Easter Egg Thread (updated 26 may 2021)

[J.Random]

You know the 66 stretch west of Albuquerque? Rumble strip there plays a tune of some sort. Has it always been like this?

[natvander]

Do you mean east?

https://blog.scssoft.com/search?q=musical+road

Only since New Mexico's release

[J.Random]

Yeah, of course east. Never noticed it before (or knew about such a thing). Got wtfed today.

[Bedavd]

All the "adopt a highway" signs throughout the CA rework would be good to add here too. There are a lot of references to Devs like "Racertoft Speedway" and "Nemiro's Driving School"

[dkasper00]

Nemiro's driving school LIVES!

[Vinnie Terranova]

There's an "Ilona beauty salon" at Naches, Washington, just before the bridge.

There's also one in Yakima, which makes me wonder wether this is an easter egg or not. Also, I'm not familiar with Ilona beauty salon; to what is this a reference?

I have another egg to add for that section: Marty's Antique Furniture Shop, which is a reference to Frasier.

Thanks! I've added it to the list.

I've also found Patrik's Pancakes (buy three, get one free) in Granada, CO, just south of the railroad crossing, but there might be other locations.

If there are others then it might not be an easter egg after all. Besides, on the sign it's 'Patrick' instead of Patrik. But for now I've included it in the list.

You can find some special NPC at the Truckstop in the Grand Junction, Colorado.

I don't know if those NPCs should be count as easter eggs. There are a whole lot more places with kind'o special NPCs, like two dancing guys with music in Twin Falls, ID, or a basketball player in Idaho Falls, ID, or a horse broken loose somewhere at US-385, CO, workers who are cleaning up a small creek in Montrose, CO, etc. And I think those NPCs are awesome. They make the world much more alive. But I don't think most of those NPCs should be counted as easter eggs. Unless there is a special story with those NPCs to tell. But that's how I think about it. I don't know how you guys are thinking about it. Should these kind of NPCs also be treaded as easter eggs or not?

You know the 66 stretch west of Albuquerque? Rumble strip there plays a tune of some sort.

This musical rumble strip exists in real life. Therefore it's not an easter egg. But it's very nice to have these kind of surprises in ATS.

[harishw8r]

Ilona is a former ETS2 map designer and currently a producer at SCS Software. There are a bunch of such parlours in the map.

[J.Random]

Doggo DLC confirmed?

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[poozykrem]

Nope, it's TruckerDog reference
I found it shortly after Colorado DLC release and he confirmed that it's a reference to him

[Jatruck]

Yeah, it's @TruckerDog driving the truck.