Having spent 50+ hours on these maps, here are the essential strategies for Spintires China Adventure-PLAZA:
Spintires is notorious for CPU bottlenecking due to the mud deformation. The Chinese foliage (specifically the bamboo) is high-poly. The PLAZA repack includes a hidden config file that allows you to toggle "Bamboo Density" from 100% down to 25%. At 25%, the game runs at 60 FPS on integrated graphics, though the forest looks like a field of ghost sticks. Spintires China Adventure-PLAZA
The primary selling point of Spintires China Adventure is the topography. The developers scanned three distinct regions in China (presumably based on Yunnan, Sichuan, and Inner Mongolia). Having spent 50+ hours on these maps, here
The China maps feature "Wet Soil" and "Dirt" textures that behave differently than the black earth of the base game. At 25%, the game runs at 60 FPS
A wet, humid map that combines the original Spintires mud physics with new "terrace farming" obstacles. Narrow paths are separated by vertical drops. If your truck slides sideways, recovery is nearly impossible without a dedicated crane.
