What do you DO in this game? Whats the goal/objective?

[Dastardly Daemon]

Interested in this, but I am curious as to what a player DOES in this game, aside from driving around and offroading?

I guess what I am asking is, what drives the gameplay (again, aside from the fun of off roading in various vehicles)

[GÜrp]

deliver logs to lumber station

[Eldin]

You can describe the whole point of this game in one sentence.
"Pick up the logs and deliver them to lumber station."

But there's a lot more in there.
You'll have to explore maps to find best routes. You'll get stuck in the mud, run out of fuel, fall off the hill, submerge in water, etc. and you'll have to send rescue trucks.

If you decide to play hardcore mode with one star (to start with just one scout car), you'll have to find other trucks on the map. Trucks you find won't be in perfect condition (damaged, low on fuel) so you'll have to make a plan and decide what's the best job for those trucks.

Once you start playing and really get into it, you'll see that there's much more into this game than it might seem on the first sight.

[Gloomster569]

I plan to get all the achievements :)

[Just Chilling]

So the game is not "complete deliveries for money to buy better trucks" ?
With which "then be able to complete more difficult deliveries"?

[Eldin]

Originally posted by Lemon Cheesecake:

So the game is not "complete deliveries for money to buy better trucks" ?
With which "then be able to complete more difficult deliveries"?

Most of the trucks are locked and you have to unlock them by finishing maps.

You can choose your starting trucks (those you have to unlock by finishing maps)
And you have trucks that you find around the maps (you unlock these by getting near them)

[Lowsider]

What is the benefit to change from Spintires to Mud Runner? Is there any discount on steam for spintire users available?

[Dark Sun Gwyndolin]

What I wonder is, how does this game maintain interest? Is the main hook to keep going exploring the map and unlocking trucks? If so, I'm willing to give this game a bash; I can always refund if I hate it. Also, would you recommend playing with MKB or a gamepad?

[Eldin]

Originally posted by Lowsider:

What is the benefit to change from Spintires to Mud Runner? Is there any discount on steam for spintire users available?

There used to be 50% loyalty discount for people who own original Spintires.
That discount stacked with other discounts, I remember it being 90% off during one sale.
But loyalty discount ended when American Wilds released.

Benefit of changing to MudRunner?
There are more maps and vehicles, challenges, new game mode Scavenge. A lot of bugs and issues from original are fixed in MudRunner.

It's still almost the same game, but it's much better than original.

Originally posted by Chloe x Illya LoliLove~!:

What I wonder is, how does this game maintain interest? Is the main hook to keep going exploring the map and unlocking trucks? If so, I'm willing to give this game a bash; I can always refund if I hate it. Also, would you recommend playing with MKB or a gamepad?

This is really weird game when you're trying to explain it to someone who never played it.
It sounds boring when you're taking about it. It looks boring when you're watching someone playing it.
But it's really interesting when you're playing it.

For me, my goal is to perfectly finish all challenges and all maps on hardcore with one star.

Both gamepad and MKB are good with this game.
I usually play driving games with gamepad. But here I still use mouse when navigating map and using winch.

[[{******---Dead4Life---******}]]

Originally posted by Eldin:

You can describe the whole point of this game in one sentence.
"Pick up the logs and deliver them to lumber station."

But there's a lot more in there.
You'll have to explore maps to find best routes. You'll get stuck in the mud, run out of fuel, fall off the hill, submerge in water, etc. and you'll have to send rescue trucks.

If you decide to play hardcore mode with one star (to start with just one scout car), you'll have to find other trucks on the map. Trucks you find won't be in perfect condition (damaged, low on fuel) so you'll have to make a plan and decide what's the best job for those trucks.

Once you start playing and really get into it, you'll see that there's much more into this game than it might seem on the first sight.

Sounds interesting. I am picking the game up. It can me repetitive but I like that. Finding the best route and messing around like in a big sandbox game. Good enough to buy it now. Especially for 16 bucks with all DLCs.