American Truck Simulator hosting built for convoys.

Mods and DLC are the heart of a long-running ATS server. The official DLC map expansions add huge new regions of the USA to drive, while Steam Workshop mods bring custom trucks, trailers, tuning packs and quality-of-life tweaks. Running these on a multiplayer server means everyone in the convoy shares the same content, so a well-managed mod list keeps the whole community on the same map.

EUGameHost makes mod and DLC management simple: install Steam Workshop content and every official DLC map expansion in a few clicks, then enable, disable or swap mod packs at any time without losing your world. With full FTP/SFTP access you can also upload custom files directly, and our automatic backups mean trying a new mod pack is never a risk you can't undo.

Self-hosting American Truck Simulator from a home PC sounds cheaper on paper, but it rarely is once you factor in the realities. A dedicated convoy server ties up your own machine, exposes your home IP and bandwidth to attack, and takes your server offline whenever your power, internet or PC has a wobble. A residential connection has neither the bandwidth nor the DDoS protection to keep a busy convoy online reliably.

Renting a dedicated ATS server solves all of this. EUGameHost includes always-on DDoS protection free on every plan, a 10 Gbps network, full FTP/SFTP access for deep customisation, automatic backups and 24/7 support for when something needs a human. With no contracts you can cancel anytime, so renting carries none of the long-term risk of buying and maintaining your own hardware.

American Truck Simulator multiplayer benefits from strong single-thread performance: the convoy session and most of the simulation lean on a few fast cores rather than many slow ones, so the single-core clock speed of the processor has a big influence on how smooth driving feels for every connected player.

The pressure point is a busy, heavily modded convoy. When a full session runs large mod packs and multiple DLC map expansions at once, a low-clock or oversold CPU starts to stutter — producing the rubber-banding and desync that drive players away. A strong single-thread processor, fast memory and quick NVMe storage are what hold performance steady when it matters most.

CPU: single-thread speed matters

Because ATS leans on a few fast cores, clock speed and per-core throughput are a major factor in performance. EUGameHost's top tier runs on AMD Ryzen 9 processors with dedicated CPU cores, so your server isn't fighting noisy neighbours for cycles. The Standard tier runs on high-clock Intel Xeon CPUs for a strong, cost-effective baseline.

Memory and storage: fast RAM and NVMe

ATS's memory footprint grows with player count and the size of your mod and DLC list, so generous, fast memory keeps the world responsive. On storage, NVMe SSDs slash the time it takes to load mods, stream maps to joining players and write saves. Every plan rides a 10 Gbps network so bandwidth is never the bottleneck for mod downloads.

Game servers are frequent DDoS targets, and generic web DDoS protection is largely ineffective against game-layer attacks. Proper mitigation has to understand game traffic and UDP floods specifically to keep a convoy session online while it's under attack.

EUGameHost includes always-on DDoS protection on every American Truck Simulator server, with Layer 3 and 4 volumetric mitigation, Layer 7 application filtering and up to 6Tbps of capacity. Crucially, protection is always on and your server is never null-routed during an attack — the failure mode of cheap hosts that quietly take your whole convoy offline the moment they're targeted.

American Truck Simulator server hosting is priced mainly on the resources you need: the RAM, CPU allocation and storage that govern how large a modded convoy your server can comfortably run. A small private convoy costs very little, while a busy, heavily modded community needs more headroom — and the pricing reflects that.

EUGameHost's ATS plans start from £7.50 per month for the Basic plan, with the Recommended plan at £15.00 and the larger Choose Your Own plan at £30.00. Billing is flexible: pay monthly, or commit further and save — quarterly saves 10%, semi-annual saves 20% and annual saves 25%. There are no contracts and you can cancel anytime, so you're free to scale your plan up before a big convoy event and adjust it afterwards without penalty.

Location is the difference between a responsive convoy and a server that feels laggy for half your players. ATS multiplayer is sensitive to latency — driving and convoy synchronisation come down to fractions of a second — so you want your server hosted as close as possible to the bulk of your player base to keep ping low.

EUGameHost offers American Truck Simulator locations across the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, with routing optimised for European and North American players. Run the live latency test at the top of this page to check your real ping to each before you buy, and where your community spans continents, consider a separate server per region so nobody is stuck at a high-ping disadvantage.