San Jose

San Jose is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area in California featured in the base game of American Truck Simulator.

Summary

San Jose was added in update 1.50 as part of the third phase of the California rework. It and Modesto were the seventh and eighth cities to be added outside of the release of the base game or a map expansion after Texarkana was added in update 1.48. The addition was announced on SCS Software's blog on 21 March 2023.^[1]

“	Driving through the city, you can see the bustling airports and thriving commercial zones, the busy industrial sectors, and cozy residential areas; the city pulses with the heartbeat of American life.	”
	~ SCS Software's blog^[2]

Features

Depots

Aron unloading point
Bitumen service shop
Home Store market
Lumenauto dealer
Plaster & Sons warehouse
Sell Goods warehouse
Starbridge warehouse
USBB food plant
Voltison Motors plant
Voltison Motors export terminal

Facilities

Aron gas stations (x2)
Service shop with a rest stop

Landmarks

Casino M8trix
Fairways
Five Wounds Portuguese National Church
La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Fremont / Silicon Valley
Metro Plaza
Mission 101
Moffett Federal Airfield
Moffett Towers
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport
PayPal Park
Santa Clara Towers
Tesla Fremont Factory

Connections

The ISCA880 continues north from CA 17 to Oakland.
The USCA101 runs south to Gilroy, Santa Maria, and Los Angeles and north to San Francisco.
The CA17 continues south from I-880 to Santa Cruz.

Release History

12 May 2021: An update is released to American Truck Simulator, modifying the usa.dds map in the game files to include a label for the city, and removing the label for San Rafael.
23 December 2021: In the blog post announcing the second phase of the California rework, SCS Software mentions the addition of a "brand new city, which will be larger and of much greater importance in California's road network" in place of San Rafael (which is to be removed). A photo in the blog post seemingly reveals this to be San Jose.^{^[3]}
2 February 2024: An SCS Software live stream featuring the third phase of the California rework in which San Jose can be seen on the world map.^{^[4]}
29 February 2024: An SCS Software blog post announces the addition of San Jose.^{^[5]}
In update 1.51, the Gallon Oil unloading point was replaced by an Aron unloading point.
In update 1.53, the Charged warehouse was replaced by a Starbridge warehouse.