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Texas is a state of the United States, which is featured in American Truck Simulator as a map expansion DLC that was released on November 15, 2022. It is the tenth map of DLC involving map expansions, but the ninth paid one.
Prior to development of the DLC, SCS Software CEO Pavel said: "The state of Texas will obviously take a lot of time and effort for SCS due to the large scale of it".
Geography
Texas is located in the South Central region of the United States. It is bordered by Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas and Louisiana to the east, the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila de Zaragoza, and Chihuahua to the south and southwest, and New Mexico to the west. With an area of 268,581 square miles (695,622 km2), Texas is about 10% larger than France, almost twice as large as Germany or Japan, and more than twice the size of the United Kingdom, it ranks only 27th worldwide amongst country subdivisions by size. If it were an independent country, Texas would be the 39th-largest. It is the second-largest state of the United States, after Alaska.
Geographically, the state can be divided into four regions: the Gulf Coastal Plains, the North Central Plains, the Great Plains, and the Basin and Range Province.
The Gulf Coastal Plains extends from the Gulf of Mexico inland to the Balcones Fault and the Eastern Cross Timbers. This large area stretches from the cities of Paris to San Antonio to Del Rio but shows a large variety in vegetation. Ranging from 20 to 58 inches (510 to 1,470 mm) of annual rainfall, this is a nearly level, drained plain dissected by streams and rivers flowing into coastal estuaries and marshes. Windblown sands and dunes, grasslands, oak mottes and salt marshes make up the seaward areas. National Parks include Big Thicket National Preserve, Padre Island National Seashore and the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site.
The North Central Plains are bounded by the Caprock Escarpment to the west, the Edwards Plateau to the south, and the Eastern Cross Timbers to the east. This area includes the North Central Plains around the cities of Abilene and Wichita Falls, the Western Cross Timbers to the west of Fort Worth, the Grand Prairie, and the Eastern Cross Timbers to the east of Dallas. With about 35 to 50 inches (890 to 1,270 mm) annual rainfall, gently rolling to hilly forested land is part of a larger pine-hardwood forest of oaks, hickories, elm and gum trees. Soils vary from coarse sands to tight clays or red-bed clays and shales. The only National Park in this region is Lake Meredith National Recreation Area.
The Great Plains include the Llano Estacado, the Panhandle, Edwards Plateau, Toyah Basin, and the Llano Uplift. It is bordered on the east by the Caprock Escarpment in the panhandle and by the Balcones Fault to the southeast. Cities in this region include Midland and Odessa, Lubbock, and Amarillo. The Hill Country is a popular name for the area of hills along the Balcones Escarpment and is a transitional area between the Great Plains and the Gulf Coastal Plains. With about 15 to 31 inches (380 to 790 mm) annual rainfall, the southern end of the Great Plains are gently rolling plains of shrub and grassland, and home to the dramatic Caprock Canyons and Palo Duro Canyon state parks. The largest concentration of playa lakes in the world (nearly 22,000) is on the Southern High Plains of Texas and Eastern New Mexico. National Parks in this area are the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park and the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
The Basin and Range Province is in West Texas, west of the Pecos River, beginning with the Davis Mountains on the east and the Rio Grande to its west and south. The Trans-Pecos region is the only part of Texas regarded as mountainous and includes seven named peaks in elevation greater than 8,000 feet (2,400 m). This region includes sand hills, desert valleys, wooded mountain slopes and desert grasslands. The vegetation diversity includes at least 268 grass species and 447 species of woody plants. National Parks include the Amistad National Recreation Area, Big Bend National Park, Chamizal National Memorial, Fort Davis National Historic Site, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, and the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River. This area is part of the Chihuahuan Desert.
Climate
Texas is a very large state, with an incredibly diverse topography and therefore the Texas climate is hard to pinpoint. The Gulf Coast has a typically maritime climate, with hot, humid summers and mild winters. The central and northern areas are more continental, with hot summers and cold winters. Dry and hot conditions exist along the Mexican border in the southwest, and in the northwest, in the Texas-Oklahoma panhandle, winters are colder with snowfall a common occurrence. The state has two principal seasons, with summer usually running from about April to October, and winter beginning in November and lasting until about March.
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Howdy, partners! Hope y'all will like your visit in the Lone Star State, Texas. This place ain't full of cowboys anymore but the spirit lives on, especially in ranches you can find all 'round. We also got a lot of cattle and other livestock so your truckin' adventures will be lively. We also love music. Like, really love music. Just look at Austin, the live music capital of the world. Party on. Look plumb over yonder and you'll see the city which got the message about the problem. Sure'nuff, we're talking about Houston. So enjoy the drive. Get your lasso ready and catch all the news by hittin' the buy on steam button. This probably ain’t your first rodeo.
Discover 29 explorable cities including Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, and Galveston (Jump to section)
Enjoy trucking through 50 scenic towns (settlements) (Jump to section)
Drive across 20,000 miles of the states road network (Jump to section)
Deliver to over 200 realistic industry depots including industries unique to Texas state (Offshore Shipyard, Cotton Ginning Plant, Glass Plant, and Space Industries) (Jump to section)
Visit and see famous Landmarks including Starbay, El Capitan, Route 66, USS Lexington, Corpus Christi bridge, and the Salt Flats (See landmarks)
Fuel up and rest in 60 unique truck stops and 30 dedicated rest areas (Jump to section)
The cover of the DLC features a Western Star 57X with a Chip Van Trailer attached to the truck. The cover takes place in the vicinity of downtown Dallas approximately from the western part of the Horseshoe Interchange at Interstates 30 and 35E, with the following buildings visible (from left to right): Fountain Place, Trammell Crow Center, Reunion Tower, Ross Tower, Bank of America Plaza, Renaissance Tower, One Main Place, First National Bank Tower (or simply The National), Republic Center, LTV Tower, Santander Tower, 1700 Pacific, the Omni Hotel in Dallas, Comerica Bank Tower, and Whitacre Tower (the main headquarters of AT&T Inc.), as well as some trees visible between the interchange and the downtown district, under a purple, partly cloudy sky. The logo of the DLC sits on the right side of the cover.
Cities
There are 30 cities in the Texas map expansion, making this the largest number of cities of any state to date.
Note: Austin is in italic lettering since it is the state capital of Texas.
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 Austin will earn a Armadillo plush toy.[2]
Henry's Ranch a new company introduced in the Texas expansion is a parody on Buc-ee's.
Deliver cargo to or from all farms and livestock auctions in Texas
Cotton Bloom
Complete 10 deliveries of at least one Cotton Lint, Cotton Seed and Cotton Gin Harvester within Texas
Release History
Since the release of the DLC, new major content has been added to it for free in game updates (not including road connections to new neighbouring states).
22 June 2023: Update 1.48 adds the "high five" interchange in Dallas, over 8 different roads, interstates, and highways, new scenery towns of Greenville, Shamrock, Sherman, De Kalb and Paris and the city of Texarkana. A blog post on 15 June 2023 announced the additions.[3]
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.
11 May 2022: Blog post about logging industry.[28]
27 April 2022: Blog post about coastline cities.[29]
21 April 2022: The 1.44 Open Beta is released, adding some new roads towards and within Texas.
15 February 2022: Blog post about truck stops.[30]
24 January 2022: Blog post about cotton farming.[31]
4 January 2022: First blog post about cities and settlements.[32]
16 December 2021: In the SCS Christmas Stream, the team reveals new screenshots of Texas, more specifically, the Houston Port. Pavel mentions that Texas is a 2022 project, but not early 2022.[33]
10 November 2021: Blog post about offshore shipyard.[34]
12 October 2021: First blog post about nature.[35]
29 September 2021: Blog post about new places and areas.[36]
4 June 2021: Blog post about landmarks and prefabs.[37]
12 March 2021: First official blog post confirmed Texas will be the next state after Wyoming with a few new screenshots [38], alongside the Steam store page being released.[39]
21 December 2020: Texas is confirmed as the next state after Wyoming during the SCS Christmas Stream alongside with screenshots in alpha stages.[40]
16 July 2020: Pavel hints Texas as "big" and "huge" in the Idaho release stream.[41]
26 February 2020: The 1.37 Open Beta added in def.scs references to dlc_texas.[42]
9 October 2019: Pavel estimates that at least a team of 20-25 will be required to do Texas and commented it would be released as one DLC and not parceled in sections.
Media
Videos
SCS Blog
Screenshots of the new areas of the Texas DLC
Screenshots of landmark prefabs of the Texas DLC
Screenshots of truck stops in Texas
Screenshots of logging industry in Texas
Screenshots of rest stops in Texas
Screenshots of car factories in Texas
Screenshots of constructions in Texas
Screenshots of oil fields and chemical plants in Texas
Screenshots of glass plant and wind power sites in Texas
