Materials of the author «Ahurmen» 1

The Economy Overhaul mod changes nothing except the in-game economy. It is based on real data such as cargo prices, driver salaries, fuel prices, police fines, and ferries.

Since SCS uses a scaled system of metrics and time, where 7 in-game days are closer to 30 real-life days, there can be no "Realistic Economy" mod. Therefore, this mod does not attempt to be the "most realistic economy mod," but instead uses real-world data (based on data from a local small/medium Czech freight company), adjusted to be as close as possible to real prices.
For better understanding, imagine that 1 week in the game equals 1 month in real life.

Attention!
- The mod supports only official game content! Third-party modifications such as ProMods, etc., are not supported!
- The mod greatly complicates the company development process; if you are not ready for such difficulties – do not take it on!

Features based on real data:

- Freight market, cargo market, and external freight market costs. (From €1.03 to €1.45 per km)
- Garage purchase/upgrade costs (€300,000 / €800,000)
- AI fuel consumption costs (from €0.20 to €0.30 per km)
- AI driver salary per kilometer (based on salaries in our compatible CZ freight company – so it may vary from country to country (€0.12 per km))
- Fixed AI driver salary (€138 per in-game week + their per km salary as noted above^)
- Police fines
- Your company garage profit over 7 in-game days (if you have average/experienced drivers)
- Toll fees per km (for France, Poland, Italy, and Austria)
- Fixed toll taxes
- Current fuel/diesel prices in each country (real fuel prices updated weekly for each country)
- Ferry and Eurotunnel prices
- New 36 world currencies of all European countries and other major world countries: (Currency by ISO code: ALL, AUD, AZN, BYN, BAM, BRL, BGN, CAD, CNY, HRK, EGP, GEL, ISK, INR, ILS, JPY, MKD, MXN, MDL, NZD, RON, RUB, SAR, RSD, SGD, ZAR, KRW, CHF, TWD, TND, TRY, USD, UAH, AED, VEF, VND + default currency)

Features based on modified real data:

- AI + player driver freight salary (in real life drivers usually do not get paid per freight, but in-game "freight salary" must be very high due to balancing the entire garage economy) – (€80 per cargo)
- AI driver/truck maintenance costs now include garage maintenance costs (€0.18 - €0.35 per km).
- Bank loans – balanced to fit the newly overhauled economy. (Existing loans taken before installing the mod are not affected the same way as your bank credit debt.)
- Penalty for abandoned jobs (€2449)
- Police fine system – if there is no police car nearby, you will get only 50% of the fine (does not apply to radars and car accidents).