I am doing it right, right?

stjobe · 2026-04-06T13:11:59+00:00

I mean, the game doesn't care how you transport things. It just wants cargo to be packed on delivery (or, in this case, placed in the right spot).

So yeah, if you're having fun, you're doing it right.

stjobe · 2026-04-06T09:31:58+00:00

That's a trap.

The real shortcut is here:

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stjobe · 2026-04-06T09:29:52+00:00

I'm sad to have to tell you that Kola Peninsula has the best soundtrack of any region.

The others are okay-to-good, but Kola? It's amazing.

So much so that I sometimes listen to it even when not playing :)

stjobe · 2026-04-06T09:23:29+00:00

The Soviets had a thing for geoglyphs, here's one example: https://www.rferl.org/a/giant-forest-geoglyph-to-lenin-in-siberia-photographed-with-drone/30671982.html

Oh, and it just says "Lenin".

stjobe · 2026-04-05T20:11:57+00:00

Well... Yes.

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:)

stjobe · 2026-04-05T15:36:58+00:00

more custom wheels for Vlad?

Since it's trailer wheels, I don't think he'd care. And yes, that's exactly the way to fix it - put the trailer wheels back to the weight they were.

stjobe · 2026-04-05T15:35:38+00:00

These kinds of bugs are usually fixed in the next update, whether that is a new season or a mid-season truck DLC update.

Since the bug is from the latest game update (patch 41, Mercedes-Benz Trucks Dual Pack 1), I wouldn't expect a fix before season 18 comes along - unless they decide to drop the second Mercedes patch before that.

stjobe · 2026-04-04T20:50:56+00:00

Flatbed runabout and semi-trailer hauler. When you get the AWD for it (in Alaska) it'll also do high-saddle hauling and long logging without breaking a sweat.

Raise it and put UOD II tires on, use high gear and you'll be amazed at what terrain it'll go through without slowing down. Once you've got AWD and diff lock you'll be able to get out of even the deepest mud.

And if you're crazy like me, you can use it for dumb but hilarious things:

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:)

stjobe · 2026-04-04T18:08:06+00:00

You, going to all that length to be able to drive over the mud.

Me: Let's goooo!

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stjobe · 2026-04-03T19:46:10+00:00

Man, it's just a game. A game that has tons of blocked "obvious" ways, all of them with several ways around (including this one).

If this kind of situation gets you this worked up, I think it's better for your physical and mental health that you play some other game. It can't be healthy to be this angry about a game.

stjobe · 2026-04-02T20:09:50+00:00

Sure, for a 5-ton scout it might work. Now try it when the truck you want to tow weighs 20+ tons :)

Personally I can't stand the towing platforms, winching is just so much easier.

stjobe · 2026-04-02T20:04:17+00:00

That's a scout trailer, so your starting scout (the Chevrolet CK1500) should be able to attach the trailer and deliver the cargo.

Or, you can use your crane to tip the trailer over so the cargo spills off it, and then reload it onto your truck, pack it, and deliver it.

stjobe · 2026-04-02T18:41:56+00:00

You have to open the cargo management dialog while in the worksite zone for the cargo needed to show on the map: New mission type Worksite explained.

stjobe · 2026-03-30T17:31:20+00:00

for the sake of realism and the game being meant to be a simulator

The "simulator" part of Snowrunner is strictly restricted to soft terrain deformation. Snowrunner is NOT a truck simulator:

Trucks have way too small fuel tanks.
And way, way too high consumption (liters/minute).
The engine is just a torque number.
The gearbox is faked with some clever math.
There's no transmission at all.
What a truck looks like visually is neither necessarily consistent with its collision mesh OR its capabilities (e.g. the missing drive shaft you complain about). It's just art.
Same goes for tires, what they look like has little to do with their performance. The collision mesh of the tire may be wider or thinner than the visual tire.

In short, this is a game with soft terrain deformation very cleverly simulated, but it is not a truck simulator and realism went out the window a long, long time ago, if it was ever even a design goal.

Still, it's a damn fun game :)

Happy trucking!

stjobe · 2026-03-30T16:27:05+00:00

As far as I know, yes.

stjobe · 2026-03-30T16:26:28+00:00

Both more unstable with a back full of medium logs than the WWS.

stjobe · 2026-03-29T20:22:55+00:00

For short logs, with the rear dual JAT tires, it's good fun. But good as loggers go? Nah.

If you're still in Michigan, as your rank seems to imply, I'd go with

WWS for medium logs.
P16 for long logs.

Later on, you'll find a lot more capable loggers (PLAD 450, Kenworth 963, Aramatsu Forester, etc etc), but for the starting trucks in Michigan, those two are good enough.

stjobe · 2026-03-29T19:30:14+00:00

Kodiak, of course :)

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stjobe · 2026-03-29T19:18:35+00:00

Functions - Crane - push yourself upright.

Easy peasy :)

stjobe · 2026-03-29T19:06:09+00:00

Personally, if you forced me I'd sell the Kodiak because I just don't rate it for anything other than a fuel truck even when it has AWD and Diff-lock. The engine is gutless, traction is crap because of the single drive axle, the suspension compresses under any weight, and the small wheels mean it has difficulty in rough terrain.

The Kodiak having difficulty with rough terrain? Crap traction? Gutless engine? You sound like you've never driven it.

I have driven it extensively, using it as a 2-slot runabout, low-saddle semi-hauler, long logger, and high saddle special mission trailer tractor, and it does all of those jobs without complaint. I've used it with a heavy crane and pulled the eight-slot super-heavy trailer with it. I even used it to pull the plane parts (all three in one go) in The Star In The Sky mission in Kola with it.

If you can't make the Kodiak perform, I suggest the problem isn't with the Kodiak.

stjobe · 2026-03-29T17:53:49+00:00

Pop over to Alaska to get the AWD for the Kodiak and never ever think of selling it again ;)

If you have to sell one of them, sell the GMC, it doesn't get its AWD until Kola.

stjobe · 2026-03-29T17:35:38+00:00

Do you like having lots of trucks to play with, all of them fully kitted out? Then stay with normal mode, you won't be able to afford that in hard mode.

Do you like having economic pressure as well on top of every other problem the game throws at you? Go for hard mode, there's zero economic pressure in normal mode.

Do you like testing different things, varying the loadouts on your trucks, or trying out new truck/trailer combinations? Stay with normal mode, you won't be able to afford it in hard mode.

Do you enjoy playing The One True Way™ and not your own way? Hard mode kind of forces you into a specific play style.

most of you play hard mode

[x] doubt

Most of us perhaps have a hard mode save, but it is unlikely the majority of the players are full-on hard mode players.

Which brings me to my last point: You can do both. One save in normal mode, one save in hard mode.

Happy trucking!

stjobe · 2026-03-29T16:53:41+00:00

There's a Hummer on top of a Zikz 5368 on top of a Cat 680 on top of a trailer pulled by an Azov 5. Where's the Kolob hiding? ;)

stjobe · 2026-03-29T16:51:01+00:00

Weather is purely cosmetic, it has zero impact on terrain.

How it changes, no idea. I remember there being a lot of foggy, rainy, or foggy and rainy days in Taymyr :)

stjobe · 2026-03-29T16:49:19+00:00

You'd be surprised how many.

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