Can I Run Automation?
Automation is an indie racing game from Camshaft Software Ltd, released in 2015. Camshaft Software Ltd both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. Steam lists support for 13 languages. 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. The game ships for Windows alone. Its Steam review count passes 16 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Workshop content is supported, so the published requirements describe the unmodded game only. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Dual Core |
|---|---|
| GPU | Support Shader Model 5.0 (Intel HD4000 Integrated, Geforce 400 Series, Radeon HD2000 Series) |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Recent Intel i5/i7 or AMD 6 core or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD 290x or nVidia 970GTX or Better |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64 Bit |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in an open sandbox, moving through systems the player balances from above. 31 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. What taxes the PC is the number of things being simulated, which means the requirements describe the start of a game, not the end of one.
Why Automation is demanding
Graphics requirements for Automation are minimal, with AMD 290x or nVidia 970GTX named as the bar. Automation calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Automation expects 16 GB of system memory. Disk footprint is light, near 30 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Automation?
Older hardware holds up here: Automation runs on modest graphics, with Support Shader Model 5.0 (Intel HD4000 Integrated, Geforce 400 Series, Radeon HD2000 Series) enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: CPU
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.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Automation?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Automation?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Dual Core; GPU: Support Shader Model 5.0 (Intel HD4000 Integrated, Geforce 400 Series, Radeon HD2000 Series); 8 GB RAM.
How much storage does Automation need?
Automation needs about 30 GB of HDD storage.
What is the bottleneck for Automation?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Automation is the CPU.