ATS | Hot Springs Arkansas | American Truck Simulator | Arkansas DLC | Episode 109

In this American Truck Simulator Let's Play career episode, we deliver a crane to Hot Springs, Arkansas and then explore the area, as we continue working on the Cruising Arkansas DLC event.
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ATS | Hot Springs Arkansas | American Truck Simulator | Arkansas DLC | Episode 109

[@eddog6666]

Hot Springs, is actually a famous national park in Arkansas. And there are three locations in that area. 1 The town name Hot Springs. 2 Hot Spring Village ( in the national park) 3 Hot Spring National park ( it has hot springs in it obviously)

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Seems like a great place to visit, I hope to get there someday. :)

[@craigmorson]

Hi zilla thanks for another fantastic episode keep them up 👍 whatever you put on KZbin it is always fantastic

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Thanks, Craig, much appreciated!

[@craigmorson]

Hi zilla I hope you and your family are safe and well with the hurricane Milton

[@Ash_Ketchum_Pikachu]

I like to take my photos during the day time hours for astetics looks. I drove around that curvy road that was hidden, and it was a nice drive.

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Whoops, sorry I missed this comment! I like daytime photos too, and you can change the time in the photo window to make it day when it's night, if you didn't know already. :)

[@coyi51]

Really enjoying Arkansas, the scenery and hidden roads. Congratulations on the achievement. Many thanks.

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Getting close to the end of the event, it’s definitely been a fun state. Curious to see what the south part looks like.

[@hal8517]

In Photo Mode , hit the space bar to bring up the edit tools. You can change the time of day and weather conditions for the photo.

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Yes, thanks. I do that all the time for the thumbnails. Super handy. :)

[@ParkeraNZ]

Some nice hidden road discoveries here mate. Another fun episode!

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

So many hidden things in life to uncover!

[@NerdyNanaSimulations]

The place where you did a Uturn and almost got hit is very real and a dangerous exit, it comes straight in with no bleed off lane...lol. The scenic pick up downtown you went the wrong way on a oneway road...lol. The Mountain Tower is mostly like that in real life, only the scenery is better, coming back down the place with the cars parked off to the right is a water tap where you can fill up with spring water. Yes two of the bathhouses are functional, one is a museum and the baths are like they were originally, the other the baths are modernized and it's like $40 for the day with a pool as well. A third bathhouse is now a brewery with restaurant. When you turned off to go to the Mountain Tower if you had gone straight thru the yellow x's you could have been at my house in less than 5 minutes. Really enjoyed this one but I am prejudice...lol. Blessings.

[@VJGamz]

Hello again Zilla, just a heads-up when you start the big map combo series again: The Great Mid-North has been renamed to “East Meets Mid North”, and it’s road connection addons also have EMMN in the name. The reason they renamed it is because EMMN is doing a collab with the Welcome to the east Coast mod, however, it has been in development it’s whole life, and it will be released in 1.52-1.53. It is much more detailed than C2C, and from the teasers they showed me, it looks awesome! They only changed the name, however, so no new content for now :)

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Oh, that's great to know, thanks for the heads up. That sounds like it'll be quite good once it's ready. :)

[@VJGamz]

@@ZillaBlitzPC Also, will you consider getting the Reforma paid addons such as Noreste, Extremo, Los Altos, Pacifico and Sierra Nevada? It’s only like, $5.00 or $4.00 USD/month.

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

@@VJGamz I didn't realize there were paid versions of those, interesting.

[@samcattell1150]

Another great video. I am currently travelling in Japan, so I am long way from home in the UK but couldn't miss my Zilla trucking fix. If only ETS mods could get you to Tokyo. That would have some challenging driving 😂

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Tanoshinde kudasai! Safe travels! And I’m pretty sure I saw a Japanese map mod somewhere…

[@samcattell1150]

@@ZillaBlitzPC Thank you 😁. Maybe there's an epic route for you then. Portugal to Tokyo in ETS 2 😂

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

I think we can get Portugal to Indonesia, at the very least. :)

[@samcattell1150]

@@ZillaBlitzPC fair point. You'd have to go via Tokyo though, visit your namesake 😀

[@RevanFan]

Reminder, if you're doing External Contracts, you can double sleep without fear of being late if you'd like to drive during the day.

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Right, I probably should have done that. I forgot that I’m back using External Contracts!

[@megatronacepticon]

Can confirm that that nuclear power plant driveway doesn't register as a hidden road. Kinda feels like it should since the barrier doesn't match where it should be on the map, but oh well.

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Oh, very helpful, thanks for the heads up. The game does seem to have a few of those, that are essentially hidden roads but don't register as such. :)

[@thecustardprophet8434]

I actually did a few years of fantasy NFL with some workmates from the UK who were big football fans. I enjoyed it, got me into the sport a bit. However, haven't done it in a while & have completely lost touch with what'd going on. I was pretty terrible.

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

That's great that you played! I am pretty terrible this year and I kind of think I know a good bit about football.

[@johnturley6918]

Zilla your getting obsessed with hidden roads lol

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Haha! No kidding! I can’t stop looking for them.

[@pterrok5495]

I would forgive the prior episode 2 red light violations. (As at least a couple of people pointed out, you did NOT signal, so that may have been the root cause. But that is irrelevant for a red light violation.) But THIS episode, the 1% damage makes it NOT perfect, regardless of if the damage was only on your gear or the cargo.

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Yeah, the 1% damage officially ended the streak even if I forgive the lights. I think, however, that sometimes the game records tire damage that way, and I think normal wear and tear might put you close to a damage increase, then when you hit a bump in the road it knocks you over. Because if you drive for a while you get damage over time anyway. So it might be debatable whether that damage was actual damage. But I’ll count it as damage.

[@pterrok5495]

@@ZillaBlitzPC Heh--OK, we'll allow roads bumps causing damage as just normal, but that seemed like a hit which should count. Although road bumps will be judged based on speed! Like Iceland at the careful speed you were taking damage. OK. If you had insisted on 50 MPH then damage would end your streak for being reckless.

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Yep, that's kind of what I'm thinking. I think when it's normal wear and tear it doesn't show you a damage pop up.

[@hal8517]

Even though you discover a Viewpoint at night, you can view it in day-time by going to the Gallery to watch it.

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Yes, someone mentioned that a while back. Doesn’t help mid episode but I suppose I could just jump in the gallery and view it that way during an episode. That might work. :)

[@hal8517]

@@ZillaBlitzPC Right; don’t need to interrupt the episode.

[@loganboone8852]

It seems to be a more common issue to need to unhook your trailer to sleep now in ats. I haven't noticed if it's just an AR thing though. It seems to happen to me very frequently for me

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

For me it always happens with oversized trailers like the crane we had. Regular trailers rarely cause problems for me.

[@RevanFan]

I've been the commissioner of my own Fantasy league since I was 13 years old haha. I'm currently 4-0 and projected to win by about 30 this week haha.

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Garg! Very nice! I’m already losing by 20 points after Thursday. 0-5 looking pretty imminent.

[@Ash_Ketchum_Pikachu]

Hot Springs is where former President Bill Clinton was born and raised. He was once governor of Arkansas.

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

I was thinking to visit the museum if we go in January, yes. I thought he was born in Little Rock though? No?

[@Ash_Ketchum_Pikachu]

@@ZillaBlitzPC The Bill Clinton Presidential Library is in Little Rock.

[@OLOGYNY]

Would you ever download any truck mods? There’s so many cool trucks out there that I think you’d enjoy!

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

That’s not a bad idea, any suggestions?

[@OLOGYNY]

@@ZillaBlitzPC The Ford LTL 9000, Freightliner Classic XL, and International HX 520 are all great options. All free too :)

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Great, thanks!

[@setSCEtoAUX]

Is there a mod that gives you a "satellite view" of the map? Like, it applies scaled-down textures to the map graphics or whatever. It'd be fun to search for hidden roads with that.

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

No, but I have the long camera zoom mod so I could do something like that. It’s just very slow moving, so it would take forever.

[@loganboone8852]

Also you should buy the new Mack and try it out for a bit

[@loganboone8852]

I'm not sure how it is since I have bought it yet either, but just an idea

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

That’s a good idea, yes. I’ll do that once we get enough money.

[@eddog6666]

Since the red light violation in the game is a glitch that means those violations don’t count against you. I should have figured that they wouldn’t put in a special law if they didn’t do it for Washington state or Montana So you are officially at 7 prefect deliveries

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Except we had 1% damage circumventing that accident so yeah, back to zero for me! The journey for 10 perfect deliveries continues!

[@eddog6666]

@@ZillaBlitzPC was it on the truck or trailer? If truck= 7perfect deliveries if trailer= back to zero

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

That's something I haven't considered, to be honest. I know the game only counts damage on the trailer, doesn't it. I've always counted clear damage to the truck itself as not a perfect delivery, but it's a good question to ask.

[@Dorightby]

You can sleep in your truck at the Walmart parking lot on Albert pike

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Good to know thanks!

[@loganboone8852]

Are you looking forward to FS25 ?

[@ZillaBlitzPC]

Soooo excited!