Spintires

[Stealhead]

Anyone play this? I suppose not a search found nothing. Neat game heavy duty utility off road in Russia.
Saw it on Steam and looked about tried the demo neat game.

The basic idea is that you drive different vehicles on large maps with differing terrain the game has a full day night cycle as well. Lots of Russian trucks URAL,MAZ others that I do not know the name off one is the truck used to pull the SCUD.

Anyway you can perform diffrent jobs like deliver lumber or simply drive around and you can try and drive anywhere depending on the terrain you may or may not succeed.You can select to have 4-wheel mulit-wheel and differentials on or off (these use more fuel of course). Kind off fun fording a river and then driving up a bank blazing your own road.:D

What is really neat is that you can actually move the shift column with the mouse or a pad neat little touch.You can also make use of winches when you get stuck hopefully you can get out it does not always work. The deatil level is very nice the suspension is articulated and so are some of the specialty trucks.

The game is fully mod friendly as well so there are already tons of off road type vehicles out there.I have not tried any yet.

Only real dings so far are no in cab view and I dont think it supports any wheels yet nether are game breakers for me the detail makes up for the lack of cab view.Camera can be a bit wonky but not terrible.

Anyway neat little game check out the demo.

couple of screens

PS the trucks have very cool looking diesel exhaust.I had to place the truck in park to take the photos so no use of the accelerator to cause the exhaust.

The damage was caused from rocks hitting the transfer case.I think you can cause damage if you drop into 4 wheel drive while moving as well not sure.

In Russia truck makes road!!
http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q527/datsun260zyojimbo/2014-06-13_00001_zps018d7f1b.jpg (http://s1162.photobucket.com/user/datsun260zyojimbo/media/2014-06-13_00001_zps018d7f1b.jpg.html)


Honestly I have no idea where I am going
http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q527/datsun260zyojimbo/2014-06-13_00002_zpsfe81e055.jpg (http://s1162.photobucket.com/user/datsun260zyojimbo/media/2014-06-13_00002_zpsfe81e055.jpg.html)

[Red October1984]

Honestly I have no idea where I am going

You're not going anywhere with the Parking Brake on. :O:

[Lionclaw]

I'm loving it so far. :)


First thing I did. Maybe 100 metres away from the lumber pickup point. :haha:

http://i.imgur.com/92RWkGA.jpg?1

The water is a bit deep. Misjudged the depth. :oops:

http://i.imgur.com/FeVFsxf.jpg?1

[Betonov]

I LOOOOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

First 2 hours of gameplay: got 300m from the base, drowned one UAZ, overturned 2 trucks and got myself stuck in mud out of range of any winching anchors.
Then closed the game and went offroading with my real life car. :)

[Mud]

http://home.planet.nl/~hart0751/images/st1.jpg

Refill in the middle of nowhere

http://home.planet.nl/~hart0751/images/st2.jpg

Onroute second load (winch time)

http://home.planet.nl/~hart0751/images/st3.jpg

Good infrastructure

http://home.planet.nl/~hart0751/images/st4.jpg

Not so good infrastructure


All in all fun game, especially in hardcore mode

[Skybird]

I was sold, until suddenly:

Only real dings so far are no in cab view and I dont think it supports any wheels yet
That was were it lost me.

A driving simulator without dedicated wheel support, that is like playing Assetto Corsa with XBox controllers. Can be done, yes - but misses the idea completely.

[Oberon]

The developers do the occasional Railsim stuff, they are good guys and I hope this does well, they deserve it. :yep:

[Stealhead]

You're not going anywhere with the Parking Brake on. :O:


I know with the brake off the truck would roll on down the hill while I took the screens.So far as I am aware there is no pause only for time not for live action so to speak.

[Stealhead]

I was sold, until suddenly:

That was were it lost me.

A driving simulator without dedicated wheel support, that is like playing Assetto Corsa with XBox controllers. Can be done, yes - but misses the idea completely.


I suppose so but it is still a fairly fun game certainly not purist though.

The only simulator I have seen that really felt real was an actual tractor trailer simulator I "drove" recently it felt just like the real thing right down to feeling the clutch grab I was surprised it felt just like driving a truck down the road which I do in real life everyday. Of course this machine cost several thousand and actually used a real cab,shift column and steering wheel.

[Betonov]

This game needs a good chainsaw add-on :hmmm:

I'm too fond of going directly trough a forest, not much of a problem with an UAZ, but I just tried the same stunt with the rustbucket (B-class) and trailer :)
I'll just leave them where they are :)

[Stealhead]

Maybe one of those Scandinavian deals that actually walks on legs that would be pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYh54Qdh_5g

[Mud]

Oh man, this game is freaking hard labour :O:

http://home.planet.nl/~hart0751/images/st5.jpg

Stuck again .......

http://home.planet.nl/~hart0751/images/st6.jpg

But I've finally made it :yeah:

[Lionclaw]

Cool stuff! :yeah:

I'm on that level now. :)

Towing fail. :hmmm: :wah:
http://i.imgur.com/vuBZiD9.jpg?1


Lion Towing Co.

Super Cheap Towing

Extensive repairs needed after towing.

http://i.imgur.com/ceTTrLC.jpg?1

[Mud]

:rotfl2::rotfl2:

Thought it was an easy level but that is changing driving with a full load over the plains.
Think I've made a 1k long tow trail :03:

[Lionclaw]

Yeah, it looked easy at the start... Got the UAZ stuck in one place, Ural with garage trailer stuck at the mire road, Kraz is stuck with the Ural. :wah: :hmmm:

Only thing left is the Kamaz, and the one I have yet to unlock. And the E-7310 is out of fuel. :doh:

The Kamaz is a mud plow though from what I've experienced so far. :-?

Need to try and get a fuel truck to the E-7310, so I can drag the Ural to the garage to unlock it.

[Betonov]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t34.0-12/10473167_831426123536573_7161595484840447676_n.jpg ?oh=26218abc3f0169093a223cb1d8354d7d&oe=53A1448B&__gda__=1403073332_193c9025cb5b126d3ea4f72b1bd4582 b

I think this is how my former car was conceived :)

[Lionclaw]

Two offroad trucks have intercourse and out pops an offroad car. :haha: :03:


Here's a transcript of a Q&A with the developer. :)

http://www.reddit.com/r/Spintires/comments/288agy/full_transcript_of_questions_and_answers_from_the/

[Betonov]

Two offroad trucks have intercourse and out pops an offroad car. :haha: :03:



It was a midget :03:

[Betonov]

The trucks really need a side anchor points for the winch.

How am I supposed to put them back on wheels apart from dragging them for half a kilometer until a freak stone causes it to flip on the wheels again. :/\\!!

[Stealhead]

Yeah that would be nice. Another bug is the front mounted muffler for the Ural(what ever it is called in the game) it greatly increases the likelihood of taking damage up front.

Another over sight I noticed is logs if you use a crane to stick them in the mud to give vehicles something to get traction on they respawn.

[THE_MASK]

Playing on hardcore i bogged the logging truck . Went and got a fuel truck and nearly wrecked that and now both trucks are bogged .
http://i61.tinypic.com/f9p187.jpg
Bogged the damn crane truck LOL .
http://i62.tinypic.com/9qv490.jpg

[Nippelspanner]

Bought it too after becoming curious and hearing lots of good about it (also regarding future plans).
I like it, although right now there's not much to do and everything's a little iffy... like damage and fuel consumption seems a little extreme to me.

What I have learned after 30 minutes of testing?
In Russia, truck drives you!

I am looking forward to what may become of this title... and asap camera re-work...:doh:

[THE_MASK]

Bought it too after becoming curious and hearing lots of good about it (also regarding future plans).
I like it, although right now there's not much to do and everything's a little iffy... like damage and fuel consumption seems a little extreme to me.

What I have learned after 30 minutes of testing?
In Russia, truck drives you!

I am looking forward to what may become of this title... and asap camera re-work...:doh:I actually like the camera the way it is . Makes it hard to see around tight forest tracks etc . Not sure what you mean by not much to do .

[Nippelspanner]

I actually like the camera the way it is . Makes it hard to see around tight forest tracks etc . Not sure what you mean by not much to do .
Like objective-wise. Right now we have wood to transport. Well great... for like a few times, then it's boring.

Of course the problems caused by the environment will cause additional "side missions" like pulling yourself out of the mud and I guess in MP its even more fun. Still... if this is all there is, it would be a little shallow, don't you think?

Regarding the camera, it feels bonkers and I'd prefer a first person cockpit perspective (which is in the works) anyways.
The more sim, the better.

[THE_MASK]

Like objective-wise. Right now we have wood to transport. Well great... for like a few times, then it's boring.

Of course the problems caused by the environment will cause additional "side missions" like pulling yourself out of the mud and I guess in MP its even more fun. Still... if this is all there is, it would be a little shallow, don't you think?

Regarding the camera, it feels bonkers and I'd prefer a first person cockpit perspective (which is in the works) anyways.
The more sim, the better.Lets hope they don't grab the initial sales revenue and do a runner .

[Mud]

Lets hope they don't grab the initial sales revenue and do a runner .

http://www.reddit.com/r/Spintires/comments/288agy/full_transcript_of_questions_and_answers_from_the/

I don't think so

Edit: Doh nevermind, I see that LC already posted that link :oops:

[Oberon]

Nah, Oovee are good chaps, been following them for years, since back when they used to do locomotives for BVE, then for Train Simulator and now their own fully fledged sim which seems to be doing well, I'm happy for them. :up:

[Stealhead]

fuel consumption seems a little extreme to me.

What I have learned after 30 minutes of testing?
In Russia, truck drives you!

I do not think that the fuel consumption is that off really the typical tractor trailer in North America averages about 7~9 MPG under load at highway speeds.


I am fairly certain that a log truck would easily suck down the same amount or more under such conditions as seen in the game.

And those huge trucks the MAZ and the other 6 wheel drive I am guessing a 600HP or more engine that equals fuel guzzling machine even with modern technology it is very hard to have lots of power and fuel economy.Also some of it is for game balancing purposes considering the size of the maps.And the MAZ was designed in 63 when fuel reserves where not really a concern.

Edit: MAZ-543 has a 525 hp 38.9 liter diesel range of aprox 650KM http://www.military-today.com/trucks/maz_543.htm
MAZ-535 375hp engine or same engine as the 543 depending on when produced (535 is an older design) range ?

I hopw they add a few like the KZKT-7428 Rusich

[Nippelspanner]

Yeah on second thought I have no doubts anymore...
I hope they will update this game a lot. The potential is gigantic and it is so fun in multi player... if alt+tabbing would not lead to disconnects and lots of other stuff that needs fixing/polishing...

Fingers crossed...

[FPSchazly]

Definitely going to buy this soon. Just looking at the trailer, I was thinking, 'Wow, this looks like one of the most advanced sims of proper vehicle dynamics!' That, and off-roading is always fun haha. The dynamic terrain is a freakin' awesome feature. Multiplayer seems like it would be fun, too! I foresee always pulling my buddy out of the muck :har:

[Nippelspanner]

Definitely going to buy this soon. Just looking at the trailer, I was thinking, 'Wow, this looks like one of the most advanced sims of proper vehicle dynamics!' That, and off-roading is always fun haha. The dynamic terrain is a freakin' awesome feature. Multiplayer seems like it would be fun, too! I foresee always pulling my buddy out of the muck :har:
And rightly so!
It is tremendous fun to just try to get from A to B and watch the tires fight the mud...and water. River crossings are jaw dropping, the physics are absolutely revolutionary.

If you google around a 'lil, you might find it in a game key store and save some bucks, just don't accidentally buy the (cheapest) Russian version.

MP is not really playable at the moment though. You can't save any progress, which is degrading the MP aspect of the game to nothing more than a "proof of concept" or tech demo to be honest. Anyways, I am confident that it will be developed/supported further.

You won't regret buying it though, I am quite sure about that from what you just wrote.

[Stealhead]

I have a lot of fun just coming up with different ways to achieve the log drops.You can even only collect fallen logs to get the quota by using the crane of course.

Once just for fun I took the Maz 535 and then the Kraz with a medium log trailer loaded it up and then pulled the 535 in front and hooked them together and pulled the Kraz and loaded trailer.

It went fairly well until the Kraz tipped over and I had to use the Ural with crane to pick up the logs again.

[Betonov]

Not much happenings with this game.
No new maps, no mod support :hmmm:

On another note, had a jolly good fun thrashing my room after drowning all the trucks in the river map :)

[THE_MASK]

Try my mod .
http://www.oovee.co.uk/forum/files/file/763-spintires-full-hardercore/

[Betonov]

Rocks are more immovable .

this :)


I've been reading on forums, people complain that once a vehicle is modded, you can't load them up or use the winch :hmmm:

[Nippelspanner]

I regret buying this 'game'.
Now let me make one thing clear.

This product is nothing else but a tech demo, showing us cool new physics and "oh look the mud moves omg it looks so awesome when the truck crosses a river oh awesome" - but besides this, the product offers and delivers... nothing.

Nothing in the badly working multiplayer mode is synchronized.
You don't hear other players trucks
Don't see there lights
Don't see them creating FX like exhaust smoke or all the beautiful 'mud moving' effects.
Can't use any other controllers sufficiently except x360.
Can't remap controls.
Camera controls 'questionable'
...this list could be very long...

The goal of the game gets boring after you did it once and maybe even before that, makes you askyourself "wait, what am I doing here!?".

It hurts to see a product with a crapton of potential wasted by a developer who is not using his good amount of cash to get more people on board to work on it.
Either he should have dropped it after release or hired more people who know what they are doing - then the product could one day develop into a real game.

Now, don't go there (in that forum) and dare to say what I said above.
The fanboys are strong there and criticism is not allowed, you will earn the "you got what it said on the box" arguments (which is also not true, note the synchronization errors I mentioned). The same empty excuses fanboys made with, and we hopefully don't have to argue about that title anymore, Takedown: Red Sabre.

It is like going to a car dealer to buy a car and after rolling from the parking lot you crash into the next best obstacle because... no brakes.
You complain at the dealer "Why the hell does the car have no brakes?"
He then calmly tells you of with "Well, you got what it said on the advertisement. No one said it would have breaks".
Well short: Fundamental features and functions that make a game - are missing or incomplete or buggy - therefor I do not call Spintires (or trash like Red Sabre) 'games'.
Oh and... don't ever alt+tab while in multi-player, cause it will cause a disconnect shortly after.

Other than that? Cool tech demo, would love to see so much more of it!

€: I forgot the most important weakspot of this project: No multi-player saves. No. Multi-player. Saves.
What a joke! :stare:

[Betonov]

It is like going to a car dealer to buy a car and after rolling from the parking lot you crash into the next best obstacle because... no brakes.
You complain at the dealer "Why the hell does the car have no brakes?"
He then calmly tells you of with "Well, you got what it said on the advertisement. No one said it would have breaks".


More like advertising: brakes on the way, and then still waiting after a year.

Never played MP and not regretting buying this game, but you still made good points.
They promised a mod support and a campaign mode right after release. Still waiting...

[Nippelspanner]

More like advertising: brakes on the way, and then still waiting after a year.

Never played MP and not regretting buying this game, but you still made good points.
They promised a mod support and a campaign mode right after release. Still waiting...
Exactly, still waiting.
Now, if the product would make good progress in the next months, I won't see a reason to regret buying it any longer - but for now I do.

I really hope the best though!

[Betonov]

Necroing this thread, buuuuahahahahaha.

Yeah, left this game alone for a few months after the great truck drowning on the river. Finished the river map finally today. And when I say finished I mean started from the begining as the save games are gone and the forum is full of grief against the devs for destroying saved games :shifty:

Still, had a ton of fun and still don't regret buying it.

But there's so little done development vise.

[Nippelspanner]

But there's so little done development vise.
Which is a shame, I still keep an eye on it and hope it suddenly makes a move... but nothing happens.
The potential is enormous, they just don't do anything with it.

[Betonov]

They did buff the ZIL-130 (blue 2 axel rust bucket).
That thing used to be useless but now it chews trough mud holes :)

[Nippelspanner]

It was useless, I still liked it though.
But my all time fav is the orange Kamaz, great truck!
Would buy one in real life if I'd need one. :D

[Betonov]

By the words of my Moldova co-worker: they'd pay you to take it :)
But yea, those Kamaz trucks are a regualr sight on various endurance races like the Paris-Dakar rally

http://www.tiagocosta.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/kamaz-dakar-2011-rally.jpg

My game favourite is the Ural though. I like my trucks with a nose. I'm such a non-European :hmph:

[Betonov]

The little rust bucket that could

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/702911362434535096/D74A9466DC860790BBB336C3E1183C7AA0187315/

[Betonov]

AAAAAARGH :stare:

http://i.imgur.com/65kw5yr.jpg?1

:/\\!!