German Truck Simulator

How to Play

The game v1.32 has been tested on Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11, it works fine, the game supports widescreen. You may experience some small troubles when you play the game on modern systems, check our Guide and Notes for details

Install & play guide:

• Mount the disc image. You will need the utility for mounting disc image files, like WinCDEmu, UltraISO, Alcohol 52%/Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools Lite. Or extract the files from ISO image with WinRAR or similar tool
• Install the game. It is recommended to install the game not in default path, but in some other, non-system folder, like C:/Games/German Truck Simulator. The installation path should have ONLY the English symbols!
• After you installed the game - install the cumulative patch v1.32. If you install German or Polish version, first install the patch v1.04, and only then install the patch v1.32
• Open the German Truck Simulator/bin/win_x86 directory and find game.exe and germantrucks.exe. Right-click on both exe-files -> Properties -> Compatibility - Set "Run this app in compatibility mode with Windows XP" and "Run as administrator"
• Launch the game and play. If the game doesn't work in compatibility mode with Windows XP - try to launch it in compatibility mode with other version of Windows (Windows 7, Vista, etc.)

The game is DRM-Free, simply install & play. Some versions of the game are multilingual, you can select the language in the launcher (launcher runs from desktop shortcut or germantrucks.exe)

Notes:

• If the installation doesn't start - try to launch Setup.exe in compatibility mode with old version of Windows (98, 2000 or XP)
• It is recommended to install all versions of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable and NET Framework for the correct work of the game. Also it is recommended to install K-Lite Codec Pack for the correct work of in-game audio and video
• The game works on DirectX 9, so if you're using Windows 8, 8.1, 10 or 11 - you need to enable DirectPlay: Go to Control Panel, and select 'Programs'. Select 'Turn Windows features on and off', click on 'Legacy Components' and check the box 'DirectPlay'. Select OK, once the installation is done, restart your computer
• The game also supports OpenGL API, so if you have any troubles with DirectX 9 API, you can switch to OpenGL in the launcher (desktop shortcut or germantrucks.exe). On some video cards, when the game runs with OpenGL renderer, all textures have blue or white color; if you experience that glitch - switch to DirectX 9 renderer
• Patch v1.32 added the detailed Austria map to the game. In some countries the game with patch v1.32 was released or re-released as Austrian Truck Simulator or German Truck Simulator: Austria Edition, but it is the same game!
• Developers also distributed the game as a shareware, multilingual demo version v1.32 with 13 languages was available for download on the official website. That demo version has 1 hour trial period, but looks like if you replace the executables of demo version for DRM-Free executables of full version, you can remove 1 hour trial limit. We uploaded DRM-Free executables in NoCD category so you can use them on that shareware demo version
• All versions of the game are DRM-Free, except the Russian release. If you cannot manage to mount ISO image of the game, you can simply extract the files from ISO image with WinRAR, 7-Zip or another archiver tool, and install the game from Setup.exe
• Be careful, Russian version of the game was protected with StarForce DRM! StarForce DRM drivers can ruin your system, especially if you use 32-bit variant of Windows, make sure to use NoCD before the first launch of the game! Also, the official Russian release cannot be patched, since there were no patches for Russian release. As alternative, you can install the repack with removed StarForce DRM, it includes the game with patch v1.32 and some mods; or install another language version and then use Russian translation patch
• About Russian translation patches: Russian translation patches is available in two variants: for regular German Truck Simulator and for Austrian Truck Simulator v1.32. If you plan to use Russian translation for regular game, it is recommended to install it German Truck Simulator v1.04, it may have issues on other versions. Russian translation patch for Austrian Truck Simulator should work with no problem with the game patched to v1.32
• If you get "[112] resource id" error - make sure that the installation path has ONLY the English symbols! To fix that error re-install the game and enter only the English letter in installation path, like C:/Games/German Truck Simulator
• If you get "sys_no_graphics" error - run the launcher (desktop shortcut or germantrucks.exe) and check Advanced tab, make sure that you selected your graphics card in settings, also try to select the other renderer. If you play on laptop, try to switch between discrete and integrated graphics cards
• If you have any random crashes in the game, try the next method: first make a back-up copy of German Truck Simulator folder from Documents directory, to keep the savegames; then delete the game and savegames and make a clean installation. After you installed the game again, put the back-up copy of German Truck Simulator folder back to Documents directory
• The game supports Vertical Sync (Vsync), yet that setting cannot be enabled in game options. To enable Vsync, edit config.cfg file in Documents/German Truck Simulator folder - open config.cfg in Notepad and set uset r_vsync "0" to "1". If you want to disable Vsync, set that parameter to "0"
• You can add custom music to the game by placing mp3-files to the Documents/German Truck Simulator/music directory. Added music tracks can be played in the game
• The game has controller support so you can play it with gamepad. If the game doesn't recognize your controller - try to use one of the additional tools from PCGamingWiki guide for controllers
• You can find some mods for the game with new trucks and maps on PlayGround, SimulatorMods and modai, and other websites
• Don't forget to check PCGamingWiki if you have troubles! You can also check SCS forums if you cannot find the solution for your problem