5 tips for SnowRunner Phase 6 Maine

SnowRunner Phase 6: Haul & Hustle in Maine can be challenging. Here are five tips to give you the best mother trucking chance of success.

So you have the Year 2 Pass and the SnowRunner Phase 6 Maine DLC. Now it is time to get ready for the Lowland and Yellowrock National Forest maps, which live in Maine of the US. A picturesque snowy and muddy place with lovely sunsets and even lovelier kebabs.

While neither map is as frustrating as Amur, nor as demanding as Imandra, they are by no means easy. So here is a quick video that features my top five tips and tricks. Feel free to help your fellow truckers by leaving your own tips and tricks in the comments section.

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1) Stick to mud and offroad tyres

Maine is a boggy place with some snow, but relatively little ice and its tarmac stretches are either hard to get to, underwater or short-lived. Therefore I would not bother with anything less than offroad or mud tyres. The bigger the better. Heard that before.

This is mainly because you will want maximum traction as you cruise through deep boggy areas, thick snow and up steep slopes. Dual tyres or Tayga balloons also help with stability – and that is good as some areas of Maine can be very tippy.

Trucks with a lower centre of gravity, manoeuvrability for forest driving, high-up snorkels for water crossings and AWD and Diff Lock can work best but there are, of course, exceptions. Check out my best trucks for Maine video for more on this subject.

2) Scouts make sense

My second SnowRunner Phase 6 tip is to use scouts. In many maps this is usually counterproductive and you could argue the same in Maine. However, its predominantly less hazardous terrain and the fact many routes are fastest through dense forest ensure a powerful scout can be great.

You could use the likes of the International Loadstar 1700, TUZ 420 Tatarin, Ford F 750 and so on to deliver cargo or just reach those pesky watch towers and start plotting the best routes for your bigger trucks.

3) Use what you have

Now, a unique element of SnowRunner Phase 6 Maine is that all the usual garage stuff such as repairing, refuelling and addon customisation are unavailable until you complete various tasks. Therefore, it is not possible to buy trailers right away.

So look for trailers around the map such as the one near the entrance to Yellowrock National Forest and those by the garage. These will prove invaluable if you are the type of player who likes to do as few trips as possible while collecting all the necessary garage repair items.

Trucks with three-slot cargo beds such as the Azov 73210 and International Paystar 5600TS can be particularly effective before access to the trailer store.

The Western Star 6900 TwinSteer and its four slots, meanwhile, comes in handy for long planks necessary for completing the North Landslide task and the four wooden planks required for the other landslide.

4) Repair the garage

Speaking of the garage, I would highly recommend you prioritise repairing it as soon as possible. Repair and refuel duties were most important to me, then addons then the trailer store. You can do whatever order you prefer.

The tasks are all under the ‘Evans Garage’ contracts list. Use the map to locate where to get each item from and then find the best routes to get around both maps. This does take time, but it will eventually click.

While doing these tasks, bear in mind that recovering a vehicle to the garage will not repair or refuel it. You either have to find fuel trailers in the wild, get the local fuel station going by completing a task or break realism and jump to another map and then back.

5) Create a mobile base

And my fifth and final SnowRunner Phase 6 Maine tip is to create a mobile base near or inside the garage-less Yellowrock National Forest map. By that I mean a fuel trailer, repair truck and other stuff you will need to drive longer distances.

It may also be worth having a support truck on standby at the boggiest areas for rescuing trucks that get stuck. The Caterpillar 745C and its fuel addon makes sense as it is unrivalled offroad, pulls hard and can last a long time wherever you leave it.

And that is it for this video, thank you for watching. Subscribe, like and share if you would be so kind. As I said earlier, leave your pearls of SnowRunner Phase 6 Maine wisdom in the comments.