Garage Productivity

[Cult of Tzeentch]

I have 4 garage in Denmark. the Garage i'm currently working on is in 54% productivity while the 1st garage i bought in the game already make 100%. what i don't understand is how do i improve productivity ? what should i do to make 100% productivity ? the info said about having fully equipped garage or something is expected to make much money per week. does it mean i have to buy trailer for each driver to use or something ?

[kaki_gamet]

Anything you may mind of should works : ) Anyway that description is there since the very beginning when trailers were not available yet. For fully equipped it should means five trucks and five drivers, although I managed to get it with just four drivers. If you add doubles (there are allowed), will be a sure boost, and if you do a delivery or two from each garage will be another great boost ; )

Working with the Elite, right? Five garages at 100%. Must be at the same time anyway, so you need at least 20 drivers (better if already maxed) and you shifting around. Or just wait more : )

[Cult of Tzeentch]

Hmm, honestly i didn't pay any attention, so i don't know there is working with elites achievement XD

So, all i need is just keep deliver things right ? Also, what do you mean i can add double it ?

I'm currently have 4 garages and 17 driver including myself

[Capt. Carrot]

To get to 100% productivity on a garage you have to have a 5 slot garage, with 5 trucks and drivers and then LEAVE the drivers to do their thing so that they level up, eventually you will get to 100%.

You lose productivity by tinkering with the drivers' trucks too much so basically set the truck up from the start and don't do any further upgrades,

You also lose productivity if drivers cannot find work, so give each garage sufficient, owned REFRIGERATED trailers for your drivers because that reduces the chances of them not finding work.

[kaki_gamet]

Ah ^^' So you were not asking about the achievement : D Well, it is just a number for your entertainment then, unless you want that achievement ; )

You can buy double and b-double trailers and leave them in those garages, your hired drivers will use them at their own will, but in the average they will bring in more money than usual so it will helps productivity. It is not a fixed value anyway, it updates itself regularly so some times a garage that was already at 100% may drops. Later, a lots later, you should have dozens of garages at 100% so you can even do nothing more than your usual : D

Mind that trailers are reasonably expensive as you are still in the beginning ^^' Better to hire more drivers : ) See you later for achievements if you need any hints ^^/

[Cult of Tzeentch]

Originally posted by Capt. Carrot:

To get to 100% productivity on a garage you have to have a 5 slot garage, with 5 trucks and drivers and then LEAVE the drivers to do their thing so that they level up, eventually you will get to 100%.

You lose productivity by tinkering with the drivers' trucks too much so basically set the truck up from the start and don't do any further upgrades,

You also lose productivity if drivers cannot find work, so give each garage sufficient, owned REFRIGERATED trailers for your drivers because that reduces the chances of them not finding work.

ah, that should explain it, though i never did any upgrades on any driver's truck, i do swap truck with them from time to time for funsies. i guess that's also affect productivity as well ? never knew about having own trailer could reduce the driver couldn't find a job. thank you

Originally posted by kaki_gamet:

Ah ^^' So you were not asking about the achievement : D Well, it is just a number for your entertainment then, unless you want that achievement ; )

You can buy double and b-double trailers and leave them in those garages, your hired drivers will use them at their own will, but in the average they will bring in more money than usual so it will helps productivity. It is not a fixed value anyway, it updates itself regularly so some times a garage that was already at 100% may drops. Later, a lots later, you should have dozens of garages at 100% so you can even do nothing more than your usual : D

Mind that trailers are reasonably expensive as you are still in the beginning ^^' Better to hire more drivers : ) See you later for achievements if you need any hints ^^/

oh, you mean the articulated trailer ? i had one for logging trailer, though i did use it for myself XD. i'm not exactly achievement hunter, but wouldn't mind any hint regarding one :D

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/776224077972500874/0FF3E988993E96DC5C6AED8F1F8E545E0E11AA8A/

i just bought the 4th garage in denmark and can buy 2 trucks and hire 2 driver for them to drive at the moment.

[Cult of Tzeentch]

how do you post a preview of screenshot in a comment ? oh i'm really stupid, am i ?

[kaki_gamet]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1781349648
What I did: opened your profile, opened ETS2 screenshots, opened that screenshot, clicked on the cog (right side) and selected Share, highlighted the whole link and CTRL+Ced it, pasted here as is (there are other ways, I get used to this one) : )

The log trailer won't return a high profit, and the chance of an empty return for your hired drivers won't change because of trailers. For now keep expanding as you prefer, you will surely unlock some achievement in the meanwhile (Test Drive Limited maybe) : ) Drive a lot! : D

[Cult of Tzeentch]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1453554861

[Cult of Tzeentch]

gotcha !
thanks for everything :D

[The Pitts]

I can't resist, I've got to say it - it is a waste of time worrying about garage productivity, unless you are trying to get the associated achievement, in which case you simply need enough large garages fully populated with drivers of a high enough level (ie. there is little or nothing you can do to influence how quickly you achieve it, sufficient game time needs to pass that your drivers reach the required level of skill and thus profit generation).

All the productivity tells you is what proportion of an arbitrary profit number each garage has achieved in a calendar week. Once your drivers are taking longer jobs that figure can fluctuate significantly, depending on when during the week they finish their jobs, because revenue (and thus profit) is only adjusted, and allocated to the associated garage, at the end of each run. The driver's own profit values are expressed for a 'rolling week' where the older values only drop off once a run is completed and they are older than seven days, but the garage numbers roll over at midnight of Sunday into Monday. So if your driver completes a long haul on a Sunday evening they may only register two long jobs in the following week, thus dropping their personal contribution to that garage's productivity and pushing it below the 100% figure even though that driver (and indeed all drivers in a garage) are as productive as ever.

The only way to make meaningful use of the productivity figure is to track it over time and see if any garages consistently under perform but you'd still be better off tracking the bare profit figure since some garages will achieve numbers in excess of the €300K that represents 100%.

Originally posted by Capt. Carrot:

You lose productivity by tinkering with the drivers' trucks too much

I am intrigued by that statement, because I see no evidence in my own save data to support it (although I don't upgrade my drivers' trucks very often, so it may just be a lack of data points). What makes you say that it is the case?