With an overwhelmingly positive review score on Steam, and over five million copies sold on the platform, Euro Truck Simulator 2 makes the case as the best simulation game period. For the unaware, no this is not a meme, but instead a surprise masterpiece from developers SCS Software that any gamer can find enjoyment in.

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It's one of those things that you never knew you wanted until it just came around one day and there it was. While other simulators are goofy or uninteresting, Euro Truck Simulator takes the genre to heights never imagined. It's not for everyone though, so here are ten reasons to buy it or save your money.

10 Save Your Money: For Some, It's A Snoozer

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For Some — but to be honest, it may prove to be a snoozer for most players the first time they try out the game. Euro Truck Simulator 2 is ultra-realistic down to the interior of the cars and the layout of Europe's finest highways.

That said, just as driving for long distances on highways in real life can prove to be a bit of a drone at times, the same can happen here. You either hit that zen-like state where you're watching out for dangerous drivers and staying on your p's and q's. Or you're falling asleep at the wheel and dying.

9 Worth Your Time: It's Therapeutic

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But just like if you push through the tough part of a workout (which hopefully you haven't given up yet as part of your resolution) you will find that you'll be in a state of flow. This is where we're all living our best lives — we lose track of time, we stay out of our heads -- and most importantly we have fun.

The funny thing about Euro Truck Simulator 2 is that you can achieve this state of flow quite easy. It's almost like meditation in the sense that it's a very simple activity once you get the hang on things.

8 Save Your Money: Keyboard Controls For A Driving Game

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There's nothing, nothing, worse than playing a driving game with keyboard controls. Just imagine trying to control your car by imputing directions on arrow keys versus the fluidity of steering with a wheel or joystick. So we know what you're already thinking — just pick up a controller or a wheel for the game and you're good.

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Problem is, that most PC gamers despise controllers, unless they're big into racing games or are console gaming normies. Still, a Xbox or PS4 controller won't break the bank in 2020, but if you're looking for the most optimal way to play the game then look into a steering wheel.

7 Worth Your Time: Customization Up The Wazoo

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The best simulators are the ones that know how to have fun with themselves. It's why games like Goat Simulator and Farming Simulator have massive success (besides the former also being a raging meme for the better part of the decade). Euro Truck Simulator 2 is no exception in this regard -- while the game play may be very technical and unforgiving — the customization allows you to let loose and show off those creative chops. There's even plenty of DLC (at reasonable prices, if not free) that offers new paint jobs to deck out onto your favorite trucks.

6  Save Your Money: Very Realistic, But Also Very Challenging

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Euro Truck Simulator is no Dark Souls or Ninja Gaiden in terms of difficulty, but it will feel like a foreign language to you at first, especially if you have no knowledge of how to drive manual. In 2020 it's safe to say that many people are ignorant in the mechanisms that go into driving a truck. You might not even feel confident backing your car into the driveway and now you have to worry about hauling ten tons of tires or steel beams. Don't worry, it's a game — which means no real consequences — and you also get a really good tutorial.

5 Worth Your Time: Listen To Your Favorite Podcasts And Albums

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For many video games have not only become a great way to unpack the day, but also gives you something to do while you listen to your favorite album or podcast. There's many games that are the perfect medium for this — Rocket League, Roller Coaster Tycoon, almost any sports or multiplayer game ever made.

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Essentially you want something very light in terms of narrative, that also doesn't have it's own soundtrack of phenomenal music (This is why Animal Crossing would be a terrible choice to listen to a podcast through). Euro Truck Simulator 2 is the perfect game for this kind of experience as you'll be chugging through hours of Joe Rogan and Pink Floyd albums in no time.

4 Save Your Money: Can Get Repetitive

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Every simulator game, well, every game actually is at risk of getting repetitive. It's the worst quality that can be found in any form of entertainment — something that plagues everything from the new Star Wars movies all the way down to Logic albums. When it comes to gaming, story driven games can dance around this by keeping the narrative relatively short and simple and multiplayer titles with a good progression system; simulators however, are screwed. You will find yourself doing the same thing eventually, and at that point you might be compelled to move on. Good thing with Euro Truck is that it does do a great job of shaking things up.

3 Worth Your Time: It Constantly Gets Updated

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There's two types of support that games get in 2020. There's the, we just released a broken game and we're going to make it a real, unbroken game with updates up the wazoo — a la Fallout 76 and Star Wars Battlefront 2The second kind of support is when the devs release a really good, if not great game and they continue to support it with fantastic updates at reasonable prices.

Today, not too many games fall into this latter category — there's The Witcher 3, Breath of the Wild and Euro Truck Simulator 2. It really does seem like one of those things is not like the other, but no, they're all masterpieces in their own right.

2 Save Your Money: You'll Need A Good Graphics Card

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Entering the new decade, building a really good computer is more inexpensive than it's ever been. That said, it's still not a cheap hobby by any stretch of the means, especially if you want to take your rig to the next level and run games at their maximum capacity (which is very much worth it when you look at games like Red Dead Redemption 2 or Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice). Running Euro Truck Simulator 2 will not be a problem for anyone with an average rig, but getting the full potential is going to cost you. And you might be thinking is it even worth it for a game like this, well, if immersion is your thing than yes, very much yes.

1 Worth Your Time: Honestly, It's The Best Simulator On The Market

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So this isn't really a specific point unlike most of the entries on this list, but it just feels like something we have to hammer down one more time. Euro Truck looks like a dull, boring as nails game that only became popular because the internet is obsessed with niche things. Maybe that last part is true, but the rest if far from the truth — it's a gripping game that may seem like it doesn't offer much at first — but once it gets it's claws on you, good luck trying to get out. Give it a shot, you won't regret it.

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