Colorado

Colorado
The Centennial State
Location Details
Type	State
Capital	Denver
Region	Rocky Mountains
Accessible	Yes
Game(s)	American Truck Simulator
Cities	13
Time zone	MDT (UTC-6)
Price per liter	$1.360
Price per gallon	$5.149
Price per gallon with Garage	$4.377
Also known as	Колорадо Kolorādo Koloradas Kolorado
Publishing Information
Form	DLC
Platform(s)
Release Date	November 12, 2020
Price	$11.99, £8.99, €11,99
Store	Steam
DLC Features
State(s)	Colorado
Features	See article
Speed Limits
Freeway	65–75 mph (105–121 km/h)
Undivided Highway	55–65 mph (89–105 km/h)
Urban Area	20–35 mph (32–56 km/h)
Combinations
STAA Double	Legal
RM Double	Legal
B Doubles	Illegal
Turnpike	Legal
Triple Pup	Legal
Map

Colorado is a state of the United States, which is featured in American Truck Simulator as a map expansion DLC that was released on November 12, 2020. It is the seventh map of DLC involving map expansions, but the sixth paid one.

Summary

The state is bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, Oklahoma to the southeast, New Mexico to the south, Utah to the west, and touches Arizona to the southwest at the Four Corners.

Geography

Colorado is located in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, Oklahoma to the southeast, New Mexico to the south, Utah to the west, and touches Arizona to the southwest at the Four Corners. The mean elevation of Colorado is higher than any other state in the country. Geographically, the state can be divided into four regions: the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado Plateau and the Intermontane Basin. The Great Plains region is part of the Interior Plain of North America that runs from Canada in the north, through the United States, to Mexico in the south. The land is flat and dry, sloping gently upward from east to west to meet the Rocky Mountains. The Colorado Rocky Mountains are part of the Rocky Mountain chain of ranges that stretches from Alaska to Mexico. Colorado supports the highest mountain peaks in this mountain chain, with 54 peaks reaching altitudes of over 14,000 feet above sea level and more than 1,000 peaks are over 10,000 feet high. The Great Continental Divide runs through the Colorado Rockies, the rivers and streams on the east side of the Divide flowing toward the Atlantic Ocean, and those on the west side flowing toward the Pacific. The Colorado Plateau lies to the west of the Rocky Mountains, running along the border of Utah. The topography of this region is characterized by hills, deep valleys, plateaus, and flat topped mountains. It occupies 1/5 of the state. The Intermontane Basin lies in the northwest corner of Colorado. This region, characterized by rolling forested hills, plateaus and plenty of sagebrush, is the smallest land area in Colorado. Some of Colorado's landforms are the Eastern dry high plains, the hilly to mountainous central plateau, and the western Rocky Mountains of high ranges alternating with broad valleys and deep narrow canyons.

Climate

The climate of Colorado is complex and varies according to different regions in the state. Extreme weather is common in the state. The eastern Plains is semi-arid, with low humidity and moderate rainfall. This area is prone to droughts and most of the precipitation comes from thunderstorms. In the western plains and foothills of Colorado, the climate is semi-arid, which becomes an alpine climate at higher altitudes. The wettest season is winter, while June is the driest month in western Colorado. Some of the mountain regions of the state receive snowfall in winters.

“	Welcome to Colorful Colorado, a state that has some of the best wildlands and mountain ranges in the United States. See a big metropolitan area of Denver on the edge of the Great Plains, travel across the beautiful Rocky Mountains and through deep canyons to see vast desert landscapes around Grand Junction.	”
	~ Official American Truck Simulator website

DLC Features

• Forget about the real world in vastness of the Great Plains
• Roam through the Rocky Mountains
• Haul cargo on the Million Dollar Highway
• Discover Colorado's important industries like agriculture and a gold mine (Jump to section)
• Deliver freight to and from the inside of a large cargo aircraft in Denver International Airport (Jump to section)
• Admire accurate representation of cities like Denver and Colorado Springs (Jump to section)
• Visit landmarks like the Four Corners Monument and get a bird's-eye view on it with the viewpoint feature (See Landmarks page)
• Unlock Colorado-specific Steam achievements (Jump to section)

Main article: American Truck Simulator Companies

• Denver Air Cargo - Airport logistics
• NAMIQ - Mining and quarrying
• Ultimus - Airport logistics
• USBB - Food / beverages
• Vitas Power - Wind turbine manufacturer

The cover of the DLC features a Mack Anthem containing a Rocket Metallic-like color with a Bulk Feed Trailer attached to the truck; it was the first DLC cover of ATS to not feature a truck after an introduction announcement of an expansion pack, as well as the second after Iberia for ETS2. The cover takes place at the Uncompahgre Gorge on US 550, known as the Million Dollar Highway, in the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Colorado, with a rocky cliffside on the right side of the cover (where the highway traverses along), and some mountains on the left side, which contain some grass and trees. Above the rocky landscape is a blue sky with clouds in the horizon, as well as the sun glaring at the top-left corner of the cover. The logo of the DLC sits on the bottom-left side of the cover.

Cities

There are 13 cities in the Colorado map expansion.

Note: Denver is in italic lettering since it is the state capital of Colorado.

Alamosa	Burlington	Colorado Springs
Denver	Durango	Fort Collins
Grand Junction	Lamar	Montrose
Pueblo	Rangely	Steamboat Springs
Sterling

Suburbs on this wiki are defined as separate cities in real life that are shown as part of larger cities in-game.

Alamosa East (Alamosa)	Aurora (Denver)	Fruita (Grand Junction)
Loveland (Fort Collins)	Monte Vista (Alamosa)

Scenery towns on this wiki are defined as cities or communities that are unmarked on the map.

Bristol	Cheyenne Wells	Cortez	Craig
Dinosaur	Divide	Eads	Estes Park
Fairplay	Gilman	Glenwood Springs	Granada
Granby	Grand Lake	Johnson Village	Julesburg
Kit Carson	La Junta	Las Animas	Limon
Loma	Maybell	Ouray	Pagosa Springs
Parkdale	Poncha Springs	Saguache	Sheridan Lake
Starkville	Trinidad	Walsenburg	Wiggins
Wild Horse	Winter Park	Wray

Roads

There are three Interstate Highways in Colorado:

Interstate 25	Interstate 70	Interstate 76
New Mexico - Wyoming	Utah - Kansas	Denver (I-70/US 6/US 40) - Julesburg (US 385)

There are 16 US Highways in Colorado:

US 6	US 24	US 34	US 40	US 50
Utah - Wiggins (I-76/US 34/SH 39/SH 52); Sterling	I-70/US 6 - Johnson Village (US 285); Divide (SH 67) - Colorado Springs (SH 21); Limon; Burlington	US 40 - Wiggins (I-70/US 6/SH 39/SH 52); Wray	Utah - Kit Carson (US 287); Cheyenne Wells	Utah - Kansas
US 84	US 85	US 87	US 160	US 285
Pagosa Springs (US 160) - New Mexico	New Mexico - Denver (I-25/US 285/SH 30)	New Mexico - Wyoming	New Mexico - US 350	Alamosa (US 160) - Denver (I-25/SH 30)
US 287	US 350	US 385	US 400	US 491
Oklahoma - Denver (I-25/I-70/US 40); Fort Collins	US 160 - La Junta (US 50)	Oklahoma - Julesburg (I-76)	Granada (US 385) - Kansas	New Mexico - Utah
US 550
New Mexico - Montrose (US 50)

There is one inaccessible US Highway in Colorado:

US 138
Sterling (US 6)

There are 16 Colorado State Highways:

SH 1	SH 13	SH 14	SH 21
Fort Collins	Craig - Wyoming (WYO 789)	Fort Collins; Sterling	Colorado Springs
SH 30	SH 39	SH 47	SH 52
Denver	Wiggins	Pueblo	Wiggins
SH 64	SH 67	SH 71	SH 82
Dinosaur (US 40) - Rangely (SH 139)	Divide	US 350; Limon	Glenwood Springs
SH 96	SH 131	SH 139	SH 340
US 385 - Sheridan Lake (US 385)	Steamboat Springs	Loma (I-70/US 6/US 50) - Rangely (SH 64)	Fruita

There are seven inaccessible Colorado State Highways:

SH 9	SH 10	SH 12	SH 15
Fairplay (US 285)	Walsenburg (I-25/US 160)	Trinidad (US 160)	Monte Vista (US 160/US 285)
SH 114	SH 149	SH 318
Saguache (US 285)	US 50	Maybell (US 40)

Achievements

Main article: American Truck Simulator Achievements

Icon	Name	Description
	The Centennial State	Discover every city in Colorado
	Million Dollar Highway	Drive along this famously scenic and thrilling section of the U.S. 550 in Colorado
	Cruising High Below	Drive through the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel, the highest point on the US Interstate Highway System, in both directions
	Energy From Above	Deliver a Tower and Nacelle to both Vitas Power wind turbine construction sites in Colorado
	Gold Rush	Deliver 10 loads to or from the NAMIQ company at the gold mine in Colorado
	Up and Away	Complete 10 deliveries to Denver Airport
	Four Corners	Visit the famous Four Corners Monument that marks where the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet

Release History

Before the DLC was released, SCS published several hints and news topics about the content featured in it that was previously under work in progress.

• 12 November 2020: Colorado DLC is released.
• 6 November 2020: SCS announced the release date of the expansion.
• 3 November 2020: SCS shows a second preview of the Colorado DLC on their Twitch channel and Steam page.
• 1 November 2020: Blog post about Colorado Springs with gameplay preview.
• 23 October 2020: Blog post about nature.
• 20 October 2020: SCS shows a first preview of the Colorado DLC on their Twitch channel and Steam page.
• 12 October 2020: Blog post about Denver, the capital and largest city of Colorado.
• 6 October 2020: Steam achievements for Colorado are added to SteamDB.
• 29 September 2020: Blog post about the Million Dollar Highway with gameplay preview.
• 16 September 2020: Blog post about landmarks.
• 5 September 2020: Blog post about the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine.
• 20 August 2020: Blog post about Colorado's road network.
• 28 July 2020: Blog post about the Great Plains.
• 2 July 2020: Blog post about industries.
• 19 June 2020: 1.38 Open Beta added some new roads that lead towards Colorado.
• 12 May 2020: Screenshots of the in-game renderings of a junction in the Ute Mountain Reservation (US 160 and US 491) and the Eisenhower Tunnel are shown in a blog post.
• 26 March 2020: First official blog post confirmed Colorado will be the second state of 2020 with a few new screenshots and added to Steam Store.
• 6 March 2020: A teaser video from Colorado appears on the blog.
• 26 February 2020: 1.37 Open Beta added in def.scs references to dlc_colorado.
• 31 October 2019: SCS Community Manager Carthoo posts a teaser image on the SCS forum from Utah, emphasizing the specific Welcome Sign, which is only located on the Colorado border. This is later debunked as coincidental, and instead, a teaser for Utah's release date announcement hours later.
• 10 October 2019: 1.36 Open Beta is released with files for Colorado, such as a state highway sign for CO 17, and a bridge support from the Glenwood Canyon on the I-70.

Media

SCS Blog

Screenshots of the new areas of the Colorado DLC

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Screenshots of truck stops in Colorado

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Screenshots of Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine

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See also

• Information about Colorado in real life