Realistic Economy (Hard Mode)
This mod changes the economy to be more realistic (much harder).
Changes listed below are relative to the default game values as of v1.50.
economy_data.sii changes:
Revenue-
-Freight truck revenue per mile has been lowered from $21.73 to $2.05.
-Cargo truck revenue per mile has been lowered from $24.14 to $2.29.
-Fixed (base) revenue lowered by 50% ($300).
Drivers-
-Freight Driver revenue (pay) per mile has been lowered from $16.17 to $0.51.
-Cargo Driver revenue (pay) per mile has been lowered from $18.59 to $0.60.
-Minimal driver salary (base) has been lowered to $60 from $350.
-Driver maintenance and fuel costs have been lowered by about 78%.
-Driver hire cost has been lowered to $500 from $1500.
-Driver no return job probability reduced to 1% from 10%.
Simulation-
-Garage prices reduced slightly.
-Garage production levels lowered.
-No minimum truck requirement to purchase from online dealer.
-Abandon job fine lowered to $3000 from $12000.
-Simulation average speed increased by 4mph.
Experience & Skills-
-Pay reward bonus per level has been halved down to 0.5%.
-Increased skill levels only give a 1% boost per level after the first tier unlock instead of 5% per.
-Experience is set to 1xp per mile, down from 1.61xp per mile.
-Free roam experience is removed.
bank_data changes:
-Loan amounts changed.
-Interest rates are 3 to 6 times lower.
police_data changes:
-Level based fines are gone; fine rounding is now to nearest dollar.
-Speeding fines are $100 base and about another $8/mile over the speed limit.
-Speeding fine chances for moving police car reduced to 50% from 90%.
-Car crash, avoiding sleeping, wrong way driving and running red light are now $150 fines.
-No lights at night fine is $80.
-Avoid weigh station, illegal trailer and damaged vehicle usage are $300 fines.
-Avoid inspection is $500 fine.
-Police fine rate not increased by 2x anymore if police nearby.
-Reduced police offence timer to 60s from 25s.
-Avoiding sleeping, wrong way driving, no lights at night and running red lights have no chance of fine if police are not around.
special_event_data changes:
-Level 0 credit limit is $0.
-Level 2 credit limit is $150,000.
-Level 5 credit limit is $500,000.
-Level 10 credit limit is increase to $1,000,000.
-Every 10 levels up to level 150, gets a $1,000,000 credit increase up to $150,000,000 maximum.
My ATS mods (all are intercompatible):
minimal adviser interface for ATS & ETS2
minimal adviser interface for ATS & ETS2_ top bar version
Alternate F2 Mirrors
Mixed Mirrors
Top Corner F2 Mirrors
Eaton Fuller Super 13 & Super 18 Transmissions
Realistic Economy
Improved Traffic
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
