Day 1 Trying to Earn $1 Million in American Truck Simulator

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[@TheFormalPickle]

I am so excited for ATS to return to the channel! Make sure your friends know it's back and here to stay, if this video does well we will continue our journey!

[@Billybob0_0]

Finally ATS finally came back to the channel yay

[@braden.anderson]

Me too bro. Keep uploading ATS!

[@atsunloadersgamer1588]

SCS is trying to head towards Chicago, Illinois to complete Route 66. And reach towards Iowa, Minnesota, N & S Dakotas.

[@offroadgaming9870]

You shouldve got a international ive been in one irl and out pulled volvo on a hill with a oversized and he had produce

[@sauron_tank9311]

Man I am so glad its back! I love ats! And btw SJT for the win!

[@JonNo86]

Real world trucker here, and I held off for 8 years on playing ATS. I drive OTR and trucking is my life. I will actually hit 1 million miles some time this summer. The idea of playing a video game of the job you just worked for 14 hours did NOT seem appealing at all. I had enough friends talk me into finally playing it lately, and I hate that it took me so long to give it a try! It's definitely not perfect, but it's actually FAR more realistic and pleasing than I thought it would be. Already have about 30 hours in the game and have 3 trucks and 2 other drivers on the road. I'm hooked! A really great detail that I found (it might be from the realistic company mod)... I'm from Sacramento, California and we have a very unique large truck stop North of the city called Sacramento 49er. I found that if you fast travel to Sacramento, it dumps you off at 49er and it's actually modeled EXACTLY how it is in real life. I was actually quite shocked!

[@RobTheTip]

I drove for 15 years and would park and jump in the bunk and play ATS and ETS/ETS 2, the allure for me is being able to shut it off and go wherever I want with no risk

[@danielhomant2832]

The developers have redone the maps several times and keep updating them. One of the big updates was adding realistic truck stops, both chains like Loves and the more famous independent ones. It is entirely likely that the 49 is vanilla. A bit of a penance on their part possibly for all the "truck stops" that used to be the standard in the game that are nothing but a straight up gas station. I know you've seen them already, heh. They have improved the visuals greatly over the years.

[@JonNo86]

@@danielhomant2832 that's something that I really appreciate! I know when it first launched they had the standard gas stations and it was quite laughable then. I'm finding little nuggets here and there that makes me really appreciate the level of detail they've put into this.

[@abrahamlincoln1600]

Homie gets off work to pretend work at home. 😂 No, but this is a pretty wholesome tale. Power to the development of ATS.

[@ElegantHope]

oh that reminds me of the truck stop with the Iron Skillet in Corning! My family really liked eating there and we'd go out of our way to drive an hour or two from home to eat out there. I'd get the truck stop's saltwater taffy as a treat, too. Seeing it 1 for 1 in game was just... amazing. I just felt a lot of joy and excitement at it. I agree that stuff like that really makes the game just great. Even for someone like me who had no interests in trucks before this. Now we just need them to finish reworking the last half of California, and rework Nevada and Arizona (AZ being a disappointment to me since that was one half of my childhood alongside northern Cali.)

[@gurtejmangat1568]

Really enjoying the farming billion dollar run, looking forward to another relaxing series in American truck sim

[@TheFormalPickle]

More to come!

[@DylanOlson]

At 29:28 the exit on the right. I was on my way home one day and there was tons of traffic as usual leaving KC KS, there were cops sitting under the bridge using radar guns and kept flagging people. There were like 6 cops sitting on that on ramp ready to pull over speeders ! I always hated driving that way!

[@erikakerblom2900]

The Used Truck Dealers is part of both Ats and Ets2, it was introduced in the 1.49 update!

[@dbclass4075]

When buying one for yourself and especially for the employees, ensure none of the percentages are ≥20%!

[@GK_Squid]

I just started this game last night. Ran 2 missions, attempted the "where do you want it" difficulty for parking and was humbled by my lack of experience with trailers lmao. Very fun game

[@matthewellsworth739]

My professor told us in college that toll roads are a thing because the state doesn't have the funding for the road, but a company then is allowed to build the road but is paid back for making the road by having the toll for x amount of years after completion of project.

[@trevordavis1854]

I had to rewind part of it once just to verify that the interchange you took to turn toward Wichita is just a few miles my house! That was really weird to watch you driving a game right by my house😂

[@Driver_1227]

I'm glad your on ATS again. It's because of you I'm part of SJT. Just remember to keep the dirty side dirty and the shiny side shiny. Great video

[@Stinkydingleberry]

My hometown is Wichita, so the beginning was really cool to see! Also just a heads up, Salina is pronounced Suh-line-uh! Love the content

[@TwilightsPurple]

Nebraska is coming next if i’m not mistaken, and i’m excited for that because I grew up there. I’m hoping for Wisconsin to come sometime soon, I cannot wait. But I did a drive through Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming and through Utah 2 years ago, and I hope to be able to do it in the game!

[@RetherfordFam19]

Super relaxing thanks. I loved 18 wheels of steel so much.

[@pastorczo13]

Cant wait for Indiana, Ohio and West Va

[@LocalDummy203]

Awesome video earned a well deserved sub, hop to see you reach 1m ❤

[@BlakeDavis-lt8wu]

When is harvesting the whole map and the billionaire series coming back?

[@TheFormalPickle]

On the way! Sorry for the wait :)

[@AVgeek91]

I bought my first truck in ATS brand new and never used. It was a Western Star 49X Sleeper. Best d*mn truck I’ve ever owned.

[@ThunderMS34]

Yes!! This is gonna be a fun series

[@Sinnstudios]

Used trucks is not a mod it's part of the game content.

[@JonParkest]

Papa pickle should start a KZbin channel

[@Todd-of-Luna-farms]

Yes, you have to keep the cool camper. Great video brother.

[@evancline24]

I really hope they add Michigan soon. And I really hope that they include Battle Creek and Kalamazoo.

[@jacobrhoades1161]

As someone who literally takes that exit everyday for work and works at a warehouse right near that facility, I can say it is pretty accurate and amazing to see

[@harleylaughlin2155]

It's missing some things but definitely interesting to see how they depict Wichita lol

[@thetexanhusky]

3:37 - No, Nebraska will be the next state we'll get. THEN we get Arkansas and Missouri after that.

[@Kkkamel-]

For those wondering, The used trucks menu is actually not a mod, it is kust an update.

[@calebdepillo5318]

I am so very excited for this series

[@CG-kx6wy]

The used trucks are in the base game now as well.

[@HyphenDude]

Talk to Jeff Favignano about his ATS setup. He has the shifter, blinker, and custom truck control panel.

[@bugattirayk2820]

I currently have about 400 million dollars in ATS. I’ve been playing on the same profile since I first started playing back in Jan or Feb of 2022.

[@TexLive34]

They so badly need where you can unload or load your trailer! Now that’s immersive

[@user-pq9oi3qj3c]

It is a good day when pickle posts a video

[@sovetskyskaiyastrigon1750]

I can’t wait to play it to especially when my home state is added, Alabama which it’s gonna be a while

[@jeffferrante7659]

So as an owner operator trucker myself, I will say these trip payouts are slightly inflated lol. I make about 4500-5000 when I go coast to coast. Not 150 miles lol

[@TheFormalPickle]

They are indeed lol there’s a mod to make it more realistic though.

[@neilpatrickhairless]

There is a realistic economy mod but most people don't want to play a video game for an actual year before they can afford the cheapest used Freightshaker on the market without taking out a loan they will never pay off for as long as they play the game. It's a time thing mostly

[@neilpatrickhairless]

and I think the realistic economy also transfers over to the gas prices which, yeah, it becomes a grind to even make it the 150 miles from point A to point B in that case

[@Thumpingwildman]

They are working their way towards Chicago. I think Nebraska, Arkansas, and Missouri. I have a long ways to wait as I am in Saskatchewan, Canada 😅

[@JacksonTucker-qm3nr]

Good work on your vids man keep it up I just installed it again and I am getting good at it thanks for everything

[@AirWasTaken]

FINALLY BACK WITH THE ATS :D

[@winteronice]

After watching, I tried the safety features. Lane assist drove me into a roadsign within 10 minutes. So, yeah, just like real life.

[@user-us6gc1sh2j]

Love your channel

[@Farmerh01]

Definitely get your dad involved x

[@finalwolfx]

As a fellow Iowan i also hope they do it well

[@Jbr2005]

would be so nice to one day have all the continental USA available one day, but it does make me wonder how well the smaller states will translate at this scale models. Wouldn't be too far between cities etc.

[@neilpatrickhairless]

I have a feeling that the East Coast for the most part may only ever be partially represented in the vanilla game with no mods... Most truckers loathe the idea of trucking East Coast in real life because the traffic is so bad and the roads are too. And yes, its congested so you're probably correct, it would be just short runs back and forth between cities that are very close to one another

[@neilpatrickhairless]

Its actually sometimes fairly difficult to make money trucking unless you run dump wagons or skateboards locally on the East Coast in real life because of all the traffic congestion. Ask any trucker that has done I-85 through the Carolinas in the past twenty years. Its a one lane parking lot from 5AM-11PM 🤣

[@hunterpierce857]

I actually found your channel recently through your dad's channel lol thepapapickle

[@DylPicklezs]

How did you get your HUD like that

[@MeMe-xe9cc]

did you find out?

[@jurabekkhodjanov9954]

Thank you🎉

[@virtualamsrsessional]

ive still got the original copy of 18 wheels of steel and it has not been opened but the only thing that has been done is the rapping it came in. any way I'm 22 and my mom and dad have had that game before me when they had windows 2000 operating lol I kinda feel old lol.

[@neilpatrickhairless]

Wait until you reach the point I did with GTA games and realize you have been playing a game series off and on in some form or another for nearly 30 of the 40 years you have been alive

[@sirenhead8767]

Something cool they should implement into the game is weather events. Like thunderstorms that have a percent chance of becoming tornados. That would be really cool Especially in the middle of fields.

[@neilpatrickhairless]

That would be cool. Random events in general in this game would be cool, especially with weather, NPCs and traffic events

[@tyler.d61122]

Love your vids

[@HyphenDude]

Would absolutely love to see your dad do some ATS.

[@bamaboyk9019]

Man we waiting for the billion on farm Sim for sure hoping for at least 1 more solar pannel soon

[@MrDaddieD]

Its Nebraska, then Arkansas then Missouri. If they do 2/year then we are planned for the first DLC of 2025. I cant see how it will take them that long on MO seeing its pretty small. But to each their own.

[@KuzanL]

pre owned truck dealers is a actual feature in the game now

[@colelemanski8183]

This is the best truck video

[@trickstergamer3522]

i think this is a cool idea but i think you should add rules to it such as get a 2nd garage and fully upgrade the starting garage and the 2nd one buy a truck and fully upgrade it

[@christestorff1091]

Holyyyy cow i just saw a sign with my home town on it. It said South Highway 75 《 Yates center

[@pootmahgoots8482]

I like that International.

[@kylehudon]

that would be cool if your dad came on

[@TheBoy1ik]

How do you put the map on the top of your screen?

[@Mossie-vs3lk]

Big man pickle amazing work but can u please rid of the bars on the top and the bottom back to fullscreen plz lots of love ❤❤

[@Icupwhiskey]

Awesome video dude but i would love to hear the truck and more sounds beside the commentary. Awesome video nonetheless just tryna make it better. Cheers.

[@thetexanhusky]

0:20 - It was 1:34 PM. 4:15 PM was the ETA.

[@curtgoss729]

Speaking of Kansas tollways. I-35 through Wichita is a tollway. I-35 is a Federal Highway so how can Wichita put a toll on a Federal Highway.

[@dylanknight3155]

Definitely need full screen

[@Blackfreak243]

The ultrawide is unmatched on my Samsung! Never had a KZbin video properly fit my screen before

[@ChadSmith-dn6kb]

They should make a Australian one

[@theshadowking3198]

Oh nice

[@BHunt4life]

how come we can not ask for mods? is it cause some r private or does it make u annoyed?

[@theshadowking3198]

Ultra wide fits my screen so I’m happy

[@lilbreeze9949]

My home state is Iowa as well

[@Greg-ud3iu]

imagine getting to go through Branson mo in this game lol. thatl be the day i buy this game

[@thatoneguy-wd3hk]

Asked for more ats like a week ago in an old video and here we are. Appreciate that good sir easily the most relaxing and relatable game to watch when I'm to lazy to play myself

[@TheFormalPickle]

More to come!

[@joshuabraden7056]

Used truck dealers are in the game by default now

[@braydenbabbitt5917]

It’s always weird hearing KZbinrs say they’re from my state.

[@Nverinder716]

29:45 SOME POO CAME OUT

[@OhHelioss]

how do u move the route to the top

[@Mitch93636]

The used trucks option is NOT a mod.

[@RoCoArtist]

Hi

[@Rav3nclaw43]

Full screen would be great. Very weird with the bars

[@sanklexz]

Wheres the broke to billionare FS22 series?

[@okSuperagurk]

Lets get the full screen

[@ItsAlex8085]

Yes, your dad should start trucking in american truck simultor, and if he likes it, he should start a channel

[@matt_jones5223]

My dad is a trucker in real life here in the uk that was a experience 😂

[@clistongerman]

Can you do it with clutch and kingmay

[@user-vs3en7wp5n]

Can you do the next video in full screen

[@FarmerTrio725]

This series should be funny

[@timefixationyt5754]

Your dad should definitely play

[@TheFormalPickle]

Check out "ThePapaPickle" you can find the link on the bottom of my channel page!

[@chaynebaltezore8986]

I WANT NEW ROAD TO 1 BILLION IN FARMING SIM NOW

[@taylorw415]

Yes please, been waiting anxiously for that series to continue

[@chaynebaltezore8986]

@LazerSims literally not.

[@chaynebaltezore8986]

@LazerSims hasn’t been an episode in 2 weeks bud

[@EqualityoverEquity]

Heads up - you are forced to pay for every road.

[@Fresh123-]

Hey

[@calebyoder3566]

i live in kansas😀

[@dilloncovalt91kg]

Can you list your mods? Like the stars. Wtf I don’t ever see stars lol

[@GMR-TV]

American truck sim

[@FarmerDavies]

Yoyo

[@user-re1tj1kl6w]

can you buy a right hand drive truck

[@philgreen736]

not in ATS, but ETS2 yes because that has the UK

[@coryreed9959]

Plz full screen it looks weird with the bars

[@Tomo-hb2tq]

If u want to make it more realistic use the real money mod

[@Blackwellll3066]

What happened to Southern Justice Trucking

[@user-se6yj3vk7u]

We need more broke to billionaire

[@maximplus04]

this needs game sound

[@LordNexusTheFir]

😂 $3000 for just paper? Maybe if it was military grade.

[@neilpatrickhairless]

Yeah, payouts aren't realistic in the vanilla game, I assume because not many people would actually want to play the game under ultra realistic economy. There are mods that make the game more realistic as far as that but you never see anyone really finish anything or make very much progress on those profiles. I assume its because driving several thousand miles and only making several thousand in profit gets to be a long winded grind and not necessarily a fun one

[@thenightreuter2268]

HOMESTATE IOWA GANG

[@el_abelardo_480]

you try this in real life

[@darcksage1]

no game sounds?