How to Drive & Car Basics in My Winter Car
My Winter Car is not for the faint-hearted, and it is recommended to play My Summer Car first, as this brutal car survival game simulates every aspect of keeping a car running in 1999 Finland. While there is plenty of maintenance and upgrades to learn later on, players will first want to learn the basics of how to defrost the car, start it, and drive in My Winter Car.
My Summer Car: How to Get Food and Water
Food and Water are two basic survival materials that the players need to gather in My Summer Car, and this guide explains everything about them.
Having an understanding of how real manual cars work will give players an advantage, especially old cars from before 1999.
How To Defrost Your Car In My Winter Car
Before players attempt to drive, they will need to defrost their car in My Winter Car. To do so, open the door and get in. Hover over the Ignition, and press once to insert the key.
Turning The Heater & Blower On
With the engine on, look to the right on the dashboard for a square button that is the Window Heater. Press this, and a yellow light should come on.
Below this is the Blower. Press this twice to make it the most powerful.
The temperature can be changed by using the Scroll Button, but it should start on high. There is also direction.
Scrape The Windows
While the heater does its job, you can speed up the process by scraping the windows. Stand outside the car and hover over the windows so that a hand sign appears, and it says ‘Scrape Window‘. Starting at the top, hold down LMB and scrape down.
You should hear a scraping sound to let you know it’s working.
It will take a while to make progress, but doing this on the driver’s window and the left side of the windscreen means you can set off driving.
How To Turn The Engine On In My Winter Car
Turning the engine on in My Winter Car is harder than one might think. First of all, you will want to enter driving mode by pressing Enter.
Then insert the key or turn it by pressing once on the ignition with LMB. Some dashboard lights should turn on.
At this point, for a cold engine start, which is often the case, you will want to pull out the choke, which is to the left of the wheel. This is done with LMB. The car should be in neutral throughout this process, indicated by an N in the bottom right.
You can then hold down LMB on the ignition to rev up and start the engine. After a while of driving, you can slowly push the choke back in using RMB and pushing.
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Using Gears & Driving In My Winter Car
If players have never driven a manual car, prepare to learn. Your car will start in neutral, indicated by an N in the bottom right.
Gears can go up with G and down with B.
- R – Reverse
- N – Neutral
- 1 – 1st Gear
- 2 – 2nd Gear
- 3 – 3rd Gear
- 4 – 4th Gear
- 5 – 5th Gear
When in Reverse gear, you will still use W for the gas, even though you might be used to using S to go backwards with WASD controls.
Auto-clutch should be turned on by default in the settings, but if players want to use this manually, the clutch is used with X.
Setting Off
To drive, however, you will also need to lift up the handbrake by looking at it and clicking, or by using the Spacebar.
The car can then be put in 1st gear if you want to go forward, and pressing W will put your foot on the gas to drive.
Turning & Breaking
You can use A and D to turn left and right, while S is the brake.
Remember to apply the handbrake again when parking.
Other Important Car Controls In My Winter Car
There are plenty of other hotkeys relating to driving and the car in My Winter Car. The following are the basics.
- J – Push: If your car gets stuck, get out and enter push mode with J.
- L – Lights: While driving at night, turn your headlights on.
- Arrow Keys – Blinkers: Before turning left or right, turn the indicator on with the arrow keys.
After entering driving mode, you should look behind to the left and drag your seatbelt into place.
My Summer Car: How to Get Rid of Fatigue and Dirtiness
Apart from building their cars, players also need to take care of their fatigue and dirtiness in My Summer Car, and this guide explains all about it.