18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal
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Developers | |
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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 |
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 |
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Retail | ||||
Retail | Polish release. Version 1.07. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam | ||||
Official website (unavailable) |
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
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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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 |
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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 |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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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
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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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)
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8, 9 | |
OpenGL |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Open Dynamics Engine |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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 |
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Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 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.