I like playing the outer edges of the map, but sometimes the first circle is all the way on the other side and I end up pretty much guaranteed to die unless I can find a car.
And I'm really, really bad at finding a car.
What kinds of places do they spawn?
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I've done a bit more looking around and found this thread on the forum. It has a quote from a moderator so not sure how accurate that is, though it does seem to fall inline with what I've seen:
After some further research I found this map on steam that is a work in progress of garage locations that spawn cars:
The next part of the answer is based off of my own experiences.
Disclaimer: I have no official sources on this and it's all based on my own experiences playing the game.
I usually find the best way to find a car is to follow a main road or look near a main road. Usually also looking near buildings/houses and I can find one. This is only purely speculative and based on what I've seen so far.
I have also found a car inside a garage that is attached to a building but only rarely.
I just managed to get into game for a bit and I've noticed that the UAZ seems to spawn in fields near buildings usually the more industrial ones. Something else to look out for.
However, as I usually land middle map-ish on an isolated set of buildings I try to run everywhere. This also has the advantages of:
But it does have the disadvantage of not starting out with much stuff, or as good stuff, as you usually would have unless you get luck.