#SPINTIRES COM SIMULATOR#

Still, endurance is what Spintires is all about, and there's a lot of satisfaction to be had in besting the brutal Russian terrain in your hardy little Soviet truck-but not after a lot of rolling over, getting inescapably lodged in soggy riverbeds, and running out of fuel in the middle of nowhere. It's an achingly slow, fiddly game, and you'll need a lot of patience to endure the hardships you'll encounter as you traverse the game's five maps.

How long you'll stick with the game depends on how compelling you find those ponderous, muddy drives between objective markers.

The missions, whether it's the lumber delivery I talked about earlier, unlocking new vehicles hidden around the world, or revealing the map by driving near 'cloaking' points, are uninspiring. Its scope is incredibly limited, to the point where it feels like an Early Access release. As amazing as the physics and deformable mud are, that's really all the game has going for it. You can move the camera around with the mouse, but in larger rigs your view is often obscured, making getting across narrow bridges and through tight trails a nightmare.īut here's my problem with Spintires. You're stuck with a weird over-the-shoulder (trucks don't have shoulders, but you know what I mean) view that's more Resident Evil 4 than truck simulator. One of the most mystifying omissions is the lack of any kind of cockpit or in-car view. Fuel consumption is increased in hardcore, and routes you chart on the map won't be displayed as a guide on the road as you drive. You can choose between casual and hardcore mode, although 'casual' will be hardcore enough for most people. Rocks are kicked into the air by your tires, saplings bend when you rumble over them, and water froths as you ford rivers and carve through puddles. They all feel like real machines, with trailers that bounce and rattle as you trundle over uneven ground. You'll hear your engine heave and groan as you tackle a steep incline or muddy patch, its exhausts belching black smoke as it struggles to escape the sticky gunk. The physics are excellent, creating a nice distinction between the big rigs and the smaller trucks.

It's a game of feet, not miles-of dragging your bouncy flatbed through just one more exhausting mire of mud and rocks to reach the safety of a garage or refueling station.Īs you chew through the mud, the vehicles feel genuinely heavy and unwieldy. Clumps gather on your wheels as you drive, and some areas are so caked in the stuff that you'll be forced to find another route. The heavier your vehicle is, the more it sinks into it, and the more likely you are to get stuck. The way your tires dig into it, and the way it deforms realistically as you move through it, is really impressive. It is, without a doubt, the best virtual sludge in games. It's a grueling battle against the elements as you navigate your lump of rusty metal around rickety wooden bridges, dense forests, and swollen rivers.īut the real star of the game is the mud.

#SPINTIRES COM SIMULATOR#

It could only exist on PC-a simulator so niche it makes Munich Bus Simulator look mainstream-and sees you guiding an array of Soviet off-road vehicles across large stretches of unforgiving countryside. Have you ever dreamed of driving an old truck through a rugged Russian wilderness? Then dream no more, because Spintires is here.

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