Almost immediately after the announcement of the Euro Truck Simulator 2 – Iceland map expansion, SCS Software studio released a lot of information about Project Coaches – a project to add intercity buses to the game.
The SCS Software blog post not only features screenshots of the buses already integrated into the game, but also models from many manufacturers (the same companies whose trucks are already in the game) that are in various stages of development. In addition, there is a Project Coaches Trip Dev Talk video blog, in which the developers, including the studio's CEO Pavel Sebor, discuss the details of this project.
The developers have already created several bus models with distinctive controls and have begun to develop networks of bus terminals across the map (this has been noticed by players for years, since the release of the Beyond the Baltic Sea expansion in 2018). Some old bus stations will be redesigned from scratch to better fit the new gameplay.
The developers were quick to reassure players that work on trucks, map expansions, and core content for ETS2 will not be affected by Project Coaches. The buses are being handled by a separate team, so it will not affect the speed of game updates in any way.
Recall that SCS Software released a separate bus simulator, Bus Driver, back in 2007. Almost immediately after the release of Euro Truck Simulator 2 in 2012, players asked the developers to add buses to the game, and for some time there were even rumors about a separate project, Coaches Simulator, which never came to fruition.
For Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator, there have long been fan mods with numerous buses, and even mods with the economy of bus transportation. But most players are still waiting for an update from SCS Software itself. Knowing the pace at which this Czech studio is working, we can hope to see the first official buses in ETS2/ATS sometime in late 2026.