This game is absolutely stupid.

[Boomer Click Bait]

I can't even do the XP farm because my trucks are getting stuck AS SOON AS I GET THE MISSION! I have completed it about 5 times and attempted it over 20. I can't do anything until I unlock better tires. I am going to have to use a trainer or a cheat because I will uninstall this broken mess if I don't. Why my trucks have freaking HIGHWAY TIRES on them is beyond me in an offroad game!!

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We've all felt your frustration when we first started.
It is recommended that you first grab a Scout and open up all Watch Towers. This will open up locations of Upgrades and other useful things.

At the earliest opportunity, upgrade your Tires every chance you get until you have obtained the Best Tire for each class of truck. Tires make all the difference in the world and you can resell the ones you no longer need for full price refund.

Once you have upgraded tires you will be able to get around much better. Another key point to remember, is that the Longer Route is normally the Best Route. Short cuts, though they look mighty tempting to try, will usually result in some unfortunate event and take much longer.

On the flip side, they also make for an exciting adventure. ;-)

Happy trucking, and good luck!

[Have we won yet?]

This is a very, very slow burner kind of game, but I've played it for almost 600 hours so I can attest that even despite this, it is very rewarding. Definitely not for everyone though, maybe it isn't for you. but as the previous commenter said, there is a general progression you should try, starting by opening up the map with watch towers, and scouting around. Some paths are impossible to use at first, even if they're in the map, whether because of blockages of bad terrain.

Once you start getting unlocks the game becomes easier, then harder again once you get to the later regions. Don't forget that fundamentally, this is a logistics/driving/physics game. If that's not your kind of game, I wouldn't force it.

[Twitching Finger]

First day : Pist-off same as you.. spent 30 mins trying to get up a hill to the farm for 1st delivery of a multi part delivery.. yea no way in hell im spending 6hrs on this..

Second day : Took the 1500 out and got all the towers (first map) & the upgrade spots i could get to.. Sold the GMC 9500 for around 32'ish K, along with the money made along the way doing simple jobs had enough to upgrade the C70 (I think It's the c70, the one in the yard, in the starting garage)..
Was able to do a few farm runs w/ C70 until we had enough to buy a larger truck..

starting out sucks, I felt the 'i hate this game' then figured id sell everything i don't need (truck/trailers) and upgrade.. now thriving, with over 100K in back on 3rd day of grinding and reading to expand..

Dont give up.. push thru..

[hagakuremoi]

As I said in your other post, I recommend you to buy the DLCs High Roller Pack and TATRA Dual Pack, basically they solve the balancing problems in the early game.

[Boomer Click Bait]

Yeah I just had to rage and vent. I used the P2W jeep and went to all the towers.

Then cleared road blocks and they weren't easy using street tires on my big trucks.

Finally just grinded the delivery mission until level 8 and put off road tires on my big trucks. Now I don't have many issues.

[Boomer Click Bait]

Originally posted by hagakuremoi:

As I said in your other post, I recommend you to buy the DLCs High Roller Pack and TATRA Dual Pack, basically they solve the balancing problems in the early game.

Yeah I got those. Makes all these missions that seemed impossible look like a cake walk. In the Marines we called it an "LVSR" and there's not much they can't pull. They haul tanks around for the military and other extremely heavy loads.

[Mitth'raw'nuruodo]

Originally posted by Religion LOL:

I can't even do the XP farm because my trucks are getting stuck AS SOON AS I GET THE MISSION! I have completed it about 5 times and attempted it over 20. I can't do anything until I unlock better tires. I am going to have to use a trainer or a cheat because I will uninstall this broken mess if I don't. Why my trucks have freaking HIGHWAY TIRES on them is beyond me in an offroad game!!

Like I said on some other threads - sell some of your free trucks and get the ANK 38 Civilian. It comes with off-road tires, and will rarely, if at all, get stuck anywhere in Michigan.

ANK 38 Civ is a better truck than the Tatra, as it can move much faster.

Edit: comes with off-road tires, not mud in stock version. But the results are still the same. It made the early game playable for me. The reason others are not recommending it is because it is not discoverable for free in game, and it was released relatively recently so does not show up on youtube videos or other guides on the internet.

[TonyP75]

Sorry you're getting so frustrated, buddy. It's not one of those games that you "beat." It takes a long time to make progress. The best thing you can do now, if you decide you want to keep playing it, is just explore the map with your Chevy, discover tasks, open watch towers, and approach every trailer you see because you get exp for that. If you find a task you think you might be able to do with your Chevy, try to do it. If you're trying to do hard mode, consider switching to normal campaign mode. No matter what your exp level is and no matter how capable your trucks are, a new map is always about driving around to reveal it, finding tasks and accepting them, and approaching trailers to discover them and earn points. You can also get help from other players hosting a game in co-op mode. If you host, you get the credit for any missions that are completed. When I started out, sometimes I just tried to see how fast and how horribly I could destroy my Chevy. I drove it off mountains, rammed it into buildings and trees, and all kinds of other things. Believe it or not, it helped me see what I could get away with besides making me laugh a little at the ridiculousness. In this game you can have what looks like a deadly, truck totaling accident and for some stupid reason the damn thing still drives because of dumb luck.

[Boomer Click Bait]

Originally posted by Stasher:

Sorry you're getting so frustrated, buddy. It's not one of those games that you "beat." It takes a long time to make progress. The best thing you can do now, if you decide you want to keep playing it, is just explore the map with your Chevy, discover tasks, open watch towers, and approach every trailer you see because you get exp for that. If you find a task you think you might be able to do with your Chevy, try to do it. If you're trying to do hard mode, consider switching to normal campaign mode. No matter what your exp level is and no matter how capable your trucks are, a new map is always about driving around to reveal it, finding tasks and accepting them, and approaching trailers to discover them and earn points. You can also get help from other players hosting a game in co-op mode. If you host, you get the credit for any missions that are completed. When I started out, sometimes I just tried to see how fast and how horribly I could destroy my Chevy. I drove it off mountains, rammed it into buildings and trees, and all kinds of other things. Believe it or not, it helped me see what I could get away with besides making me laugh a little at the ridiculousness. In this game you can have what looks like a deadly, truck totaling accident and for some stupid reason the damn thing still drives because of dumb luck.

I'm over it. I just had to rage me and my buddies played for hours today doing missions. Took us hours to do the log delivery with us being new but we did it. A lot of fun.

[PrettyFunkedUp]

" get the ANK 38 Civilian " <<-- what he said (although the ANK is so bad with its fuel).

also if you have the premium version the bandit truck becomes amazing with off road tyres

[the.lovewyrm]

Good to hear that you got over the initial hump in the way you did.
You had a problem, and you solved it.

A true offroad trucker.
(Bugs are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ tho, losing due to those is extra awful, but thankfully they are rare, usually its missing cargo that youre suppose to pick up with cranes.)

[MishaTX]

As a fellow Snowrunner, and as someone who just cannot put this game down no matter how many times I've sworn up and down that I'd uninstall it, I completely feel your frustration. The first many hours until you finally get even just all-terrain tires are horrible, and it feels like it's never going to get better, but it will.

So glad to hear you got over the hump as we all did in the beginning. It was tough, it was frustrating, but we all remember it and we all went through the exact same thing.

Keep on trucking!

[Vimpster]

I have never really understood the frustration people have with the early game. I feel like some players are just not very observant to their options if they are getting so frustrated. There are enough things to do in the early game and enough alternative paths one can take to carry out most objectives that you shouldn't have that much trouble staying away from any real muddy areas that you can get stuck in if you just choose paths and objectives that avoid such muddy areas in the beginning.

And I am saying that all from the perspective of someone who has played through the early game 4 times now and I always stay away from using the free vehicles they put in your garage from all the DLC until later in the game because of how they ruin the early game progression. But to each their own.

[Sudo]

yes this game is stupid as fck. and the more u play the more frustrating it will get.

guys dont hate me but:

all trucks are slow as "i dont know" : a cat 745c f.e. coming to a very little mud area or hill and get down to 2-5 km/h ?!?!?! srly? this beast reaches 60km/h and has over 500 horse power, his tires are near 2 meters high and this game will tell me a little puddle will slow it down? :D

next example: alll trucks are slow, but when u are on a street and drive more than 25 km/h the truck begin to fly, u cannot control it anymore.

i will not talk about the frustrating shifting!

where is the point in all this, just to stretch the game out?

i 50/50 like the game and i would enjoy it if there wasnt this poorly physics.

@Dear Op.
u will learn the game better and get better trucks, but u will get missions where i bet u will quit the game (f.e. logging in michi)

if u wanna continue:
go michigan to drummong island and take the "p16" truck and Michigan, the second map and take the "White Western Star 4964" , so ur early frustration will get better.

[Boomer Click Bait]

Originally posted by Sudo:

yes this game is stupid as fck. and the more u play the more frustrating it will get.

guys dont hate me but:

all trucks are slow as "i dont know" : a cat 745c f.e. coming to a very little mud area or hill and get down to 2-5 km/h ?!?!?! srly? this beast reaches 60km/h and has over 500 horse power, his tires are near 2 meters high and this game will tell me a little puddle will slow it down? :D

next example: alll trucks are slow, but when u are on a street and drive more than 25 km/h the truck begin to fly, u cannot control it anymore.

i will not talk about the frustrating shifting!

where is the point in all this, just to stretch the game out?

i 50/50 like the game and i would enjoy it if there wasnt this poorly physics.

@Dear Op.
u will learn the game better and get better trucks, but u will get missions where i bet u will quit the game (f.e. logging in michi)

if u wanna continue:
go michigan to drummong island and take the "p16" truck and Michigan, the second map and take the "White Western Star 4964" , so ur early frustration will get better.

We actually completed a logging mission on co op in Michigan. It took us like 3 hours.