#HOW TO PLAY SIMS 2 WITH ALL EXPANSIONS FOR FREE#
#HOW TO PLAY SIMS 2 WITH ALL EXPANSIONS HOW TO#
#HOW TO PLAY SIMS 2 WITH ALL EXPANSIONS INSTALL#

The exceptions are systems that are either very, very old or designed for such limited usage that doesn’t allow any video gaming whatsoever. The whole game is around 12GB (yes, you read that right), but some downloads require more space during the installation process, and the game runs better if your hard drive is not too full (if you have nearly no space left at all it refuses to even start).ģ) I could list the game’s PC requirements here, and I’m sure there are players who can tell you what specs are or aren’t recommended, but in my personal experience/opinion, The Sims 2 will run on almost any computer in 2022.

If you don’t have one on your computer yet, I recommend WinRAR, it’s free and it will bug you to buy it after the 40 day trial but you really don’t have to, you can just click “Close” every time.Ģ) Make sure you have enough free disc space (ROM) on your computer. I will now list a few options you can choose from if you want to download the game, all of them are safe and widely used and trusted by the Sims 2 community.ġ) As far as I know, all of the below downloads require a rar/zip handling application like 7zip or WinRAR to open.

#HOW TO PLAY SIMS 2 WITH ALL EXPANSIONS FOR FREE#

EA used to give away the Ultimate Collection on Origin for free to those who owned the game via discs, but that “campaign” ended in 2018 and the UC has only been available to download from third party sites ever since then. Instead, you should get The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection, which is the full collection of the game with all expansion and stuff packs released for Windows. (But if you have the discs and still insist on installing the game that way, I recommend checking out Crosimmer’s written guide (from page 5) or CozyPixels’ video tutorial for it). Furthermore, buying and installing 19 discs separately for one game is just unnecessarily expensive and complicated IMO.

#HOW TO PLAY SIMS 2 WITH ALL EXPANSIONS INSTALL#

You could also look for old discs on online secondhand shopping sites like eBay, but installing the game from those is not recommended because 1) you’d have to install the expansion packs in a certain order and/or apply patches to them manually if you want the least amount of bugs and possible pre-existing corruption in your game, 2) you may encounter issues with this problematic software called SecuROM that installs itself on your computer with your Sims 2 discs, 3) chances are your modern PC doesn’t even have a built-in disc tray anyway. Since EA no longer support or sell the game, it’s impossible to purchase legally from an official source, at least when it comes to Windows (The Sims 2 Super Collection is available to buy on Mac from the App Store but it’s missing two expansion packs and like half of all stuff packs because those were never ported to Mac in the first place). If you’re looking to play The Sims 2 with all expansion and stuff packs in 2022, your best option is to download it for free.

#HOW TO PLAY SIMS 2 WITH ALL EXPANSIONS HOW TO#

✦ How to download & install The Sims 2 with all packs in 2022 for Windows 10/11 ✦ I am also working on a FAQ-style technical support guide, but that’s still a WIP.

I wrote this “guide” for people who come to me asking for a download link to The Sims 2, or anyone who stumbles on my tumblr and wants to know. Page is still a work in progress but the links are working!.

How to play sims 2 with all expansions