Can I Run Euro Truck Simulator 2?
Euro Truck Simulator 2 is an indie simulation game from SCS Software, released in 2012. SCS Software both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. A pad covers most of the game, though parts of it still expect a keyboard. With more than 775 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS and Linux. It is localised into 30 languages according to the store listing. Workshop content is supported, so the published requirements describe the unmodded game only. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. It carries 106 achievements. Metacritic places it at 79. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6400 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or similar |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon RX 460 or Intel HD 630 (2GB VRAM) |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-9600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or similar |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon RX 590 (2GB VRAM) |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 12 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
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Setting and environment
Play is built around one continuous open world. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Euro Truck Simulator 2 has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs. 50 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. The view is from a third person view.
Why Euro Truck Simulator 2 is demanding
Euro Truck Simulator 2 sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon RX 590 (, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. The install is small at roughly 25 GB. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Euro Truck Simulator 2 at the floor and Euro Truck Simulator 2 at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Euro Truck Simulator 2 names just 2 GB of video memory, so the bottleneck sits in raw GPU throughput rather than VRAM. Euro Truck Simulator 2 needs only 12 GB of RAM. Euro Truck Simulator 2 needs 64 bit Windows.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Euro Truck Simulator 2?
Euro Truck Simulator 2 is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon RX 460 or Intel HD 630 (2GB VRAM), 8 GB RAM, about 25 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 | 1.73x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 0.98x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.43x |
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 well |
| 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 Euro Truck Simulator 2'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 Euro Truck Simulator 2?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Euro Truck Simulator 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or similar; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon RX 460 or Intel HD 630 (2GB VRAM); 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64-bit.
How much storage does Euro Truck Simulator 2 need?
Euro Truck Simulator 2 needs about 25 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Euro Truck Simulator 2?
The RTX 3060 runs Euro Truck Simulator 2 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Euro Truck Simulator 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Euro Truck Simulator 2 is the GPU.