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18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal

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18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal
18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal cover
Developers
SCS Software
Publishers
ValuSoft
Poland City Interactive
Engines
Prism3D
Release dates
Windows August 30, 2004
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Genres Driving, Simulation
Vehicles Truck
Themes North America
Series 18 Wheels of Steel
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General information

SCS Software Forums for the game
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
Retail
DRM-free
Polish release. Version 1.07.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Windows
Official website (unavailable)
Requires online activation
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest version is Patch 1.07. Polish retail release and digital releases are pre-patched to that version.
Installing the patch changes the game language into English.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\18 WoS Pedal to the Metal\config.cfg
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\18 WoS Pedal to the Metal\controls.def
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/337460/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\18 WoS Pedal to the Metal\saves\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/337460/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher options menu.
Launcher options menu.
In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Vert- from 4:3 aspect ratio. HUD is stretched.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Retail only; download for digital releases.
Polish
Official translation only in the Polish retail release. Fan translation available here

Issues fixed

Corrupted installation.Reinstall aplication from original CD (GOG Version)

Ejecut the game in Admin Mode

Vsync not working on Windows10 (Direct3D8 mode)

  1. Download d3d8to9.
  2. Copy D3D8.DLL from the folder to the game install directory

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8, 9
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Open Dynamics Engine

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/337460/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (337460) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References