Once unlocked it will behave like the other garage(s).įuel depot – Used to refill a truck’s fuel tank as well as fill a tanker (cistern) on a truck. This is dock by fitting a truck with a ‘Garage Carriage’ while at your starter garage. If you find another garage in the game while exploring, you’ll need to deliver its listed number of ‘garage points’ to unlock it. Garages – A garage will fix your truck and refuel your truck. The only other way to change trucks is to drive up next to one, hit advanced, and then change trucks and pick a truck. While in the map you can hit the keyboard number by a truck and be transported to the cab. If you have an active garage on the map and you are not in hardcore mode, while in the map you can click on the garage (just under the word garage) and you’ll get an option to reset the truck you are in to that garage and get it repaired.Īlso, while in the map, on the left hand side you’ll see all the found trucks you have. Clicking OK on the waypoint removes all waypoints, so once you’ve set a route, hit F1 again to go back to the game. Left clicking on the map adds a waypoint. A small log load is 2 pints, a medium log load (requires a medium trailer) is 4 points, and a large log load (requiring a larger trailer) is 6 points. You need to get a required number of points to each area. The basic goal of the game is to get lumber form the logging area to the objective areas. If you find you are really, really stuck, make sure the parking brake is off.į1 – Map. This can be handy when trying to sqeeze through tight spaces. When on they can make it easier to see ahead of you, but make the surround terrain darker (just like real life… a cool effect actually). Handy for quick switching or resetting the camera.Ģ – This will toggle the camera facing forwards on the trailer rear axle if you have a trailer. Generally a big truck cannot be winched out by a smaller truck.ġ - This toggles the forward and rearward view while driving the truck. If you change trucks while attached to something with the winch the connection is broken. If you make a connection and then toggle out of advanced mode you can still use the ‘F’ key to pull while using W,A,S,D to drive the truck in question. You can pull in the winch using the ‘F’ key. You should then get a line connecting the two. Click on one of those dots and all other points nearby (trees or connections on another truck) will appear. How it works is once in advanced mode you will see dots on your truck (one or two in the front, and usually one in the back) near the bumper. The winch is activated via the advanced mode. This can also result in some very bad high-speed handling since the tires are fighting for traction.Īll wheel drive only will improve your traction, but it will not do much to improve handling.ĭifferential Lock only will improve high-speed handling but will hurt your mileage and turning radius.īoth on will give you the best traction, but the worst mileage and turning. This make for better traction, but when on has a serious impact on fuel consumption and turning radius.Ī side note: If you have both all wheel drive and differential lock in the off position (default condition on the start of any new vehicle) you’ll have the worst overall traction, but the best mileage and turning radius. When on this uses more fuel, but it forces both wheels of an axle to spin at the same rate. The tire with the worst traction will get most of the power per axles (because the differential like the path of least resistance). This option, when turned on, uses more fuel but puts power to all axles. You have to steer in each direction.Į – All wheel drive. Remember this when your tires are completely buried and you cannot move. In most driving games when you stop turning using a keyboard the wheel will center themselves but in Spintires they do not. Personally on some trucks in some terrain, I just jam it in to 1st (left middle slot) to stop listening to the engine revving when you hit second.Ī note about turning, at least with a keyboard. If you get fed up with the gear shifting that way you can use the other three options. Starting players might want to leave it in the upper right corner for automatic. The top left position is second gear and higher. The left middle position is first gear only. R – Select gear change: If you hit the gear change key you will be given a stick shift in the bottom right corner of the screen. If in automatic it’ll eventually make you go backwards. Note that I am a keyboard player, so people with Xbox360 controller might have a slightly different result. Some of the Youtube videos out there I think give away a little too much, so this is a short list of things that might help a new player. I wrote this to help new players without giving away too much of the game.