AAR - Zap

[Frankschtaldt]

Thanks for sharing. The electric engines was an interesting choice.

Expansion wise I decided to stay in Europe throughout the game. This was mostly a lazyness thing HAHA. I did have a go at expanding into New York in 1912 but pulled out in just over a year. Basically, the cost of freight meant I was losing money off every sale and if I bumped my prices up my sales would drop and I'd lose even more! I figure the only way to make cross ocean trade profitable are either to have a very high margin product that can absorb the cost or to open up a factory in the target continent and have it make specific vehicles for that market. The former I didn't have (though, I probably could have if I tried again in 1925) and that latter I just couldn't be bothered doing.

Ive heard from several people on this, most including myself just use a different trim for different regions of the world.
So you can manufacture and sell that specific trim(basically the same vehicle with a different aesthetic) in that specific area and avoid accidental shipping expenses.
Balancing and refine this has been the subject of several different suggestions on the forum.

That's what I do too!
And that's what this was referring to with this

open up a factory in the target continent and have it make specific vehicles for that market

as well as this

that latter I just couldn't be bothered doing.

lol. Just too hard for that I wanted for this game!
Some of those refinements we've been discussing are really necessary before it's really within my patience to do for 360 turns with 60+ branches, 5+ factories, and 2-3 different trims of 10+ vehicles.


Oh yeah, also I only ever did broad base advertising for Zap. I never advertised any of their vehicles specifically and I don't believe I suffered for it.