American Truck Simulator Motion Sickness: Why It Happens & What Helps
American Truck Simulator runs the same SCS engine as Euro Truck Simulator 2, so the same two fixes apply: Physical Camera Movement off in Options > Gameplay > Camera Settings, and the field of view changed inside the F4 seat adjustment menu with the N and M keys. What is different is the road. Long, straight interstates produce a low, steady visual rhythm that lets symptoms creep up without the warning a twisty European route gives you. Checked September 2026.
The quick fix: Turn off physical camera movement in American Truck Simulator: Options > Gameplay > Camera Settings > Physical Camera Movement.
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PC (Windows, macOS, Linux) · first-person cab · Has comfort settings · Player-reported motion-sickness risk: commonly reported by motion-sensitive players.
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Key facts
- American Truck Simulator runs on PC (Windows, macOS, Linux).
- The camera is first-person cab.
- Player reports place it in the moderate band for motion sickness.
- The game ships a full set of comfort settings.
- 3 specific settings are listed on this page, starting with Physical Camera Movement.
Why American Truck Simulator can trigger motion sickness
The cab camera rocks with the truck, dips under braking, and bounces over expansion joints, all while your body reports a still chair. On American routes the onset is sneakier. European driving is dense with corners and roundabouts, so if the camera bothers you, you know within minutes. An interstate is an hour of gentle sway at 65 mph, mild enough to ignore until it has accumulated into genuine nausea. The engine also ships a setting ETS2 players rarely mention: an interior camera horizon lock, which decides how hard the view fights to stay level on grades, useful in the Rockies where long climbs tilt the cab for minutes at a time.
- Steady low-level cab sway over long straight interstates, which delays the warning signs
- Brake dive and bump bounce from Physical Camera Movement, on by default
- Long grades in mountain states holding the cab tilted for minutes
- A tight default in-cab view that magnifies all of it
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Comfort settings in American Truck Simulator
American Truck Simulator ships a full set of comfort settings.
| Setting | Where | Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Camera Movement | Options > Gameplay > Camera Settings | Off, or slide it down. It is what makes the driver view shake and bump over uneven surfaces, and it disables cleanly |
| Interior Camera Horizon Locking Factor | Options > Gameplay > Camera Settings | Raise it if long climbs and descents bother you. It controls how strongly the view holds level when the truck pitches on a grade |
| In-cab field of view | Press F4 up to three times for Seat Adjustment, then N and M change the FOV | Widen it. Same engine, same hidden menu, same catch as ETS2: quick jobs reset it, owned trucks keep it |
How do I turn off physical camera movement in American Truck Simulator?
In American Truck Simulator, open Options > Gameplay > Camera Settings and set Physical Camera Movement to Off, or slide it down. It is what makes the driver view shake and bump over uneven surfaces, and it disables cleanly.
One guide explains these settings for every game: how field of view, motion blur, head bob and camera shake trigger motion sickness.
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What helps beyond the settings
- Change both camera settings before a long interstate leg, because onset on straight roads arrives late
- Hold your eyes on the horizon and mirrors rather than the dashboard gauges
- Stop at the first queasy signal even if the route is monotonous; creeping onset is this game's signature
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Frequently asked questions
Are the motion sickness settings the same in American Truck Simulator and ETS2?
Yes. Both run the SCS Prism3D engine and share the settings layout: Physical Camera Movement lives in Options > Gameplay > Camera Settings, and the field of view changes inside the F4 seat adjustment menu with the N and M keys. American Truck Simulator also exposes an Interior Camera Horizon Locking Factor in the same camera settings, worth raising if mountain grades are where it hits you.
Why do I feel fine for an hour and then suddenly terrible on the interstate?
Straight American highways produce mild, steady camera sway rather than obvious motion, and mild exposure accumulates. By the time you notice symptoms they have been building for a while, which is why they feel sudden and why they take longer to fade. The fix is preventive: turn off Physical Camera Movement and widen the field of view before the long leg, not after the nausea arrives.
How do I change the field of view in American Truck Simulator?
Press F4 repeatedly, up to three times, until the Seat Adjustment options appear, then adjust the field of view with the N and M keys. The value saves for trucks you own; quick job trucks restore defaults each time, which is why a setting you swear you changed keeps coming back.
Other game motion-sickness guides
Sources & further reading
- https://steamcommunity.com/app/270880/discussions/0/598524553372657427/
- https://forum.scssoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=329152
- https://www.gamepressure.com/americantrucksimulator/settings/ze83a2
- https://steamcommunity.com/app/270880/discussions/0/2261312148331018255/
- https://forum.scssoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=197932
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