Can I Run Car Mechanic Simulator 2018?
Red Dot Games released Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 in 2017. It is a racing simulation game, published by PlayWay S.A.. It offers a single player campaign. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. Steam lists support for 17 languages. Being 9 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. Because it hooks into the Steam Workshop, what a player installs on top can matter more for performance than the official figures. With more than 48 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Completionists have 60 achievements to work through.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3 3.0 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 3.4 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in an open sandbox, moving through circuits and tracks. The publisher supplies 29 storefront screenshots of these environments. Play is presented from a first person view.
Why Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 is demanding
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 is undemanding on the graphics side. Its NVidia GeForce GTX 970 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Car Mechanic Simulator 2018. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding. The install is small at roughly 20 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Car Mechanic Simulator 2018?
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 targets a mainstream modern PC: NVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.98x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.11x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.49x |
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 well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Car Mechanic Simulator 2018'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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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Car Mechanic Simulator 2018?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Car Mechanic Simulator 2018?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3 3.0 GHz; GPU: NVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 need?
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 needs about 20 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Car Mechanic Simulator 2018?
The RTX 3060 runs Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Car Mechanic Simulator 2018?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 is the GPU.