Offroad Oil Tanker Truck Drive

Put a liquid load on rough terrain and the two difficulties multiply rather than add. The slosh you have to anticipate on a road becomes far less predictable when the truck is also pitching over bumps, because now the load is moving in response to the terrain as well as your inputs. The practical consequence is that speed has to drop below what either an off-road truck or a tanker alone would need — the safe pace is set by the combination. Reading the ground ahead matters more than in a road tanker, since a bump taken at the wrong moment adds to a slosh already in progress.

This title is best suited to players who want the tanker handling challenge intensified by off-road terrain.

1. Drive slower than either an off-road truck or a road tanker would require alone.
2. Read the terrain ahead; a bump during an existing slosh is what causes rollovers.
3. Take bumps square and slow so the load pitches predictably.
4. Brake and corner on the flattest ground available, not mid-slope.

• Arrow keys or WASD to drive
• Camera key to check the tanker

Objectives

• Deliver the tanker across rough terrain intact
• Complete the route within the time limit

The run ends or fails when

• Rolling from combined terrain pitch and load slosh
• Cargo loss on severe ground
• Exceeding the route time

• Liquid slosh combined with uneven terrain pitch
• Compounded instability from two independent sources
• Reduced safe speed set by the combination, not either factor
• Terrain reading as a core stability skill

• Your safe speed is lower than for either problem alone. The two stack.
• A bump on top of an ongoing slosh is the classic rollover. Time your bumps for when the load is settled.
• Do your braking and turning on flat ground, never on a slope.

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