5 SnowRunner Phase 4 location suggestions

Now that SnowRunner Phase 3 is with us, I thought it was time to look at 10 awesome places where Phase 4 could take place and where it won’t.

Hello and welcome to A Tribe Called Cars and yet another SnowRunner video. This time, we’re putting on our Sherlock Holmes hat and digging out the magnifying glass for clues as to where the next SnowRunner Phase 4 update will exist. And then looking at some places I would personally love to see.

Now the first leaked suggestion some of us may know about was Yakutia in Russia. I’ll be honest, I was a bit sad to see another DLC here. Nothing against Russia, it’s just that I wanted something fresh and the world is a big place.

Yakutia did look likely because the highly useful MapRunner.info website had it listed for SnowRunner Phase 4. Three new maps, to be precise. MapRunner is usually cagier about its map predictions so I assumed someone knew something I didn’t.

However, Mr Esorokin of the developer team said, “there will be no Yakutia”, which is pretty definitive, and that, “three maps is also false suggestion”.

He added: “It will be a different region”. Good news for variety, bad news for clarification. So we’re back at square one, the Phase 4 location case remains unsolved.

But fear not, Monsieur Poirot has been hired to dig a little deeper so stay with me. The bit about not “three maps” could mean two as usual or four, which seems unlikely but dare to dream. I’ve also seen rumblings that the new region will be a beast. So probably at least as large as the current maps.

And now it’s time I talk about 5 places it would be great for SnowRunner Phase 4 to take place, in my humble opinion. Let me know your location suggestions in the comments and hit subscribe and like.

And before you say it, not all my suggestions feature snow just like SnowRunner itself.

1) Cheddar Gorge, UK

My first suggestion may or may not be biased because I know the county of Somerset in South West England well. But then Cheddar Gorge and the surrounding area is particularly breathtaking and I don’t just mean the cheese and cider. Actually, a lot of the UK is pretty as we saw in Forza Horizon 4.

Some claim the three-mile long gorge in Cheddar was made by a glacier, which kind of explains why it has 122m-high limestone cliffs of death you can climb if you enjoy heights more than I do.

Not only do you have an amazingly windy road all the way up to the Mendip Hills, which would be fun for road-based deliveries, there’s also dense forest, steep hills, rocky outcrops and Soay Sheep. Which look like goats, but anyway.

Confusingly named wildlife aside, there are also sizable caves and the weather can get feisty sometimes so only the best offroad trucks and truckers would prevail.

2) Bolivia, South America

Continuing on the theme of amazing roads and scenery, we come to Bolivia in South America. Home to the charmingly named Death Road, which, at its worst, claimed around 300 deaths a year. It is a lot better now.

Why would it be great for Phase 4? Because this 43-mile mountain road, which climbs 15,260 feet above sea level before descending towards the Amazon Rainforest, has no guard rails. And vehicle safety checks may not be as thorough.

Neither is exactly comforting when the width of the road is barely enough for two vehicles, let alone two trucks, and there’s a 2,000ft vertical drop to one side.

In co-op mode and with a cargo-laden trailer, this area of Bolivia would be as exciting and deadly as it would be beautiful to behold – especially with Madidi National Park jungle in proximity. And before anyone complains, snow can occur.

3) Iceland

Another awesome location for SnowRunner’s Phase 4 would be Iceland. It’s actually greener than Greenland, which is a bit misleading. Anyway, in the winter, spring, autumn and summer – all year, basically – it can be dangerously inhospitable yet monumentally pretty.

Snow that reduces your visibility to nothing, dangerous waterfalls, huge sinkholes that can a truck, deadly thermal pools and lakes, temperatures cold enough to make everything internal, unstable icebergs, rapidly changing weather, deadly waves, volcanic activity, avalanches – all perfect for SnowRunner truckers wanting a challenge.

And if you somehow survive all that, there’s an even greater danger lurking. One known as the Icelandic goat. Terrifying.

4) New Zealand

Moving all the way around the world is my 4th suggestion: New Zealand. You don’t get Australia’s dangerous snakes and spiders, thankfully. Just a few frogs, actually. But make no mistake, the scenery can and will kill you.

However, the main reason it’s on my list is that the country, which is split into the North and South Island, offers scenery so varied you can drive a mile and think you’ve changed country. Perfect for any video game.

Ranging from the countryside home of Hobbits in Hobbiton and beachside vistas of the Bay of Islands to the challenging Tongariro National Park where Mount Doom lives and the large glaciers on the South Island, it would work perfectly for Phase 4.

There are also bodies of water that are so packed with dangerous minerals that to swim there would mean meeting your maker. So it would be best to drive round.

Fortunately, New Zealand’s roads are well maintained so it could also work for on-road trucking. Plus the local beers are usually good, making pitstops more enjoyable.

5) Oymakon, Russia

And my last suggestion for SnowRunner Phase 4 is Oymakon. Getting to this remote Russian settlement requires battling with the one of the world’s coldest roads, where temperatures can plummet as low as -71 degrees. Celsius.

Fewer than a thousand people are said to call this Eastern Siberian settlement home, which is located six time zones away from Moscow and nearly 600 miles from the nearest city.

Getting to the world’s coldest permanently settled area takes around two days and involves the Road of Bones, named so because of the gulag prisoners who died building it.

Although SnowRunner could not map the entire Kolyma Highway, which rises up 750 metres on the way to Oymakon, it would be one hell of a road trip. Just try not to turn the engine off – it can freeze solid.

And that’s it for my 5 location suggestions for Phase 4. Honestly, there are some amazing places the developers could choose so hopefully we’ll see something special. Where do you think it will take place and where you would you like? Let me know in the comments and be sure to subscribe and like.