We present you a new creation of Friv2Online Studio - off-road simulator SnowRunner, in which now you can not only spend hours in mud, but also get stuck in snow. Let's share our impressions in the review.

 

If you have played Saber's projects before, you already know the general concept of SnowRunner. In front of us is again a high-class trucking simulator with realistic physics, the only task in which is to overcome in unthinkably bad road conditions, climbing into the cab of the next monster on wheels.

And if the general, proven and working scheme of the friv game remained in general the same as in MudRunner, it was realized at a completely new level - both against the background of Sprinties series, and in comparison with all existing today car simulators.

 

The world in SnowRunner is three times larger than in the previous game. The car owners will have to work in the United States on the territories of Alaska and Michigan, as well as in Russia on the Taimyr Peninsula. The first two locations have four impressive areas each, while Taimyr has only three so far.

A general tally of progress is being made in each. Basically - this is the promotion of local oil refining companies, your possible help in accomplishing their tasks. You can move between regions freely, you just need to find a transition on the map.

 

In America's Midwest, players will find themselves in the midst of fall. Torrential rains and raging reservoirs have washed out roads, while restless winds and landslides have damaged some of the infrastructure on the slopes of riverbanks and valleys.

Wildlife captivates with richly colored forests, milky fog (voluminous and well-optimized) descends on the world at night and into the wee hours of the morning, and the changing landscape lures drivers into marshy lowlands or onto forested slopes.

Unfriendly Alaska is hidden under a thick winter blanket, some routes are flooded with meltwater, others are impassably snowy, and rare paved road sections are covered with perpetual ice, which often causes overloaded vehicles to fly into the ditch.

 

The Taymyr is surrounded by impassable taiga, viscous swamps and is almost completely abandoned. Nature reigns indiscriminately here, the atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, and roads often have to be made on their own. Only the most powerful vehicles enter this harsh land.

This time the friv game from Saber is drawn not only by physics and ideas, but also by ungodly beautiful landscapes. The same route at different times of day is perceived completely differently. Some views really take your breath away, you stop the car and just hang out, listening to the world.

And you can afford a break at any moment - the friv game disposes to unhurried pastime and does not bind drivers to deadlines at all, excluding speed tests.

 

As you watch a sleepy little town honk its lights from the slope into the thick night, it seems as if the headlights of a pickup truck are about to pick up a welcome sign from the dense fog with the name of some nonexistent ghost town. A similar obsession visited me during the daylight hours spent in dank Michigan. Somewhere here, the adventures of Alan Wake or James Sunderland could have unfolded.

Contracts are in the order of the main tasks on the maps - you consistently fulfill orders from the enterprises operating in the territory, pumping up your level and your wallet.

As a side income, you can be engaged in the fulfillment of contracts - requirements from various guarantors who need one-time support. For example, bring materials for the construction of a bridge or remove the collapsed on the road support of power lines.

By helping others, you also make life easier for yourself, because even the simplest seeming tasks may turn out to be impossible if you don't have enough powerful equipment at your disposal to take a roundabout route.

 

Once again, we are content with first-class physics: cars bump helplessly in bogs, tug, drowning in muddy ruts, stumble over fallen trees and risk tipping over on a scattering of rocks. There is snow, the ground under which is often wet, as well as ice that has turned rare stretches of flat roads into skating rinks.

In addition, cars are still susceptible to localized damage. Carelessness can cost you an engine, a wheel or a fuel tank. Overconsumption of gasoline promises trouble away from home. Repairs and refueling are free, but are possible at a gas station or garage.

If your big truck is halfway through a long journey and has settled down far from home, clutching a bundle of coveted logs, have it refueled or repaired in the field, but for this you will have to bring another vehicle with the appropriate equipment to the site.

 

There are five types of autos available in the friv game:

 

Tuning has to be approached from the practical side, that is, you have to know what kind of tests you are preparing the truck for, changing its suspension, engine and tires. A good winch can save the situation, even if the car flipped on the roof and the engine stalled, and if there is a snorkel, the car will not "choke", wading through a rapid.

Modules are also important. And if for scouts it is mostly small repair kits and fuel canisters piled on the trunk, then big trucks are equipped with cranes, tanks, platforms, bunkers and even mobile seismic vibrators for mineral prospecting.

 

In addition, there are trailers. Some of them are scattered all over the map, others you have to buy. To pick up the largest ones, you need to insert a special saddle module. Thus, your hardiest tractors will be able to deliver an impressive batch of materials in one trip.

SnowRunner is much more fun to play together. Four-person co-op is available in the friv game, so you can take on a particularly challenging job together. Friends come into your world with their own vehicles, or they can use yours.

Either way, a comrade's shoulder will be extremely appropriate if you're hopelessly stuck or failing at a job that requires the participation of several versatile pieces of equipment at once. It's also a lot of fun to pull each other out of a trap or to help a very persistent partner through snowy trails by pushing him from behind.

 

Among the shortcomings stands out the weak musical accompaniment. The tracks themselves are not bad and fit in very organically, but they are incredibly few, they get boring and eventually get boring.

Sometimes the camera gets weird, twitches, takes the most unfavorable angle. This is especially noticeable when you sneak through the forest, and the camera annoyingly maneuvers between the tops of fir trees.

The view from the cabin is a bit of a sham, it's constantly cramped and uncomfortable, there's no dirt on the windows, no raindrops running down the glass, which somewhat overshadows the immersive experience. The driver's fidgety hands, hysterically spinning the steering wheel, attract too much attention in my opinion. A case where it would have been better to do without them at all.

And also from time to time quests glitch, markers or do not display the desired on the map, or show incorrectly. I assume that this will be fixed in the next patches.

Saber Interactive once again demonstrates love and dedication, attention to detail and rapid growth. The new project of the studio turned out to be so complete that even Forza loses to it in depth and atmosphere.

Unhurried and dragging gameplay can bore a fan of auto racing or high-speed cross-country races, but a car enthusiast looking for an opportunity to relaxed crawl between the pine trees on untraveled, and therefore completely impassable places, who is drawn to tests of durability, will find his lost, albeit much neglected paradise here.