Well I couldn't hold back anymore after hearing Sethos talk about Spintires and showing his pictures. Sure enough this game plays smooth and looks great except I have no idea what I'm doing.
The terrain and mud deformations is really cool. Your tires actually get mud caked on there and it stays that way. Somehow driving the little UAV I damaged my spare tire mounted on the back.
I'd appreciate any tips. I'm still learning how the gears work. How do you switch between vehicles? Is it possible so that if you get stuck you can go get another vehicle to try to pull them out?
My first real romp out in the mud and I get hopelessly stuck
Thankfully they gave me a handy dandy winch to play with. I attached this to a tree way off to my right so it was fun seeing my vehicle get jerked around
I started over and fiddling with the gears, I really got the UAV moving down this mud road and discovered a cabin with a heavy lifting truck next to it.
Its interesting to think of all the possibilities with this. I remember seeing a Dirties Jobs with Mike Rowe and he worked with the U.S. Army team that uses blocks and tackles and winches to move tanks and trucks out of tricky scenarios.