Controversial: Azov 64131 is the worst truck in the game

That idea was brewing in me for almost a year now but peaked when this terrible poll here took place.

How on Earth can I have such assessment? It’s simple: we are in the video game and notion of good/bad is not so banal. I’m mesmerised by people judging mods by the aspect of how easy it flies over land and how much fuel does it have. The same people without much thinking voted Azov 64131 as the best truck in vanilla game.

Why it’s the worse? Game is based on a challenge of traversing hard terrain, we have working aspect of fuel management, we have systems of selection for AWD vs RWD and possibility of locking differentials that gives us superior mud traversing on low gears but we pay with low speeds and bigger turning radius. We have simulated physics so tipping is a real threat. We have unique addons and limitations that gently motivates us to reach for a wider spectrum of vehicles.

Those are all working mechanics of a good game. Let’s see now what 64131 represents. It’s a very capable truck- so capable in fact that in most situations in vanilla maps you don’t have to be aware of mud, you just point and drive. We are loosing the aspect of threat from muddy terrain. It’s quite stable, handling gradients very well- no threat here either. 2 mechanics of the game are now almost disabled. Even been so capable it’s also incredibly economical. Probably small fuel tank then? Nope. Really huge. This renders fuel planning unnecessary. Ok, so maybe it’s limited with addons so we can’t use it all the time. Nope. One of the most versatile trucks in the game. Always AWD and Diff- two another mechanics land in the garbage.

Ok. So we have a maxed out specs, good to have for people needing special care but we all know that trucks in this game are balanced. ANK is a beast but that fuel economy, tipping and limited addons! Almost every good truck is balanced so there must be a major con. We can agree that pointing a truck and holding a trigger without danger of getting stuck or without tipping sounds a little… boring. So to add to this bland mixture (I forgot about it being fake, unlicensed Russian truck, not recreating the original well)- the main con is that is super ultra slow. Badum tsss. So not only it will bring boredom, but you can be sure this boredom will last;)

I know the results of the poll. That’s just my view on the truck that during my 700h with the game I’ve tried 3 times. And every single time it was sold just after first mission. I did it even on hard mode (sic).