Note: This page contains only information about Kansas in American Truck Simulator!
Kansas is a state of the United States, which is featured in American Truck Simulator as a map expansion DLC that was released on November 30, 2023. It is the twelfth map of DLC involving map expansions, but the eleventh paid one.
Introducing Kansas! A U.S State that is home to a truly authentic cowboy culture and miles of land littered with wildflowers. Located in the Midwest of the USA, Kansas is known for its native grasslands, streams, abundant blue skies, and green grassland vistas. Once considered to be the country’s agricultural heartland, "The Sunflower State" has managed to attract many large businesses and develop in other industrial areas due to its central location and convenient infrastructure for logistics operations. But, as the nickname suggests, nature is certainly doing very well to keep up with technological progress, as the state parks and vast prairies offer unique views with a marvelous atmosphere that will leave every trucker passing by with something to remember.
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~ American Truck Simulator - Kansas Steam store page[1]
DLC Features
Deliver to 14 explorable cities including Kansas City, Wichita, or Topeka (Jump to section)
See several landmarks unique to Kansas such as the historic Dodge City, Monument Rocks, and Mount Sunflower (See Landmarks)
Become a trucker transporting goods for Kansas' key industries - Salt Mine, Food Factory, Car Factory, Building Material Factory, and Battery Factory (Jump to section)
Deliver cargo to Aerosystem, playing a key role in Wichita's aerospace industry
Visit Hutchinson and admire the world's largest silos
Play a crucial role in one of America's major agricultural states. Transport goods that sustain Kansas' farming legacy
Enjoy trucking through several scenic towns (settlements) (Jump to section)
Drive through expansive prairies, providing unforgettable views
The cover of the DLC features the 100th Anniversary Limited Edition of the Kenworth W900 with a Drop Deck Trailer attached to the truck, hauling a green tractor. The cover takes place at a large field of sunflowers on a secret road southeast of the junction with US 75 and US 400, with a railroad track running through the field, as well as crossing the dirt road which the truck travels on. In the background (from closest to farthest), a crop duster is seen flying across the sunflower field, a tractor is seen on the far-right side of the cover in the field, a wind farm is seen also on the far-right side on the green rolling hills that stretch across the cover, and a blue sky with clouds at the horizon. The logo of the DLC sits on the right side of the cover.
Suburbs on this wiki are defined as scenery towns located in or nearby a city and which contain depots associated with their respective parent city. Unsigned locations are marked with italics.
For early adopters of the DLC, having a profile connected to your World of Trucks account and making any delivery using the External Contracts or External Market to or from Topeka earned a Tiger Salamander plush toy.[2]
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.
22 June 2023: The 1.48 Open Beta is released, adding more new roads towards and within Kansas. The usa.dds map is also updated, revealing a road and city layout of Kansas.
10 May 2023: Second blog post about new landmarks and areas.[19]
25 April 2023: First blog post about new landmarks and areas.[20]
28 March 2023: Blog post about SCS' development of the DLC with some work-in-progress screenshots.[21]
14 March 2023: The 1.47 Open Beta is released, adding some new roads towards and within Kansas, along with a Wichita Airport prefab.[22]
28 January 2023: First official blog post confirmed Kansas will be the next state after Oklahoma with a few new screenshots [23], alongside the Steam store page being released.[24]
3 January 2023: The above mentioned teaser video is posted on SCS' YouTube channel and in a blog post.[25]
20 December 2022: In the SCS Christmas Stream, the team reveals a teaser video showing sunflower fields, a reference to Kansas' nickname, "The Sunflower State", with its file name as a reference to the word "sunflower", hinting that Kansas would be the next state after Oklahoma.[26]
27 June 2022: Some gas station signs added in the 1.45 Open Beta are named with the abbreviation KS in the map editor, indicating that Kansas will be coming at some point in the future.
