If it’s much worse I don’t see how it’s even going to be playable. It’s a bit discouraging to hear the camera’s even worse in this version as it was barely tolerable and too restrictive before. It’s great to see this releasing on consoles as it deserves all the support it can get. I don’t even bother towing or delivering shit, I find the smaller vehicles to be where the fun’s at and it’s a joy just tackling obstacles and exploring the maps. The physics and terrain alteration are extremely gratifying and the community made some great maps and everyday off-road vehicles to play around with. I heard it was initially only a tech demo, not intended to be a commercial product, and there was such an outcry of demand that the developers ended up releasing it. I remember stumbling upon the original game a ways back and loving it. Now I have to start the map all over again. But the real gameplay, the real survival horror, comes from having to send a fuel truck to rescue a load of logs that ran out of gas, and then having to send an 8×8 to rescue the fuel truck when it gets stuck without a tree in range of its winch, and then losing half your trucks into an irretrievable black hole of mud and despair. The casual mode will get you used to the driving physics without any dead-ends it’s just a matter of time before you win. This mostly comes through in hardcore mode, where you can’t extricate yourself from a tricky situation by just teleporting back to the garage. But it’s never that simple and that’s why Spintires is so good.Ī friend of mine called Spintires “survival horror for trucks”, and that gets at the caRPG element perfectly.
Do you take the longer less treacherous route, with fuel stops and repair trucks parked along the way? Do you take one huge load or multiple smaller loads? Do you dare try the shorter route around this bog? Should you first transport the supplies to unlock this extra garage for repairs along the way? Spintires includes five maps and each is basically a 10-hour epic caRPG about the seemingly simple act of transporting lumber.
Once you’ve scouted out the terrain, the logistics are up to you.