[ANSWERED][PM] Plans to make ATS Popular once again for the long haul?

[Sunstrider]

When ATS released Feb 2, 2016, Oxnard Crossroads was the most popular place on ATS. Then, the deterrent reasons came along that killed off ATS to about 50 players today (45 at the time of writing this). https://traffic.krashnz.com/ats/us-sim Vegas is no longer the popular hangout town. 3 are in it at the time of this. With 1 scattered in Montana, 3 in Texas, and 0 elsewhere. Leading to desolate roads 98% of the map.

 

• How do you plan on restoring player population back to ATS and make it as lively as ETS 2's Sim 1 is?

Just for comparison, <100 players on ATS daily. About 3.5k players on ETS 2 daily.

 

I understand ATS' map is paid DLC. But, it doesn't need updating (except for when SCS forgets a road or two). And, ATS' trucks are more bulky. But still, ATS is just as great of a game as ETS 2.

[Luna]

Hi,

 

That's a good question. Over the years, we've made several approaches to make American Truck Simulator more popular on TruckersMP. Initiatives like hosting ATS events at US timezones were not very successful. Similar applies to adding the Scout car.

Soon, we will add our alternating vehicles to American Truck Simulator meaning players can vote for a new (AI traffic) vehicle which will be replaced periodically. We hope that this raises the interest in the game.

 

Bear in mind that ATS in general is less popular than ETS2. ETS2 has peaked at 43,000 concurrent users this week while ATS only scratched 10,000.