{"id":12252,"date":"2018-11-08T22:45:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T06:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/spintires-mudrunner-american-wilds-dlc-review-just-plain-rough-n-tumble-fun\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T17:27:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T01:27:32","slug":"spintires-mudrunner-american-wilds-dlc-review-just-plain-rough-n-tumble-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/spintires-mudrunner-american-wilds-dlc-review-just-plain-rough-n-tumble-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Spintires: MudRunner \u2013 American Wilds DLC Review \u2013 Just Plain Rough N\u2019 Tumble Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spintires: MudRunner \u2013 American Wilds DLC<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Saber Interactive\/Focus Home Interactive<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back in the Fall of 2017, I witnessed some gameplay videos of <em>Spintires: MudRunner.<\/em> At first I thought that it seemed rather boring\u2014big Russian trucks hauling logs across mud-laden wilderness maps within the vast environs of Siberia.<\/p>\n<p>Then I noticed the game\u2019s complex off-road physics and challenging handling and took a chance in trying it out. A gaming buddy and I gave our first go at <em>Spintires: MudRunner<\/em> one morning and before we knew it the sun was setting; it\u2019s just that immersive of a gaming experience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Personally, while I loved the ultra-isolated backwoods of Siberia I always wondered how MudRunner would fare if it were set in North America. The game\u2019s developer, Saber Interactive, must have heard me telepathically because they\u2019ve just released a DLC specifically set in the lonely woods of Montana and North Dakota, USA with their new American Wilds expansion. So how does the first new paid DLC for MudRunner play out? First you must ask yourself a few questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you like trucking simulators?<\/li>\n<li>Do you like off-roading?<\/li>\n<li>Does the thought of using a winch to get unstuck excite you?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you answered \u201cyes\u201d to any of these, then brother this game\u2019s for you.<\/p>\n<p>When I first checked loaded up <em>American Wilds<\/em> and saw the selection of nine new \u2018Murkin vehicles for the two new maps I said to my gaming buddy: \u201cYee haw! Spin them tires brother, we goin\u2019 muddin\u2019,\u201d in my best over-the-top, faux Southern accent. My friend was mildly amused (I didn\u2019t repeat that whole thing).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14631\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The two new maps are called Grizzly Creek and Mount Logmore, and we\u2019d figured that they\u2019d be similar to the original game\u2019s Russian maps. Initially, we dove into Mount Logmore and noticed that there was a whole lot more asphalt than there was on the Siberian maps. We thought that meant we\u2019d have an easier go of things until we jumped off-road\u2014and were in for a nice surprise.<\/p>\n<p>The two new maps are pretty large, and just as with the original game let you determine different paths to the various log mills (for those not in the know, this game is all about log deliveries). Once we began playing <em>American Wilds<\/em> for a while we found the same level of grit and challenge present, as well as the same oddly hypnotic gameplay that you get from trying to navigate big trucks through mud and water (and muddy water).<\/p>\n<p>We immediately got a kick out of the magnificent transport rigs: The Ford LTL9000, Freightliner FLD120, Western Star 6900XD, and Chevrolet Bison. They looked like they were straight out of another trucking game that we love dearly, <em>American Truck Simulator.<\/em> We noticed that the LTL9000 and the Bison in particular were designated as \u201cnot being suitable for off-roading,\u201d so of course that\u2019s exactly what we tried to do anyway.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/43.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bad idea.<\/p>\n<p>These giant rigs are just not designed to handle the rough and tumble environs of off-roading. We soon discovered that as our massive metal beasts got bogged down in the backwoods. But that just gave us a chance to try out the new towing vehicles, specifically the K-8400 Skidder tractor along with the Western Star 6900XD. These two powerful behemoths have the requisite horsepower to haul any of <em>American Wilds\u2019<\/em> vehicles out of danger and then some.<\/p>\n<p>The main difference between the original <em>MudRunner<\/em> game is that Russian trucks are generally built to withstand more difficult terrain while their American counterparts are made for both asphalt and rough patches. Which makes sense since Siberia is one of the most inhospitable and dangerous places you\u2019d ever want to try to navigate through. We quickly realized this when we took some of the American trucks onto the Russian maps and spent more time hauling each other out of sticky situations than we did delivering logs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, there are three new scouting vehicles that you can jump into: The classic Ford F150, the Chevrolet K5 Blazer, and the Hummer H1. They\u2019re all a blast to drive and having driven all of them in real life, I\u2019d say that their handling properties are pretty much spot-on. These trucks are much smaller in size than their larger brethren and so are able to navigate through many off-road terrain types more efficiently. This makes them ideal recon vehicles for charting safer paths for the big rigs to follow.<\/p>\n<p>The<em> Spintires: MudRunner \u2013 American Wilds DLC<\/em> gave me the same nail-biting, high-tension feelings that made the original game one of my favorite trucking games out there. This expansion adds a whole new slew on content on an already highly fun game and brings it up to a new level.<\/p>\n<p>SCORE: 84%<\/p>\n<p><em>Spintires: MudRunner \u2013 American Wilds DLC <\/em>features pretty great graphics that make its off-roading gameplay truly shine. However, you want to have a pretty beefy gaming PC or gaming laptop in order to play it at a decent framerate. So, you may just want to invest in a decent gaming rig:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14528\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowerpc.com\/system\/Tracer-III-15-Slim-100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/tracer-iii-15-slim-100.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowerpc.com\/system\/Tracer-III-15-Slim-100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRACER III 15 SLIM 100<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberpowerpc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CyberpowerPC\u2019s website<\/a> to check out all of the other great deals as well!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spintires: MudRunner \u2013 American Wilds DLC Saber Interactive\/Focus Home Interactive Back in the Fall of 2017, I witnessed some gameplay videos of Spintires: MudRunner. At first I thought that it seemed rather boring\u2014big Russian trucks hauling logs across mud-laden wilderness maps within the vast environs of Siberia. Then I noticed the game\u2019s complex off-road physics&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/spintires-mudrunner-american-wilds-dlc-review-just-plain-rough-n-tumble-fun\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spintires: MudRunner \u2013 American Wilds DLC Review \u2013 Just Plain Rough N\u2019 Tumble Fun<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":6293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2724],"tags":[2520,741,2488,2527,1225,67,2486,5252,5253],"class_list":["post-12252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-4k-gaming","tag-cyberpower-pc","tag-game-review","tag-game-reviews-2","tag-gaming-laptop","tag-gaming-pc","tag-ian-kane","tag-off-roading-games","tag-trucking-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12252"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16844,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12252\/revisions\/16844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}