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Rigs of Rods for Windows
Drive trucks, fly aircraft and explore soft-body vehicle physics in Rigs of Rods, a free, open-source sandbox simulator for Windows.
- Operating system
- Windows 7 64-bit or greater, as listed by the publisher
- Architecture
- 64-bit
- Download package
- Online EXE installer
Publisher minimums: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2, 4 GB RAM, GeForce 8600GT or Radeon 3650, and 5 GB storage. Portable and older content-pack downloads are separate.
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What is Rigs of Rods?
Rigs of Rods is a vehicle-physics sandbox for experimenting with how vehicles move, deform and handle different loads. Drive a truck, tow a trailer, fly an aircraft or pilot a boat in community-created environments. Its soft-body simulation models flexible structures rather than treating every vehicle as a rigid object.
You can explore in single player or join multiplayer servers. Keyboard controls are supported alongside gamepads, steering wheels and pedals, with automatic and manual transmission options for driving. A built-in mod browser provides access to additional vehicles and terrains.
The core game includes only a small selection of content; most additional vehicles and maps are community mods with their own licenses. The publisher's beginner guide also warns that multiplayer can be unstable. This entry links to the Windows 64-bit online EXE installer for version 2026.01, not the portable ZIP or the older content-pack installer. The gallery image shows an older interface, not a verified capture of version 2026.01.
What it offers
- Simulate vehicle motion and deformation with soft-body physics.
- Drive cars and trucks, operate heavy machinery, or use aircraft and boats.
- Choose keyboard driving or supported gamepad, steering-wheel and pedal controls.
- Explore in single player or connect through the multiplayer server browser.
- Find additional vehicles and terrains through the built-in mod browser.
Good to know
- Only a small selection of content is built in; most vehicles and terrains are separately licensed community mods.
- The publisher's beginner guide warns that multiplayer is still in development and can be unstable.
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