Speaking to a realism of ATS, I am a retired truck driver. 10 years, 1 mil miles. I am really impressed with with the detail and the sound. Hearing those jakes rattle is like the sound of music to me. All you need is a candle that smells like diesel exhaust lol.

Glad you finally did some ATS. it's the only reason I subscribed to your channel.

My dad has almost 40 years truck driving and he said that the game is kind of accurate but he doesn’t like it because the scale is so small. Your vids are so cool Jeff.

The Texas map is massive and very impressive, I’ve loved it so far, the backroads are my favorite routes to take as many of them are gorgeous

I'm happy to see ATS return to the channel ❤️ I've been enjoying Texas and I love the new prefabs with tighter parking. I can't wait to see you explore Austin, San Antonio and the coastal parts down south, you'll be blown away.

Great video Jeff! Glad to see you back in ATS, the rig is finished, and most importantly you feel better. I will try to pop into the stream if I can. Enjoy the New Year everybody!

The northern part of Texas is highly underrated. Once Oklahoma is done, you'll have to map out the portion of I-40 that is the old Route 66 and drive that across NM, TX and OK. At one point in Oklahoma, there are wind turbines as far as you can see and it's a really cool sight.

The details for Galveston are spot on, especially the causeway.

I have only seen a few parts of Texas, but I’m liking it so far, SCS definitely put a lot of love and care into it!

Cool to see more ATS from you Jeff. Hope this year has been great for you and I hope you’ll have a great new year. Take care!

I'm loving the Texas DLC. I was not expecting the garage in Corpus Christi to be located close to where I live IRL

Ats is one of those relaxing games where you can zone out and listen to your fave tunes...which is why I enjoy playing when ever I can. Hope everyone has a wonderful new years eve and may the new year bring everyone good health, peace and happiness and many more blessings!👍✌️🙏

@Jeff Favignano I’m so glad that you’re back and you will not be disappointed with Texas DLC it’s Amazing it would be fun to see you and fivepd boys playing in convoy in Texas

Awesome to see you back in ATS, no one does it as well as you do! Looking forward to your content in 2023! Texas is fantastic, lot of varied roads and sights and it's really well-made, to normal high SCS quality, you will enjoy it greatly! ...and it's huuuge! Happy New Year!

Since Texas is my favorite state in the U.S. I think SCS has done a fantastic job with it! Hope to see more content from you driving around the different cities in Texas!

I’m from Texas so this is awesome to see and how accurate everything is I live in Amarillo Texas the accuracy is amazing to me!!

20:30 - We might be getting Texarkana in a later update. I know that SCS has discussed finishing up northeastern Texas (and by northeastern, I'm not talking about the panhandle. That'll be northwestern Texas), so you may be able to go to Texarkana in ATS in the near future.

I think one of my favorite mods lately has to be pedestrian traffic sounds. You can hear other diesels shifting and it just adds a whole new dimension of realism.

Texas! My Home Sweet Home! 💯

Eastbound and down Loaded up and truckin Doin what they say cant be done Love the video jeff

Man Jeff doing GTA 5M, ATS, and then Outbreak. Literally living my best virtual life lol

VERY EXCITED TO ATS BACK!!!!

Hey man I'm glad to see you back on ATS I love the grind

Its funny how I just checked your channel literally last night to see if you had any recent ATS uploads, and was sad that you didn’t. Now I got this notification haha

I moved to Missouri from Texas….. and mannnnn do I miss Texas. Missouri is beautiful as well. You can take the boy outta Texas but you can’t take the Texas out the boy

A very happy new year to you Jeff! Was watching some of this at 2am this morning on my home from the Sydney Fireworks, completely toasted 🤣. All the best wishes for 2023 and what it will bring.

Yesss, glad to see more ATS!

That is crazy. I’m a Texas native and I live in the Fort Worth Dallas Metroplex and it was like I was driving on my own throughout the highways from Wichita Falls through Fort Worth and Dallas and it is so realistic, even down to the stupid crazy drivers!

Congratulations Jeff, I am so happy you are now able to have your gaming setups.

I want to say thank you for the closed captions in your videos. Most dont bother. I am here because of that. I can see/hear your videos which means A LOT to me and those of us with hearing issues. Great videos and great thoughtfulness

Jeff a big respect to you and your family keep up the good work brother thank you

There's something about cruising in ATS and Jeff giving an update on things! It's so good to have it back on the channel. Happy New Year to you Jeff, Nicole and the family. Here's to 2023, and what's to come. I wanted to say a huge thank you Jeff for being you and the streams and uploads

I grew up in Wichita Falls, watching you drive through it, it’s a fairly close representation of the town. Landmarks, roads, and the like. Good on ya devs!

Glad you're back and making content

Yes! Finally...we missed you Jeff on ATS

I was so excited when Montana came out because I could finally drive on I-90, which we took from Minnesota to Montana where we had a week long family vacation out there in 2020. Super cool to see Montana and when driving through Bozeman I actually found the Firehouse Subs we ate at while we were there. SUPER COOL. I can't wait for the Midwest to start rolling out!

Never thought I'd be so excited about a truck sim video in my life!! LETS GOOOOO!

Owl city v2. Go glad I got to witness it 🤣❤️

Loved the video Jeff I love watching your videos and can’t wait to see what you do next

Aw man I am so happy to see ATS return to the channel. I hope you all have a good 2023

It's cool af that watching this I'm recognizing real stuff and areas

Back to the good old days ♥️

Anything is better than little ceasers, Happy new year Jeff. Glad to see ATS back

I love this game I just got back in to it more than ever so glad to see you back as well I'm looking forward to more 🤟🏻

I wish they'd add 3 states at a time. Oklahoma has already been announced. Texas is huge! They should start adding multiple states. I live near Cincinnati Ohio so it's going to be a while until I see my town. I'm familiar with a lot of Indiana too & live right off route 50 so the town I live in should be in the game.

The Houston and Galveston areas are pretty spot on.

I found out about ATS 6 months ago from stumbling on one of your vids. Absolutely love the game! Cant wait for more content from you Jeff!

Hey Jeff love seeing ATS back on the channel!

Hey Jeff! Glad to see you back in ATS!! :) Have a great day man!!

Welcome back Jeff we are very happy that you are okay

I remember first going to Texas in ATS. It's so huge, it's like its own country.

ATS announced a lot of new trucks coming down the line. Including the Volvo VNL, Peterbilt 389X, Kenworth T680 Next Generation and the Western Star 57X I believe.

Amazing video, and nice to see the amazing American truck simulator back on here

yay! wondering when you were going to do this one. I got Texas as soon as it was released and went exploring. I live in Houston (in the I-45 / FM1960 area, which is on the map to get to the airport: IAH, which you passed after your game crashed and had to start over, LOL), and I know they can't have EVERYTHING for Houston (the 4th largest city in the US), but I saw enough... I decided to make my base in San Antonio instead 😁. yes, the highway interchanges in Houston in the game are PAINFULLY accurate...

The sound mods are SO good these days. I remember during my 18 Wheels of Steel days, you were happy with any semblance to a turbo. These sounds are so realistic it's scary 😂

Pretty dang spot on! Gave me flashbacks of family roadtrips.

47:43 “twerk around” lmao gave me a good chuckle. I’ve found after the 1.46 update every city in the game is very laggy. I’ve been told Texas is the most laggy though. As for the jazzy cat motorcycle pack, it should come with 3 files the main one, the def and another with a 3 letter name at the end. If you put that one above the main file it makes it to where there is a normal amount of bikes on the road. “The other day I had one merge into my trailer and let’s just say he didn’t make it lol”

Man, I’ve been daydreaming about a nice ATS setup for the last few days. Glad to see you got your rig set back up.

Having that kind of a setup must be an absolute blast to use.

I've been waiting for SO long for some Jeff trucking again. Jeff is the only virtual trucker I enjoy watching. He plays it as if its real life. Watching him makes me want to drive for a living. Plus my father is a trucker, so I guess it's in me blood

Yee haw, partner. Checking in from Galveston here! Hope you have a great 2023 Jeff.

I just started playing this game a few months ago, along with ETS2. Ended getting every map DLC for both games, and a TON of mods. Absolutely love them, and I really didn't think truck sims would be my kind of game. Only negative is that performance has been much worse since the 1.46 patch. Especially in cities. You should check out the Reforma mod if you haven't already. Adds a lot of Mexico, and most of it is pretty high quality (except Baja California, which they themselves say badly needs a rebuild.)

Welcome back!

Jeff drove right through my town and didn’t even know it. I live near Wichita Falls on 287 lol

Welcome back Jeff

A lot stuff in texas is big. Big pizza, Big tortillas, yummy bbq, Big cinnamon and more

I am loving Texas for myself. All of it is great!! Great video by the way…keep it up!

I will say its an accurate representation. I spent a lot of 2021 escorting windmill blade Oversize loads in that area of Texas, Galveston Witchita Falls, Amarillo also spent time escorting body component making machines to the Tesla plant in Austin

When I first got Texas, i had alot of navigation issues, also, I to have to do a video on Texas now. Hope everything goes well jeff, and thank you much for your excellent videos. Keep up the great work man!

That's really accurate to how Houston looks. They did a great job on that. Looks just like I-45

Having lived on both sides of Texas since 1987 until 2005-6ish this looks so accurate, and all the signs I saw for speed limits were correct to me. Great content Jeff, keep it up.

The attention to detail... yeah. THAT, is without a doubt; Texas. Every freaking mile.

Thank You for getting your set up back up and going I missed your ATS video's now we need Big Mama JuJu back 😂

Finally we were waiting for you.

I'm from Texas and they absolutely nailed it I'm from Amarillo and again they absolutely nailed it

I just like the fact that your in game steering wheel matches your IRL one

great video bro excited for the future

I can’t even fathom what it would cost to get setups like this (including the sim itself or computer to run it). It just looks like so much fun though. Whenever I used to play games like “Crazy Taxi” or “Grand Theft Auto” I had no interest in doing anything except driving around and obeying traffic laws/signs. I always wondered why nothing like that existed where you could simply drive around like the real world, and then I found these ATS videos and have been completely blown away. I know I could never afford to get the required equipment surviving on disability, but at very least I can experience it vicariously through those who can.

Love ATS Jeff, so glad it’s back!

jeff, you sound like a cool and chilled guy, enjoyed your video

sitting in my 579 in Baytown watching this. been watching you since well before I started trucking and appreciate your approach much more now that I do. TX drivers are absolute maniacs, but at least they get out of the way most of the time.

Yay Jeff, I'm so glad and excited to get back American trucking😃👋🎉

Ats is back yes!!! Glad u brought back cam setup back !!

I laughed at how fast you went from Wichita Falls to Fort Worth. I have driven that in real life and its a couple hour drive. In real life that trip whole trip would have taken you 10+ hours. Love the videos.

YES YES YES IVE BEEN SO EXCITED WAITING FOR THIS Hope you have a great day Jeff:)

Seeing you play ATS again is one great day for me to watch

Glad you got your dream setups! Looking forward to seeing all the great content

The skyline and 45 around Downtown Houston is spot on. SPH Parkway is NASA parkway. And yes the interchange right before downtown Houston is a pain in real life.

I bought a wheel and everything because of you. I thank you it’s been so much fun watching you then playing.

That's crazy seeing Ft Worth, I35, Waco, Galveston. These are all places I go frequently, living in central Texas. :)

Glad to see this series making a return! I've also noticed lately that detours absolutely gobble up my frames.

I'm looking forward to when Iowa comes out, more because of the Iowa 80 Truck Stop

glad you're back on ATS, jeff. i got into this game from watching and being inspired by your vids, so I'm happy you have a dedicated set-up now to make more content. happy new year!

How can one NOT like Little Caesars haha. Great video as always Jeff! Happy new years everyone!

Firstly, glad to see you back and illness free man! Secondly, I have played the Texas map since it was released and it is pretty accurate. I have family in Dallas and Houston and I live and work about 45 minutes north of Austin. It all is pretty accurate to IRL. Obviously like you stated, it isn’t identical or super in depth as it would be just too much time and detail on one state. But there are some significant landmarks they put in that as a Texas native, I can tell where I’m at roughly. I am kind of bummed that the cowboys stadium and the rangers ballpark both in Arlington are not shown. But, six flags is there so there’s that. Overall, I can speak from experience, it is pretty well done and they did a pretty good job capturing Texas. Love the vids, can’t wait to apply for OCRP and you have a good new years brotha! Cheers from Texas🍻🍻

Happy New Year! Texas is interesting with it’s confusing highway interchanges. Gives me the flux 😤. ❤️ATS

I’m a happy man. Looking forward to more!

Happy New Year, Jeff. Great to see you back in ATS and looking forward to everything you do in 2023.

Awesomeee. Been waiting for this :)

Jeff, it maybe worth checking out PNG(project next gen) for next time, its honestly one of the best graphics mods out there, has new building textures, PBR roads(makes roads higher quality and more authentic) and of course some nice Skyboxes. Just a suggestion for you.