Is Utah still WIP?

[Unster]

I tried to take a tour of Salt Lake City. I found only one off-ramp to downtown and it and the downtown area look unfinished, with some streets missing lanes and traffic lights. Plus I got lost and couldn't get back on the freeway, so had to get towed. SLC looks fine from a distance, but I was expecting to see more. I hope it's still WIP and this is not the final version.

[Nono54Fr]

SCS doesn't do WIP. If it's for sale, it's finished.

[AyMazingATS]

Utah DLC is finsihed.

One thing you are forgetting is game scale. SCS can't fit everything into the cities.

[Unster]

In that case, I'm disappointed. Salt Lake City isn't made to the same standard as the other cities. For example, I also toured Boise, another DLC region. That one looks a lot better up close.

[Unster]

The thing that could be causing this issue is that Utah and SLC specifically are missing some of the X barriers to block off areas that are not meant to be visited. I've seen those missing in a few places in Utah. One area looked normal but the road suddenly ended there and I hit an invisible barrier, and other areas were accessible but clearly not fully modeled.

[AoD_lexandro]

Salt Lake City is missing a lot of barrier markers, particularly around the player garage.

[Pharaoh]

This why i downloaded coast to coast right off the bat

way better than being limited to 3 or 4 states Haulin and american long haul were complete games why cant they do something like that here.

[AyMazingATS]

Originally posted by Pharaoh:

Haulin and american long haul were complete games why cant they do something like that here.

You bought a complete game though. Map DLC expansions are not a required purchase. From the store page:

Experience legendary American trucks and deliver various cargoes across sunny California, sandy Nevada, and the Grand Canyon State of Arizona. American Truck Simulator takes you on a journey through the breathtaking landscapes and widely recognized landmarks around the States.

SCS has also mentioned they would like to complete the Lower 48. They would like to move northward into Canada, and down into Mexico.

American Truck Simulator Map DLC Clarifications [blog.scssoft.com]

In this blog it states the following:

"It would be great to get the chance to reach the East Coast, it would be fabulous to be able to push north towards at least 60 degs latitude and south towards the Equatorial. But ultimately, it is up to you, our fans, if this happen - you will vote with your wallets. We expect to get the right guidance from you on future growth of our team to handle the new opportunities and challenges."

So basically it is up to us, the players, if development continues after the next two announced states of Wyoming and Texas.

There has been no further information since that blog before the game released in 2016. It is the most up to date information that SCS has released.

[mr_bman]

Yeah it's still being worked on constantly. They've always gone back to older maps to update them, change things around and fix bugs. They've been pretty good at fixing things so far. California is being updated right now and tested out.

[Madkine]

Yes but those are updates, as compared to it being un-finished and a work in progress.

[Unster]

I do think it's because Utah is missing some barriers as I said above. I'm fairly new to the game, but I can now see downtown Sacramento is the same way, except it's blocked off. In Salt Lake City it's possible to sneak into the downtown area. So it seems to be a bug rather than a WIP issue. But I'd welcome improvements over time that open up new areas that were previously blocked off.

[Smokerbait]

Chin up, OP. Just because Utah DLC is "finished" doesn't mean it will never get updated. By definition, the base game which contains California and Nevada is "finished" but they gave Las Vegas a huge overhaul, as well as El Centro a smaller overhaul, later, and they are working on updating the rest of California now.

Is this a guarantee that they'll update or rework Salt Lake City at some point? No. But it also isn't a guarantee that they'll never fix Salt Lake City, either. And who knows? With Wyoming being released, which is right next door, there may be at least some fixes in the works, as the team has to go over Utah, modifying previously blocked off roads or adding in new ones for access to Wyoming.

Again, no guarantee, but it's a start.

[Unster]

Sounds good to me, and yes I've read about CA getting a reskin. So the first couple replies here were not what I expected.

[Nono54Fr]

Do not confuse an update with an upgrade.

California was upgraded to scale up the map and got new things to see.
Some states are updated when SCS update the game, new textures and whatnot.

Utah will get updates but won't get upgrades, it's finished, no new roads or bigger town.
Unless they do another major overhaul.

[Catratio]

I'm confused how you couldn't find your way back to the freeway. Sounds like maybe you encountered some bug and entered an area you weren't meant to? If you were unaware, you can always open your map and place a pin marker on the freeway and it will draw a red line showing you how to get there. Unless of course you really were bugged somehow.

[TheMarcosianOne]

I can't comment on Utah specifically because I don't have that DLC. However, I imagine that even if the maps included 25% of the streets in real life for the big cities, the scale would get tightened up a bit more and you would be looking at more real life time being invested to play the game.