Vehicles

A vehicle carries goods over real roads. It has a home site, takes one garage slot there and drives the route you give it. The game has 18 vehicle types in 4 classes. Vehicle types lists each with its numbers.

The six numbers of a type

Number	What it means
Capacity	The most a vehicle carries, in t.
Speed	How fast it drives on a country road. A trip takes the drive time of a car on that road, stretched by the type.
Handling	The time it needs at each stop to load or unload.
Cost per km	The operating cost, charged when a trip ends.
Upkeep	What it costs per hour for being owned, charged for 24 hours at each settlement.
Price	What it costs new.

The numbers of a type never change. A vehicle you bought stays what it was.

Classes and patterns

The classes are sizes: pickup, van, truck, road train. Inside a class the types trade one number for another.

Pattern	Gives	Takes	Pays off when
Budget	a low price	capacity, pace, cost per km	cash is short
Standard	the baseline of its class		always a fair choice
Flatbed, long, heavy	more tons per trip	pace and handling	the drive is long and the market takes the tons
Express, tipper	a faster pace or quick handling	upkeep	the route is short with many stops
Electric	a low cost per km	price	the vehicle drives far every day

A larger vehicle earns more per trip and waits longer for its load. On a farm that grows 4.0 t per hour, a truck of 20 t waits hours for a full load. Match the vehicle to what its sites make.

Buying

You buy a vehicle for one of your sites with a free garage slot. Every type is offered new and used.

• New costs the price of the type.
• Used costs 60% of it. Its service is due 2 times as often, and the bank pays less for it later.

Wear and service

A vehicle needs a service every 5,000 km, a used one every 2,500 km. An overdue vehicle plans its trips 25% longer. An alert names a vehicle that needs service.

A service costs €240 at the garages of the town, or €40 when your company owns a workshop.

Selling

The bank buys a vehicle back for 50% of its price while it stands at a stop. A vehicle on the road is sold after it arrives. Its cargo is lost with the sale.

What research changes

Node	Effect on every vehicle you own
Quick hands	handling -15%
Eco driving	operating cost per km -15%
Lean fleet	upkeep -20%
Fleet care	a service every 7,500 km
Trade in	the bank pays 60% of the price

See also

• Routes and trips for what a vehicle does all day.
• Day, night and upgrades for trips at night.
• Sites for garage slots.