Just Cause 2 — Settings, Requirements & Optimization
2010 · Shooter, Action · Square Enix · ESRB Mature · Metacritic 84
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My Just Cause 2 Settings Card
Generated at GameFigs on 2026-08-21. Game demand tier: 2/9.
Official system requirements
Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.
| Spec | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Minimum: | Recommended: |
| Processor | OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (Windows XP is unsupported) | OS: Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7 |
| Memory | Processor: Dual-core CPU with SSE3 (Athlon 64 X2 4200 / Pentium D 3GHz) | Processor: Intel Core® 2 Duo 2.6 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 2.4GHz or equivalen |
| Graphics | Memory: 2GB System Memory | Memory: 3GB system Memory |
| Storage | Hard Drive: 10GB of free drive space | Hard Drive: |
| DirectX | Graphics: DX10 compatible graphics card with 256 MB of memory | Graphics: DX10 compatible graphics card with 512 MB of memory |
| Item 7 | (Nvidia GeForce 8800 series/ ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro) | (Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 series/ ATI Radeon HD 5750 series) |
| Item 8 | Sound: 100% DirectX 10 compatible sound card | Sound: 100% DirectX 10 compatible Dolby Digital 5.1 sound card |
About Just Cause 2
Just Cause II follows a story of Rico Rodriguez, who arrives yet on another fictional island. Previously being on the Caribbean, now he is coming to Panau - an island in Southeast Asia. This time, Rico has to overthrow the dictatorial regime with its leader, Pandak "Baby" Panay and confront his former mentor, Tom Sheldon. When Rico arrives at the island, he discovers three criminal gangs: The Roaches, The Reapers and the Ular Boys. In order to prevail, Rico has to fight all of the three fractions as well. One of the key features of the game is speed. This game is filled with adrenaline and ways of doing things very fastly. A wide variety of vehicles such as planes, boats, cars and other. A grappling hook is also available for the player as he can make his character fly around like Spider-Man or tie enemies to each other. There is a big choice of weaponry as well - you can have a pistol, two pistols, auto-rifles or even a grenade launcher! Having an open world map provides a player with experience do whatever they please - flying around, making missions or just discovering new things on the island.
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Sources & attribution
- Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
- FPS bands, presets and upscaler advice on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the game's demand tier — not benchmark results.
How the Just Cause 2 optimization card is computed
Each game is scored on a 0–9 demand tier from its published PC requirements (and a year/genre fallback when requirements are absent). Your GPU and CPU selections map to comparable-class scores. The generator compares your hardware score against the game's demand to pick a starting preset, estimate an FPS band at 1080p/1440p/4K, and recommend an upscaler (DLSS / FSR 3) and ray-tracing posture. The output is a planning guide — always verify in-game with the built-in benchmark when available.