SnowRunner: 8 Tricks I wish I knew sooner

Thanks this is absolutely brilliant stuff. I've played Snowrunner for thousands of hours now and I only knew one of those tricks (reversing with diff-lock on) but the rest I cannot believe I've never discovered.... especially the winching tricks and stacking trucks and trailers on top of cargo. And changing down going up a hill - would never have guessed that one! Time to start 'er up and test some of these out!

The car packing on cargo is incredibly useful for hard mode. As for the cranes, you can deploy them before you traverse a suspicious slope you MIGHT tip over - preventively.

Engine breaking is a handy tip to know of, and is one of the advantages of running Offroad/Fine Tune over Highway. But you're going down a steep incline, especially if it's also bumpy. You can sometimes keep better control by locking your vehicle into Low-. When using the brakes you can lock up the wheel causing a slide (which can actually get you to gain speed) and a roll over. (when your tires suddenly hook something). But Low- will keep you rolling along at a controlled pace and make it less likely you'll break traction.

About #4 tip: pressing the gear shifting key works differently whether you're holding the accelerator or not. When you get uphill or into a mud, you can release the accelerator for a moment, then pressing the gear shifting key -- the game immediately shifts your gear down to (as it seems) the suitable gear for the situation (often to the 1 or 2 in a mud, or a high gear on a highway) -- then you press the accelerator down again. Playing on PC with kb, but most things should probably work everywhere.

Great video. Small tip that may help people starting out without a lot of vehicles. You can use scouts to upright much larger vehicles. Trick is to wedge the scout against a tree/pole and be patient holding the winch button. I’ve done this with the scout 800 uprighting the P16. Bonus tip, the Khan 4-loaf has some weird kind of programming and it’ll just upright most anything in the game.

Pro tip if you're using wheel + pedals to play: you can tap the clutch to change gears. The game will automatically try to figure out which gear you should be in at the moment.

Yes. If you are in hard mode, to save fuel and to power through most hills and roads at a higher speed, engage 4WD, get moving and shift into High gear. While this is not the fastest a truck can go, this will keep the momentum steady and use less fuel.

Engine just starts automatically by pressing the gas pedal

I love the detail in this game. The person who designed it either did lots of research or are trained recovery operators. The fact the winch loses power the shorter the rope gets is such a cool detail that only people with winch experience would know.

I have played this game for over 300 hours now and did not know 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8. Great content!

One more thing, about the engine start shortcut. For one, only 1 or 2 (of 4) gamepad control schemes supports this shortcut, and it will be different button combo or absent at all in other control schemes. For two, why do you need a button for turning on the engine, if it starts automatically as soon as you press the acceleration? Turning your engine off, however, can be useful for saving fuel.

Ok so here is a super advanced endgame gigachad tip if your truck is struggling up hill... Put it in low range and engage diff lock.

YOU CAN PACK CARS OVER CARGOOOOO?!!!!! That one got me stunned! Cheers!

Good tips! The cargo unpacking trick (which I discovered some time ago by pure accident) is very effective in certain situations, especially when you're carrying heavy cargo. I even tried it with logs, to get a truck & trailer unstuck from deep mud, and worked very well. Logs are risky, though: if they move too much when you unpack them, you may not be able to re-pack them. But as a last resort before giving up on a mission, sometimes it's worth trying. :-) Cheers! //Rick

Installing the snowrunner transmission helped me alot because it gives control over the low gear, being that the driver has no clue how to shift, putting it in Low 2 allows locked diffs as well as some decent wheel speed with no stalling out, the normal low gear without that it is Low 1 unfortunately which is pretty bad for anything but rock crawling as there is no wheel speed

This is a very good video for newcomers. I learned most of the tricks the hard way in this game :) Didn't know about the vehicles on top of cargo though. Only one I don't do is unpaking cargo to run lighter. I found this not really RP :) I prefer to start an assist expedition with a more powerfull truck if I really find no way to make my hauler progressing again.

Honestly great tips. Only other advanced tip i can think of is if u r about tip turn the wheels in the direction of which u r leaning towards

Great video! ❤ Just one tip from me: When at high speed, cut the engine and coast in neutral. This has saved me from many situations where I am on red fuel.

Some I already know and some I don't, thanks for that

I swear I can't believe I just found these games! I love Death Stranding and simulator type games. This game hits all those notes for me too. So awesome! Excited to see what comes next for this series