Car Mechanic Simulator is an incredible automotive game which lets you own, build, and fix, some of the coolest cars, putting you in the mindset of what itâs like to be a mechanic. As is the case with any game, the online community plays a massive role of CMS, and so do Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 mods.
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Instead of fixing up made up or unrecognizable default cars given by the game, you can modify each car model with a virtual counterpart of a real-life car. The modding community of CMS is massive and there are hundreds upon hundreds of different mods for the game, with new ones popping up each day.
Obviously, not every mod is well-thought-out or has the quality needed for a great gaming experience, but a lot of them do. In this article, Iâll go over some of the most popular Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 mods and list them in no particular order.
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Top Gear Test Track
Without a question or a shadow of a doubt, this is the best mod available for the game hands down. Iâve always wanted to drive the Top Gear test track, but since Iâm not Jeremy Clarkson and company (before they got booted off), nor am I a celebrity, I know that Iâll never be able to.
If you love taking cars in CMS out for a spin, you absolutely have to download this mod as itâs the single best thing youâll ever get for the game. You can download a hundred different cars for the game, but if youâre still using the default testing track, whereâs the fun in that?
Get one of the best Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 mods and imagine yourself as a âStar in a reasonably priced carâ. If youâre in the mood for some hot laps, get the timer out and see which car performs best around the track.
Try to find cars which you know have been previously set a lap time around the Top Gear track in real life and see how close you can get to beating them in their virtual counterpart. I promise itâs extremely fun and exciting.
You can find this mod here.
Porsche 911 GT2 RS 2012
Dubbed the âwidowmakerâ, the GT2 RS is the flagship of the 911 range. With a twin-turbocharged flat-six producing well over 600 horsepower, sending power to the rear wheels through a six-speed manual, itâs not hard to see why it deservedly earned the nickname it was given.
If you love your Porsches then youâre going to love this Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 mod because the attention to detail is stunning. The model faithfully and accurately portrays the real thing, and while you might be able to find a few small niggles here and there, itâs nigh-on perfect.
You can download this mod here, where its creator tells you how to download it and install it in such a way to make it work with the game. You will need the Tuning DLC and the Porsche DLC to make this mod work though, so bear that in mind.
Skip Case Opening
This is one of my personal favourites simply because of how useful this mod is. CMS 2018 is a great game if youâre a car enthusiast, but itâs plagued by many ridiculous issues which sometimes make it annoying and downright unplayable.
Take the opening case animation for instance. Sure, opening a loot case is always exciting since youâre bound to find something great inside, but waiting for several seconds while the animation takes place is incredibly frustrating.
Opening a few cases you can deal with, but once you get to that 10th or 11th box, your nerves start to give way and you question why theyâve implemented such a ridiculous feature in the game.
Thankfully, this mod solves that by bypassing the entire animation and getting you your rewards much, much quicker.
Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1
If youâre a fan of sportscars, youâre probably familiar with the Chevrolet Corvette. The C6 was Americaâs first real attempt at building a sports car that would challenge its European and Japanese rivals. And challenge them it did, in many cases beating them at their own game.
The C6 Z06 was an absolute track monster, featuring a massive 7.0-litre naturally-aspirated LS7 V8 with over 500 horsepower. Then, in 2006, Chevrolet debuted the ZR1, the quickest and most potent version of the Corvette ever built. What they did is take a 6.2-litre V8 engine, attach a massive supercharger to the top of it, and cram it in the Corvette engine bay.
The end result was a car with 630 horsepower and enough torque to stop the Earthâs rotation. Luckily, someone seems to love the ZR1 as much as me, so theyâve decided to create a model for the game and share it for free so that everyone can download it.
This Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 mod requires other DLCs in conjunction to work as intended (Tuning, Dodge Modern, Rims, Maserati), but itâs so worth it in the end to see a Corvette ZR1 sitting in your workshop floor.
You can check out the mod here and read how to properly install it.
Lamborghini Centenario LP 770-4
Are you a fan of crazy Italian supercars but think the Aventador is a bit mainstream? Well then, this mod should be right up your street, as itâs arguably the most bonkers car Lamborghini has ever made.
Based on a regular Aventador but with a bit more ponies under the bonnet, Lamborghini completely redesigned the Aventadorâs exterior when creating the Centenario. Built to celebrate Lamborghiniâs anniversary, the Centenario looks like an alien spaceship that crash-landed on Earth and is trying to blend in with other cars on the road.
If you like your V12 Lamborghinis as overstated and over-the-top as humanly possible, you wonât find a better Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 mod than this one. Even if youâre not a particularly massive Lamborghini fan, you have to try it out just to see how crazy the Centenario looks in the flesh (or at least at full-screen resolution in the game).
Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R
Unless you live under a rock out in the middle of nowhere, youâve probably heard of the Nissan R34 GT-R before and are familiar with what it is. Made famous by Paul Walker in the âFast and Furiousâ franchise, the R34 is a car with massive following and huge aftermarket support.
Itâs a cult icon at this point, raking up more views and hits on social media sites and Youtube than almost any other car ever made. Park an R34 next to a Bugatti Veyron and no one will even look at the Veyron. Thatâs how big of an impact the R34 has on enthusiasts and petrolheads.
Powered by the legendary RB26DETT, the R34 only makes 280 horsepower in stock trim, but a few mods can quickly unleash well over 500 horsepower at the wheels. It sends its power to all four wheels through Nissanâs ATTESA permanent all-wheel-drive system, and it uses a close-matched ratio six-speed manual gearbox.
People have been using GT-Rs as drift cars and time attack cars for well over a decade, but prices have skyrocketed so much in the past couple of years that itâs no longer viable to buy one and turn it into a race car.
This Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 mod is a stunning recreation of the real thing, with working exterior and interior. You do need the Tuning, Porsche, and Rims DLC to be able to use it, but most people have those DLCs anyway since theyâre integral for most mods.
You can check out this mod here.
Los Santos 1.0
This mod combines GTA and CMS to create one of the best gaming experiences if youâre a fan of both genres of gaming. A faithful representation of the original Los Santos in GTA V, this mod will have you thinking youâre in Grand Theft Auto in no time.
Of course, being CMS, the game is devoid of any AI or missions you can do, but as a playground and somewhere to cruise around in, itâs perfect. Itâs the perfect crossover between two worlds which on paper shouldnât be similar at all, yet it somehow works brilliantly. Now all we need is a Car Mechanic-like experience in GTA, donât you think? If you are a GTA IV fan and want the best car mods take a look at our content or see our other 11 best mods guide for GTA 4 here.
One thing to note is that this is a large map and its creators tried to accurately portray the real thing, so it does use quite a lot of computer resources. If you think your PC doesnât have enough RAM or processing power to run this map, you might want to avoid it.
Iâd download it and try it out if I were you, and go from there. If it runs, great! If it doesnât you can always delete it and download some other track mod Iâve highlighted in this list.
You can find this mod here.
Daytona International Speedway
If youâre not a fan of GTA but love motorsports, thereâs really no better Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 mod that this one. Incorporating the Daytona International Speedway race track in all its glory, racing fans will absolutely lose their minds over this mod.
Home of the legendary Daytona 500, the Coca-Cola 400 and the 24 Hours of Daytona, this is one track every racing fan on the planet is familiar with. Stretching out well over 2.5 miles, itâs got plenty of space to test out high-horsepower cars and put them to the test against the clock.
What I like to do with this track is download sportscars and supercars and see which one I can do the fastest lap time in. Itâs fun and it makes the time fly by!
You can find this mod here, through its official Steam page.
Realistic License Plates
This is a really fun mod that I know is probably not everyoneâs cup of tea, but I think itâs interesting nonetheless. Itâs basically a mod which alters the default car plates and replaces them with plates you might find in the real world. There are well over 170 different styles, and you can customize them further by including your own personal number.
Plates are divided by country and region as well as manufacturer. All the large manufacturers such as BMW, Mercedes, Maserati and Lamborghini are included, so you can always find the right plate for each car mod.
If you enjoy fiddling with details and making each car (and game) absolutely unique and your own, then youâll find this mod riveting. I should warn you that youâll probably end up spending a ridiculous amount of time tinkering with license plates though, as I have found out at my own cost.
You can download this mod here on its official Steam Page.
Porsche 911 Carrera RS
Fans of classic fans rejoice! Some has actually decided to recreate one of the most iconic 911 shapes and add it as one of the Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 mods. I donât know about any of you, but Iâm a sucker for classic car shapes, especially ones that are as gorgeous as this Carrera RS is.
You donât have to know a lot about the 911 to know just how truly special this thing is. Hailed as one of the greatest 911s ever made, the Carrera RS is the lightweight variant of the standard Carrera, having a bit more power and a few less kilograms.
Itâs powered by a naturally-aspirated, air-cooled flat-six which sits behind the rear axle, creating one of the most unique driving experiences one could ever have. Unsurprisingly, it requires the tuning DLC, as well as the Porsche and rims DLCs, but you probably already have all three of them if youâre looking for mods at this point.
You can check out this mod here.
BMW M5 F90
If I had to have one car and one car alone for the rest of my life, chances are Iâd probably pick the F90 M5. Itâs a genuine four-door supercar slayer, thatâs able to do the weekly shopping just as easily as it can munch a Ferrari in a drag race.
Powered by a 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8, it puts over 600 horsepower to the ground through all four wheels and the brilliant ZF eight-speed auto. The best thing about the F90 is that it has a âdynamicâ all-wheel-drive system.
The driver can decouple the front axle from the drivetrain, effectively putting the car in âdriftâ mode and making it rear-wheel-drive only. Once you do that, the F90 reverts to being a hooligan of a car, able to smoke up its rear wheels in third and even fourth gear in some cases.
The reason why people love it so much is because of how tunable it is. Aftermarket companies have been safely extracting over 800 wheel horsepower from this platform with just a few bolt-ons and a tune, making it easily the biggest âwolf in sheepâs clothingâ Iâve ever seen.
You can check out this mod here.
Ford Mustang RTR Hoonicorn
Built by Vaughn Gittin Jr. and his team, the same guys behind the RTR brand, this is a car which took Ken Block up the mountain at Pikes Peak and itâs the start of Gymkhana 7. Since then Ken and his team have been working on improving the Hoonicorn by strapping a pair of turbochargers to its Roush-built Ford V8, to produce an engine with an almighty 1,400 horsepower.
It uses a permanent AWD system to route power to all four wheels through a sequential race-spec six-speed gearbox. The Hoonicorn is one of the most violent cars at launching from a dig Iâve ever seen. If youâre still not convinced, take a look at this video of it racing a McLaren Senna and see for yourself.
The way this âoldâ Mustang accelerates is unlike anything else Hoonigan have featured before. For a car running street-legal tires on a non-prepped surface, this has to be the fastest car down that drag strip.
Since Ken is basically the only person who has driven it, none of us will have a chance to experience what 1,400 horsepower at 8,500 RPMs feel like. What we can do, however, is download the car as one of the Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 mods and enjoy it there, in the virtual world, where even if we crash the consequences wonât be massive.
Ferrari FXX K
The Ferrari FXX K is a track-only special based on the LaFerrari hypercar. Itâs a car for people who drove the LaFerrari and thought itâs a bit slow. What Iâm basically saying then, is that this is a car for crazy people.
It has well over 1,000 horsepower from its hybrid system which uses a large, screaming V12, and it sends ALL of its power through the rear wheels. Oversteer on command is a thing with the FXX K, even in fourth and fifth gear if youâre not careful.
It runs slicks but it can still overwhelm its tyres easily, and even though itâs got functional aero, with that much power on tap you can never be too careful. This thing is a handful in the game, so who knows how ridiculous it must feel in real life. You can see Chris Harris struggling to control it in this video.
This is the ideal car to attack the Top Gear test track or the Daytona Raceway I linked to earlier. You can find the mod here.
Nurburgring Nordschleife
Dubbed the âGreen Hellâ, Iâm not a fan of the moniker because I think the Nurburgring is heaven on earth for car enthusiasts. Every petrolhead, no matter how old or young, has heard of the Nordschleife and just how difficult it is to tame.
At over 24 kilometres itâs easily the longest track ever built, and with technical features like the Carousel, itâs also easily one of the most challenging. Mastering the âRing takes years and years of practice and hundreds of laps of going around in circles.
The Nurburgring is home to some of the most gruelling 24-hour races on the planet, but for a small fee of around 20 Euros, anyone can drive around when the track is open to the public.
Called âTouristenfahrtenâ, these events are open to anyone with a working car and a valid driverâs license. During these days the track is treated as a public road, so you can only pass on the left and measuring your lap time is not allowed.
Visiting and driving the Nordschleife is at the top of my bucket list, and I promised myself Iâd do it one day even if it means I have to travel to Germany by bicycle (hyperbolically speaking).
For the time being, Iâm satisfied with this amazing virtual representation of the real thing, since most of the corners seem accurately portrayed and the camber is just right. You can check out this mod here.
