Mudrunner vs snowrunner upgrade#
Upgrade locations, vehicles and various tasks can all be found by taking a drive through the scenery. In Michigan for example (the introductory location), the already sizeable Black River map connects onto three additional maps, meaning there’s hours upon hours of scenery and routes to explore. However, what I didn’t initially realise was that there’s multiple maps per location.
Mudrunner vs snowrunner plus#
Three primary locations, plus more to comeĪgain, hopping into the game for the first time I was aware of three locations – Michigan, Alaska and Taymyr, Russia. And talking of maps, the scale and variety on offer is deeply impressive.
Wheel support is present, although we’re yet to try this.Įach vehicle has an appreciably different feel with various strengths and weaknesses, yet you’ll likely find yourself finding a core selection of trucks and shipping them around various maps to carry out missions. The controls themselves take some getting used to, especially the steering, with far less immediacy (on controller) than you’d be used to on other driving games. And, while you may not be racing, deft throttle and steering inputs are still key to effective driving. Regardless of upgrades, some trucks will always be better suited to driving on large, fast (er) roads with little challenging terrain, yet will prove themselves hopeless on narrow rutted tracks where a smaller, more versatile vehicle is needed. Upgrades include different tyres (road, off-road, chained etc), engines, transmissions and body attachments, the latter allowing you to change a flatbed truck into a fuel tanker or repair truck etc. There’s a choice of 40 vehicles on offer (more since various updates that we’ll discuss later) and each is customisable using XP and cash earned from completing tasks and contracts. It’s important, then, to pick the right tools for the job. And trust me, when you’re on the other side of the map from the garage with no other vehicles nearby, this is incredibly frustrating. Pick the wrong route and end up in a ‘hidden extrusion’ (massive ditch in the road) and you could find yourself hideously stuck or – worse – the wrong way up. Developer Saber Interactive has created an advanced physics engine that allows for a huge range of variables out in the wilderness.įor example, unlike in MudRunner, each surface has varying ‘viscosity’ – higher viscosity makes the ground harder to pass and is indicated by darker ground. Just getting my little pickup truck to the first location was challenging enough, thanks to the route being littered with deep mud baths, collapsed bridges and hilariously steep inclines. You pick objects up at point A (concrete slabs, oil drums, logs – you name it) and ferry them across the map to point B.
Sure, I love a good racing game but I was intrigued by the decidedly pure premise of SnowRunner. Having not played the title’s MudRunner predecessor, I was coming into SnowRunner with eyes wide open.