Looking to get a Car Mechanic Simulator game - Which one?

[JerryHatrick_Nz]

Just got the free copy of CMS2018 from Epic Games and enjoyed it but prefer Steam. Which CMS is better 2018 or 2021?

Edit: I ducked into the CMS2021 forum and found out you can only post if you own the game. That's one strike against CMS2021.

[johnny2eyes]

2021 is better.

[JerryHatrick_Nz]

Originally posted by johnny2eyes:

2021 is better.

Thank you for responding. Any reasons in particular?

[Mardoin69]

That's just their opinion. CMS2018 has WAY more DLC and mods. The newer 2021 version turns a handful of things into little mini games....like repairing parts and mounting tires for example. It also adds more fluids and changes up the shop layout.....separates shop areas to be their own shops. Aside from that, it's pretty much the same game. You really should watch a youtube playthru of the 2021 version to see if you think it's better enough to forgo the 2018 version.

[Ratt]

Originally posted by Mardoin69:

That's just their opinion. CMS2018 has WAY more DLC and mods. The newer 2021 version turns a handful of things into little mini games....like repairing parts and mounting tires for example. It also adds more fluids and changes up the shop layout.....separates shop areas to be their own shops. Aside from that, it's pretty much the same game. You really should watch a youtube playthru of the 2021 version to see if you think it's better enough to forgo the 2018 version.

Agree... 2021 is basically a reskin with some minor changes. IMO - it's a money grab that PlayWay likes to do w/their games. Small updates, same game, some graphic changes but not too expensive so people will continue to purchase them.

If 2018 is on sale, you can get a lot of playtime out of it and not really miss much that 2021 has to offer. Plus, you'll get tons more DLC options and modded cars that you can download and restore in game. Modders have done great work.

[JerryHatrick_Nz]

Originally posted by Mardoin69:

That's just their opinion. CMS2018 has WAY more DLC and mods. The newer 2021 version turns a handful of things into little mini games....like repairing parts and mounting tires for example. It also adds more fluids and changes up the shop layout.....separates shop areas to be their own shops. Aside from that, it's pretty much the same game. You really should watch a youtube playthru of the 2021 version to see if you think it's better enough to forgo the 2018 version.

Originally posted by Ratt:

Agree... 2021 is basically a reskin with some minor changes. IMO - it's a money grab that PlayWay likes to do w/their games. Small updates, same game, some graphic changes but not too expensive so people will continue to purchase them.

If 2018 is on sale, you can get a lot of playtime out of it and not really miss much that 2021 has to offer. Plus, you'll get tons more DLC options and modded cars that you can download and restore in game. Modders have done great work.

Thank you both for taking the time to respond.

After watching a video of CMS2021 I feel that the minigames will annoy me (in the short term, at least) and as it seems like there's not a major difference between the two I'll go ahead and get CMS2018.

[clintonholmes]

I'm starting with 2018, but also would advise going into Nexusmods if you use mods and getting three mods, real car names, real tool/parts name and engine swap any car. Because some cars in game currently only allow specific engines

[clintonholmes]

P.S. if you want to cheat and get 504,000 and max points to increase your skills and shop size right away, type cms2018promo, or for 2021 version its cms2021promo

[clintonholmes]

That goes in profile name slot

[TescoDespiser]

Originally posted by clintonholmes:

P.S. if you want to cheat and get 504,000 and max points to increase your skills and shop size right away, type cms2018promo, or for 2021 version its cms2021promo

necroing a thread and a game feature, wow

pretty sure the promo profile names have been pointless ever since the release of sandbox mode for CMS18 and 21

[Achtungbabe]

Been playing 2018 on and off, recently tried it on my new laptop with a 40 series card and was surprised how hot it runs the laptop. No other game cooks it this bad... and I've recently seen similar comments regarding 2021 version where PCs are running hot.

I've tried almost everything to minimise this issue but it does appear to be something within the game that's throttling my hardware.

[Mardoin69]

Originally posted by Achtungbabe:

Been playing 2018 on and off, recently tried it on my new laptop with a 40 series card and was surprised how hot it runs the laptop. No other game cooks it this bad... and I've recently seen similar comments regarding 2021 version where PCs are running hot.

I've tried almost everything to minimise this issue but it does appear to be something within the game that's throttling my hardware.

You should set a 'Max Frame rate' limit in the gpu control panel. You can do that globally--for all apps--and / or for each individual app--like limiting this game to a lower frame rate if needed. But, also, right click the desktop, choose 'Display Settings.' Scroll down till you see (in right pane) 'Graphic Settings' and click that. In that window, under the option to choose an app to set preference, hit the browse button and find the game's exe, selecting it and hit ok. Now it's in the list below for choosing apps to set preferences. Click it and select 'Options.' This will bring up a window with some choices of how the game is being handled for graphics. You'll see the default is letting Windows decide--bad news... it'll try using the CPU most the time. You want to switch that to 'high performance' with the GPU being the dedicated graphics method. It seems pretty dumb Windows is setup that way... trying to have CPU's doing graphics work despite having a dedicated GPU. But, that's what's happening under the hood.