

Luckily, Spintires provides an extensive tutorial that gets players used to the basics – such as releasing the parking brake (yes, this is a real thing that you’ll be doing a lot), dealing with advanced commands such as attaching a trailer, loading up cargo and, of course, driving through mud, rivers, and other such naturally occurring environmental hazards (but mostly the mud). However, initial impressions can be misleading because if you can push beyond that initial rush of “Oh my god why I am doing this?”, then Spintires soon reveals itself to be a thoroughly deep affair that rewards the amount of time that players put into it. The net result of this approach is that Spintires can feel sometimes akin to a chore, rather than a driving experience that you’ll want to absorb into every atom of your being. Grinding through the mud is one thing – having to do it whilst transporting a massive fuel tank is quite something else.

Eschewing arcade-style handling, Spintires instead embraces a simulation type model that prizes advanced physics and measured driving skills over just about anything else. Mudrunner PS4 Review Spintires: MudRunner American Wilds demands your patienceįor the uninitiated Spintires: MudRunner is all about getting heffing big trucks, lorries and other improbably sized vehicles to a particular destination without tipping the hulking things over or otherwise causing damage to the cargo that you might be transporting.
