help me with scout 800

[l33t <3]

I just started(black river, so i tried to use scout 800, tires 35 mud, snowrunner gearbox, snorkel and roof shack.
So this scout stuck in almost any mud.(not even deepest) ck 1500 is ok with all terrain wheels on same mud
What im doing wrong? maybe scout 800 need more powerfull engine?

[TheFemboySlayer]

the scout 800 could be too low to the ground from the 35 inch mud tires or not having raised suspension or too high of a gear causing it not to grip as well as low range that's the main things i think it could be unless the tires stop spinning due to a lack of power

[Cathulhu]

The Chevrolet CK1500 Scout vehicle you start with, is actually a pretty good one. Stick with that one. It gets better and better with upgrades.

The Scout 800 lacks power and tips over way to easily.

[Beast of War]

So don't drive in mud ? Don't even drive on "roads" with deep truck tracks.

You may of course but you will struggle all game long. With about all car scouts, their wheels are just too small in diameter to drive in many places where trucks have made tracks. Lift your suspension and mount bigger wheels to clear your bottom of deep mud or truck tracks and you will just roll over more readily.

Scouts can easily bypass mud pools or troublesome stretches of road as they can travel in between of trees away from the road. Trucks are often too large for that. Often enough the ground in between trees is more supportive for your small wheels then the road is. Follow roads only when they are comfortable and fast to drive on. Go off them when you expect to struggle. ( it is an off road game mind you ! )

I can tell you from my military period this is pretty realistic. 10 ton military trucks with large truck wheels passed me by laughing and at 3 x my speed while i was struggling to get control of my steering wheel driving a short base military Land Rover through fine sand. I should not even have driven in their tracks to begin with. I just assumed a 4x4 "jeep" would be more much capable then it actually is. Wheel size rules all. Trucks have larger wheels, that is why they will always perform better....if you don't know where to drive with scouts.

[Masher]

The CK 1500 is a way better scout ,the best thing you can do with the Scout 800 is sell it lol

[Sundowning.]

Originally posted by Masher:

the best thing you can do with the Scout 800 is sell it lol

Disagree. If driven carefully, it's a nice scout that can go through many small spots where other scouts fail. In fact, as soon as OP can unlock bigger tires and elevated suspension, it's an amazing exploration tool - especially on the first couple maps.

[Flying Rhino]

I usually just toss the 800 on the back of a much larger truck to unlock map markers.

[Beast of War]

Originally posted by ARGENTINA CAMPEÓN DEL MUNDO:

Disagree. If driven carefully, it's a nice scout that can go through many small spots where other scouts fail. In fact, as soon as OP can unlock bigger tires and elevated suspension, it's an amazing exploration tool - especially on the first couple maps.

And i agree with that. There are no useless vehicles in the game. Only vehicles that need certain conditions to work well.

Smaller scouts just don't do well on roads. But that is not what you use them for. They are used to scout there where trucks fear to tread or are likely to fail. Between dense trees, up narrow rock paths. Up slopes you expect to roll with a truck. A lot of watchtowers are best unlocked with scouts : when you roll trying to reach them you can have the battery powered winch ( autonomous scout winch ) and pull yourself on your wheels again. A truck would have failed and needs rescue or recovery.

You can even crane scouts on a truck flatbed or trailer and pack them ( wheels locked ) for faster and easier transport to places where you want to scout. So you don't have to struggle all the way there with small wheels. They can serve as an extra fuel tank packed on trucks as well.

Lots of scouts can pack fuel, spare wheels and repair kits on their roofs. Be careful with that, it is not a logical upgrade you always should take, they really make you roll more readily as you raise the center of gravity. If you raise your suspension AND have a roof kit you are practically setting yourself up to roll.

Scouts are lousy trailer pullers and thus cargo transports ( but you can ) but there is one exception : the International Loadstar, in between of a light truck and a medium truck is classed as a scout car and can have both the battery winch and pull scout trailers amazingly well.

The Scout 800 is a nice small scout. It will squeeze in between the most tight spots, and is thus able to go right through dense tree area's that block anything else. You can cut off long detours with that when unlocking watch towers or doing "visit a place" missions. The latter you can expect in all DLC as well. And even if you don't really need it for that, once in a while it is nice to have an excuse to take a scout out of the garage.

On a final note : a lot of scouts have no ability to pull scout trailers ( even with a visible hook ) other then by winch but some have that ability blocked by mounting a spare wheel on the back door. So if you wonder, remove the spare wheel.