The game was created for the contest Havok Physics Innovation Contest by Intel, that took place in 2008-2009. Originally, it was a simple demo, showing capabilities of the engine and was warmly received by the community, that contributed to the further development of the project in the full game. Spintires beginning on Kickstarter, where the gaming community has paid attention to it. The game has changed significantly, has acquired additional functions and acquired an army of fans, some of whom are doing mods for it. An interesting fact is that the developer is one person and he spent on developing game for near 5 years!
And here is November 16, 2016 Spintires came in the store Mail.ru Games. This is the second platform, where it will be sold officially as a digital key. It's almost the same version of the game Steam, only without multiplayer and Workshop. But it has a number of good advantages. Buying Spintires in the Mail.ru Games of the you will get:
- 14 new vehicles, which are the most popular among custom mods
- Improved graphics and UI(added support for SSAO, traces of wheels, the drop of water, pieces of dirt, and color settings of the fog, the navigation mode)
- More realistic physics and controls
- The game is now even more achievements
- Was redesigned game hints
- New soundtrack in the main menu