ATS graphics mods

Here are 44 mods for American Truck Simulator graphics: weather and lighting, seasons, more realistic rain, headlights, cleaner interfaces and route advisors, map backgrounds and mods that put real brands on gas stations and billboards. For players in Mexico there's Real MX Graphics, which gives the Mexican maps a more realistic look. Almost all are free and many are up to date for 1.61, the stable version (1.62 is in open beta). Each mod page links only to the official download.

The best ATS graphics mods to start with

• Real MX Graphics: touches up textures, colors and atmosphere on the Mexico maps so roads and towns look like the real ones. Designed for Reforma-based maps; for 1.61.
• Realistic Brutal Graphics And Weather: Kass's weather mod, with more than 10 rain intensities, storms, fog and new HDR. Version 11.2 for 1.61, compatible with Convoy.
• Allan's All-In-One Graphics Fidelity: 73 HDR skies in 16K, storms with lightning and wheel spray. For 1.61; it takes up 6.5 GB.
• Real companies, gas stations & billboards: companies, gas stations and billboards with real brands. More than 800,000 subscribers, 1.47 through 1.61.
• Frosty Winter Weather Mod: permanent winter with snow, icy roads and shorter days. Version 6.1 for 1.61.
• Better Headlights For ATS: wider low beams, cleaner color and no checkered pattern on the asphalt. Tested on 1.61.
• Yet Another Rain Mod: finer, denser raindrops on the windows, with gradual drying, for 1.58 through 1.61.
• Top Bar for ATS 1.61: a compact top bar for the HUD, with no map and smaller mirrors.

How to combine them

• Just one full weather mod: Brutal Graphics, Allan's All-In-One and Grimes's season mods change the same things; if you enable two, the one higher up wins. Yet Another Rain Mod and its add-ons Pure Rain and Particles only change raindrops and spray.
• Real MX Graphics and Reforma: it goes above the maps and resources whose textures it modifies, that is, above Reforma and Reforma Mega Resources.
• HUD and version: interface mods depend heavily on the game version. Bottom Bar is for 1.61 only according to its author, so it may break on the 1.62 beta.
• Real brands: these are fan creations with no connection to the companies. ATS Real Logos Project is another option for replacing the parody logos.
• Installation: subscribe on Steam Workshop or copy the file into DocumentsAmerican Truck Simulatormod and activate it in your profile's Mod Manager.

Real MX Graphics and the rest of the mods for playing in Mexico are in our guide to Mexican mods for ATS; its exact position alongside Reforma is in how to install Reforma. For weather, physics and traffic together, see realistic mods for ATS.

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