How are earnings calculated?

[Goodbye Horses]

When you fix a car do you earn a percentage of the value of the parts you change/repair?
So if you spend more you gain more? (for example with tuning, choosing the more expensive stuff to reach the goal)
What about the cars you rebuild from scrap?
Thanks

[John Floyd]

Do you say cars you buy or mission cars?

[Spitball]

Mission repairs have a cap, you should not exceed that, or you will lose money. I believe it says, replace parts under X % amount. You do not need to go NEW on parts if it says replace at, let's say, 85%. You only need to replace the part with a used part, if allowed, or fix the part (if able), to 85%. Buying new parts when it says replace at X percent, you are wasting your money; however, if it says replace at 100%, and you don't, you will lose money!

[Goodbye Horses]

Originally posted by John Floyd:

Do you say cars you buy or mission cars?

Both

[John Floyd]

Originally posted by NoiseX:

Originally posted by John Floyd:

Do you say cars you buy or mission cars?

Both

From what I could see, mission cars is a predetermined value, the work will pay so much, so if you manage to save on parts (by repairing them for example) you increase your profit margin.

Now restorations, which are the cars you buy, depend on the parts you use.

*Using 3 star parts will always increase the total value of the car.
*Rims and tires increase the value of the vehicle, so a 180cr rim with a slick tire will be worth much more than a 20cr rim with a standard tire.
*Tuning body parts, obviously, increase the car value.
*From the changelog a car washed and cleaned inside should be worth more, but I don't remember seeing a difference in value.
*Also from the changelog a painted car should be worth more, but again I didn't see any significant increase in value.

Now the calculation of the final value is done by adding the value of the following items. Parts Value, Body Value, Performance Parts and Condition Bonus.

*Parts Value - total value of mechanical parts, but only standard parts, not tuning. The parts reduce in value if the condition is below 100%. This value is fixed for that specific model, and will only go up if you use 3-star parts.
*Body Value - Total value of body parts, it will only increase if you use tuning parts or/if you use 3 star parts.
*Performance Parts - This is the total value of the tuning parts, the more tuning parts you use the higher this value will be, if you use 3 star parts the value will increase. But, the value of the "Parts Value" will reduce as it will subtract the parts you replaced with tuning parts.
*Condition Bonus - This is a bonus for the overall condition of the car, I'm pretty sure this value increases with the use of 3 star parts. Importantly, the bonus from 95% to 100% has a significant boost, so don't forget to change license plates as well.

Detail, I said that 3 star parts increase the value of the car, that's true, but I don't think it's worth it, the increase in value is too small for the work and cost of creating scraps

That's what I've noticed so far, I haven't had time to "study" it yet to be able to speak with 100% certainty, I'm sure if there's something wrong someone will fix it.