In RoadCraft, you run a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters.
Reshape the aftermath with your fleet of construction vehicles in an unparalleled construction simulation.
RoadCraft is set to release in 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
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FAQ:
** What is *RoadCraft*? Is it a *SnowRunner* extension? ❄️ **
It’s a new experience, built on a new engine focused on driving and manipulating heavy construction vehicles. It is not meant to replace or follow *SnowRunner *or *Expeditions*.
** What is the purpose of the game? 🚧 **
The focus of the Game is to repair the infrastructures of areas devastated by natural disasters. *RoadCraft *pushes you to alter your environment, to reach your goals.
** Can I drive trucks? Or is it just fleet managing? 🚚 **
Yes, you can drive trucks and heavy machinery, there will also be automated convoys to trace and manage.
** Can I build buildings or just roads? 🏗️ **
The focus is on fixing infrastructures: roads, bridges, electricity, manipulating sand, asphalt, debris, as part of your toolkit.
** Are steering wheels compatible with *RoadCraft*? ** 🛞
We intend to support basic hardware, features at launch. The variety of construction vehicles and their complex controls, makes compatibility a challenge. We will keep working on additional support post-launch!
** Will the in-game physics be the same as in *SnowRunner*? ** ⚖️
We’re still using the Havok physics engine, but the major iteration of this Swarm engine comes with a noticeable difference compared to *SnowRunner*. This will also be reflected in the unique gameplay.
** How many maps will there be at Launch?** 🗺️
There are 8 maps planned for the launch, 2 main biomes.
** How many missions will there be at Launch? ** ✅
The game’s sandbox approach allows you to choose your own objectives but each map will offer a few dozen main and side objectives to guide your efforts.
**Can we build roads anywhere on the map?**
Yes!
** Will there be mods at Launch?** 🔧
As it is a new engine, the editor will be different. We’re focused on bringing the map mods as soon as possible. Our next step would be Truck mods after that.
More info will be shared with modders before launch.
**Will there be co-op at launch?**
Yes there will be multiplayer and crossplay at launch. The in-game voice chat will also be available at release.
I guess you guys are too busy playing that Concord game
It'd be much more interesting if they allowed the player to be a corrupt contractor, overcharging the national and local authorities for services, while simultaneously getting in bed with the mob and other nefarious agencies. Basically, managing the business side of the organization in addition to the cleanup.
Strapping on a hardhat and getting in a bulldozer is something the me of 30 years ago might have found enjoyable, not anymore though.
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I guess you guys are too busy playing that Concord game
Strapping on a hardhat and getting in a bulldozer is something the me of 30 years ago might have found enjoyable, not anymore though.
looks good to me, i'm bigger on these sort of things than i was 30 years ago.. i appreciate the effort that goes into how things are made. captain of industry re-vitalized my interest in road/landscaping projects too
got a bit of an addiction to road building after deathstranding and various other infrastructure building games
it's a much more interesting direction than simply trucking things around honestly
no doubt it comes to epic games first.. i bought snow runner there but i'm just going to pirate this one if they pull the same shit
The gameplay loop looks just a bit too boring and one-note. Building some roads is one thing, how about houses and trainstations/tracks, etc? Plus the whole management aspect, hiring contractors and such.
There must have been a door there in the wall, when I came in.
Truly gone fishing.
Ohhh..how did I miss this?
Time for me and my friends to spend a lot of time again like mud/snowrunner flipping each other back over after we got stuck/tipped over.
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Have to try it, not sure if not having to swap to a fuel/repair truck to follow me over and over, will be better or worse.
But in snowrunner, running out of fuel, or damaging it to the point it made driving harder wasn't ever our problem.
For fuel&repair in multiplayer we always had someone is 'fuel ox' and follow us. In singleplayer it was drive 1/2 a mile, swap to fuel&repair truck following, and catch up.
So that being gone to have to do might be good? Have to see. As fuel and repairs was just always one of us wasn't 'doing' anything other than following the others like a puppy.
It was just getting stuck or falling over and cargo falls out was our struggle.
No fuel also mean you can just blast AWD all the time since theres no real tradeoff anymore. With no Damage you wont have to be careful going down ridges etc anymore.
There also seems to be no manual gearbox and from the things ive seen so far most machines are just press a button and watch the animation.
That's what we did anyway, AWD with locked diffs unless on the road where it fucks with the damage to the axle. When you have a dedicated fuel hog with you, fuel is just an annoyance. Same with damage, the only thing it caused us to do was have to stop for 30 seconds so the fuel/repair guy could fix it. if a cliff was a shortcut, we'd yeet ourselves off it and let him repair us when he got down.
Not saying that they aren't details others would give it a hard pass for. Just since we always played it MP. Fuel and repairs just made it so one of us got the 'shit' job of playing tag along. And we changed who got the 'short stick' each job.
Dunno if I like it. its good, just not what I expected.
I'd say it's more "Farming simulator" for construction. Than snowrunner-esque for construction.
Me and friend had fun in co-op. But only because of the 'new game smell' we think. We spent more time going: Aww, well damn that sucks..wish it had this, or that.
And the challenge of driving? It feels...flat. Getting stuck isn't fun or challenging, its just tedious and annoying. I dunno if its the physics, or lack of 'feeling' like you are in mud like showrunner.
While showrunner can also be tedious for mud, it felt rewarding. Here it doesn't. Both are a 'timesink' but here you really just feel that part of it.
And the camera is annoying as all get out. None of the three driving camera options feel right for me. Or at least I cannot figure out how to get it to predictably 'dynamically stay' where you place it, as in follow you from that angle you'd expect it to. You turn? Got to grab the mouse and reposition the camera.
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- Democracy Dies in Dumbness.
- Watching people my age grow from cynical youth who distrusts and dismisses the older generation, into cynical old people who distrusts and dismisses younger generations.
What about road construction feature in Snowrunner game.
Is this too much to ask ?
They now have 3 differents games (SR, Expeditions and now this one) which all have some very nice features but terribly lack features from each others...
Such a waste of opportunity here, I would insta buy a Snowrunner 2 game including all this stuff.
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I'd say 5/10.
Its something I will play with friends. When we want a casual 'dirt work' game. But not something good enough I would play alone.
- The driving is 'meh'. Doesn't feel offroad/heavy machinery/'down and dirty' as it should be. I didn't expect Snowrunner levels of grime feel. But most the dirt roads might as well just be bumpy paved roads that rock your truck around.
- The missions feel timesync-ish. All games missions are in the end time sync. But some of the maps here feel like that's what they are. The time sunk doesn't feel rewarding for the outcome you produced in that time.
- Gathering resources to sell/recycle 110% feels like timesync fetch quests of no real meat.
- The route/convoy feature feels slapped on. Draw a line from X to Y, watch AI trucks drive it. No depth, no enjoyment, no real sense of anything other than "Couldn't I just give them a map and not have arbitrarily draw a line to tell them to follow and forget they exist doing it? Whats the actual point of this game mechanic?"
I guess the only way I can put it: Having 10+ years in heavy/site construction under my belt in my early life. This feels dull..compared to just actually doing it for pay work. The parts that make heavy machines a draw to drive, use, and a sense of 'satisfaction' (for lack of a better word) you get watching it do its heavy machine job...are not here.
Would I recommend it? Sure if you want a laid back, drive around and do small tasks things in a sandbox(ish) construction game that while it doesn't scratch the itch of heavy machinery, sort of attempts to simulate it in a soft spongy way..
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- Democracy Dies in Dumbness.
- Watching people my age grow from cynical youth who distrusts and dismisses the older generation, into cynical old people who distrusts and dismisses younger generations.
Tick all the checkbox, at the left, you want
And let the rest at 0 (default, not Easiest as written)
Or as follow :
1 - Easy/Trivial
2 - Hard
3 - Impossabru
35+ hours of gameplay saved ... Seriously Devs what are you thinking ?
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