We've just uploaded to Steam v1.7.1 containing the following:

- Added 4 additional achievements for China DLC (obtain 10 & 20 rice and metal pipe delivery points)
- bugfix: some translations started with "/"
- bugfix: the towed vehicle will no longer attempt to start when they are out of fuel, fully damaged, or deep enough in the water to take damage.
- bugfix: the loose load spawner was checking for overlaps between would-be loose loads and plants that can't collide with loads, throwing a "something blocks area" error.
- kiosks, load areas and objectives on proving grounds now serve and accept all cargo
- raised pipe on loose pipe mesh so that it sits above y=0. This allows spawning it on the base game kiosks
- minor optimisation: reduced the number of calls to SPINTIRES:IsOnProvingGround()
- bugfix: extra space at bottom of objective locator itself could not be deposited in proving ground mode
- bugfix: missing texture on 817 trailer chains
- bugfix: kick button still visible on MP lobby even when there is no player to kick in the slot
- bugfix: remote vehicles not colliding with local vehicles (only with their wheels)
- bugfix: collisions between long logs addon and its trailer prevented remote MP trucks from leaving ghost state
- bugfix: changing GPS target on minimap did not carry over to another player in MP until a while later
- bugfix: flatbed garage mini trailer could be mounted simultaneously on b66
- bugfix: weird numbers instead of fuel consumption on truck UI
- improved french translation for "cloaking".

Some players reported an issue with the China Adventure DLC's content not loading ~ we worked through the night to deliver the hotfix which resolves the problem. Just reboot Steam to begin the download.

Please accept our biggest apology!

Spintires®: China Adventure DLC is now available on Steam!
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Spintires China Adventure DLC

Surrounded by quaint rural villages, Spintires: China Adventure DLC takes you on a journey through the dense, muddy forests of Wusu Foshan National Park and over the steep, dangerous mountain ranges of the Dushanzi Grand Canyon.

China Adventure DLC is Spintires’ largest and most daring DLC to date, featuring:

Two new maps; “China Village” and “China Canyons” based on the Wusu Foshan National Forest Park and Dushanzi Grand Canyon.

The B-CA30, a heavy-duty 6X6 Chinese truck with excellent cross-country capabilities including a standard exhaust, fireproof exhaust, flatbed, fuel cistern, spare wheel, garage parts, two utility loads, and two standby fuel tanks add-ons.

The C-EQ2081, a heavy-duty 6X6 Chinese cargo truck, with its powerful diesel engine, intended for operations in mountainous areas. The C-EQ2081 features include a crane, crane support, flatbed, fuel cistern, garage parts, spare wheel, standby fuel tank, and utility load add-on.

The B-CA10, a light-weight but capable 4X2 Chinese truck, perfectly suited for the narrow pathways in the “China Villages''. The B-CA10 features include a standard exhaust, fireproof exhaust, flatbed, fuel cistern, spare wheel, garage parts, and standby fuel tank add-ons. This truck also features chained wheels and wide off-road wheels!

Additionally, there are also new load types specifically tailored to the DLC - rice cargo and industrial steel pipe cargo as well as seven new challenging achievements.

You can grab Spintires China Adventure DLC now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1472710/Spintires__China_Adventure_DLC/

If you don't already own Spintires but want to buy the China Adventure DLC - the great news is that Spintires is currently available on sale for the next week!

You can pick-up Spintires and all existing DLC’s here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/263280/Spintires/

Happy off-roading!

In light of the recent China DLC launch, we have now also pushed to Steam v1.7.0! See the below changelog:

Changelog v1.7.0

Added / New:
* Support for new load types.
* Added Rice and metal pipe loads.
* Per-map environment sounds.
* Truck skidding sounds that will differentiate on multiple surfaces
* Added flatbed add-on to B66 and new wide offroad tires.
* Added new wide offroad tires to the base game.
* Added ghost meshes of loads that will be spawned from a kiosk.

Improvements:
* Minimap icons, and location descriptions.
* Objective, kiosk, and load area UI.
* The number of points to fulfil an objective or unlock a garage is no longer fixed to 8 and 4.
* Objectives, garages, load areas, and kiosks can have custom names.
* Improvements made to the game colours and lighting.
* Removed the vignette effect at night that was making it hard to see.
* Adjustments made to engine audio scripts (note, EngineHeavy has been retired).
* Reduced the number of dust particles that spawn during windy conditions.
* It now rains less often.
* Removed fish-eye effect from menu and UI.
* C-4320 texture improvement.
* New sand texture.
* Mud code optimization.
* Increased resolution of water reflections.
* Improvements to C-4320 textures and suspension/handling.
* Improvements to B-66 suspension/handling.
* Improvements to B-431510 suspension/handling and added wide offroad tires.
* Improvements to B-500/C-509 suspension/handling.

Fixes:
* Crashes or physical anomalies when winching to trucks.
* Orbital camera focus point on trailers moved to the back.
* Mud contact surface calculation multiplied by tire width twice.
* B80 front wheels sinking a lot due to incorrect center of mass position.
* Flares and lights are no longer rendered above the F1 minimap.
* Vehicles on the vehicle selection menu were affected by night time.
* Unable to operate the escape menu and the quit game menu if using free camera zoom.
* Autogearbox unable to switch to reverse mode on vehicles with very low BrakeTorque.
* Reduced water reflection flicker.
* Removed steering angle limit on agricultural trailers.
* Incorrect collision box on agricultural trailers' handle.
* Removed random damage when switching wheelsets or vehicles.
* Semitrailers could be mounted on b130 without 5th wheel.
* B66 spare wheel flipped.
* On some gaming wheels, auto-centring was kept enabled at all times.
* Farm trailer wheel now gets muddy.

Modding:
* New type of <Motor> for constraints: the SpeedLimited motor, which is like a Position motor with a speed cap.
* Wheelmass-independent suspension settings: SuspensionStrengthInNewtonsPerMeter and SuspensionDampingInNewtonSecondsPerMeter.
* Classes/wheels/*.xml can now specify the track texture repeat distance. No need to redo the textures whenever your wheel's aspect ratio changes anymore.
* New parameters added to locators spawned by props. Cargo types, display names, number of points to unlock/complete...

Spintires and its DLC's are taking part in the Steam Autumn Sale, enjoy a colossal 80% off until December 1st 2020! Join over a million players worldwide in the all-time offroading classic!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/263280/Spintires/

Surrounded by quaint rural villages, Spintires®: China Adventure DLC takes you on a journey through the dense, muddy forests of Wusu Foshan National Park and over the steep, dangerous mountain ranges of the Dushanzi Grand Canyon.

China Adventure DLC is Spintires’ largest and most daring DLC to date, featuring:

• Two new maps; “China Village” and “China Canyons” based on the Wusu Foshan National Forest Park and Dushanzi Grand Canyon

• The B-CA30, a heavy-duty 6X6 Chinese truck with excellent cross-country capabilities including a standard exhaust, fireproof exhaust, flatbed, fuel cistern, spare wheel, garage parts, two utility loads, and two standby fuel tanks add-ons

• The C-EQ2081, a heavy-duty 6X6 Chinese cargo truck, with its powerful diesel engine, intended for operations in mountainous areas. The C-EQ2081 features include a crane, crane support, flatbed, fuel cistern, garage parts, spare wheel, standby fuel tank, and utility load add-on

• The B-CA10, light weight but capable 4X2 Chinese truck, perfectly suited for the narrow pathways in the “China Villages”. The B-CA10 features include a standard exhaust, fireproof exhaust, flatbed, fuel cistern, spare wheel, garage parts, and standby fuel tank add-ons

• New load types specifically tailored to the DLC - rice cargo and industrial steel pipe cargo

• New challenging achievements

Spintires®: China Adventure DLC will be available on the 15th December 2020.

You can wishlist Spintires®: China Adventure DLC on Steam here.

Happy off-roading,
Oovee Team.

Happy Halloween! v1.6.2 has now been pushed to Steam, improving the overall stability and addressing many bugs and glitches. We are continuing to resolve any further issues which will be addressed in forthcoming updates.

Added / New
- Customizable brake strength (<Truck>/<Wheels>/<Wheel>/BrakeTorque in N.m).
This defaults to 3x engine torque/number of wheels.

Improvements
- Mud balance tweaks. It's easier now.
- Russian translation (Thanks Oldman777).
- Torque repartition is now less punitive when the differential is unlocked.
- multiplayer ghost truck visuals.
- Camera manageability on capsized vehicles.
- UI text is now ellipsized if too big.
- Rain happens less often.
- C509 collision boxes optimization.
- On skid steering vehicles (ie: Sherp N) steering brake strength is now dynamically adjusted to match a target steering speed, instead of player input directly controlling brake pressure.
- Tweaks to the Night DayTimeState.
- Gamepad and Steering wheel accelerator and brake responses.

Mud balance tweaks
- Less punishing road tires.
- Less grip for offroad tires.
- Overall less drag.

Fixes
- Logs not spawning at log kiosks or when capsizing.
- Several causes of wheels vibrating or moving by themselves when touching mud.
- Curbed down the advantage of very heavy wheels in mud.
- Garage and fuel station menus were briefly displayed at the wrong position.
- Bug causing jagged movement of remote vehicles and trailers in multiplayer.
- Vehicles spawning inside each other and stuck there in multiplayer.
- K700 and Ark Sherp can now autosteer toward the vehicle that tows them.
- Some crash when removing winch.
- Vehicles flipping forward too easily when braking sharply at medium and high speeds.
- Tire inflation keybinds not always appearing in controls menu.
- Damaged engine spark effect playing too often, increasing with framerate.
- Handbrake could prevent wheels from steering.
- Suspension creaking way too often on the e167.
- In side camera mode, pressing 1 or 2 could switch presets in the wrong order on the first move.
- Distorted rims when deflating c255, b66, or b131 tires.
- Ark Sherp driver's hands now stick to the steering columns when steering.
- B80 tire were not getting muddy.
- "Drop load" button not drop trailer loads.
- Crash when processing empty text.
- Random crash when applying settings from the main menu.
- Incorrect detection of mud height around a wheel.
- Sherp N's right side wheels had different settings as the left side ones.
- Auto gearbox sometimes failing to switch between forward and reverse gears.
- Side camera could get stuck when switching between the last and first preset positions.
- Wheel spin speed in mud was capped, preventing loss of torque when diff were unlocked.
- B66 spare wheel was flipped
- Reduced the brightness of the muddy water

Happy Halloween offroaders! Enjoy 75% off the Spintires base game or 50% off the DLCs. Offer ends 2 November 2020, be sure not to miss out on this spooky deal!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/263280/Spintires/

Pushed v1.6.1

- Bugfix: going to main menu from escape menu generates a save for the main menu instead of a save for the played level.
- Bugfix: crash when detaching trailers through the advanced menu.
- Missing textures for those that don’t own CH DLC
- Missing tire in/deflate sounds from core game (if you didn’t own Sherp DLC).

Ever wanted to drive a SHERP® ATV? Now's your chance!

Read more about the DLC on the store page

Take the reins of the astonishingly capable ATV's (All-Terrain Vehicle) produced by SHERP® in this officially licensed DLC. Climb aboard the SHERP® N 4X4 ATV with its huge low-pressure tires and its flat-bottomed design allowing you to climb over obstacles of all shapes and sizes, use this vehicle to scout for cloaks located around the map before bringing in the monstrous SHERP® the ARK 10x10 ATV, the big boy of the pack.

SHERP® the ARK has articulated steering that can also steer vertically to climb over obstacles, or as with both ATVs, they are entirely amphibious, and they can swim across large bodies of water, even with a full load!

This DLC also includes a highly detailed map closely inspired by Yugyd Va National Park in the Ural Mountains area, offering the perfect environment to demonstrate the capabilities of the SHERP® ATV's! There are various challenges found throughout the map, including a collapsable bridge and an objective that is only accessible by water.

Included in the pack:

- Officially licensed SHERP® N ATV (4x4) with custom sounds, two paint schemes and 4K textures.
- Officially licensed SHERP® the ARK ATV (10x10) with custom sounds, crane attachment, garage load attachment and 4K textures.
- A sizable and highly detailed map closely inspired by Yugyd Va National Park with various dynamic obstacles.

This DLC brings with it a bunch of new features and improvements to Spintires® base game including:

v1.6.0

Added / New

- Tire inflation system (CTIS) and is available on the following vehicles SHERP N, SHERP ARK, B157, B131, C4310, C255, D535, E7310, B66, C4320)
- Differential steering, either by braking one side of wheels or reverse its rotation (tank-like).
- Support for chassis with multiple drivable articulations (ex: twisting left/right, and tilting cab up/down).
- Driver animations for vehicles driven with levers instead of a steering wheel.


Improvements

- Much more realistic water interactions, which now accounts for the shape of what's immersed, and applies buoyancy, water flow pressure, and skin friction.

- Entirely rewritten mud physics/simulation (not final, tweaks will be applied according to constructive feedback). New mud physics:
- Allow climbing out of a trench before reaching solid ground, if you have good grip and low slip.
- Reduce tarmac grip for a while after leaving mud, depending on how much your wheels are caked in mud.
- No longer deadstop vehicles with large wheels when they are barely dipping in mud.
- Road tires no longer perform well in mud but are less likely to break packed dirt surface.
- Accounts for weight distribution over the wheels.

- Removed the driver's sleeping animation (his back clipping through seats was a headache for both modders and developers).
- The driver now looks at where he's going, instead of looking at the camera.
- Increased maximum number of bones per mesh 16¨40.
- Forward Kinematics bones now have a mode dedicated to engine fan.
- Stronger brakes and diff locker.
- Smarter autogearbox, capable of useful downshifts during hill climbs.
- Drivetrain can now handle vehicle with wheels of different sizes.
- Enabled specular effect on static assets (aka "models").
- Crane grappler rotation button in the advanced menu has been merged with the main button for crane operation.
- Small change to advanced menu visuals.
- Improved "brown" water.
- Improved water particles, especially those particles when driving amphibious vehicles over water.
- Improved rain textures.


Fixes

- Crash when refueling in multiplayer.
- Some crashes when loading saves.
- Brakes now stop motion between wheel and chassis, instead of stopping absolute wheel motion.
- Killed "speed damage" (vehicle taking lots of damage when going fast, even on flat ground).
- Tires with high substance friction will no longer cause absurdly high fuel consumption.
- UI bug when at a fuel station.
- Achievement names and descriptions incorrectly displayed if they contain non-latin characters.
- Starting a game without clicking on "casual" or "hardcore" would start a hardcore game, even if casual was selected.
- Corruption after removing an addon in MP.
- Joining MP games through invites or friend list would sometimes not work.
- Increased K-700 and E-167 grip in mud.
- D-535 wheel rim could deform like rubber.