It’s also very susceptible to a bit of rock and roll in crosswinds on the highway.Spintires free is an indie name developed by Oovee Game Studios, tracing its roots again to Intel’s Havok Engine Innovation Contest in 2009! With a two man team, the proof of concept became indie achievement shows the would possibly of a strong concept. Tip it into a corner at speed, though, and the softly sprung body begins to feel uneasy. Small dimensions and light but direct steering provides an almost comically tiny turning circle that’s better than many city hatchbacks, placing the Jimny as the perfect urban dweller cum weekend warrior. It’s not a loud, clunky four-wheel-drive by any means.
But given there is a lightweight body on top it feels relatively light on its feet. And it’s probably more than apt to push on harder with some suitable mods to get really serious.īuilt on a ladder-frame chassis with front and rear live axles, the Jimny’s solid off-road credentials compromise some of its on-road compliance. Off bitumen and with four-wheel-drive engaged, the power delivery feels well-judged and it’s enough to scrabble on just about anything suitable to the car’s 210mm ground clearance and skinny 195mm wide road-biased rubber. Below that is an old fashion shift lever for selecting part-time two-wheel-drive (rear), locked 4x4 high and locked 4x4 low range. It’s not a car to be in a rush with, but it does have an energy about it that’s pleasing when schlepping along, and the long-throw five-speed manual transmission is nevertheless positive in its action and engaging to use.
Still, it feels leisurely accelerating above 60 km/h and needs to rev to make the most of its power.
A small 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine with lowly 75kW and 130Nm output figures is nothing to write home about, but with a featherweight 1095kg performance on the scales the Jimny doesn’t need much oomph to get moving.
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