Teaches car parts and basics
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The basic understanding I got from this game of how parts relate to each other helped me to learn a lot.”
Steam review · 77.9 h played ↗
Car Mechanic Simulator 2015
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%Red Dot Games2015Driving · Racing · Simulation
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A relaxing, easy-to-learn car repair game that teaches basic parts and runs on weak PCs, but it turns repetitive and grindy, and newer entries in the series do it better. Skip it if you want real depth.
Great for
Car newcomers who want a chill, educational parts-swapping game, especially on a low-end PC or at a deep discount
Main risk
Repetitive jobs and slow XP grind get boring within hours, and newer series entries are better
What players love
Relaxing, satisfying repair loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“this game is for you to unplug your brain and just drone without complicating your life.”
Steam review · 40.7 h played ↗
Good graphics and detailed parts
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“all the graphics are crisp and the car parts are sharply detailed”
Steam review · translated · 12.4 h played ↗
Good value and cheap on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“If you get this game for the on sale STEAL price on steam, you will not be disappointed.”
Steam review · 47 h played ↗
Runs well on low-end PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“it has great performance on low end systems. Newer releases severly lack of opitmizations, this is just fine.”
Steam review · 46.7 h played ↗
Large car variety and content
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“For being a bit old, it is very fun and has lots of vehicles. The DLCs are also worth it.”
Steam review · 13.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive and boring
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“very boring it's ridiculously repetitive”
Steam review · 13.7 h played ↗
Poor tutorial and awkward controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Cannot get past 1st car. Tutorial seems to stop as soon as you have accepted your first job with no help on how to navigate the menus or actually how to DO your first job.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Too simplified and not a real sim
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“It's a very dumbed down, simplistic approach to automotive repair. This game is definitely NOT a simulator.”
Steam review · 32.2 h played ↗
Slow XP grind gates content
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“It takes a very, very long time to unlock the more enjoyable parts of the game (9000xp for the garage, are you kidding me??)”
Steam review · 9 h played ↗
Key content locked behind paid DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Basically all the fun mechanics in the game are tucked away as DLC addons”
Steam review · 15.6 h played ↗
Outclassed by newer series entries
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Replaced by much improved newer versions, even on a good deal you probably should skip this one and grab 2020+”
Steam review · 10.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP SP3 / Vista / 7 / 8
ProcessorCore i3 3.1 GHz or AMD Phenom II X3 2.8 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 560 or Radeon HD6870 with 2GB VRAM
Storage8 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows XP SP3 / Vista / 7 / 8
ProcessorCore i5-2300 / AMD Athlon X4 760K or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 670 or Radeon HD7970 with 2 GB VRAM
Storage8 GB available space
OSWindows XP SP3 / Vista / 7 / 8
ProcessorCore i3 3.1 GHz or AMD Phenom II X3 2.8 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 560 or Radeon HD6870 with 2GB VRAM
Storage8 GB available space
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