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Euro Truck Simulator 2 Early Game Guide and Tips for Increasing Profits
This is a guide on how to grow quickly and increase profits in Euro Truck Simulator 2 early on. It provides various tips, including city selection, avoiding fines, skill investment, utilizing loans, managing garages and drivers, rest strategies, job selection, and when to buy trailers.
1. 📍 Early City Selection and Fine Avoidance Strategies
- ✅ Choose a city located in the center of the map to increase job opportunities. Nuremberg is recommended.
- ⚠️ Don't drive like you're in GTA! Running red lights, speeding, and accidents will lead to large fines.
| Setting | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Fines, Speed Limits, Drowsiness Fines | Keep (for fun) |
| Transmission | Automatic (Casual Players) |
| Camera Angle | Distant View |
00:15 - 00:53
1. 📍 Early City Selection and Fine Avoidance Strategies
- ✅ Choose a city located in the center of the map to increase job opportunities. Nuremberg is recommended.
- ⚠️ Don't drive like you're in GTA! Running red lights, speeding, and accidents will lead to large fines.
| Setting | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Fines, Speed Limits, Drowsiness Fines | Keep (for fun) |
| Transmission | Automatic (Casual Players) |
| Camera Angle | Distant View |
00:54 - 02:41
2. 🚚 Reversing Practice and Mastery: Be Patient and Go Slow
- ✅ Reversing may be difficult at first, but you'll improve with practice.
- ✅ Operate slowly and carefully, just like a real truck.
- ✅ Adjust the truck's movement by repeating forward and backward movements, and control the direction using the steering wheel.
- ✅ Choose difficult parking spots to earn more experience.
02:42 - 05:38
3. 💰 Skill Investment Priorities: Strategies for Maximizing Profits
- ✅ Maximize the Long Distance Transportation skill.
- ✅ Invest 1 point each in High Value Cargo and Fragile Cargo, then prioritize selecting Explosives and Flammable Materials.
- ✅ Afterwards, invest in high value cargo, fragile cargo, and ADR skills to increase profits.
- ✅ Raise the Just-in-Time Delivery skill to level 2 to activate more jobs.
- ⚠️ Invest in the Fuel Efficiency skill last.
| Driver Skill | Priority |
|---|---|
| Long Distance Transportation | Maximize (but after investing 1 point in other skills) |
| High Value, Fragile, ADR | 1 point or more each |
05:39 - 07:26
4. 🏦 Loan Utilization and Garage Expansion Strategies
- ✅ Actively utilize loans early on to grow quickly.
- ✅ Take out loans of 100,000 and then 400,000 euros.
- ✅ Buy trucks with the loan money and hire drivers to generate income.
- ✅ Prioritize buying new trucks, and buy used trucks as little as possible.
- ⚠️ Buy a new garage instead of upgrading your first garage.
- ✅ Buy a garage on the edge of the map to secure long-distance transportation jobs.
07:27 - 08:17
5. 👨💼 Driver Management: Be Careful When Firing
- ⚠️ Don't fire drivers who are losing money early on.
- ✅ Invest in skills first to grow your drivers.
- ✅ Skilled drivers bring in more revenue than new drivers.
08:18 - 10:16
6. 😴 Rest Strategy: Maximize Game Time Utilization
- ✅ In-game time only flows when you are inside the truck.
- ✅ Park the truck in a rest area and leave the game running while doing other tasks.
- ✅ Regularly return to the game to rest so that drivers can grow and earn money.
- ✅ On a PC, you can leave the game running and do other tasks.
10:17 - 11:14
7. 🚚 Job Selection: Maximize Profit and Experience
- ✅ Start the game with quick jobs early on.
- ✅ Afterwards, transporting with your own truck is more profitable.
- ✅ Sort jobs by price per kilometer to get the best return.
- ✅ Choose jobs that match your character's attributes to earn more money and experience.
11:15 - 12:03
8. 🗺️ Discovering New Areas: Map Exploration Tips
- ✅ Prioritize selecting jobs that explore new areas.
- ✅ Visit areas marked with question marks on the map to discover new dealers, garages, employment agencies, etc.
12:04 - 13:40
9. 🚦 Safe Driving and Fatigue Management
- ✅ Avoid speeding tickets and always turn on your headlights.
- ✅ Keep an eye on the fatigue icon, and rest when fatigue builds up.
- ✅ Use the bed icon on the map to find rest stops.
13:41 - 14:30
10. 🚛 When and What Kind of Trailer to Buy
- ✅ When you reach level 12, buy a lowboy trailer to perform more profitable jobs.
- ✅ Buy a refrigerated or insulated trailer to perform high-paying jobs such as vaccine transport.
- ⚠️ Postpone trailer purchases early on, and invest when you have enough funds.
14:31 - 18:29
11. 📝 Summary of Early Progression Steps and Additional Tips
- Prioritize selecting jobs that unlock more areas on the map.
- Level up and get loans through quick jobs.
- Buy a truck with a 100,000 euro loan.
- Choose profitable jobs from the cargo market.
- Get a 400,000 euro loan to buy additional garages and trucks.
- Hire drivers to generate income.
- Pay off the loan and take out another loan to continue expanding garages and trucks.
- Secure 4 garages and fill all garages with trucks and drivers.
- Buy better trucks and upgrade garages.
- Buy refrigerated or insulated trailers to increase profits.