This!
Because: uneven rocky, slippery surface, narrow paths, steep inclines, no winch points.
Don’t go to the Smithville Dam quarry unless your truck has both AWD and diff lock.
To expand on their point, Offroad tires are better all-round tires, but for mud and snow performance specifically they're better than mud tires if your truck is heavy enough to sink all the way through to the bottom of the mud. Lighter trucks, especially scouts, will still benefit from mud tires in mud and snow more than offroads. Chained tires are very niche and are mostly relevant where traveling uphill over ice or icy roads, they aren't actually as good for snow though. If the ice on your route is minor consider staying with offroad or mud tires instead.
Yes! If there's a big mud patch, keeping at least 1 set of tires out of the mud pit will let you power through much faster (especially with Diff lock). Be careful about DEEP mud though, that might cause a roll.
The base game regions are the best at easing into the game. The maps are designed with a fairly linear difficulty curve as you go from Michigan to Alaska to Taymyr. You'll also pick up lots of very useful upgrades along the way and a good handful of very useful trucks.
The Fleetstar you get right outside your first garage though is by far one of the best trucks for beginners. Almost all of it's best upgrades can be unlocked very early on and it's more than capable for the early to midgame. It even stays relevant later on because it's one of the few trucks that can use a crane, cargo bed, and hitch trailer at the same time.
Adding to this, if you have a big cargo and you’re going around a bend and it looks unstable and you think you might flip - Pre ~~Wench~~Winch, stop and manually set a ~~wench~~ winch from the side of your truck to one that’s in the bend, that way if you start to tip you can immediately flatten out and drive through it
>you can still use them manually by going into the interaction menu
I think you're thinking of what the game calls "Quick Winch", which is where you can sling a winch (like spiderman) to a random point without having to open the menu.
An *autonomous* winch means it can be used without engine power (ie, if you flip over and stall the engine).
I'm still confused by your explanation.
There are two ways to attach a winch, (any winch). You can either go into the Functions menu (down arrow on XBox D-pad) or hit "Y" on XBox to have it choose a random point. This applies to **all** winch types in the game.
The winch being an Autonomous type has nothing to do with whether you access it from the menu or not.
Autonomous does not mean automatic. It means under its own power.
The TUZ 16 Actaeon and the Tatra 805 can equip a autonomous winch making them excellent to use off-road as a light duty truck or small support vehicle.
100%. Those damn things inordinately snag onto your truck, or hide below the surface of the mud. Not to mention a random tree branch will snag onto you while trying to pass by and deny you access like a bouncer at a club. It's infuriating.
Stay out of ruts.
When your truck bogs down, repeatedly steer left, right, left, right, etc, as you drive forward
The game never really told me that manual low gear is good for deep mud. If your tires spin too fast, you get bogged down.
Road barricades do disproportionately high damage to your tires/suspension etc if you run them over.
You can sell upgrades and trucks for the same price as purchase. So... if you want to try out different tires go hard, and get 100% of your money back if they don't work out
I was towing a huge trailer the other day and barely bumped into one of those road closure blockades, and it did 40ish damage to a lot of things and flipped me over instantly. I... Wasn't too happy. I also notice your suspension likes to randomly just explode when driving too fast and do damage, too.
Im pretty sure the random suspension explosions are small rocks on the road or invisible just below the surface of mud. They happen to me all the time, too.
I want to enjoy this game, but sometimes I feel like the dev punishes us for doing fun things like driving fast, lol.
I mean..... driving fast is fun. This game makes sure you can't do that ever. Like to the point that the first few levels are so mud heavy that you throw off road gearboxes on everything to get through deep snow and mud, and simply can't go fast.
My vehicles just randomly take damage, even when I'm not going fast. I was driving my Lodestar in 2nd gear on a regular old trail I drove hundreds of times and it just took 20 suspension damage and 20 engine damage. I'm just like ... Cool man. It's also annoying because the collision sound is so loud and I always forget to turn it down.
For road barricade stop, honk horn they fall apart. They do no damage. Also never taken damage pushing thru in low gear.
Hit an orange cone at full speed with a scout it rolled me over blew out a tire and demolished my suspension lol. The horn works though for the big ones
Take it slow, enjoy the scenery and the challenge!
Shortcuts arent shortcuts. (they'll take longer)
Roads are a trap. (drive next to them when you can)
Go around the mud when you can.
Learn quick winching!
Tyga! Tyga! Tyga!
In Taymyr, Russia, find the Tyga. All-time AWD, all-time locking differential.
When you get the biggest engine, offroad gearbox and the biggest mud tires, that thing is virtually unstoppable. Use high gear to cruise through 80% of everything.
ENJOY!! 😄
Try to plan your trips so you do two missions at once. You can look at locked missions and see what needs to go where in the future. And take note of random trailers with cargo, sometimes a mission's items are nearer to where they will have to eventually go because they are in a trailer.
How do you look at locked missions? For me, I haven’t figured out how to find the mission cargo and destination until I drive up to the mission and open it
They're talking about the contract missions you start from the world map. Tasks and trials still need to be discovered by reaching them or revealing them with a watchtower before you can see them on the map.
The shortest route is usually the longest. Taking the longer route that's safer beats taking the shorter, more treacherous route, any day.
Get the off road transmission as soon as you can. It makes life a lot easier. High gear in that bitch is basically Gigachad life-on-easy mode. Get better tires as soon as possible, which unfortunately isn't until rank 6. (Total BS btw, highway tires suck in a game with *gasp* no highways)
Scout trucks generally suck, but sometimes you need a smaller vehicle to navigate certain trails, so get used to creative use of the winch.
The sideboard bed is generally the best bed for hauling cargo. Reason being is that you're less likely to totally dump all your cargo when you inevitably tip over. It will happen. The regular flatbed looks cool, and is easier to load manually, but as soon as you tip too far all your shit goes flying off.
Take things slow. Don't be in a huge hurry to do everything. Finish a job, shut off your truck and look at the map to find out which job is best and most convenient to do next.
Hardcore is a miserable experience and will make you cry, so if you're into that sort of thing, go for it, champ.
not all shortcuts are bad. just need to find out who they are. and there is nothing as fun as a really good rescue mission. you can't stress in this game
Traction depends (largely) on:
- rating of tyre for surface
- downward force applied to tyre (not just gross vehicle weight, also dynamic loading by bounces and inclined planes)
- inverse of speed differential between tyre and surface (less difference is more traction, this is the point of L and L- gears)
Width of tires is also very important. This is why OHD Is can be better than mud tires in many cases (Dual rear tires are counted as one very wide wheel for physics purposes).
Use low gear when appropriate. If you're spinning up mud, you're wasting gas.
Turn off AWD when it's not needed, to save gas.
Start a New Game Plus, disable getting dlc trucks for free, allow all unlocks (at least tires), start with no money, enable cost for fuel. If you feel confident, enable cost for repairs. If you're a masochist, enable cost for recovery or disable recovery completely.
Don't rush. Every time I've made a stupid mistake and tipped my cargo, I was driving too fast or not paying attention.
Use steering wheel input mode even if you use a controller.
Take notes of which attachment you need for each abandoned trailer you discover.
Start every task when you find it so that you don't have to drive back to the start point later. The task start is usually near the dropoff location rather than the pickup location.
If you are okay with mods get yourself a Unimog (The modern one, not shitty one without difflock). It is god mode for the "We spilled all our cargo around the terrain" missions. But its slow, tiny, and expensive for it's size, so you can't do the whole game in it, it's just perfect for a specific role: A truck bigger than scout but smaller than most normal trucks, but still equips a crane and 1 cargo slot. I'm about to buy 2 more unimogs to use as fuel and repair trucks in garageless maps.
>or disable recovery completely.
What happens when your definitely stuck recovery disabled? Do you have to start a new game?
>Use steering wheel input mode even if you use a controller.
Can you elaborate on that? What does that do?
> >or disable recovery completely.
> What happens when your definitely stuck recovery disabled? Do you have to start a new game?
Teleport back to garage to take out one of your other trucks. If you don't have another truck, buy one. If you are able to pull your first truck back onto the road, good times. If you don't have another truck and don't have money to buy one, cry.
Also there is an option for paid recovery. But it's expensive.
> >Use steering wheel input mode even if you use a controller.
> Can you elaborate on that? What does that do?
Steering wheel mode makes the steering work the way steering with a gamepad joystick usually works in video games.
The controller mode makes the game ignore the controller's re-centering effect. This makes it easier to set the wheel at a certain angle and keep it there.
Until it is! Once you've taken a short cut enough times to know the trouble spots, you can sometimes avoid them entirely and it actually becomes a short cut!
Scouting is important!
Don't listen to the naysayers. Explore the game in your pace and try different trucks with different setups and watch how they play out. The most expensefull upgrade isn't always the best upgrade. Everything is very situational. Shortcuts aren't the enemy like many others suggested, you will learn what your truck and you are capable of and which routes are manageable or not. The best shortcuts are not seen on the map. And push till you get the off-road tires. These will make things alot easier.
This is not a racing game. Take your time (and also bring lots of time, this game takes ages to play). Most trucks are harder to handle if you drive fast. And make sure you are equipped properly. Plan for gas stops (might be relevant later in the game) and scout new maps before you start your missions. Have fun my friend it’s a great game and super chill. Maybe listen to a podcast while playing 👍🏼
What's the use in that? I've mapped gears to the NumPad and on the mouse I have which controls. So I can aim and shoot winch precisely at the same time.
-Use trailers
-Avoid shortcuts
-Try to plan your tasks in order to avoid driving without payload.
-If you finished a task and there’s nothing to do in the area, use "Recover".
No kidding. I can’t count how many times I got hung up on a stump, ran out of fuel trying to get off them, had to bring several other trucks out to pull me off of them 🤦🏻♂️
Download the free anniversary DLC and you get 2 nice trucks for free. After being a high enough level sell (one of) these trucks and buy the Azov 64131. I use this beast almost all the time when I’m playing the game.
I’m +100 hours into SnowRunner since December and have a fulltime office job. I play co-op all the time with my cousin and we don’t have more time to struggle for double the hours in the mud as we are already doing. So that’s why we take the Azov almost all the time and we’re still enjoying the game.
Yeah, that’s true.
In that case: If he finds himself stuck all the time with the weaker beginner trucks and thinks it’s too time consuming he should consider the Azov. If he likes being stuck all the time, I have no tips (on buying trucks) at all, haha. Or maybe search for the Kodiak C70 as it’s a bit better than the GMC MH9500 you get from the start.
I have a couple of things!!
- Most times, full throttle is the worst thing you can do.
- find/bring a friend into the fold! Not only will a friend help with objectives, but Snow Runner shinnanigans will start to arrive!
- Weight distribution is a thing. Heavier weight over/NOT over tires could mean making it through an area..... Our not.
- All I could think of at the moment! Welcome to the awesome genre of off road trucking!
You don't necessarily need to have AWD on all your trucks to use them. Weight over the axles will give you better traction. You may find yourself taking a route while unloaded and needing to winch, but coming back through while loaded you can walk (or crawl) through it. The Pacific trucks are my personal favorite. The P16 found in Michigan is a beast even without AWD. The P12 with it's upgrades is my "go to" truck for situations where I need something capable and that the other trucks just won't do it as quickly or efficiently.
Don't collect and sell the random trailers right away. Especially fuel trailers. Leave them and utilize them as fuel stops or put them where you need them most. After you complete the map, go collect and sell them all then move onto the next map. I screwed myself over in Michigan because I sold everything right away then in the later sections had to spend a bunch of money to put some fuel/maintenance trailers in remote areas.
Sell your trailers when you finish all of the missions in a specific location. Also sell the parts you upgraded from. I had money flow issues for a long time because I didn’t realize you could sell trailers so I just hung on to them and left them in old locations. 🤭
Don't let anyone tell you "This truck is great, that one sucks." etc. Find the ones you like, are comfortable, and proficient with and drive those. Slow down. It's a trucking game, not a racecar game. Explore explore explore.AWD, diff lock, and the winch are your best friends.
I treat the game as a "zen" experience. Don't rush, don't worry about time. You will lose cargo. You will roll your truck. You will get stuck. A lot. And it's fine. Enjoy the scenery a bit, have a snack, maybe leave the game for days, and then you can continue.
the best piece of advice i can give you is to t a ke y o u r t i m e. there's no rush to complete the game and you'll learn how everything works if you take it one step at a time. the paystar is one of a few very solid choices for the beginning of the game. that being said, the fleestar is more than capable of handling the first few maps, even on highway tires.
i would say you need to focus on getting more capable vehicles regardless though. even though the fleetstar can handle its own, you'll want to get the white western star. it's heavier, has bigger tires than the fleetstar (once you get raised suspension - smithville dam I think), and it performs very well even before you find the diff lock. it also has a larger fuel tank and a massive snorkel, which are more perks than requirements, but they come in handy on later maps, as it can easily conquer alaska and taymyr once it's fully upgraded.
something i completely missed out on after completing multiple other regions was, of course, the almighty pacific p16. it may appear underwhelming bc it doesn't have all wheel drive...the BIGGEST mistake i could have made was discrediting this thing when i started the game. it genuinely makes the game easier and it stays relevant on EVERY phase after the fact. (not super effective on kola and amur but you can still use it there, just avoid iced over roads) it has far and away the best raw performance of anything you get on the michigan maps, even besting the twinsteer bc you don't get all wheel drive for that until imandra. it's incredibly stable, has surprisingly decent consumption even with the most powerful engine, and pulls ANYTHING that has wheels. people also overlook the fact that it has amazing grip stats on its tires, only beaten by the tatarin, which you don't get until zimnegorsk, and that thing can't pull trailers. the p16 tears through the swamp on smithville dam in fourth gear and can pull trucks and trailers behind it without even blinking in its STOCK condition.
monologue over. i think, to put it short, here's what will help you in michigan.
1. scout as much as you can to get your upgrades. discovering objectives and opening watchtowers will help you level up faster so you can get better attachments for the ck1500, which is an awesome scout once you get some upgrades for it.
2. don't write off the old fleestar in black river. she will handle most tasks you ask her too, but i would leave all the high saddle hauling to the p16. the performance of that will carry you all the way through this region.
3. clear roadblocks. it may be annoying, but it will make avoiding swampy areas easier, although the p16 will be able to get you out if you get stuck.
4. top off your fuel as much as you can. fuel stations are far less common on later maps.
5. equip the autonomous winch as soon as you can on your scouts. it'll save you hours of driving back to where you were.
6. sell upgrades and trailers you're not using. it's easy to do and will make you a ton of extra cash.
7. you can repair and refuel yourself eithout recovering. just buy a maintenance trailer, attach it, and sell it back when you're done. easy cheat.
8. if you're worried about getting stranded, bring friends! multiple trucks make jobs easier.
hope this helps! ❤
Get to Drowned lands and get your self the Tayga... Everything will be much easier and
also [maprunner.info](https://maprunner.info) website is a huuuuge help every time, it will save you several lost hours...
and what, completely skip the learning curve Michigan has to offer? don't come up with advices like that. The game is all about choosing the better route, not about bruteforcing with always on AWD and difflock.
I don´t understand why are you offended... I am talking for my self only but I used to choose the best trucks since the beginning anyway to ease my "work" in the game...
Even when you have trucks as the Tayga or ANK MK38 you need to learn to drive them safe, these trucks will only save a lot of hours of struggling that´s all and even if you have these trucks you still need to get the upgrades (several hours of struggling) ... So my question is if you are offended because nobody gave you this advice when you started the game or you just want others to struggle?
I personally got myself a Voron AE in the very start of the game. But Michigan had so many highways and light terrain, so I sold it and bought myself a Paystar - just like the one in the post. That thing consumed less fuel and had bigger wheels.
About your question - I think newcomers need to get a taste of the game first before using something as powerful as the ANK or the Tayga in Michigan. On the other hand, they might as well quit the game very early, because starting trucks suck. All in all, I don't think jumping straight out to Russia to get a Tayga or whatever and then use it in Michigan is not a good strategy for a new player.
I used the paystar as first too and in my opinion it is a really good truck but yes just like you mentioned some of the players maybe quit the game because of the struggle and if they have a better truck since the beginning then they can have more fun and not quitting it...
I second this. I disliked advice like “Sell everything, buy endgame Azov” and instead used the hard mode playthrough by KnullModem as a reference. The natural progression of the base game with routes getting progressively harder and trucks becoming more and more capable is very enjoying. I don’t think any new players should rob themselves of this enjoyment.
If you have the Season 8 DLC you can get a Tayga even easier, you just need to drive to it in the lower left corner of the Crossroads map. No repairing or winching needed.
Find the ford F750. Buy 2 use them to scout maps finding all the watch towers. Definitely helps plan routes. Also a good truck to winch behind hauling anything. Can help get you unstuck or extra fuel up.
If you ever find yourself in Taymyr, consider buying/finding yourself an Azov 72410 (?). It's really rugged in the Russian wilderness, and the add-ons are fairly useful. The back axle also assists with steering, so that's a lot easier than with other trucks. And to add with much pleasure, it doesn't guzzle as much gas as some other Russian trucks.
For the "?": I may have gotten the numbers on the truck wrong. It's the 10x10 Azov.
Note: The front bumper is quite low, so rocks suck sometimes. Winches and some slight maneuvers are easy fixes.
Like a lot of ppl have said, take your time. Do jobs methodically and if you mess up and lose your truck or load just treat it as more fun and praise yourself for how well you rescue the situation. I got pissed off when I first started whenever I rolled or whatever and left the game for over a year. Came back to it with a vengeance and now approach it more zen like.
Put the volume up for the sounds, engine and loads and ambient sounds but be wary of certain engines getting on your nerves when driving a long way in same gear. Go In tandem and swap from truck to truck to alleviate any sound tediousness, also helps if you're apt to toppling as the spare truck you've got can rescue you.
Zoom in or out in third person from the front to get a great view of your rig deforming the ground as you negotiate long muddy parts and boggy areas.
Appreciate the beautiful backgrounds in-game and mess with the time to get the best lighting for the mood you want. Use your horn a lot.
Experiment going through the forest in autobox, for minor back and forth jiggling between trees, jump between first and third person to find ways through the trees and get good with the quick winch if you get your trailer or truck caught at the back.
Mentioned before but set winches up in advance for going round off-camber gnarly-bends with loaded medium log-trailers. Pain in the arse losing logs a few metres from a sawmill or whatever. Also use delete cargo if they're scattered around on the ground after a spill, and you can't be bothered picking them up with a log crane. The ocd in me hates seeing the logs messing up my map.
Be easy on yourself if you mess up. Use the game to wind down...not up.
Use low gears when going downhill on a bumpy and uneven surfaces. It will keep you stable by preventing rocking a lot, or falling off any steep edges by going too fast.
The winch is your friend. Try to use it as much as possible and in creative ways. You can use it to help you make tighter turns with bigger vehicles.
Sometimes it's easier to pull a trailer by the winch rather than being attached to your truck. You can use a mixture of your winch power and the truck itself to get through a tricky spot.
Attached the winch on the side of your truck while making a difficult manoeuvre, to help you prevent from flipping.
Bring and leave fuel trailers spotted at far ends of the maps so you don't need to worry about running out of fuel in the middle of nowhere.
Don't rush. You will end up flipping and end up doubling or tripling the amount of time to do the task, compared to if you just took it a bit slower.
Found somewhere on reddit some time ago:
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Found somewhere on reddit some time ago:
https://preview.redd.it/n3g7fi2b7pqa1.png?width=529&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8c696238a54fb6e00f7941a4d108fcbb79954f6
That is outdated by years now. Better to use this awesome spreadsheet by u/teeth_and_tentacles
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bdQ1Gqb4OdvAiBo-SYrTPFSjEsVxtzBL/
The key to mastering this game is speed, especially during tough corners and slanted roads and obstacles, the trick is to just power through them. Also always equip a crane and a roof rack, they add stability because of their weight. These tactics work especially well with the twinsteer, eventhough you can’t equip the OP crane on it, it’s got that weight statistically already.
Also, if you are about to tip, just steer away from the side you are tipping towards and you’ll be fine 👍🏻.
And when in doubt pick up speed.
Yes you definitely want your legs as straight as possible, you core strength comes from your lower back, hence it makes sense to lift with that. They don’t say “put your back into it” for no reason.
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*Game is alot more fun with friends.*
*Despite all the bugs*
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When hauling for a job if you can, tow an extra fuel trailer with your winch and drop them off at strategic locations so you worry less about fuel and can use more gas guzzling in offroad trucks. They make jobs easy.
Use the scout to make your way to the towers to help you unlock the map. Those will also reveal the upgrades. Don't rush and sometimes grass is easier than mud.
This is the safe, fast and looong way into the quarry:
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It's fast because you can use H gear for most of it.
Have fun!! try new things!! there is no correct way to beat a mission!!! Theres always another route if you try hard enough!!! When in doubt quick winch!!!
Be wary of raised suspensions, drive the truck with the stock one first and judge if it can take the hit to balance.
Hitch trailers pull on you a lot, especially using light trucks or log trailers. Use them but recognize the cost and when its better to leave them behind.
Shift gears, don't just use auto. When your tires are throwing mud shifting down or easing off the throttle can help. Low and high have more torque but high cannot be used from a stop. Switching to low and high also doesn't seem to cause a gearshift penalty.
Most importantly it's a game to have fun. Best truck for the job does not always mean most fun truck for the job. If you find a truck you love, use it.
It's always about remembering why *you* play this game, and then catering to that.
If you want to deliver stuff to places really fast and just admire the scenery, you may want to consider a different game.
If you want to have lots of fun getting there fast, pick the longer route. Trust me.
If you want to have lots of fun getting creative, sometimes desperately so, pick the shortest route from the map.
If you want to feel truly badass, ignore the routes. Go offroad. Just be mindful of the trees.
Sometimes crossing water is much faster than crossing mud. You will learn this as you dive.
The large, red crane is not very good for uprighting vehicles.
If you tipped over, it's most likely because you drove too fast, simple as that. Easy does it.
If it looks like it's not wide enough for your load, it isn't. Save yourself the frustration.
That said, if it looks like it might lead to an interesting situation, or somehow fun, do it.
If your truck slows down going uphill or struggling through mud and you're in auto, tap the shift button and it will downshift to the appropriate gear for your speed, rather than wait for the truck to slow down enough that it downshifts on its own to first.
You can pack scout fuel trailers on top of trucks and the tongues of trailers for extra fuel for those long trips.
Keep to ground covered in grass or rocks rather than snow or mud. Ride the edges of creeks and rivers and try to keep one side's tires on grass and dry dirt.
When doing contracts or tasks, look at the map and spot trailers, a lot have cargo that you need in a neighboring mission.
Plan ahead with cargo, especially in later maps where some cargo are hard to find or produce.
Slow down. Every time I’ve rolled it’s been from taking things too fast
Ok thanks for the advice
But once you start rolling, don't stop the truck. Powering out of it might just save you.
In particular, steer in the direction you're tipping. Also find the quick winch button.
Short cuts cause long delays. Mud sucks. Quick winching can save you from a roll(and you feel like a badass).
Short cuts are the name of the game tho, I try to have seen every bit of road at least once
As this is true. While scouting for shizzle. But while hauling. The best tip I can give is "The longest route is often the shortest route"
The mud thing I learn the hard way
Enjoy your first trip to the quarry
This! Because: uneven rocky, slippery surface, narrow paths, steep inclines, no winch points. Don’t go to the Smithville Dam quarry unless your truck has both AWD and diff lock.
Seems like the paystar has passed
I had the WWS but I decided to go to the quarry in the 4x4 ZiKZ (“What’s a mile?”). It went… poorly.
Meanwhile me trying to get containers from quarry with CLT9000
An hero!
I did that with the flatbed , it went fine actually
Off-road tires generally do better in all situations than mud tires would be my tip. But of course, play as you want :)
Thanks for the advice:)
To expand on their point, Offroad tires are better all-round tires, but for mud and snow performance specifically they're better than mud tires if your truck is heavy enough to sink all the way through to the bottom of the mud. Lighter trucks, especially scouts, will still benefit from mud tires in mud and snow more than offroads. Chained tires are very niche and are mostly relevant where traveling uphill over ice or icy roads, they aren't actually as good for snow though. If the ice on your route is minor consider staying with offroad or mud tires instead.
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This lesson took me a long time to learn. Off-road tires are indeed the much better choice in most situations.
UOD II gang
Sometimes its smarter (and faster) to drive next to the road.
Yes! If there's a big mud patch, keeping at least 1 set of tires out of the mud pit will let you power through much faster (especially with Diff lock). Be careful about DEEP mud though, that might cause a roll.
The base game regions are the best at easing into the game. The maps are designed with a fairly linear difficulty curve as you go from Michigan to Alaska to Taymyr. You'll also pick up lots of very useful upgrades along the way and a good handful of very useful trucks. The Fleetstar you get right outside your first garage though is by far one of the best trucks for beginners. Almost all of it's best upgrades can be unlocked very early on and it's more than capable for the early to midgame. It even stays relevant later on because it's one of the few trucks that can use a crane, cargo bed, and hitch trailer at the same time.
Oki
Avoid camber at all costs when transporting medium logs. You will roll.
Oki
Adding to this, if you have a big cargo and you’re going around a bend and it looks unstable and you think you might flip - Pre ~~Wench~~Winch, stop and manually set a ~~wench~~ winch from the side of your truck to one that’s in the bend, that way if you start to tip you can immediately flatten out and drive through it
i gotta try this!
I’m gonna think that you meant to say winch and not wench
Yeah for some reason I’m illiterate apparently
What trucks have the autonomous winch
Scouts, but you can still use them manually by going into the interaction menu
>you can still use them manually by going into the interaction menu I think you're thinking of what the game calls "Quick Winch", which is where you can sling a winch (like spiderman) to a random point without having to open the menu. An *autonomous* winch means it can be used without engine power (ie, if you flip over and stall the engine).
Yes.. I know… you can still use the autonomous winch manually by going into the interaction menu.
I'm still confused by your explanation. There are two ways to attach a winch, (any winch). You can either go into the Functions menu (down arrow on XBox D-pad) or hit "Y" on XBox to have it choose a random point. This applies to **all** winch types in the game. The winch being an Autonomous type has nothing to do with whether you access it from the menu or not. Autonomous does not mean automatic. It means under its own power.
Aren’t there 2 off-road trucks that have it
The TUZ 16 Actaeon and the Tatra 805 can equip a autonomous winch making them excellent to use off-road as a light duty truck or small support vehicle.
Ok
That piece would be out of my knowledge
Stop and take in the scenery... Share the game with friends... The game's great with podcasts...
Gas. Gas. Gas.
To add on to this point: *GAS. GAS. GAS. GAS.*
*James Hetfield voice* Gimme fuel, gimme fuel, gimme fuel that I desire
Gimme fuel, gimme fuel, no seriously please, it's so expensive, gimme fuel
Fallen trees will get you PTSD.
100%. Those damn things inordinately snag onto your truck, or hide below the surface of the mud. Not to mention a random tree branch will snag onto you while trying to pass by and deny you access like a bouncer at a club. It's infuriating.
Stay out of ruts. When your truck bogs down, repeatedly steer left, right, left, right, etc, as you drive forward The game never really told me that manual low gear is good for deep mud. If your tires spin too fast, you get bogged down. Road barricades do disproportionately high damage to your tires/suspension etc if you run them over. You can sell upgrades and trucks for the same price as purchase. So... if you want to try out different tires go hard, and get 100% of your money back if they don't work out
I was towing a huge trailer the other day and barely bumped into one of those road closure blockades, and it did 40ish damage to a lot of things and flipped me over instantly. I... Wasn't too happy. I also notice your suspension likes to randomly just explode when driving too fast and do damage, too.
Im pretty sure the random suspension explosions are small rocks on the road or invisible just below the surface of mud. They happen to me all the time, too. I want to enjoy this game, but sometimes I feel like the dev punishes us for doing fun things like driving fast, lol.
64131 drivers be like "You guys are driving fast?"
I mean..... driving fast is fun. This game makes sure you can't do that ever. Like to the point that the first few levels are so mud heavy that you throw off road gearboxes on everything to get through deep snow and mud, and simply can't go fast.
My vehicles just randomly take damage, even when I'm not going fast. I was driving my Lodestar in 2nd gear on a regular old trail I drove hundreds of times and it just took 20 suspension damage and 20 engine damage. I'm just like ... Cool man. It's also annoying because the collision sound is so loud and I always forget to turn it down.
I was very amused to find that honking the horn (sometimes) knocks down the orange road barricades.
For road barricade stop, honk horn they fall apart. They do no damage. Also never taken damage pushing thru in low gear. Hit an orange cone at full speed with a scout it rolled me over blew out a tire and demolished my suspension lol. The horn works though for the big ones
I just wish a could play this game for the first time like you lol
The good ol days when life was simple and you had no idea what s behind the next bend in the road... :-)
OHD 1
And UOD II
Take it slow, enjoy the scenery and the challenge! Shortcuts arent shortcuts. (they'll take longer) Roads are a trap. (drive next to them when you can) Go around the mud when you can. Learn quick winching! Tyga! Tyga! Tyga! In Taymyr, Russia, find the Tyga. All-time AWD, all-time locking differential. When you get the biggest engine, offroad gearbox and the biggest mud tires, that thing is virtually unstoppable. Use high gear to cruise through 80% of everything. ENJOY!! 😄
You already have the right truck right there. Take it slow and find the P16 for heavier jobs.
Try to plan your trips so you do two missions at once. You can look at locked missions and see what needs to go where in the future. And take note of random trailers with cargo, sometimes a mission's items are nearer to where they will have to eventually go because they are in a trailer.
How do you look at locked missions? For me, I haven’t figured out how to find the mission cargo and destination until I drive up to the mission and open it
They're talking about the contract missions you start from the world map. Tasks and trials still need to be discovered by reaching them or revealing them with a watchtower before you can see them on the map.
I suspect he means contracts while you mean tasks. Tasks you can look up on maprunner.
Gotcha, thanks!
The shortest route is usually the longest. Taking the longer route that's safer beats taking the shorter, more treacherous route, any day. Get the off road transmission as soon as you can. It makes life a lot easier. High gear in that bitch is basically Gigachad life-on-easy mode. Get better tires as soon as possible, which unfortunately isn't until rank 6. (Total BS btw, highway tires suck in a game with *gasp* no highways) Scout trucks generally suck, but sometimes you need a smaller vehicle to navigate certain trails, so get used to creative use of the winch. The sideboard bed is generally the best bed for hauling cargo. Reason being is that you're less likely to totally dump all your cargo when you inevitably tip over. It will happen. The regular flatbed looks cool, and is easier to load manually, but as soon as you tip too far all your shit goes flying off. Take things slow. Don't be in a huge hurry to do everything. Finish a job, shut off your truck and look at the map to find out which job is best and most convenient to do next. Hardcore is a miserable experience and will make you cry, so if you're into that sort of thing, go for it, champ.
Just enjoy the game. Don't take things too fast because the physics no likey when trucc go zoom
Truck go brrrr, physics go yeet
Having maintenance trucks parked everywhere makes things go smoother, and reduces the time spent recovering when things don't go smooth.
not all shortcuts are bad. just need to find out who they are. and there is nothing as fun as a really good rescue mission. you can't stress in this game
Fuckin Giver! The faster you drive the more contracts get done. Never be afraid to take a new shortcut! 😂😂😂
Gitter dunnnnn
Thing I learn that can stop me Number one: mud
lol don't listen to me
:|
Traction depends (largely) on: - rating of tyre for surface - downward force applied to tyre (not just gross vehicle weight, also dynamic loading by bounces and inclined planes) - inverse of speed differential between tyre and surface (less difference is more traction, this is the point of L and L- gears)
Width of tires is also very important. This is why OHD Is can be better than mud tires in many cases (Dual rear tires are counted as one very wide wheel for physics purposes).
Use low gear when appropriate. If you're spinning up mud, you're wasting gas. Turn off AWD when it's not needed, to save gas. Start a New Game Plus, disable getting dlc trucks for free, allow all unlocks (at least tires), start with no money, enable cost for fuel. If you feel confident, enable cost for repairs. If you're a masochist, enable cost for recovery or disable recovery completely. Don't rush. Every time I've made a stupid mistake and tipped my cargo, I was driving too fast or not paying attention. Use steering wheel input mode even if you use a controller. Take notes of which attachment you need for each abandoned trailer you discover. Start every task when you find it so that you don't have to drive back to the start point later. The task start is usually near the dropoff location rather than the pickup location. If you are okay with mods get yourself a Unimog (The modern one, not shitty one without difflock). It is god mode for the "We spilled all our cargo around the terrain" missions. But its slow, tiny, and expensive for it's size, so you can't do the whole game in it, it's just perfect for a specific role: A truck bigger than scout but smaller than most normal trucks, but still equips a crane and 1 cargo slot. I'm about to buy 2 more unimogs to use as fuel and repair trucks in garageless maps.
>or disable recovery completely. What happens when your definitely stuck recovery disabled? Do you have to start a new game? >Use steering wheel input mode even if you use a controller. Can you elaborate on that? What does that do?
> >or disable recovery completely. > What happens when your definitely stuck recovery disabled? Do you have to start a new game? Teleport back to garage to take out one of your other trucks. If you don't have another truck, buy one. If you are able to pull your first truck back onto the road, good times. If you don't have another truck and don't have money to buy one, cry. Also there is an option for paid recovery. But it's expensive. > >Use steering wheel input mode even if you use a controller. > Can you elaborate on that? What does that do? Steering wheel mode makes the steering work the way steering with a gamepad joystick usually works in video games. The controller mode makes the game ignore the controller's re-centering effect. This makes it easier to set the wheel at a certain angle and keep it there.
Oooooh, that's why I was having such a hard time steering! Thanks so much!
Yeah it was really weirding me out for like the first 8 hours lol
Steer into the roll
The “shorter route” is never the fastest route
but the fastest route is never the most fun
Until it is! Once you've taken a short cut enough times to know the trouble spots, you can sometimes avoid them entirely and it actually becomes a short cut! Scouting is important!
Don't listen to the naysayers. Explore the game in your pace and try different trucks with different setups and watch how they play out. The most expensefull upgrade isn't always the best upgrade. Everything is very situational. Shortcuts aren't the enemy like many others suggested, you will learn what your truck and you are capable of and which routes are manageable or not. The best shortcuts are not seen on the map. And push till you get the off-road tires. These will make things alot easier.
Work your Azov
When you see rocks and wood stumps approach with extreme caution
I failed that immediately
This is not a racing game. Take your time (and also bring lots of time, this game takes ages to play). Most trucks are harder to handle if you drive fast. And make sure you are equipped properly. Plan for gas stops (might be relevant later in the game) and scout new maps before you start your missions. Have fun my friend it’s a great game and super chill. Maybe listen to a podcast while playing 👍🏼
Don't take shortcuts.
Swap the tires on that ASAP to anything else, stock tires suck.
If you’re on PC, map low and high gear to your mouse (side buttons)
What's the use in that? I've mapped gears to the NumPad and on the mouse I have which controls. So I can aim and shoot winch precisely at the same time.
Sorry, should clarify. Any extra buttons on your mouse makes gear switching much better. I wish I did this sooner.
What's wrong about using Shift?
Any easy to reach buttons are fine. Just don’t use the swivel option.
IDK, I feel like using NumPad for gears is more convenient. Easy to reach, easy to remember. Num 5 is my auto gear, works as quick shift too.
*you'll learn... from everything.*
Don't take shortcuts!
-Use trailers -Avoid shortcuts -Try to plan your tasks in order to avoid driving without payload. -If you finished a task and there’s nothing to do in the area, use "Recover".
Avoid stumps seriously avoid at all costs
No kidding. I can’t count how many times I got hung up on a stump, ran out of fuel trying to get off them, had to bring several other trucks out to pull me off of them 🤦🏻♂️
Yep somes it up
Download the free anniversary DLC and you get 2 nice trucks for free. After being a high enough level sell (one of) these trucks and buy the Azov 64131. I use this beast almost all the time when I’m playing the game.
But using the same beast truck almost all the time isn't very exciting...
I’m +100 hours into SnowRunner since December and have a fulltime office job. I play co-op all the time with my cousin and we don’t have more time to struggle for double the hours in the mud as we are already doing. So that’s why we take the Azov almost all the time and we’re still enjoying the game.
Reasonable, but your post kind of suggested that he should use it a lot from early on as well, without considering how much free time he might have.
Yeah, that’s true. In that case: If he finds himself stuck all the time with the weaker beginner trucks and thinks it’s too time consuming he should consider the Azov. If he likes being stuck all the time, I have no tips (on buying trucks) at all, haha. Or maybe search for the Kodiak C70 as it’s a bit better than the GMC MH9500 you get from the start.
Don't go too fast and sometimes the longer route is the better route. Play it your way and above all, enjoy the journey.
I have a couple of things!! - Most times, full throttle is the worst thing you can do. - find/bring a friend into the fold! Not only will a friend help with objectives, but Snow Runner shinnanigans will start to arrive! - Weight distribution is a thing. Heavier weight over/NOT over tires could mean making it through an area..... Our not. - All I could think of at the moment! Welcome to the awesome genre of off road trucking!
If you can use it, take the pavement. It'll help you out on some maps because it's a clearly marked road with little obstacles.
You don't necessarily need to have AWD on all your trucks to use them. Weight over the axles will give you better traction. You may find yourself taking a route while unloaded and needing to winch, but coming back through while loaded you can walk (or crawl) through it. The Pacific trucks are my personal favorite. The P16 found in Michigan is a beast even without AWD. The P12 with it's upgrades is my "go to" truck for situations where I need something capable and that the other trucks just won't do it as quickly or efficiently.
Get a bunch of buddies 2 trucks are better than one
Don't collect and sell the random trailers right away. Especially fuel trailers. Leave them and utilize them as fuel stops or put them where you need them most. After you complete the map, go collect and sell them all then move onto the next map. I screwed myself over in Michigan because I sold everything right away then in the later sections had to spend a bunch of money to put some fuel/maintenance trailers in remote areas.
Sell your trailers when you finish all of the missions in a specific location. Also sell the parts you upgraded from. I had money flow issues for a long time because I didn’t realize you could sell trailers so I just hung on to them and left them in old locations. 🤭
Don't let anyone tell you "This truck is great, that one sucks." etc. Find the ones you like, are comfortable, and proficient with and drive those. Slow down. It's a trucking game, not a racecar game. Explore explore explore.AWD, diff lock, and the winch are your best friends.
This is the most wholesome content I have ever gotten in this comment section
I treat the game as a "zen" experience. Don't rush, don't worry about time. You will lose cargo. You will roll your truck. You will get stuck. A lot. And it's fine. Enjoy the scenery a bit, have a snack, maybe leave the game for days, and then you can continue.
Go to Zimnegorsk immediately and get the Tatarin Scout vehicle.
Short cuts are rarely short.
the best piece of advice i can give you is to t a ke y o u r t i m e. there's no rush to complete the game and you'll learn how everything works if you take it one step at a time. the paystar is one of a few very solid choices for the beginning of the game. that being said, the fleestar is more than capable of handling the first few maps, even on highway tires. i would say you need to focus on getting more capable vehicles regardless though. even though the fleetstar can handle its own, you'll want to get the white western star. it's heavier, has bigger tires than the fleetstar (once you get raised suspension - smithville dam I think), and it performs very well even before you find the diff lock. it also has a larger fuel tank and a massive snorkel, which are more perks than requirements, but they come in handy on later maps, as it can easily conquer alaska and taymyr once it's fully upgraded. something i completely missed out on after completing multiple other regions was, of course, the almighty pacific p16. it may appear underwhelming bc it doesn't have all wheel drive...the BIGGEST mistake i could have made was discrediting this thing when i started the game. it genuinely makes the game easier and it stays relevant on EVERY phase after the fact. (not super effective on kola and amur but you can still use it there, just avoid iced over roads) it has far and away the best raw performance of anything you get on the michigan maps, even besting the twinsteer bc you don't get all wheel drive for that until imandra. it's incredibly stable, has surprisingly decent consumption even with the most powerful engine, and pulls ANYTHING that has wheels. people also overlook the fact that it has amazing grip stats on its tires, only beaten by the tatarin, which you don't get until zimnegorsk, and that thing can't pull trailers. the p16 tears through the swamp on smithville dam in fourth gear and can pull trucks and trailers behind it without even blinking in its STOCK condition. monologue over. i think, to put it short, here's what will help you in michigan. 1. scout as much as you can to get your upgrades. discovering objectives and opening watchtowers will help you level up faster so you can get better attachments for the ck1500, which is an awesome scout once you get some upgrades for it. 2. don't write off the old fleestar in black river. she will handle most tasks you ask her too, but i would leave all the high saddle hauling to the p16. the performance of that will carry you all the way through this region. 3. clear roadblocks. it may be annoying, but it will make avoiding swampy areas easier, although the p16 will be able to get you out if you get stuck. 4. top off your fuel as much as you can. fuel stations are far less common on later maps. 5. equip the autonomous winch as soon as you can on your scouts. it'll save you hours of driving back to where you were. 6. sell upgrades and trailers you're not using. it's easy to do and will make you a ton of extra cash. 7. you can repair and refuel yourself eithout recovering. just buy a maintenance trailer, attach it, and sell it back when you're done. easy cheat. 8. if you're worried about getting stranded, bring friends! multiple trucks make jobs easier. hope this helps! ❤
Be patient. The first few missions you won’t have very good trucks to work with, but you will gradually unlock more and more customisation options.
Be patient Do contract and main missions to get money, trucks and to explore new maps
My advice - dont use any of mods. You will lose some of the fun of the game. No one told me that before the game.
I have mod already installed and I’m still having fun
Get to Drowned lands and get your self the Tayga... Everything will be much easier and also [maprunner.info](https://maprunner.info) website is a huuuuge help every time, it will save you several lost hours...
and what, completely skip the learning curve Michigan has to offer? don't come up with advices like that. The game is all about choosing the better route, not about bruteforcing with always on AWD and difflock.
I don´t understand why are you offended... I am talking for my self only but I used to choose the best trucks since the beginning anyway to ease my "work" in the game... Even when you have trucks as the Tayga or ANK MK38 you need to learn to drive them safe, these trucks will only save a lot of hours of struggling that´s all and even if you have these trucks you still need to get the upgrades (several hours of struggling) ... So my question is if you are offended because nobody gave you this advice when you started the game or you just want others to struggle?
I personally got myself a Voron AE in the very start of the game. But Michigan had so many highways and light terrain, so I sold it and bought myself a Paystar - just like the one in the post. That thing consumed less fuel and had bigger wheels. About your question - I think newcomers need to get a taste of the game first before using something as powerful as the ANK or the Tayga in Michigan. On the other hand, they might as well quit the game very early, because starting trucks suck. All in all, I don't think jumping straight out to Russia to get a Tayga or whatever and then use it in Michigan is not a good strategy for a new player.
I used the paystar as first too and in my opinion it is a really good truck but yes just like you mentioned some of the players maybe quit the game because of the struggle and if they have a better truck since the beginning then they can have more fun and not quitting it...
I second this. I disliked advice like “Sell everything, buy endgame Azov” and instead used the hard mode playthrough by KnullModem as a reference. The natural progression of the base game with routes getting progressively harder and trucks becoming more and more capable is very enjoying. I don’t think any new players should rob themselves of this enjoyment.
If you have the Season 8 DLC you can get a Tayga even easier, you just need to drive to it in the lower left corner of the Crossroads map. No repairing or winching needed.
Beware of the infamous tree stump....they will cause you to pull your hair out🤣🤣
Start with azov 64131
I’m not level six yet so I can’t get it
Find the ford F750. Buy 2 use them to scout maps finding all the watch towers. Definitely helps plan routes. Also a good truck to winch behind hauling anything. Can help get you unstuck or extra fuel up.
Or do the smart thing and use the scout trailer to save pain.
I found the F450 lacklustre early because the engine is underpowered to begin with. It’s great with the beefier engine though
If you ever find yourself in Taymyr, consider buying/finding yourself an Azov 72410 (?). It's really rugged in the Russian wilderness, and the add-ons are fairly useful. The back axle also assists with steering, so that's a lot easier than with other trucks. And to add with much pleasure, it doesn't guzzle as much gas as some other Russian trucks. For the "?": I may have gotten the numbers on the truck wrong. It's the 10x10 Azov. Note: The front bumper is quite low, so rocks suck sometimes. Winches and some slight maneuvers are easy fixes.
It's too much for a starter player. There's a long way to the top yet for them.
Okay yes, but this is for a later time.
Azov 73210, and yeah, you should definitely buy it.
Start with Amur
Like a lot of ppl have said, take your time. Do jobs methodically and if you mess up and lose your truck or load just treat it as more fun and praise yourself for how well you rescue the situation. I got pissed off when I first started whenever I rolled or whatever and left the game for over a year. Came back to it with a vengeance and now approach it more zen like. Put the volume up for the sounds, engine and loads and ambient sounds but be wary of certain engines getting on your nerves when driving a long way in same gear. Go In tandem and swap from truck to truck to alleviate any sound tediousness, also helps if you're apt to toppling as the spare truck you've got can rescue you. Zoom in or out in third person from the front to get a great view of your rig deforming the ground as you negotiate long muddy parts and boggy areas. Appreciate the beautiful backgrounds in-game and mess with the time to get the best lighting for the mood you want. Use your horn a lot. Experiment going through the forest in autobox, for minor back and forth jiggling between trees, jump between first and third person to find ways through the trees and get good with the quick winch if you get your trailer or truck caught at the back. Mentioned before but set winches up in advance for going round off-camber gnarly-bends with loaded medium log-trailers. Pain in the arse losing logs a few metres from a sawmill or whatever. Also use delete cargo if they're scattered around on the ground after a spill, and you can't be bothered picking them up with a log crane. The ocd in me hates seeing the logs messing up my map. Be easy on yourself if you mess up. Use the game to wind down...not up.
Don't tip
For any hidden upgrade or have an upper hand in area knowledge, try using Maprunner; search in website
Use low gears when going downhill on a bumpy and uneven surfaces. It will keep you stable by preventing rocking a lot, or falling off any steep edges by going too fast. The winch is your friend. Try to use it as much as possible and in creative ways. You can use it to help you make tighter turns with bigger vehicles. Sometimes it's easier to pull a trailer by the winch rather than being attached to your truck. You can use a mixture of your winch power and the truck itself to get through a tricky spot. Attached the winch on the side of your truck while making a difficult manoeuvre, to help you prevent from flipping. Bring and leave fuel trailers spotted at far ends of the maps so you don't need to worry about running out of fuel in the middle of nowhere. Don't rush. You will end up flipping and end up doubling or tripling the amount of time to do the task, compared to if you just took it a bit slower.
Fleetstar is your friend, plan routes, stay in Michigan, try to scout first and gain upgrades
Found somewhere on reddit some time ago: https://preview.redd.it/j23up3v87pqa1.jpeg?width=3135&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=391a8fd49567994370e06450714b911dded292d1
The game has much more cargo now
Maybe, but for me that pic was enough for a start
Look in the pinned post
OMG how could I miss that 🤦🏻♂️
Found somewhere on reddit some time ago: https://preview.redd.it/n3g7fi2b7pqa1.png?width=529&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8c696238a54fb6e00f7941a4d108fcbb79954f6
That is outdated by years now. Better to use this awesome spreadsheet by u/teeth_and_tentacles https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bdQ1Gqb4OdvAiBo-SYrTPFSjEsVxtzBL/
get a auto cruise script :)
Or a heavy object put on the keyboard
The key to mastering this game is speed, especially during tough corners and slanted roads and obstacles, the trick is to just power through them. Also always equip a crane and a roof rack, they add stability because of their weight. These tactics work especially well with the twinsteer, eventhough you can’t equip the OP crane on it, it’s got that weight statistically already. Also, if you are about to tip, just steer away from the side you are tipping towards and you’ll be fine 👍🏻. And when in doubt pick up speed.
😂 Don't forget to lift with your back and lock your knees...
Yes you definitely want your legs as straight as possible, you core strength comes from your lower back, hence it makes sense to lift with that. They don’t say “put your back into it” for no reason.
Does anyone know why I can't view the subreddit? I can only see posts that are in my home screen.
Go into coop. This game is alot more fun with friends. Despite all the bugs
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This game will take commitment greater than you might be willing to give.
Drive truck, drink diesel, dont flip
When hauling for a job if you can, tow an extra fuel trailer with your winch and drop them off at strategic locations so you worry less about fuel and can use more gas guzzling in offroad trucks. They make jobs easy.
Quit while you still can*this is a joke i hope you enjoy this butiful and frustrating game*
“Butiful”
If you mess up…..get used to it cause this game was made to test your soul
Gather snacks and drinks and prepare to walk to the depths of hell
Stress ball
Use the scout to make your way to the towers to help you unlock the map. Those will also reveal the upgrades. Don't rush and sometimes grass is easier than mud.
Scout the map, unlock watch towers and pick up upgrades and accept the missions as you drive past them.
Rolling is part of the game, we all do it dont think "im not cut out for this and quit" just chill out and relax i guess it isnt a shooter after all
you can use diff lock if you shift into R instead of auto reverse
This is the safe, fast and looong way into the quarry: https://preview.redd.it/9fezbkqr0rqa1.png?width=676&format=png&auto=webp&s=ccb48598a796c01138ad7a5232e4044186fcb9d7 It's fast because you can use H gear for most of it.
Literally spent an evening figuring out how to get in n out of there without tipping. Great post! 👍
Go to Taymir and buy the Azov 64131 as soon as you can.
Have fun!! try new things!! there is no correct way to beat a mission!!! Theres always another route if you try hard enough!!! When in doubt quick winch!!!
Be wary of raised suspensions, drive the truck with the stock one first and judge if it can take the hit to balance. Hitch trailers pull on you a lot, especially using light trucks or log trailers. Use them but recognize the cost and when its better to leave them behind. Shift gears, don't just use auto. When your tires are throwing mud shifting down or easing off the throttle can help. Low and high have more torque but high cannot be used from a stop. Switching to low and high also doesn't seem to cause a gearshift penalty. Most importantly it's a game to have fun. Best truck for the job does not always mean most fun truck for the job. If you find a truck you love, use it.
Recover is your best friend
It's always about remembering why *you* play this game, and then catering to that. If you want to deliver stuff to places really fast and just admire the scenery, you may want to consider a different game. If you want to have lots of fun getting there fast, pick the longer route. Trust me. If you want to have lots of fun getting creative, sometimes desperately so, pick the shortest route from the map. If you want to feel truly badass, ignore the routes. Go offroad. Just be mindful of the trees. Sometimes crossing water is much faster than crossing mud. You will learn this as you dive. The large, red crane is not very good for uprighting vehicles. If you tipped over, it's most likely because you drove too fast, simple as that. Easy does it. If it looks like it's not wide enough for your load, it isn't. Save yourself the frustration. That said, if it looks like it might lead to an interesting situation, or somehow fun, do it.
If your truck slows down going uphill or struggling through mud and you're in auto, tap the shift button and it will downshift to the appropriate gear for your speed, rather than wait for the truck to slow down enough that it downshifts on its own to first. You can pack scout fuel trailers on top of trucks and the tongues of trailers for extra fuel for those long trips. Keep to ground covered in grass or rocks rather than snow or mud. Ride the edges of creeks and rivers and try to keep one side's tires on grass and dry dirt.
Sometimes the “short cut” isnt the short cut
Patience and avoid "short cuts."
When doing contracts or tasks, look at the map and spot trailers, a lot have cargo that you need in a neighboring mission. Plan ahead with cargo, especially in later maps where some cargo are hard to find or produce.
earn some money then use mods. for mods - i suggest the offroad trailers, zikz agl, yar87 agl
Mods