| Description | Recover a stuck vehicle, pull yourself out of trouble or winch a disabled vehicle onto a loading bed. Recovery Winch adds configurable recovery equipment to compatible Farming Simulator 25 vehicles, using the game's native cable, hook and winch sounds.
Choose equipment for the job:
- Cars and pickups: the original compact bumper winch, plus low-profile, tubular bullbar and offroad bullbar designs.
- Trucks: a heavy front winch with a low bullbar, a rescue cradle or a high protective guard.
- Loading beds: a rear-facing winch for supported ramp-equipped trucks, trailers and hook-lift roll-off platforms.
- Tractors: a separate Category 2 three-point recovery winch, available under Weights in the shop. Attach it to a compatible front or rear linkage. It weighs 220 kg and requires no PTO.
- Forestry forwarders: front winch support for compatible vehicles without a factory winch.
Use a standing tree, place a ground anchor or connect to an available recovery point on another vehicle. Vehicles belonging to other farms can also be recovered. Suitable free trailer and implement drawbar couplings are supported.
Every purchased winch includes one reusable portable towing eye for your farm. Fit it on foot to the front or rear bumper of a car, pickup or truck, then connect the cable. The target vehicle does not need its own winch or towing-eye purchase. Previously purchased standalone eyes remain usable.
The loading-bed winch includes steering and brake assistance for an unattended vehicle, with a seated helper character. The assistance never starts the engine or applies throttle: the winch provides the pulling force. Start approximately aligned behind the lowered ramps; tyre grip, vehicle width and collisions still affect loading.
Adjust the mounted winch in the shop: up to 3 m forward or backward and 1 m up or down, in 5 cm steps. The separate three-point unit has a fixed mounting position. Configuration controls are shown only where applicable, including vehicles enabled through the admin setting.
- Winch price: €1,500, including 20 m of cable and a portable towing eye.
- Cable choices: 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 or 50 m.
- Cable upgrade price: €250 per additional metre.
- Includes a recovery parking brake and native winding/unwinding sounds.
- Singleplayer and multiplayer support, with in-game admin settings and diagnostics for dedicated servers.
- Default cable pickup/release key: Y. Other available actions appear in the F1 help menu; bindings can be changed in the game settings.
Compatibility depends on the vehicle's category, couplings and loading-bed definitions. Custom vehicle scripts and moving or tilting beds may require additional support. A three-point linkage is not automatically a cable attachment point. Cable connections, ground anchors and fitted towing eyes are temporary; purchased equipment and shop configurations are saved.
Developed by The Field Union.
On small recovery vehicles in the CARS category, heavy recovery loads retain their real mass and position on the bed, including when secured with native tension belts. Trucks and trailers retain their existing mass handling. A light recovery vehicle can slide toward a heavier target; a rear-heavy load can unload or lift the front axle. These effects depend on load position, tyre grip and the vehicle physics. Heavy loads are not refused by a mass-ratio popup or automatically disconnected. Wheel contact, mass and weight distribution determine the physical response. |
