Gaming Video Clip of Truck Crossing a River Shared as Real Stunt By Indian Army

This video is from a game called Spintires: MudRunner.

Fact-check: A video from a game showing a truck crossing a difficult road is going viral as real.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A video showing a truck carrying, a structure that looks like a rocket, crossing a river and then navigating on a curvy road is going viral on social media with a claim that this happened in India.

What's the claim?: The claim states that this is a real incident of carefully maneuvering the truck.

• It also praises India's infrastructural progress.

• While some claims in the Marathi language state that the viral video shows how skillfully the Indian army is driving the army truck.

An archive can be seen here.

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(Archives of similar claims can be seen here and here.)

We also received a query about this video on our WhatsApp tipline.

What's the truth?: A gaming creator, Jim Natelo, posted this video on his Facebook page and mentioned that he was playing a game, Spintires: MudRunner.

How did we find this out?: We ran a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the viral video which led us to a Facebook post from 22 March.

• The video was shared by a gaming video creator, Jim Natelo.

• The post carried the same viral video of the truck and the caption read, "emergency bridge technology is very helpful when in a situation like this."

The post can be seen here. 

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We also saw Natelo's reply on a comment which confirmed that this was a gaming video.

The creator agreed on this video being a video game.

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We found several similar videos of trucks, cars and jeeps on his account.

More about the game: This game called Spintires: Mudrunner is an open-world driving simulation game.

• It lets gamers drive their vehicles on difficult terrains.

We reached out to Natelo for further confirmation, he told us that this visual is from a game and not a real video.

Conclusion: A video from a game showing a truck crossing a difficult road is going viral as real.

(Note: The article has been updated to add the gaming video creator, Jim Natelo's quote.)

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