(02-23-2014, 10:12 PM)Frankschtaldt Wrote: On that note, I don't know how car shipping is done but if it's anything like other shipping types it should probably be charged on a per container basis and then divide that by the number of cars that'll fit in a container.That is essentially what i think as well.
Although, thinking about it, I'm not sure if that level of realism is really that necessary. It might be easier just to apply a 10-20% surcharge on shipping less than 5-6 cars to a city in a month and maybe a small discount for really huge numbers.
As long as the actual figure is a reflection of reality, it doesn't necessarily have to be calculated based on all the factors that it would be in the real world. It just has to roughly represent them.
So as you said, a surcharge on shipping very few cars, and perhaps some reflection of economy of scale at huge numbers.
A good point in this thread raised was basing it in some part on the weight/dimensions of the vehicle.
Perhaps that should also add a extra charge.
It was mentioned in the other thread that it could be based on sea proximity and things like that, but since then im more worried that doing that would make the calculations so complex it would be hard to base decisions on them.
i.e. you would have to actually open a branch and ship cars to actually have any idea how much it would cost, rather than being able to make a good guess beforehand.