Cement Truck

Cement Truck
Vehicle
Manufacturer	MatarHorn Trucks
Vehicle Type	Industrial vehicle
Category	Heavy (WD1) Heavy Vehicle (WD2)
Body Style	Cement mixer
Capacity	2 (driver and passenger)
Price	$1,000 (WD1) N/A (WD2)
Appears in	Watch Dogs Watch Dogs 2

❝ An industrial cement truck.❞ 

―In-game description in Watch Dogs.

The MatarHorn Trucks Cement Truck is a heavy vehicle in Watch Dogs and Watch Dogs 2.

Design

The Cement Truck is based on the chassis of a three-axle conventional cab lorry, with both rear axles being drive axles. On the drum, all versions are operated by Tidis Corporation in Watch Dogs, and Gabay Construction Ltd. in Watch Dogs 2. It features a unique wheel design which lacks holes. It appears to be based on a Kenworth W900S, judging by the headlights mounted on the sides of the grille rather than on the fenders. On the left side of the truck shows three compartment boxes while on the right side shows a chute extension next to the drum.

Performance

A rather clean Cement Truck in Watch Dogs 2.

Due to the large wheelbase and size, turning becomes problematic in narrow streets and height is another disadvantage at some garage doors. However, like any truck, the mixer is very powerful to clear its path from other vehicles. As expected from such as large vehicle, the vehicle itself has below average performance. Its poor top speed, acceleration, and braking are due to its sheer size and weight, causing immediate problems in picking up speed, and, of course, maintaining it; because of its heavy weight, the truck also suffers from bad handling, and the cornering radius is limited.

Like the Flatbed Truck and its variants, the concrete mixer is powered by what appears to be a large Single Cam V8 engine, with two cylindrical air filters seen on the sides of the cab, where the air-filter pipes are seen coming from the engine model. The engine is placed in a front engine, rear wheel drive layout, which still provides enough power to move the truck without causing any loss of control. The 8-speed gearbox seems to be a rare use of an auxiliary gearbox in-game; a secondary gearbox working very similar to twin-geared bikes - the secondary gearbox having less gears than the primary gearbox, but giving the primary gearbox more potential by allowing a higher combination of gears.

The sheer mass of the vehicle can be used as a major advantage, particularly in ramming other road-users out of the way, and when at high speed, is a very dangerous vehicle for causing immediate destruction of most small cars on the road; it can be said the vehicle can usually cause another road user's car to burst into flames upon a high-speed, head-on collision.

This vehicle isn't idle for police pursuits; however, depending on the amount of police activity, can be used as a threat against traffic rather than evading.

Overview

Watch Dogs

General Aspects
Top Speed	Acceleration	Durability	Handling
Technical Aspects
Acceleration	Engine	Drivetrain	Gears
N/A	Single-cam V8	Front engine, rear wheel drive	8

Watch Dogs 2

General Aspects
Top Speed	Acceleration	Durability	Handling
Technical Aspects
Acceleration	Engine	Drivetrain	Gears
N/A	Single-cam V8	Front engine, rear wheel drive	8

Locations

Watch Dogs

• Spawns mostly in industrial areas, such as The Wards or Brandon Docks.
• Sometimes spawns in The Loop.
• Can reliably be found in the Tidis Corporation plant.
• Available at the Car On Demand app, for $500.

Watch Dogs 2

• Commonly found on the western and northern parts of the map, although more frequent on highways.
• Spawns near both the Golden Gate Bridge and San Rafael Bridge.
• Parked in a construction site near the Golden Gate Bridge.

Gallery

Tidis Corporation Cement Truck in Watch Dogs.

Gabay Construction Ltd. Cement Truck in Watch Dogs 2.

Close up of the tag axle

A Concrete Mixer on a Sausalito Highway

Encountering a pair of Middleweight DCs (right) along with a Boxvan (left) and a Gabay Flatbed (front)

Gabay Flatbed Truck (left), Concrete Mixer (middle) and Dump Truck (right)

The Cement Mixer, along with the Convoy, are the only trucks in the game that have a different looking cab.

Trivia

• The Cement Truck is a tweaked version of the Dykemann Dolva C-575 appearing in Driver: San Francisco, another game by Ubisoft, as other vehicles do with their counterparts.
• This is the only vehicle in the game that is shown with six wheels; the second axle which is also a tag axle simply has no function.
• Unlike a real concrete mixer, the drum does not spin, making the truck not hauling any concrete.
• The vehicle is often colloquially called a "Concrete Mixer".