02-23-2014, 04:20 PM
Been pretty quiet in here of late (excluding the little spam attack the other day). I guess people are waiting for 1.12 to hit. I know I am!
Anyway, I was curious about freight costs and whether vehicle size or weight had any effect on it so I did a little test to check:
I started an easy game in London and made a quick and cheap micro car, sedan and full sized sedan and then opened a branch in New York. I then made 3 of each vehicle at a time (one body type each month) and sold them in New York only. So, I had the same number of vehicles shipped each month the same distance (and just to keep everything equal, sold for the same price) but the vehicles were all different weights and sizes.
The end result? Freight cost was identical for all three.
The shortcoming of my test was that all the vehicles were made from the same components so while the Full sedan was about 30% heavier than the micro they were still all under 1000kg. I might try again tonight but make the bigger car from a bigger, heavier frame to push it's weight well over the smaller car to confirm my findings over a broader weight and size range.
Anyway, I was curious so I figured other people might be as well =)
Anyway, I was curious about freight costs and whether vehicle size or weight had any effect on it so I did a little test to check:
I started an easy game in London and made a quick and cheap micro car, sedan and full sized sedan and then opened a branch in New York. I then made 3 of each vehicle at a time (one body type each month) and sold them in New York only. So, I had the same number of vehicles shipped each month the same distance (and just to keep everything equal, sold for the same price) but the vehicles were all different weights and sizes.
The end result? Freight cost was identical for all three.
The shortcoming of my test was that all the vehicles were made from the same components so while the Full sedan was about 30% heavier than the micro they were still all under 1000kg. I might try again tonight but make the bigger car from a bigger, heavier frame to push it's weight well over the smaller car to confirm my findings over a broader weight and size range.
Anyway, I was curious so I figured other people might be as well =)