RoadCraft update adds ‘advanced difficulty options’, including fuel management and manual gearboxes

Update 4 has been launched for heavy plant simulator RoadCraft, bringing a series of ‘advanced difficulty options’ to the game.

The main features of the new ‘options ‘hard mode’ are undoubtedly the addition of fuel management and manual gearboxes, providing a much more realistic and challenging driving experience. These have been much-requested by the RoadCraft community and bring the game more in line with its successful progenitor, SnowRunner.

Convoys are also much trickier to organise, as AI-controlled vehicles will deform all mud and asphalt paths over time, requiring players to constantly maintain their road network. The game’s economy has been tightened up, too, for those looking for a brutally realistic experience. The full gamut of advanced difficulty options can be seen in the changelog below.

In terms of vehicles, the Wayfarer ST7050 fuel truck variant has been added to the game, with the Rebuild Expansion DLC also released (from 6 pm BST today, 4th September 2025), adding two more maps and five new vehicles.

More information on this DLC can be found in our companion article.

RoadCraft Update 4 changelog

New Features

DLC – Added New DLC Vehicles

• Vostok MU-97 “Ant” Bridge Layer
• Vostok MU-97 “Ant” Rusty Bridge Layer
• Tayga 6455B Bridge Layer

DLC – Added New DLC Vehicles Variants

• Armiger Thunder “Expedition” Scout
• MULE T1 “Trailblazer” Cargo Crane Truck
• Tuz 119 “Mutt” Rusty Scout (please note that this truck must be unlocked through a mission on Contamination)

DLC – Added 2 Maps

• Contamination
• Wash Out

FREE – Added New Vehicles Variants

• Wayfarer ST7050 Fuel Truck

FREE – Added Difficulty Modifiers (Hardmode)

As promised a few months ago, we added different difficulty modifiers to spice up your experience!

When starting a new save, you’ll have the opportunity to customise your game by adding fuel management, economy modifiers and more. Don’t hesitate to start a new save with these modifiers enabled.

• Limited Fuel
• Convoy Difficulty
• Fewer Convoys
• Gearbox
• Bridge Costs
• Economy Modifiers
• Realistic Quarry Zones
• Recovery Rules
• Vehicle Cost

Fixes & Improvements

General

• Fixes for multiple random crashes and general stability improvements
• Minor performance optimisations
• Minor save system optimisations
• Localisation issues
• Added: 4 HUD modes in Settings

UI/UX

• Fixed: “Interaction” button no longer appears gray in the Details window
• Fixed: “Start/stop engine” button icon no longer persists incorrectly
• Fixed: Balance replenishment animation now properly plays in the garage tab after selling vehicles
• Fixed: Selector no longer disappears when switching diagonally to a cell with two vehicles
• Fixed: Profile data now displays correctly in the garage Details window.
• Fixed: Crane control tutorial now displays in the correct language based on game settings.
• Fixed: Session opening no longer fails if the player switches to the Permissions window during the process
• Fixed: Loading animation no longer remains stuck in the Pause Menu after exiting multiplayer window
• Fixed: Gamepad’s “Delete point” button in AI route editing is now correctly marked as active.
• Fixed: Resolved issue where scene restart forced AI routing cursor instead of default
• Fixed: Canceling company customisation now returns the player to the previous screen instead of reopening customisation
• Fixed: AI route points can now be placed close to UI elements without placement issues
• Fixed: Client selection action menu now disappears as expected after use
• Added: Route markers

Render

• Fixed a bug with trees twitching during the rain
• Fixed a bug with flickering branches
• Fixed a bug with tiled terrain after reentering to the map
• Fixed a bug where the target display changes after switching to windowed mode
• Fixed a bug with square water VFX
• Fixed an issue where terrain deforms when vehicles pass nearby