

The 2nd vehicle however will not engage AWD, differential locks, or low gear but these can be activated by the player by entering the vehicle and engaging them. It will match the acceleration, braking, reverse, and even steering of the player allowing them to create road trains and move multiple vehicles at once. With the drive option the vehicle being winched will function as if another person were driving it.

The second type of winch option is the drive function, which is only able to used when winched on to another vehicle. It can also be used to winch on to another vehicle and use the donor vehicles winch to use pure force to pull the stuck vehicle. The first option is a pull function which simply allows the vehicle to winch to a suitable spot and pull the truck towards it providing an escape from situations where it is unable to get traction. Spintires and MudRunner features 2 types of winching. The winch is also only able to be used if the engine is running preventing a broken or flipped vehicle from winching, some vehicles in SnowRunner do have access to electric winches allowing the winch to work even if the engine is not running. Though the winch's wire itself can not be broken, weaker winch spots can be broken causing the winch to retract and require a new spot. The winch can then be attached to other vehicles, poles, trees, and more. Though the basic concept has remained relatively unchanged, some mechanics of it have changed throughout the series.Įach vehicle and trailer have a certain number of winch points where the winch can be attached to on a vehicle. It is a vital tool for traversing extreme terrain or to recover vehicles in every Spintires game. The pully is able to pull the rope by using an electric motor or power take-off unit supplied by the vehicles transmission via PTO shaft. The Winch is a vehicle tool featured in every Spintires game.Ī Winch is a mechanical device which is essentially a powered crank attached to a wire and hook.
