Anyway, it reminded me of one of the first easter eggs I ever discovered, which was the race track west of Tucson, AZ. Today I found a really awesome easter egg, and this easter egg is the reason I decided to start an easter egg thread, in which you can post every easter egg you found.
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Ofcourse you should be aware that this thread could contain a lot of easter eggs. So if you want to find easter eggs by yourself: *** SPOILER ALERT *** Don't read further.
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If you want to post an easter egg, please give enough information about the location, so others can find that easter egg without too much problems. A screenshot would be fine, too.
So, here's the first one:
State: Oregon
Location: Astoria - US-101 southbound - just before the bridge over the Young Bay
Easter egg: to the left you can see a person on some rocks. I don't know what he's doing. But as you drive towards the bridge, a dolphin killer whale jumps over that person.
Screenshot: Jumping dolphin killer whale, a.k.a. Free Willy
List of Easter Eggs (123)
Arizona (8):
- Camp Verde (north of Camp Verde): Sign with long phone number *from Bitish sitcom The IT Crowd (2006-2010)
- Page (northwest of Page, US-89): Glen Canyon Monster
- Phoenix (northwest Phoenix in Flood Canals): Sign "Uncle Milan is watching you!"
- Phoenix (west of Phoenix, I-10): Bushes Layout "Trucks Rule"
- Sierra Vista: Hidden Roads
- Tucson: Haunted Graveyard at night
- Tucson (west of Tucson): Race Track
- Yuma: Hidden Road
- Bakersfield (east of Bakersfield, CA-58): Bates Motel *from Psycho (1960) movie
- Carlsbad (north of Carlsbad): Sign "Patt Rick Premium Winery" *Patrik: SCS employee?
- Eureka (north of Eureka, US-101, Stone Lagoon): Hidden Road
- Eureka (north of Eureka, US-101): Hidden Road
- Huron (north of Huron, I-5): Meteor Shower *at night
- Los Angeles: Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. *from Forrest Gump (1994) movie
- Los Angeles (north of Los Angeles): Hidden Road
- Los Angeles (north of Los Angeles): World of Trucks sign
- Los Angeles (south of Los Angeles, CA-1): Giant Duck
- Oakland: Hotal California *from Eagles- Hotel California (1977); also based on California Hotel (I-580 / San Pablo Ave)
- Oxnard: Sign "Remember the road here?"
- Redding: Woman in tree during daytime
- Redding (south of Redding): Bushes Layout "Vivat Krokus" *Krokus: SCS Senior Beta Tester?
- Sacramento: Paris Metro Sign *another one can be found in Bakersfield, Butte (scenic town), Camp Verde, Huron, Newport, Reno, Salem, San Francisco (2), Twin Falls, and John Day (scenic town).
- San Diego (east San Diego): Sebor's Market *Pavel Sebor: SCS CEO
- Santa Maria (north of Santa Maria, CA-1): Lamp Post at night
- Alamosa (west of Alamosa, US-160): Hidden Road
- Burlington (north of Burlington, US-385): Sign "what is missing from ch ch"
- Colorado Springs: Hidden Road
- Colorado Springs (northwest of Colorado Springs, US-285): Garbage Bins *based on characters of animated sitcom South Park (1997-present)
- Denver (Stadium, I-25): Text "Why Not", Text "RacerToft", Dancing Guy *RacerToft: Nicolaj Toft Nielsen, SCS Senior 3D Map Designer. Reference to the Colorado Trip
- Denver (west of Denver, I-70): Hidden Road
- Denver (west of Denver, I-70): Hidden Road
- Durango (east of Durango): Hidden Road
- Durango (east of Durango): Hidden Road
- Durango (east of Durango): Earl's Feed Store *from the Wolf Creek Pass song on the Wolf Creek Pass album of C.W. McCall
- Durango (north of Durango): Hidden Road
- Durango (west of Durango): Hidden Road
- Lamar (northwest of Lamar): Sign "Silent Disco"
- Sign: Patrick's Pancakes *Patrik: SCS employee? *NEW*
- Montrose (east of Montrose, US-50): Hidden Road
- Montrose (north of Montrose): Hidden Road
- Pueblo: Hidden Road
- Steamboat Springs: Sign "Nemiro" *Daniel 'Nemiro' Němec: SCS Community Manager
- Steamboat Springs (east of Steamboat Springs, US-34): Cows, looking at what they will become
- Steamboat Springs (southeast of Steamboat Springs, US-40): Hidden Road
- Sterling: Hidden Road
- Boise: Control Box with images of SCS devs *actually there are at least three of such control boxes in Boise
- Boise (west of Boise, I-84): Bushes Layout "SCS Soft Forever"
- Boise (north of Boise, ID-55, McCall): Sharlie the Payette Lake Monster
- Coeur d'Alene: Grave of Brian O'Connor *from Fast & Furious (2001-2017) movies. Another grave of Brian O'Connor can be found in Lakeview, OR
- Grangeville (northeast of Grangeville): Hidden Road
- Idaho Falls (west of Idaho Falls, US-26, Arco): Sign of mechanic Vladko Prdko *Vladko Prdko: SCS employee?
- Ketchum (southeast of Ketchum, US-26): Accessible Craters of the Moon Entrance
- Lewiston (north of Lewiston): Old Spiral Highway
- Nampa: ATS vs. ETS2 Baseball Game at Sebor Field *Pavel Sebor: SCS CEO
- Pocatello: Accessible Automobile Junk Yard & Hidden Road
- Pocatello: Hidden Road
- Pocatello: Hidden Road
- Pocatello: Hidden Road
- Pocatello: Guy taking selfie with "R" logo *ATS live streams by RyaStream can be found on his FaceBook-page
- Salmon (south of Salmon, US-93): Hidden Road
- Sandpoint: Hidden Road
- Twin Falls (northeast of Twin Falls): Billboard "Dance for Pedro" *from Napoleon Dynamite (2004) movie
- Twin Falls (northeast Twin Falls): Evel Knievel's Ramp
- Twin Falls (south of Twin Falls, US-93): Dancing Guy *Oscar: SCS Business Development
- Ely (south of Ely, US-50): Hidden Road *N.B. some terrain gaps / floating terrain visible
- Las Vegas: Sign "Las Vegas redesign 2020" *Milan: SCS employee
- Las Vegas (north of Las Vegas, NV-375, Rachel): UFOs at night
- Pioche (south of Pioche, US-93, Mazany Creek): Giant Ducks & Elephant Shrub *Václav Mazaný: former SCS employee?
- Pioche (south of Pioche, US-93, Mazany Creek): Conflict between workers & dancing guy on roof
- Reno (northeast Reno): Sign "Krokus Rulez!" *Krokus: SCS Senior Beta Tester?
- Reno (northwest Reno): Dancing Guy on picnic table
- Winnemucca (northwest of Winnemucca, NV-140): Hidden Road
- Albuquerque (southeast Albuquerque): Van with blue smoke *from Breaking Bad (2008-2013) TV series
- Artesia: Sign "Warning Zombies Ahead"
- Clovis: Sign "This is an easter egg!"
- Clovis: Hidden Road *NEW*
- Gallup: Meteor Shower *at night
- Gallup (north of Gallup, US-491): Laptop screen *resembles laptop screen of police in GTA IV video game
- Raton (west of Raton, NM-64): Hidden Road
- Roswell: Historic Marker about Malek Lazansky *Malek Lazansky: SCS Map Designer
- Roswell: UFO Center *from Roswell (1999-2002) TV series
- Roswell: Tire Tracks "UFO"
- Roswell (north of Roswell, US-54/US-285, Vaughn): Giant Cars
- Santa Fe (east of Santa Fe, I-25): Meteor Shower *at night
- Tucumcari: Sign "Isaac, watching through a crack" *from The Binding of Isaac video game
- Astoria (west of Astoria, US-101): Jumping Killer Whale *from Free Willy (1993) movie
- Bend (north of Bend, US-97, Terrebonne): Sign "Gravity Falls" & Sign "Mystery Shack" & Gravity on Water Tower *from Gravity Falls (2012-2016) TV series. N.B. Blocked by XXX barrier
- Bend (south of Bend): Hidden Road *N.B. if taking the gravel road a terrain gap is visible
- Burns (west of Burns, US-20): Sign "Brothers gonna work it out" *music album from The Chemical Brothers?
- Eugene (south of Eugene, I-5): Dancing Guy on roof Truck Stop
- Eugene (southeast of Eugene, OR-58): Hidden Road
- Lakeview: Sign "SCS-1997 ATS-2013"
- Lakeview (east of Lakeview, OR-140): Hidden Road
- Ontario: Sign "Play American Truck Simulator"
- Pendleton: Two-Headed Cow *from the Fallout video game series
- Pendleton (east of Pendleton, I-84): Sign "Olielekkage Instructie, Let Op!" *dutch translation for "Oil Leakage Instruction, Pay Attention!" Other signs can be found at Mount Rainier lookout (US-12), WA
- Salem (west of Salem, US-20): Hidden Road
- The Dalles (east of The Dalles): Hidden Road
- Cedar City (west of Cedar City, UT-56): Hidden Cave
- Cedar City (west of Cedar City, UT-56, Modena): Hidden Road
- Grangeville: SCS Constructions
- Kanab (US-89): Davido Diesel Repair *Davido: SCS employee
- Kayenta (northeast of Kayenta, US-191, Bluff): Hidden Road
- Logan: Davido vs. Nemiro Stampede Rodeo *Davido: SCS employee. Daniel 'Nemiro' Němec: SCS Community Manager
- Moab (south of Moab, US-191, Monticello): Police Stakeout
- Ogden (north of Ogden): Historical Marker "Some easter egg"
- Page (west of Page, US-89, Kanab): Sign "You have found nothing but a beautiful view"
- Provo (south of Provo): Hidden Road
- Price: Hidden Road
- Salina (south of Salina, US-89): Sign "Sponsor a Highway" *rocknrollDaVE: SCS Senior Beta Tester
- Salt Lake City (west Salt Lake City): Sign "Hello Natvander how are you" *Natvander: Nathan VanDerMeulen, SCS employee
- Salt Lake City (southwest Salt Lake City): Hidden Road
- Vernal (southwest of Vernal): Hidden Road
- Aberdeen (south of Aberdeen, US-101): Animals crossing
- Astoria, OR (north of Astoria, US-101): Hidden Road
- Bellingham (east Bellingham): Hidden Road
- Bellingham (east Bellingham): Grafitti "I was here"
- Colville: Sign "Enjoy Summer" *Washington DLC was released just before summer 2019
- Mount St. Helens: Information Signs "Extraterrestrial Highway"
- Omak (east of Omak, WA-20): Hidden Lookout
- Portland: SCS Logo on Arena *Moda Center indoor sports arena
- Vancouver: Historic Marker "Mechyas is LOL" *Mechyas: SCS employee
- Yakima: Marty's Antique Furniture Shop *from Frasier (1993-2004) TV series *NEW*