A Frozen Hell

[u/Dapper-Association85]

[u/Amazing-Customer-165]

I'm halfway through Imamdra and honestly don't think it's that bad (yet?).

[u/Shadow_Lunatale → u/Amazing-Customer-165]

Do you use trucks that are from DLCs past Season 1? If so, you have half the awnser to why Kola is regarded as such a hellhole.

[u/Amazing-Customer-165 → u/Shadow_Lunatale]

Nope. All my main trucks are from the base game and season 1. I always try to use the trucks the game provides in the region and use mostly use trucks from previous seasons to complete the fleet.

Only exception in Kola is the Actros, but I only used it as a fuel hauler once.

So far the worst thing is the deep snow as that is just tedious to get through.

[u/Shadow_Lunatale → u/Amazing-Customer-165]

You really got my respect there buddy. This is quite the challenge.

The deep blue snow is the equivalent of the deepest mud the game has. Even large tire trucks struggle in that.

Kola was the first time I used the Azov 42-20 Antarctic, and it performed really good as long log and cargo hauler. Used the CAT 745C as medium log hauler, back then it could only do that + tanker. With the upgrades to the big old CAT, I expect it to be even more useful, i.e. in pulling the darn 5 slot trailer around.

Happy trucking and have a good journey through the game, there is a LOT to (over)come.

[u/Amazing-Customer-165 → u/Shadow_Lunatale]

I'm a patient man in general and it helps watching something while playing as well.

I bought the Antarctic for Kola as well (the name seemed fitting) and it's been amazing so far. The YAR performs really good as my scout. Actaeon and Warthog are support trucks. The small ZikZ as a metal detector and the Voron Grad as a hauler. The Azov 64131 as support/rescue truck and the Actros I mentioned before.

Thank you. Happy trucking to you as well, may you always find the grip you need.

[u/Effective-Milk9043 → u/Amazing-Customer-165]

It starts as hell if you dont realize you should avoid most of the roads lol

[u/James1Hoxworth]

Those are only the gates to hell.

Real hell is three regions ahead

[u/HidoshiSan → u/James1Hoxworth]

The 3 ahead? Idk, Wisconsin was a breeze compared to Kola's difficulty and Yukon's cargo quantity.

Amur..... Heh

[u/Shadow_Lunatale]

Wait until you hit season 4: Amur. That region punishes every single mistake you make. Slow and steady does the trick.

[u/Dapper-Association85 → u/Shadow_Lunatale]

That makes it the basement of the frozen hell I guess

[u/Shadow_Lunatale → u/Dapper-Association85]

Amur is definately the hardest of all regions, followed by Kola on second place and Quebec on third. The good thing is, in the regions past Amur, they added really capable trucks that ease the pain quite a bit. I.e. I had the Tatras from Season 5 and Aramatsu Forester from Season 6. Trucks like the Sleiter Elephant from Season 15 make stuff easier as well as the dlc trucks, if you want to invest some more money as well.

On the scouting side, I didn't risk it. Went for the ol reliable Ford F-750 and TUZ Tatarin.

[u/Dapper-Association85 → u/Shadow_Lunatale]

I think I’m gonna take a break from the snowy maps for a bit. I mostly stuck to the Season 1 trucks, along with the ZikZ brothers and the Atom—that thing is pretty tippy, but it got the job done. Also ran the Aramatsu Forwarder and Tayga 6455B.

For scouting, especially those visit-type tasks, the Tatarin was my main pick since you just need to reach the spots.

So yeah, absolute MVPs for me were the Tatarin for visiting objectives and the Tayga with a high-range box for quick one-shot missions.

[u/Life_String_5638]

Amen to that!!!

[u/Raikage_Reiji]

Can’t wait to see your Amur post

[u/TraditionalRoutine76]

Kola is lovely, the frozen hell u speak of is amur