Euro Truck Simulator 2 and performance issues

Question

Hi, I've just bought and unpacked an Alienware ASM100 i7 with Windows 8. I noticed during setup and boot that it did seem a tad slow; I updated the chipset drivers as the diagnostic suggested, then I installed Steam and Euro Truck Simulator 2. Alas! I was in for a disappointment: the game runs painfully, painfully slow -- we are talking 1 fps, we are talking fiddling with the mouse to precisely land a click area because the movements on screen are so delayed... I've read somewhere that I should boot it into console mode to have better performance but I cannot figure out how to do it. After login it goes straight to Windows and at no point a choice is offered. I am not sure what to do -- I am tempted to send it back. Is the terrible performance due to a solvable issue? Any suggestion? Many thanks! jb

Alienware-Kevin · Answer

Hi JB,  Does this issue happens with other games too? You might want to try reinstalling the video driver just make sure.

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