WTF is wrong with this game

[PLAYLIFE]

I select career mode. First mission look for watch tower. I can't drive the truck 20 meters before it bogs down in mud with helpful winch points too far away. I've reset the car 6 times. Slow gear, AWD, revers, winching, nothing gets me through that mud after the first 20 meters!!! This is not fun. Just pure frustration.

I get trying to make a challenging game, but JESUS, let me drive more than 20 meters on my first mission.

[Arpente Reves]

That's weird since according to steamdb, half a million people own the game, yet I haven't seen a lot of complaints about the tutorial being too hard
Are you sure you're taking the right road?

[SlowClick]

Take it easy - use AWD, drive in 3rd person view (ie not in the cabin) so you can see where you are going. Yes, it's slippery where you start with the Chevy, but (I can't think of a kind way to say this) we all started there and all got through.

However, I had to restart 2 - 3 times before I got the hang of it. Now, 1000 hours later It's still pure frustration, but very satisfying and fun. Many thousands of players have got more than 20 meters.

Do yourself a favour and don't play in hard mode to start with- use normal mode for a few hours at least. Hard mode only adds an extra layer of difficulty (limited resourses mainly) which might not be helpful.

You can look at various YouTubes (how to start out with Snowrunner - or similar), and guides in the Guides section of this community - all helpful to get started.

[PLAYLIFE]

Yep, found the solution in a youtube video. Low gear and then select all wheel drive. wish it would have been more clear, before I wasted 20 minutes.

[Arpente Reves]

Originally posted by PLAYLIFE:

Yep, found the solution in a youtube video. Low gear and then select all wheel drive. wish it would have been more clear, before I wasted 20 minutes.

My dude that's explained. AWD is pretty clear if you don't live in the jungle, and the game tells you that low gear helps in mud

[Nite69]

Originally posted by PLAYLIFE:

Yep, found the solution in a youtube video. Low gear and then select all wheel drive. wish it would have been more clear, before I wasted 20 minutes.

You bought an offroad game you should have known that AWD and Low gear, and in some cases "Diff Lock" is needed lol

[kurycz]

Aren´t there some bugs in new version? I started game after few weeks and also feels to me that some things are wrong. I use big crane and legs are stucking in mud even when are only 1cm deep in mud - it feels like truck hit some big obstacle, but I am only riding thru lightly muddy road.

[Nite69]

Originally posted by kurycz:

Aren´t there some bugs in new version? I started game after few weeks and also feels to me that some things are wrong. I use big crane and legs are stucking in mud even when are only 1cm deep in mud - it feels like truck hit some big obstacle, but I am only riding thru lightly muddy road.

the only major one is the game lagging really bad during autosaves, but besides that, its been really good here

[mudman_lp]

Honestly, I struggled a lot with that initial truck as well. I hated it, it's not an off road truck. Things really took off for me when I was able to sell enough to buy an offroad truck. I don't recall what I did, but as soon as you get enough to sell and buy an offroad truck, do it.

[Vimpster]

Originally posted by mudman_lp:

Honestly, I struggled a lot with that initial truck as well. I hated it, it's not an off road truck. Things really took off for me when I was able to sell enough to buy an offroad truck. I don't recall what I did, but as soon as you get enough to sell and buy an offroad truck, do it.

Every vehicle in this game is quite capable of off-roading. Some more than others though, and some require upgrades while others do not. All the starting vehicles can go through pretty much anything once fully upgraded.

[Arpente Reves]

Originally posted by Vimpster:

Originally posted by mudman_lp:

Honestly, I struggled a lot with that initial truck as well. I hated it, it's not an off road truck. Things really took off for me when I was able to sell enough to buy an offroad truck. I don't recall what I did, but as soon as you get enough to sell and buy an offroad truck, do it.

Every vehicle in this game is quite capable of off-roading. Some more than others though, and some require upgrades while others do not. All the starting vehicles can go through pretty much anything once fully upgraded.

A shame the upgrades for the beginner GMC are hidden in Kola tho
Thing is, you have to upgrade them. Started a new play through with a friend, just having all terrain tires was like having rain after month of drought. Highway tires are awful

[MarkJohnson]

Yeah, I struggled a lot the first 100 hours and I live in the pacific northwest. It took me forever to reach level 10 (100 hours+). If I didn't give the game the benefit of the doubt and refused to give up until 30-days, just so I got my money's worth, regardless if I loved or hated it.

I think I still hate it. I gave it a negative review, just from the simple hard ass start. Once I got to around level 13 and got my mud tires, it was better, but then I keep hitting death traps all over the map.

For an off road game, you can't go off road much, without major issues. I learned after the first 100 hours to keep to the roads, or not stray too far.

But I know I'm over 500 hours by now and my second playthrough, so I must like it, or like punishing myself? lol

Hopefully this new Alaskan trucker game will fill the spot this game should have been. It even lets you get out of the truck, apparently. That was what I hated about this game. Not being able to look ahead or get a better look at the terrain.

[Emaulligu]

Look up Spintires and Mudrunner if you want an actual offroading game.
Snowrunner completely gave up on the physics, and Alaskan Truck Sim is just yet another "simulator" game done by PlayWay in 6 months that will never be good. I'm also pretty sure it's not meant to be an offroading game anyway, they just mashed together all the rejected ideas from ATS like weather and getting out of the truck, but the result is still laughable.

[Nite69]

Originally posted by MarkJohnson:

Yeah, I struggled a lot the first 100 hours and I live in the pacific northwest. It took me forever to reach level 10 (100 hours+). If I didn't give the game the benefit of the doubt and refused to give up until 30-days, just so I got my money's worth, regardless if I loved or hated it.

I think I still hate it. I gave it a negative review, just from the simple hard ass start. Once I got to around level 13 and got my mud tires, it was better, but then I keep hitting death traps all over the map.

For an off road game, you can't go off road much, without major issues. I learned after the first 100 hours to keep to the roads, or not stray too far.

But I know I'm over 500 hours by now and my second playthrough, so I must like it, or like punishing myself? lol

Hopefully this new Alaskan trucker game will fill the spot this game should have been. It even lets you get out of the truck, apparently. That was what I hated about this game. Not being able to look ahead or get a better look at the terrain.

lol thats where I am too, Sumner / Puyallup / Orting area