Engines are rendered in a great deal of detail, requiring the player to remove parts in a realistic manner in order to access the relevant component. This can be done by purchasing a replacement component or, at higher levels, repairing the existing one.

Gameplay involves examining the various components of the vehicles engine, suspension and chassis, identifying damaged components and replacing them. Over the course of the game, the player expands their workshop, allowing them to complete increasingly complex repair work as well as the restoration of classic cars. The player has access to a wide variety of tools, most of which are unlocked by completing jobs and earning experience. The game is played from a first-person perspective, with the player able to walk freely around the shop, showrooms and barns where damaged cars can be purchased to be repaired and/or resold. The game is the third in the Car Mechanic Simulator series, following Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 and Car Mechanic Simulator 2015, the game is the predecessor of Car Mechanic Simulator 2021, which was released on August 11, 2021. A simplified version for mobile platforms was released in June 2018. It was released on July 28, 2017, for Microsoft Windows in 2019 on February 15 for Nintendo Switch and June 25 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

I think the shopping list is a feature that was tacked on after the fact, as an easy means to provide something in response to complaints about the tedium of part buying.Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 is a simulation video game developed by Polish studio Red Dot Games depicting the work of an automotive mechanic. You do have to alternate between the computer and the inventory that way, but buying several part types and quantities at a time I still find it faster than fiddling with the shopping list. Plus I just find it faster to sort the inventory and online store by part name then scroll through each alternately to buy up what I need. I find it frustratingly clumsy at adding or removing the part I want from the list. All that does is show you everything you added to the list so you can buy them all without exiting the computer to check your inventory or run back and forth from the car. Then when you are in the online store click on the little vertical orange tab at the top right of the screen to open the shopping list.

Then with it still open, left click on any part you wish to add to it. When you are working on the car, right click, then select (left click) 'Parts Notes' to open the shopping list.

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