Dates Of DLC Releases

[Some newbie driver]

@bigfoot31415926 what you don't consider is, while on previous DLC we had teasers and only later the state confirmation, this time SCS decided to directly confirm the first state to arrive (and no even releasing it, thewy already teased the next one).

So, what SCS has changed is their policy about announcements; but that not changes the time it needs a DLC to be finished. Don't expect the release dates to be significantly different tan previous years.

Regards

[Mohegan13]

Map DLCs are end of the year, ATS now gets two a year so there is one around May/June too. Don't expect this time frame to change.

It's a good development cycle for them. If ever ATS gets a 3rd map team then they would probably aim to have the June release move to April and put a third one in around August. From a marketing perspective you don't want to release big DLCs too close, so keeping a relatively even space of time between them is just good planning.

As far as announcements go, Pavel told us straight up in one of the livestreams why they are doing it. It is useful for them to have people 'follow' and 'wishlist' the DLC. It has nothing to do with planned release times and all to do with marketing and interest numbers. To do that they have to make a store page, before they add a store page they want to hype things with little teasers and officially announce it.

Smaller DLCs like trailers, wheel accessories, cargoes, and other things don't matter as much (time wise) as they don't have to be tied to a specific game version. You can bet your rear end that marketing has the final say on when XYZ releases too.

Sure things can always change as needed, but right now I see no reason to change map DLC releases.

[joschac2]

Wait. When did Colorado get added to steam?

[flight50]

A long time ago, lol. I am sure the date is buried in the Colorado thread somewhere.. Thanks to Marcello Julio, he updated page one as it has the date.
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[dkasper00]

The Mack Anthem has to be added onto this list as well.

[joschac2]

Done

[joschac2]

Added ID Release Date and $

[flight50]

Awwwww. I love seeing more get added to this list, lol. Next up hopefully is a Western Star.

[supersobes]

For clarity and to keep the list consistent with the other entries, I think the year should be added to the release date of the International LoneStar, Utah, and Idaho.

[Madkine]

Colorado shouldn't be in the rumored list anymore.