Snowrunner Top 10 Crippled Trucks 

It would be great if it was possible to mount an extra fuel tank instead of a spare tire. I don't need spare tires very often, but fuel is always a problem.

The CAT was not designed for mud use, it's a mine haul/support truck. Those run on prepared dirt roads, nowhere near any deep mud or water. It's perfectly realistic as-is.

Still waiting on that Derry 4520 buff. "The one military truck to rule them all" says the description in game. Yeah right....

And with the telehandler, it’s more for just having fun realistically

The Twinsteer is my favorite truck in the game despite your accurate shortcomings listed. That's why I usually winch a Loadstar behind it with a crane just in case

"Also CATs hate water" _"Ironic"_ By the way, I personally think that all of the truck are great. The International and Royal are both potato and I do agree with your points but that's just me.

"The Twinsteer flips too easily" You could flip an F1 car driving like that buddy.

AMK MK 38 is one of my favorite, I kinda like the fact that it’s limited to the one truck bed and it handles really well, I think it’s a lot of fun to drive

congrats SD1One! This was featured on the snowrunner discord.

Yea the WSTS (Western Star Twin Steer) is limited. I think it's to tall for saddle low, but I'd love to see it get a saddle high added. As for tipping, run it on stock suspension and dual rear 55' OHD I tires. The machine is a beast. Maybe a little less speed being on smaller tires, but it still plows though absolutely everything and it's way more stable. I though it would bottom out and get stuck easily on stock suspension, but I've been running it around Amur Oblast like this and let me tell you, it does not get stuck. I think as long as you go to the Kola region and get the AWD, it doesn't matter what suspension or tires you use. Once you have AWD the WSTS just motors. With P512 you have to be careful. Does the P512 have AWD in real life or is it realistically a RWD like the P16? I remember when AWD was added for the GMC MH9500, the casual players liked it (I like it) but the real hardcore players where all like "What is this? This is unrealistic. The MH9500 doesn't have AWD in real life. This ruins the truck." People where fine with AWD on the WSTS because in real life that truck has a AWD setup, but the MH9500 does not. I've heard similar complaints about the GMC Brigader to, people saying "Oh look, another truck with magical non-existant AWD." So I think you really have to be careful, not all trucks need AWD and we have dozen's of AWD options to choose from. So Sabre should probably makes to how they are based on real life spec. I always choose dual rear over single rear mudtires anyway, and if you really want mud tires you can use UOD II. Anything with a 2.0 or over is classed as a mudtire in SnowRunner, the UOD II has a mud rating of 1.9 (other offroad tires are 1.5). So UOD II Offroad are pretty much mudtires. But yea, I wouldn't complain about the Royal getting actual mud tires. And yes diff-lock would be nice. I agree ANK needs more body add-on's. This is also another truck I feel is usually better on a lower suspension (Active or Stock) with dual rear tires. Diff-lock with maybe raised and bigger wheels would be nice. But again I'd be wary about adding AWD if it doesn't have it in real life, otherwise people will complain. But I do think all trucks really should have diff-lock. Yea winch on the Freightliner really is in the way. The reason the crane sits so far back on the 5319 is because the second set of front wheels is the way. As for the fuel, it's not bad as the 5319 is a powerful truck and covers a lot of ground for the fuel it has. Still a increase would always be nice. I agree Marshall needs a fuel buff and trailer support. Big powerful scouts like the F-750, Yar and Loadstar can haul trailers but a little jeep can't? Marshall is like at best the the 5th best offroader in scouts behind the 3 I just mentioned and the Tatarin. It's not like the Marshall is overpowered or anything. Sabre really needs to add trailers for all trucks. I agree the 770G is pretty useless. I disagree with middle axle trucks. Going over a sharp mountain peak is a unrealistic test you'll almost never see in-game. I used the CAT CT681 and Western Star 49X in Amur Oblast for hauling short logs, and they did GREAT at that job. Very capable trucks. And the Derry has been a beast ever since they gave it active suspension. I agree back when the middle axle was locked permanently in the lowered position, the Derry was awful. But now with Active suspension I've used it in Taymir, Kola, Yukon, etc. Don't sleep on the Derry, it's a slow but capable beast of a truck. I agree the Derry 4520 needs a new engine, we need a new top American engine engine in general really. I don't like the rear steer the Derry 4520 has either, to sensitive, The Azov 73210 has a nice rear steer. If they could adjust the Derry's rear steer to be more like the Azov that'd be great.

Twinsteer has this thing at the back that I've seen can be folded and you can use it as a saddle to tow trailers. Would be cool to see it in the game, wonder how difficult would that be to implement though.

The Khan’s fuel tank is never really gonna be an issue, even with the best engine upgrade it’s ridiculously fuel efficient and the roof rack comes with 2 entire refills

Damn you guys remember his old videos, how much SD1 evolved, keep up brother!

forgot to mention the derry longhorn 45 being a absolute slug power wise when its real life counter part is a beast!

I feel like tag axles are blessings and curses. I've hung up many times on hills too, but sometimes they can help get you unstuck from rocky places if you have no winch points, by raising and lowering it quickly

As we can see it clearly, most are Americans. And to make it worse, I am running an Anerican-only fleet, so I suffer them every day. I can only say they make Russian fleet strong in purpose. 6900 is in my fleet. In real life, 6900 has a flip-up saddle to tow semi trailers, and it actually has trailer hitch, but no trailer support? This caused it can't use trailer store as fuel station and repair shop if there is no other truck. But anyway, with careful driving, it serves its role well, before 5600TS, it's my primary cargo hauler. P512PF, almost same story with P16, a great 6x4. And they even do the same trick on tires, they give ridiculous mud grip attributes on 512's tires. BM17, since it lacks diff-lock, I never bordered it. MK38 is in my fleet. If with frame add-on capability, I believe it's American Tayga. 4070A, no difflick, no AWD, no use. Never border it, the only useful thing is it can be acquired free, good money. M916A1 is in my fleet. And may be surprise for you, it plays the role of high-saddle heavy hauler! It proved its capability in the mission . Yeah it's pure decorative winch sits in the ways of some trailer limited its capability. And I don't think its gear box is problem, I feel its actually not bad, with 3 low gears, and 6AT is faster than off-road 4ATs. 5319, it's Russian, so is not in my fleet. But I tried it back to days in Taymyr, it's pretty good. It's fuel thirsty engine and tiny fuel tank, has similar story with MK38. They both are unstoppable fast off-roader, they always reach its destination or refuel point before run out of fuel. And yeah, the no-reason gap. If it can mount the crane at rear of frame, it gonna be perfect. The small crane, I don't know how Russian version performs. The American LC3.8 can't lift cargo when the arm fullly extend. And it's not long enough to reach the rear end of trailer. So I must deattach the trailer to load or unload it. Khan39, I am glad when they small it's fuel tank, I have got 1700, no longer use it. 770G, also has tires with ridiculous mud grip attributes, but still, no AWD, no role for my fleet. Apache, I thought it gonna be American Yar87, but it turns out to be Chernobyl-class disappointment! I paied for it, but no trailer support, and the most ridiculous thing is it's FWD when AWD is off. WTF? AYFKM? TH357, the only useful thing is it can be acquired free, good money. Truck with dead axle, that's why M916A1 is high-saddle hauler in my fleet. 4520, I think you forget P12. Both of them have the same problem, insufficient power. They only have enough power to pull themself up the hill, not suitable for trailer towing and towing rescue.. If with enough power, 4520 supposed to be my high-saddle hauler, P12 supposed to be my heavy crane platform and rescuer. Finally, I'd like to mention 5600TS, it's not a very crippled trucks. But it lack high-saddle, why the F when the tiny 4WD C70 can have high-saddle but 10WD 5600 can't? And then its fuel thirsty engine and tiny tank. I run it with crane+bed+ramped flatbed trailer, and usually over load it to 8 to 10 slot of cargo, so the unstoppable-enough story from MK38 and 5319 is not suitable for 5600, so fuel is problem, I have to place fuel trailer along it's path, or another tanker 5600 to run along.

0:39 "Prone to flipping over" *proceeds to go 110kmh down a rock crawling trail*

Very cool your channel, I really like this game too! Congratulations on your videos they are great!

The fact that I couldn’t tell which was the real truck in the Pictures just shows the graphics.

Western star has no reasons to be that easy to flip over

There's a mod for the BM17 that gives it different lock and mud tires but still maintains some game balance, making it an awesome truck to feel cool in without being too OP.

am i the only one that loves the themes from snowrunner?

The Azov is really good in my way of playing, having maintenance trailers at key places on the map for refueling. And a main truck for that is the Royal BM, just put it up with a fuel add-on and maintenance trailer and it's a perfect "gas station", especially on Icy Roads.

Agree with the most, especially longhorn. Such an interesting truck, has great features for the logs carrier. But it just can't handle any steep elevations, sadly. Some trucks in this list have cons but yet prons to compensate it, like twinsteer - it's prone to tipping over, no questions asked, yet only one that can carry 4 pieces of cargo without a trailer. It also has the benefit of a long base, the truck is good in scaling rough terrain anyway, but that also gives an advantage of having say rear axles yet on good ground and pushing front through mud and vise versa. I would say it's in a good balance. Yet all of the trucks missing AWD/difflock are fairly useless. Dead axle gives 0 benefits too, only stands in a way. And I think you missed one important point - the high center of mass. Like on bandit or 42-20. Those are good vehicles, but so prone to tipping over

I agree with the freightliner and winch. Love the truck. Limited on trailers.

AH, finally someone who reports this strange choice made for some truck!

I will still love the BM17 despite it's drawbacks. It's still a good truck but if there is only one thing I hate about it is the stability, its very unstable on roads with different elevation.

This is why it's said American trucks are considered "starter trucks" while Russian vehicles are "endgame trucks" (with a few exceptions).

I find the Azov 5319 to be one of the best trucks in the game. The always on diff lock means you can use H-gear quite liberally, which helps with the fuel consumption. It swims really well. It's an 8x8 that can fit chains. It takes no frontal damage. It tends to climb out of mud due to the shape of the nose. It's my go-to rescue/support truck. It's also a good truck when playing with a new player. When fully built it's a solid mid-game truck and it's relatively easy to obtain. Really its fuel consumption is the only big downside of that truck and that seems quite an obvious game-balance choice. Same kinda goes for the Derry Longhorn 4520. Unlike the ZiKS or the Kolobs it can have chains. It's steering rear axle makes it surprisingly nimble. But the chains basically etch out it's niche. It can haul Saddle High trailers up icy slopes where the usual suspects just can't. I wouldn't go into the Yukon or Amur without it.

1:45 I wish it was that exact truck that was in the game, it looks badass

Love this video!! You are so right and we need to make the dev's do something. The Russian trucks are far better than the American trucks because of the mud tires. The Khan needs to be changed back to how it was, mods make the standard trucks look sick. We need more options like tires, fuel tanks, etc. This is supposed to be a sim game and sim games make their vehicals as close to the real thing as possible and not suck. Do you hear that dev's?

All absolutely true, totally agree with you, Ty.

I m so glad you mentioned the Loadingscreen wich shows AMK with Fuel Tank, Makes ne sad Since i saw it

Since it got AWD I you TwinSteer a lot. You can use smaller tires and lower suspension, it helps with the tipping problem.

I just want him to do a drag race with every car in the game at once, it'd break the internet

Twinsteer is problably one of the more useful trucks in arctic terrain. It's got the biggest chained wheels. And with AWD from Immandra. Its quite nice.

tbh i love my Twinstear. dont drive it like you stole it :) and the Royal. man that truck takes me from A-B anyday. but yes some al well drive or mud tires would be grand

Back in the days when Mudrunner was new you could use notepad to easily edit the game files(once you get used to how messy they seem to be, it became very easy to reliably modify them without causing any errors, plus you could modify them while ingame!). This was super useful for adding different wheels onto some vehicles - for example a ZAZ 968 with MAZ 7410 wheels(simply increase body lift and change the wheels). Maybe something like this is possible in Snowrunner, it would help maybe to add some addons to some trucks that feel like they deserve them. When my new SSD arrives and I reinstall windows I will try to see if it is the same as Mudrunner and show you how to do it if you don't already know

I love the twin steer but it has one irl mod that would be nice in the game, that brown plate near the back is actually a fifth wheel hitch that flips up. But the game won’t let you.

I totally agree with you, the ANK and P512pf have the same fuel issue that the AZOV has. Especially your special mentions are totally true! The CAT Telehandler should at least have Scout hitch so its usefully for ANYthing! The only point I disagree is the big Derry Longhorn. It hates deep mud, because it has small tires, but its the best heavy hauler of US. My personal No1 is the P12: its a great setup over all with 6x6, big tires, and high frame but it has to little torque that you can get stuck on hills with a trailer easily. that vessile wont start at all even in Low Gear with biggest eninge! That makes it useless for hauling heavy cargo. In addition it flips over very easily

This is why I use the JBE mods. The Royal is one of my favorite trucks.

I disagree with the 5319 because it makes up for the high fuel consumption with good speed in highrange

The pacific needs awd so bad it’s one of the coolest trucks in the game and I want to be able to actually use it

i was pissed when they nerfed the khan pre ordered for nothing used that scout truck to get the watchtowers keep up the vids

So true with the pacific it gets totaly screwed off-road 90% of the time and I mostly just have to tow it up the road with the tatarin

Bm17 was my favourite truck I used in Alaska it was flawed but performed quite well I thought

I´ve found the Royal during a mission. And from this moment is my best truck for snow/mud roads. I didn´t test it on deep mud, because I have others for this kind of roads.

I like the Derry long just hate the slow steering on it and if you know how to use the dead axel it’s a great feature but thanks for high lighting it’s lows I started playing this game 2 months ago

The 4520 would be one of the best tractors in the game with more power. It's maneuverability is unmatched and it has more then acceptable offroad capabilities. But the p2w ratio is absolutely terrible. As it stands I use it frequently but with more power it would be my absolute go to for saddle low duty.

* The Twinsteer doesn't topple that easily is great at what it does. It just should turn it's back wheels as some mods fix. * The Royal is easy to get to and will be a big leap up from starter trucks. It tips easily and at times you miss a diff lock but it's efficient, fast and relatively powerful. * ANK MK38 is also rather easy to get to early on and will be a nice upgrade from starter trucks. It's fast and pulls through a lot but it's not fuel efficient and limited in options. * Freightliner M916A1 is one sexy semi that indeed is hampered by it's tow cable setup in the back. It really would look great as a logging truck :D The AZOV 5319 is my favorite truck!! Looks great and is a super fast 8x8!! Just not very fuel efficient that's all :p But I agree, they could make it even better without the weird spacing! For the rest I generally agree yes...

P512 I think need AWD. Every Pacific truck in the game has a purpose except for that one. It's just a worse P16

I have the Peterman mod and let me tell you. The EV AWD coupled with diff lock makes it an unstoppable machine

Everything about the western star is true, and yet it's the truck that I use the most. Probably because in most situations you are hauling cargo, often in areas where u don't want to take a trailer and you are going slow enough that you won't tip.

I use the civilian ANK as my main truck, allong with the p16 tbh they cover almost everything that needs doing

The DL 4520 & CAT 770G I agree that it’s the most crippled trucks in game in my opinion

5:54 extremely good point

Most of the issue in here like additional add ons/fuel/tires/diffLock can be easily done by the devs if they wanted to or Yourself(on pc version by editing xml files) except the ANK38 & twinsteer's built-in sideboard & flatbed which are not seen as addon by the game.

The nav is my go to other then the OP truck the nav helped me though the game lol

many trucks are crippled just for "gameplay-tactics" maybe... you need to choose, pick up the right model for every job.... with all perfect there wouldnt be any choice

The Royal BM17 is a great truck though. But even i will agree, the lack of mudtires does make it a difficult truck to use anywhere but off-road and onroad. Great for early game use, better than most. RIP mudtirws for it tho. And diff lock.

man that Snowrunner music is addictive

This video makes me want to get snowrunner again

Royal is a great truck. It got me through all of Michigan and some of Alaska. I compared both the Royal and Paystar and even with no diff lock the Royal was the better hauler and offroader.

Well for the CAT... when they finally add cargo types which require tippers? Like sand, dirt, coal, rocks etc, etc... this truck would suddenly useful as hell

The "forklift" is great for one thing: Log "cheating" -Bring it to a log spawner and a truck with a sideboard semitrailer , spawn 3 logs CAT on one side , trailer paralell to the other. -The fork does not count as "blocking the area" -Lift 3 medium/short or 2 long logs at once so you can more easily keep track of loads -Take a basic crane (or log loader) to push the logs back - repeat until you reach desired loads. 12 long or 24 meduim in 2 layers should fit "safely" on the semitrailer - Get to destination -tip trailer to unload 4 "loads" from A to B in one go you are faster that way than going back and forth in most cases, even if you are slow at maunal loading, as trips can take you 5-10 minutes easily You are way faster than using the log crane as its grabbing is so weak that it cant grab 3 logs at once, the CAT can.

The Twinsteer should at least have an option to use a crane :/ Such a cool truck!

The problem with heavy Derry appears because the game doesn't work with conception of ballast tractors (trucks that have additional weight to add friction and to prevent wheel spin). In Snowrunner there's no wheel spin on hard surfaces. Wheels just don't move at all instead when you lack the power.

I love how this game has a vehicle that is similar to the one I drive irl. The M916A1. I drive the M915A5.

The ANK38 is awesome, tough, and handles everything like a champ and because we have the civilian version I don’t think it needs any changes

Twinsteer is a beast for getting cargo missions done faster, it can plough through anything And it only flips if you don't know how to drive and winch properly ;)

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Nice

Personally i think the Royal is an amazing truck to start off with if your early on in the game, You said mud tires would make it more stable, the reason it tipped is because you drove it up a fricking grass bank...

The p512pf is actually a p510pf if you google it(I know its the game developers fault). Most of the pacific trucks in real life are rwd because of where they were used so it makes sense why it doesn't have awd. And the transtar didn't ever come with awd or diff lock because it was meant for just road use same with the ford. They are both very capable trucks in a majority of Alaska, majority of Michigan, and the 2nd map of Canada.

I love the apache yes I hate that it can attach trailers but I hardly use trailers anyways with scouts to me they just slow the scouts down especially when offroading tho the apache is pretty decent for mud well deep mud can slow it down so I always try to go around deep mud in any scout but otherwise it's decent

I've never had a problem with the twins twinsteer ngl

I agree some trucks NEED improvements but not others. I agree with making trucks useable in game (Transtar, Ford CLT, Freightliner M916) but others will become O.P. if upgraded (TwinSteer, Pac, Royal).

I feel like they’re going to eventually give us a variant of the ANK MK38 with addons or at least saddles

id agree about the apache but i fixed it in my game. took about 2 hrs to learn how to mod the game and i fixed the sht suspension, the weird fwd setup and adjusted the steering. i left the trailer issue because its my main scout and i have other trucks to haul with, no need for a trailer

The Derry Longhorn 4520 now has a more powerful engine upgrade in Maine, Yellow Rock National Forest.

Funny thing is, the Royal BM17 is based of the British Scammell S24.

It's a shame about the Khan Marshall. It's a good scout and you get it for free with the DLC but ultimately, it's free money since it's useless. Very tippy, no trailer support and the tiniest fuel tank ever. Sure the roof rack addon triples it's autonomy, but that makes it even more prone to tipping over. Do yourself a favour and get the YAR 87.

The twinsteer was a bit of a WTF truck for me. No AWD (until you can upgrade it later) no ability to carry long logs. Just didn't make any sense to me so swapped out for twice TS mod which is a little op.

7:39 - you can install snorkel on CAT 680 and 681

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I personally love the Western Star twin steer. You absolutely can't take it to those tight twisty roads. But if you just go into low and take it easy there's no reason you can't take the thing off road. Diff lock an all-wheel-drive it gets that monster through a lot of situations and is a great puller when you have something stuck

The drop axles alone are usually useless in general majority of the loads you carry the trucks can hand perfectly fine, it’s cosmetic pretty much other then a slight rise in suspension but not enough to mean anything

To use the twinsteer for ridiculous things like hauling heavy trailers on its bed, speeding through uneven terrain without flipping, and going through tight corners with it, you have to know how to maneuever it in the right ways

to be fair to the azov the crane moves the flat bed back due to the wheel, they can slot the crane ontop of the front stearing wheels

5:37 That "waste of space" is for the spare wheel in the back.

It’s weird because when I use the western star I barely flip

They really nerfed the Khan into the dirt by cutting it´s fuel tank almost in half. It´s still a strong truck if u wanna do some rescue operations with it. But sadly scouting with it without already knowing where u can get fuel is no longer a safe option. U could add the roof rack but then u would have a problem with it tipping over and the thing is already very unstable without the rack. Allowing it to hook up to scout trailers would be a good change. Not only would u have a fuel source but u could leave it in a spot for your bigger trucks if they should need fuel later. They may aswell do this as i have seen many ppl just use the winch and drag a big fuel trailer behind it anyway. Atleast then ppl might actully use the trailer hook.

Considering the fact that most of what you do in this game is hauling cargo, I don't think a lack of body add-ons for the TwinSteer and MK38 is a problem; both of them can annihilate pretty much any trail, and quickly.

I understand your complaints with a lot of these trucks but stuff like the dead axles is actually more useful than youre realizing. Ive used the derry a lot and the non driven axle has saved me more than it has hindered me. I cant recall many situations that it hindered me but its great when youre towing and you need more ground clearance, then if youre getting stuck with those wheels just lift them back up. The derry works better than most trucks with the dead axles I have rarely found anything in the actual maps like that test hill where you bottom out a lot

That wasted winch spot on the freightliner kills me. Also please give us mud tires on the North American trucks already! The only one we got has no add on options. I get the bias as it’s a Russian game but dang yo!

Pacific p16 has off-tires in the 4th map loading screen but is limited to just its stock setup

5:35 It would be unrealistic to phase the spare tire through the crane alongside with the sideboard or flatbed addon. And I find that it works well with a fuel tank, having a strong suspension, robust offroad capacity and the complete reduction of engine collision damage. It works best as a utility vehicle, and is one of the best suited towards it.

the twinsteer..it lacks trailer support..which is messed up knowing the model itself has the required attachement, just being not deployed

Most of the trucks he mentioned in this video i use for my snowrunner missions

Those dead axles are supposed to be able to be lowered for more traction when needed then raised to lower fuel consumption. I assume it's a feature that never got added.