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Crossing Map from Spintires MudRunner and how to drive through it.
Last update: 11 December 2017
Crossing is an interesting map because it is divided into two parts. A wide river runs through the middle of it and you have to cross it. You start in the south-west part of the map where you can find one of the two lumber mills. The north has two log stations and another lumber mill. The first thing that you should do is to cross the river and unlock another garage. This map has three garages but the only one worth unlocking is the garage on the north - this allows you to shorten the time of changing parts and to unlock an option to tow your vehicle.
This scenario allows you to choose only two vehicles with a combined value of 5 stars. You shouldn't pick up Class A vehicles because they won't be able to deal with the river's strong current. The best way to cross the river is to pick up a truck and unlock the garage in the west. The game often generates a truck with a trailer worth 4 garage points which can be found in the middle of the map, near the big buildings. There are many asphalt roads in the north - use them to quickly unlock the garage. You can also come across two barricades but they are easy to go around.
The northern lumber mill
The blue line represents the path to the other side of the river and it leads to the lumber mill in the south part of the map. However, delivering timber there is the last thing to do. Drive on the road on the left side of the map and cross the shortest possible part of the river. Then, focus on unlocking the garage on the other side of the river and find an additional truck to create a convoy.
A quick way to deliver timber is to drive to the lumber mill in the north. Load timber on your truck, refuel your vehicle and follow one of the two green roads: the longer or the shorter one. The longer path allows you to drive on asphalt roads for most of the time but during its final part you will have to drive on sand. The shorter path is also an asphalt road that leads to the south barricade. Turn towards the river when you get closer to that barricade, go around it by driving along the shore and carefully drive into the forest. Thanks to that you can save a lot of time. Regardless of which path you chose, you reach a narrow belt of trees right next to an asphalt turn. Go through the forest and drive a little bit until you reach the lumber mill. It may turn out that the ground there can be boggy. Use winch a lot if you are driving a convoy, this will allow you to save yourself from problems.
You can go back on the asphalt road, drive north a little bit and quickly return to the garage by using the option to tow your vehicle or simply drive to a garage/log station.
The southern lumber mill
Now, prepare to cross the river. Load timber and refuel in a nearby fuel station. Go back to the south part of the map by using the same path located in the west part of the map, the one that you drove on in the beginning. Then, follow the orange path. When you reach the other side of the river, you can follow the path that goes along the shore. Keep following it until you reach the main road. This path is easy, albeit a little bit monotonous. The shore is more or less even, there aren't many places where your vehicles can get stuck. The second path covers a part of the road on which you drove earlier. It has a lot of tiled ground but you have to turn a lot and watch out for numerous trees and stones.
Both paths lead to the crossroad of the two main roads in this part of the map. You can keep driving through mud until you reach the goal. However, there is a simpler and easier way - turn towards the forest. You can notice on the map that there are many empty spaces without dense forests. These roads lead to other entrances to the lumber mill. You should use them because many of these roads are made out of tiled ground - it is hard to make mud out of it and get your vehicles stuck.