Our community is proud to introduce: Cargo Wars is a completely free community project that adds a persistent shared world to American Truck Simulator without modifying any game files. A small Windows transmitter runs alongside ATS, reads telemetry from the official SCS SDK, and connects drivers through territory ownership, real-time presence, and a live multi-channel CB radio. No paywall, no subscription, no premium tier — every feature is available to every driver. Your singleplayer save, economy, and progression stay completely untouched.
Key features
Powered by World of Trucks external contracts — every mission Cargo Wars tracks is an authentic SCS-sanctioned WoT external contract. Your WoT profile keeps growing alongside your Cargo Wars stats. No off-the-books missions, no economy fudging — pure vanilla ATS gameplay with persistent multiplayer layered on top.
Multi-channel CB radio — low-latency Opus push-to-talk voice across multiple rooms (community, VTC-private, region-specific). Foreground-gated so any chats happening outside ATS never broadcast.
In-game ghost overlay — other drivers' trucks projected at their real-world positions inside your game world via a D3D11 overlay.
Territory game — capture cities through deliveries, build city-to-city links, claim triangle fields with three-link convoys.
Virtual Trucking Companies (VTCs) — recruit drivers, share territory and statistics, branded driver dossiers.
Convoy mode — roll out with other drivers in a synchronised group; participants earn coordination bonuses and shared territory influence on every leg of the run.
Live dispatching — real-time contract feed pushes new opportunities (high-demand lanes, emergency runs, regional surge bonuses) to nearby drivers as conditions change on the live map.
Bounty missions — claimable contracts on specific cargo types or city pairs with elevated payouts; first qualifying delivery wins.
Scavenger hunts — solve cargo + destination riddles in real time; the first driver to make the matching delivery claims the bounty.
Opt-in hijacker events — proximity-based gameplay where rival drivers can intercept a delivery while escorts defend the convoy.
Weekly bingo challenges — cargo-type targets (fuel, machinery, refrigerated, hazmat, oversized, construction, …).
Live leaderboards — daily, weekly, and all-time across distance, tonnage, profit-per-mile, deliveries, and more.
Live web map at cargowars.com showing every active driver in real time.
Powered by World of Trucks external contracts — every mission Cargo Wars tracks is an authentic SCS-sanctioned WoT external contract. Your WoT profile keeps growing alongside your Cargo Wars stats. No off-the-books missions, no economy fudging — pure vanilla ATS gameplay with persistent multiplayer layered on top.
Multi-channel CB radio — low-latency Opus push-to-talk voice across multiple rooms (community, VTC-private, region-specific). Foreground-gated so any chats happening outside ATS never broadcast.
In-game ghost overlay — other drivers' trucks projected at their real-world positions inside your game world via a D3D11 overlay.
Territory game — capture cities through deliveries, build city-to-city links, claim triangle fields with three-link convoys.
Virtual Trucking Companies (VTCs) — recruit drivers, share territory and statistics, branded driver dossiers.
Convoy mode — roll out with other drivers in a synchronised group; participants earn coordination bonuses and shared territory influence on every leg of the run.
Live dispatching — real-time contract feed pushes new opportunities (high-demand lanes, emergency runs, regional surge bonuses) to nearby drivers as conditions change on the live map.
Bounty missions — claimable contracts on specific cargo types or city pairs with elevated payouts; first qualifying delivery wins.
Scavenger hunts — solve cargo + destination riddles in real time; the first driver to make the matching delivery claims the bounty.
Opt-in hijacker events — proximity-based gameplay where rival drivers can intercept a delivery while escorts defend the convoy.
Weekly bingo challenges — cargo-type targets (fuel, machinery, refrigerated, hazmat, oversized, construction, …).
Live leaderboards — daily, weekly, and all-time across distance, tonnage, profit-per-mile, deliveries, and more.
Live web map at cargowars.com showing every active driver in real time.
All current ATS versions — latest stable plus public beta- Every ATS map DLC supported (Nevada through the Texas / Oklahoma / Kansas / Nebraska / Arkansas / Missouri Heartland expansions) — telemetry is coordinate-driven, no per-DLC tuning required
- Identical feature set on Euro Truck Simulator 2 with all its map DLCs
- Read-only access via the official SCS SDK — no game-file modification, no mod manager conflicts, no impact on other installed mods
- Windows installer with Authenticode signature
All current ATS versions — latest stable plus public beta