Hello, Truckers!

What an incredible year it has been, and we're thrilled to wrap it up with a massive Truck Driver®: The American Dream update, now live on PlayStation®5 (Patch 0.0.0.18) and Xbox Series X|S (Patch 1.0.0.1).  

One of the highlights of this update is the steering wheel improvements, offering a smoother, more responsive driving experience. Alongside this, we've implemented further optimizations on both platforms to enhance overall performance. On top of that, we’re introducing a new type of Freedom to Roam mission, offering fresh opportunities to explore the open road and test your trucking skills. This update also addresses several known issues, providing a more stable and enjoyable time on the road.

But that's not all! We're also proud to announce the launch of the Truck Driver®: The American Dream enhanced edition for PlayStation®5 Pro. This upgraded version harnesses the PS5™ Pro’s advanced hardware to deliver sharper visuals, improved graphics, and smoother gameplay.

As we close out this amazing year, we want to extend a huge thank you to our Truck Drivers for their continued passion and support. We’re looking forward to even bigger things in the year ahead, so make sure to stick around!

Check the Patch Notes below for all the details:

PS5 Patch #18 - 0.0.0.18

Xbox Series X|S Patch #18 -1.0.0.1

‍PS5 & PS5 Pro notes 

PS5 Pro Specific Updates 

• PSSR (PlayStation AI Upscaling) - much better foliage movement (and assets movements as a whole), better upscaling from a lower resolution. 
• Higher Overall Resolution. 
• Better Shadows – added option to use VSM (Virtual Shadow Maps in Quality and Quality Unlocked modes). The normal cascade shadows are also of higher quality on PS5 Pro. 
• Improved Ray Tracing support – PS5 Pro versions is using hardware ray tracing for reflections, ambient occlusion (AO) and lighting (RTGI). PS5 is using software ray-tracing. This means much better reflections and more stable and correct lighting when playing on PS5 Pro. 
• Enhanced Visual Modes: Every visual mode in the game has improvements over the same modes on the base PS5. 
• Mode exclusive to PS5 Pro – Performance RT Pro: it uses quality settings of the base PS5 + hardware ray tracing, targeting 60FPS. This is the default setting on PlayStation 5 Pro. 
  

Steering Wheel Improvements 

• Turning Steering Speed Scale: Players can choose how quickly the steering wheel turns. 
• New Options for looking at the Side Mirrors and In-Cabin Map: Specific instructions are available on the options menu. 
   
  

Other updates 

• Localization fixes and updates across the whole game. 
• Background mountains are reworked so the models do not levitate above the terrain. 
• Several UI and menu updates. 
• Ranbir vintage car fixes: the mirrors now work, and the windshield wipers are more precise. 
• Indian truck fixes: fixed issues with wrong tank size (100 GAL instead of 1000 GAL) and mirrors disappearing while driving. 
• Added Train Compositions: Trains appear at various locations in the game world. 
• Added Trucks with Trailers: Traffic has a larger, randomized variety of trailers 
• 3D Audio Environment Update for In-Cabin Camera: Every sound in the cabin (radio, wipers, gear shifting, pedal presses) comes from a specific location. 
• Additional 3D Audio Update for Passenger Voices: When the camera is in the truck cabin, the passenger's voice will come from the right side. 
• Additional Optimizations for PS5, Xbox Series X, and Series S - Generally Higher FPS . 
• VSM Shadow Optimizations for Xbox Series X - Higher Performance When Using VMS Shadows. 
  Huge update to the overall lighting – added may instances of new lighting. 
• New type of "Freedom to Roam" Missions. 
• Added widget to the mission timers and reworked some of mission system logic to work better with the FtR missions that use timers. 
• Added a Mission failed screen. 
• Cars will not slow down that much when changing lanes and have a chance to aggressively cut the player off on highways. 
• New town scene on the start screen - Nathan and Lara are present in Santa & Snow White costumes. 
• New Audio Environment: Music from gas stations or bars (bar music only plays during certain times). 
• Bird Sounds: Birds in the game now make specific sounds. 
• Added new assets in the game world (i.e. snowman). 
• Added additional DualSense vibration functions – for example, when a huge vehicle (truck, bus, etc.) is near the player at high speed you can feel the rumble from the DualSense.  
• Updated Lara VO in some missions where the telephone effect was missing during calls. 
• Improved mirrors materials in the game world for better reflections.  
• Improved weather effects.  

 
BUG FIXES: 

• Inactive Cruise control icon on the dashboard 
  Doubled traffic lights asset 
• Chapter 24 Ranbir loves pipes starts at a wrong place 
• Mission rectangle in chapter 28 is not active 
• Fixes in some dialogues in story mode 
•  Hitchhiker appears in the truck before picking her up 
• Lara appears in the car before picking her up 
• A SoftLock when using the Photo Mode 
• Minimap in cabin is flickering 
• Wrong navigation in chapter 29 
• Doubled dialogue lines in chapter Hello Lara 
• Invisible collision over not spawned speed regulator police cars 
• Inactive windshield wipers upon entering the Story DLC 
• A collision is blocking finishing FTR mission 
• Ranbir's model is missing from truck's cabin in chapter 30 
• Plus numerous other smaller fixes for bugs and inaccuracies reported by QA in the game world related to buildings, roads, vegetation, etc.  

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Xbox Series S and X notes 

Steering Wheel Improvements 

• Turning Steering Speed Scale: Players can choose how quickly the steering wheel turns. 
• New Options for looking at the Side Mirrors and In-Cabin Map: Specific instructions are available on the options menu. 

Other updates 

• Localization fixes and updates across the whole game. 
• Background mountains are reworked so the models do not levitate above the terrain. 
• Several UI and menu updates. 
• Ranbir vintage car fixes: the mirrors now work, and the windshield wipers are more precise. 
• Indian truck fixes: fixed issues with wrong tank size (100 GAL instead of 1000 GAL) and mirrors disappearing while driving. 
• Added Train Compositions: Trains appear at various locations in the game world. 
• Added Trucks with Trailers: Traffic has a larger, randomized variety of trailers 
• 3D Audio Environment Update for In-Cabin Camera: Every sound in the cabin (radio, wipers, gear shifting, pedal presses) comes from a specific location. 
• Additional 3D Audio Update for Passenger Voices: When the camera is in the truck cabin, the passenger's voice will come from the right side. 
• Additional Optimizations for PS5, Xbox Series X, and Series S - Generally Higher FPS . 
• VSM Shadow Optimizations for Xbox Series X - Higher Performance When Using VMS Shadows. 
  Huge update to the overall lighting – added may instances of new lighting. 
• New type of "Freedom to Roam" Missions. 
• Added widget to the mission timers and reworked some of mission system logic to work better with the FtR missions that use timers. 
• Added a Mission failed screen. 
• Cars will not slow down that much when changing lanes and have a chance to aggressively cut the player off on highways. 
• New town scene on the start screen - Nathan and Lara are present in Santa & Snow White costumes. 
• New Audio Environment: Music from gas stations or bars (bar music only plays during certain times). 
• Bird Sounds: Birds in the game now make specific sounds. 
• Added new assets in the game world (i.e. snowman). 
• Updated Lara VO in some missions where the telephone effect was missing during calls. 
• Improved mirrors in the game world for better reflections. 
   

BUG FIXES: 

• Inactive Cruise control icon on the dashboard 
• Doubled traffic lights asset 
• Chapter 24 Ranbir loves pipes starts at a wrong place 
• Mission rectangle in chapter 28 is not active 
• Fixes in some dialogues in story mode 
•  Hitchhiker appears in the truck before picking her up 
• Lara appears in the car before picking her up 
• A SoftLock when using the Photo Mode 
• Minimap in cabin is flickering 
• Wrong navigation in chapter 29 
• Doubled dialogue lines in chapter Hello Lara 
• Invisible collision over not spawned speed regulator police cars 
• Inactive windshield wipers upon entering the Story DLC 
• A collision is blocking finishing FTR mission 
• Ranbir's model is missing from truck's cabin in chapter 30 
• Plus numerous other smaller fixes for bugs and inaccuracies reported by QA in the game world related to buildings, roads, vegetation, etc. 

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