ETS2 Coaches DLC: buses in Euro Truck Simulator 2, price and how it works

Coaches is the bus DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2 (ETS2) that puts you behind the wheel of a long-distance coach instead of a truck. It launched on Steam on 12 November 2026 for €14.99 and isn’t discounted as of 14 November 2026. You get three licensed coaches, scheduled and tourist jobs, passenger satisfaction and your own bus to customise. You need the base game to play it. Here’s how it all works and what’s different from the trucking career.

Short answer: what Coaches is and when it came out

Prague-based SCS Software confirmed the project on 14 June 2025 as “Project Coaches”, after a short teaser called “Next Stop: ETS2”. The release date was announced on 1 November 2026 and the DLC came out eleven days later. It’s a separate Steam item that you add to your copy of ETS2.

Coaches has the same 30 interface languages as the base game. If you’re weighing it against the US game, our ETS2 vs ATS comparison covers the differences.

The three coaches

The DLC includes three licensed long-distance coaches:

• Scania Touring
• Volvo 9700 DD
• MAN Lion’s Coach

The ETS2 website’s configurator calls the Scania “Scania Touring HD”, but Steam and the SCS announcements use Scania Touring. SCS plans to add more coaches through updates, more on that at the end.

Quick, Contract and Tourist Jobs

Bus work comes in three job types. They differ in whether you need your own coach and how strict the timetable is.

• Quick Jobs are for getting started. You don’t need your own coach.
• Contract Jobs use your own coach. They’re scheduled routes with several stops. You first drive to the bus station, confirm the route, the game skips ahead to departure time and the passengers board.
• Tourist Jobs are trips to landmarks and natural sights with a looser timetable. At the destination there’s a viewpoint with a short scene and a description of the place. Trip length depends on whether the destination is known locally or worldwide.

Passenger satisfaction and the G-force indicator

With a coach, arriving on time isn’t the only thing that counts. The game tracks passenger satisfaction, and you have a G-force indicator to help. Passengers appreciate smooth driving, careful cornering, no harsh braking and no traffic offences.

Every passenger has their own sensitivity and mood, so the same drive won’t suit everyone equally.

Owning a coach

You buy a coach through the Online Dealer. It parks in a virtual garage separate from your trucks, so it doesn’t take up slots in your company’s garages. Financing and loans are available.

You can customise your coach:

• chassis, engine and transmission (depending on the model),
• the interior, meaning seat covers and curtains,
• paint jobs, LED signs and sun visors.

Some parts unlock as you progress. Fuel, fatigue and the other systems work the same as with your own truck.

Mode Switch: truck or coach

With Coaches, the game splits into two modes, Truck Mode and Coach Mode. You switch between them with Mode Switch, and the mode changes via the Drive button. Progress is separate for each mode, so experience and career run independently. Money and the explored map are shared.

You can only have one active job at a time, so hauling cargo while carrying passengers isn’t possible. For comparison, American Truck Simulator (ATS) has a third mode, Car Mode, added with the Road Trip DLC.

Bus stations, map DLCs and Convoy

For Coaches, SCS reworked existing bus stations and added new stations and stops across the whole map, map DLCs included. The aim was to cover key cities and as many capitals as possible, so bus jobs also work in expansions that aren’t connected to the rest of the road network. See every map with prices in our ETS2 DLC list.

You can also drive Coaches with friends in Convoy, the official multiplayer, which allows up to 8 players per session. Our Convoy multiplayer guide shows how to host and join.

What SCS plans next

SCS Software plans to expand Coaches through updates to the same DLC: more coaches, customisation and features. They won’t be released as separate DLCs. We’ll add new content here once it’s out.

Join our Discord to find players who drive bus routes and team up for a session: GamersTogether Discord.

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Information verified on 14 November 2026. We update this article after new DLCs and game updates. Find more in our ETS2 guides.