When comparing SimCity vs Spintires, the Slant community recommends Spintires for most people. In the question“What are the best PC games that don't revolve around killing people?” Spintires is ranked 26th while SimCity is ranked 36th. The most important reason people chose Spintires is:
You do not see games like this much, it is kind of niche product. As going trough rugged terrain with hulking Soviet machines tends to be a pretty niche genre/style of game.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Includes tourism
Pro City socialization
City socialization add in an extra element of story and advancement allowing user to specialize in certain fields that will allow for expanded options and buildings.
Pro Stable and runs well on lower end systems
SimCity runs well on mid range hardware with little to no crashing.
Pro Design any city you want
SimCity allows for users to play and build how they like. From small country or suburban towns to huge cities and all the perils and gains they bring.
Pro Unique title
You do not see games like this much, it is kind of niche product. As going trough rugged terrain with hulking Soviet machines tends to be a pretty niche genre/style of game.
Pro Has Steam Workshop support
You can get all the mod's etc through Steam Workshop, which creates a community where one can enjoy the added elements brought forth by the available mods.
Cons
Con Limited building space
SimCity limits the payers amount of building space which can ultimately prohibit the creativeness of a players city building.
Con Always on DRM
Simcity features always online DRM, even for it's single player campaigns.
Con City to city resource sharing is limited
City to city resource sharing can only take place if both cities are able to provide said resource with one borrowing some from the other. There is no way to share resources with a city that for instance does not have a power plant and power is what the player wants to share.
Con Takes a lot of dedication and time to learn the ins and outs of planning a city
Even after 100 hours users can still be learning about different features or plans on how to expand their towns from the earliest outsets.
Con Camera can be unweildy
There is no cockpit camera view in the game, the only camera view is this odd over the shoulder camera that can make it tough to see what one is doing while driving. It does help when trying to hook up to and pull another truck out of the mud, but an additional camera view would be helpful for driving in particular.