Can I Run Arctic Trucker Simulator?
Released in 2016, Arctic Trucker Simulator is an action casual game built by United Independent Entertainment. The game supports a single player campaign. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS and Linux. 10 languages are covered by the store listing. There are 45 achievements to chase. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo Dualcore, AMD X2 Dualcore with 3.0 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280, AMD Radeon HD 4870, Intel HD Graphics 4000 |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 0.59 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 9.0c |
Recommended requirements
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Setting and environment
The game is set in natural landscapes. Play is structured around one continuous open world. There are 8 official screenshots to judge the look from. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Arctic Trucker Simulator has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs. Play is presented from a third person view.
Why Arctic Trucker Simulator is demanding
Arctic Trucker Simulator barely touches the GPU. Its stated NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280, AMD Radeon HD 4870, Intel HD Graphics 4000 target is below anything currently sold. It targets DirectX 9.0, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy. Disk footprint is light, near 1 GB. Arctic Trucker Simulator needs only 2 GB of RAM.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Arctic Trucker Simulator?
Arctic Trucker Simulator is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280, AMD Radeon HD 4870, Intel HD Graphics 4000, 2 GB RAM, about 0.59 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 48.57x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 27.32x |
| 4K | Comfortable | 12.14x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Arctic Trucker Simulator's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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The Last of Us Part IFrequently asked questions
Can my PC run Arctic Trucker Simulator?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Arctic Trucker Simulator?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Dualcore, AMD X2 Dualcore with 3.0 GHz; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280, AMD Radeon HD 4870, Intel HD Graphics 4000; 2 GB RAM.
How much storage does Arctic Trucker Simulator need?
Arctic Trucker Simulator needs about 0.59 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Arctic Trucker Simulator?
The RTX 3060 runs Arctic Trucker Simulator comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Arctic Trucker Simulator?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Arctic Trucker Simulator is the GPU.