San Rafael (city)

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The content featured below was featured in-game before it was removed or replaced in a previous update.

For the scenery town in the same location since update 1.44, see San Rafael.

San Rafael was a city in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. It was featured in the base game of American Truck Simulator.

Summary

San Rafael was removed as a city and replaced by a scenery town in the same location in update 1.44 as part of the second phase of the California rework. It was the second city to be removed from the game's economy since its initial release after Hornbrook was removed (replaced by Hilt) as part of the first phase of the California rework in update 1.41.

Landmarks

The famous wine region "Napa Valley" was part of the city in the game. Truckers there could see a lot of growing vine and the Napa Valley Vine Train.

Features

Depots

The city was split up in three parts:

West

Bitumen depot
Plaster & Sons depot

East

Bitumen roadworks
Gallon Oil unloading point
Sunshine Crops farm
Darchelle Uzau vineyard in Napa Valley

Southeast (Richmond)

Gallon Oil refinery
HMS Machinery depot

Facilities

Connections

San Rafael was located on the junction of three routes:

The IS580 ran southeast from US 101 to Richmond and Oakland.
The USCA101 ran south to San Francisco and north to Ukiah and Eureka.
The CA37 ran east from I-580 towards Sacramento (via the IS80).

Release History

In the initial version of American Truck Simulator, San Rafael was a city and split in three parts. The western part was accessed by two at-grade four-way junctions on US 101 and featured a Bitumen depot, a Plaster & Sons depot, a motel, and a recruitment agency. The eastern part was accessed by two diamond interchanges on Interstate 580 and by SR 37 and featured a Bitumen roadworks, a Sunshine Crops farm, a Darchelle Uzau vineyard in Napa Valley, a Gallon Oil gas station, and a service shop. The southeastern part was accessed by a diamond interchange on Interstate 580 in Richmond and featured a Gallon Oil refinery, an HMS Machinery depot, and a toll gate on westbound Interstate 580 with a rest area for eastbound traffic. US 101 turned to the southeast between the eastern and the western parts and terminated at the northern of the two diamond interchanges, from which Interstate 580 continued to the southeast. The west terminus of SR 37 was located at said interchange. The landmark of San Rafael was the famous wine region Napa Valley, where one could see a lot of vine growing and the Napa Valley Vine Train.

In update 1.3, a trumpet interchange of Interstate 580 and US 101 was added.

In update 1.5, as part of the 1:35 to 1:20 map rescale, the two at-grade four-way junctions of US 101 in the western part of San Rafael were removed and the southern one was replaced by a diamond interchange.

In update 1.44, as part of the second phase of the California rework, San Rafael was completely reworked and all companies and features outside Richmond were removed as the city was replaced by an inaccessible scenery town in the same location. The companies in Richmond became shown as part of Oakland. The trumpet interchange of Interstate 580 and US 101 was modified to a half-trumpet interchange, and all other junctions were removed. The western terminus of SR 37 was moved to the added inaccessible scenery town of Novato.