бұрын

I actually think the versions are quite different. The trucks drive so differently, and driving in the US and driving in Europe are very distinct experiences.

@Beezlebub6417 6 ай бұрын

how do i fix reforma crashing?

@ZillaBlitzPC 6 ай бұрын

It's really hard to say because there could be so many causes. These are things to check: - Load order of mods - Conflicting mods - Incompatible versions (mod & game files don't match, usually)