I can't hire more drivers

[G0rgutzz]

I have bought every garage on the map and have 300 something drivers but the agency shows there is no new drivers every day. Is there something wrong with my game or is it a "game feature"?

[Wolfgang]

The maximum amount of drivers you can hire is 340.

[G0rgutzz]

Thank you
That's quite low, do you know if devs are planning to do something with it?

[SecretOne]

Why? whats the point of them other than bringing in revenue which if you have 340 drivers you will never be able to spend. Unless you sell off each of their trucks and then get them new ones ad infinitum.
If you had to micro manage them then yes I could possibly understand that to a point but, it is a truck driving game not a logistics management game.

[andoblock]

Originally posted by G0rgutzz:

Thank you
That's quite low, do you know if devs are planning to do something with it?

You can get more drivers through a mod in the workshop. https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=668698544

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1607109450&searchtext=drivers
You can use both of these mods to get more drivers.

[Bronco13]

Hmmm, I have 182 garages x 5 trucks = 910 trucks. I was able to hire 894 drivers ... Maybe I could have had more if I didn't want an entire female fleet. I fired a few male drivers to replace them with female drivers but I couldn't / cannot hire any more drivers, no females and no males.
Phil

[thepowerglove]

Originally posted by SecretOne:

Why? whats the point of them other than bringing in revenue which if you have 340 drivers you will never be able to spend. Unless you sell off each of their trucks and then get them new ones ad infinitum.
If you had to micro manage them then yes I could possibly understand that to a point but, it is a truck driving game not a logistics management game.

Achievements? Personal satisfaction? The fact that it is a logistics management game because it literally has logistics management as a primary mechanic?

[Wolfgang]

Originally posted by thepowerglove:

Originally posted by SecretOne:

Why? whats the point of them other than bringing in revenue which if you have 340 drivers you will never be able to spend. Unless you sell off each of their trucks and then get them new ones ad infinitum.
If you had to micro manage them then yes I could possibly understand that to a point but, it is a truck driving game not a logistics management game.

Achievements? Personal satisfaction? The fact that it is a logistics management game because it literally has logistics management as a primary mechanic? :2016whoadude:

It is not a logistics management game. It is a Truck Simulator and not a Logistics Tycoon. If it were a logistic management game you would micromanage you hired drivers, you wouldn't drive a truck and would fill out spreadsheets.

[Sandhill]

Originally posted by thepowerglove:

because it literally has logistics management as a primary mechanic? :2016whoadude:

I thought it was driving...maybe I missed the "primary mechanic."

[thepowerglove]

Originally posted by Wolfgang:

Originally posted by thepowerglove:

Achievements? Personal satisfaction? The fact that it is a logistics management game because it literally has logistics management as a primary mechanic?

It is not a logistics management game. It is a Truck Simulator and not a Logistics Tycoon. If it were a logistic management game you would micromanage you hired drivers, you wouldn't drive a truck and would fill out spreadsheets.

This game literally let's you micromanage your hired drivers, down to what they are training for, what truck they drive, their truck upgrades, where they are stationed out of, and even the freaking color of their truck, and you can do this for 300+ drivers at once. This is all in addition to multiple menus regarding their hiring, firing, efficiency, $ per mile driven, and they become the primary source of income after the beginning stages of the game. Are we playing the same game?

Originally posted by Sandhill:

Originally posted by thepowerglove:

because it literally has logistics management as a primary mechanic?

I thought it was driving...maybe I missed the "primary mechanic."

I said "A" primary mechanic, as it is the major money making method once the game gets going.

[soldier6661111]

Based on the fact that out of the first 3 points listed on the store page 2 have to do with running the company I would say that is a primary part of the game. Although, one that can be altogether ignored...

Although, if it can be ignored, is it primary?

[The Pitts]

Originally posted by thepowerglove:

the major money making method once the game gets going

But only if you choose to use it. You cannot make any money in the game without driving a truck. With hindsight I wish that I'd ignored building a trucking empire and just concentrated on driving - which is how I'm playing ATS since starting with it at the beginning of the year and it makes your driving, job choices etc. more important. A more realistic economy would help but once you've got a garage or two's worth of drivers running smoothly you never need to worry about money again, which is totally daft.

[mally6659]

If you could Micromanage your drivers, i would be telling them
to pick shorter routes instead of driving miles out..IE say from Liverpool
to Denmark all the way down south ferry then up
Hull be better way lol

[Ryu]

Originally posted by mally6659:

If you could Micromanage your drivers, i would be telling them
to pick shorter routes instead of driving miles out..IE say from Liverpool
to Denmark all the way down south ferry then up
Hull be better way lol

Might be shorter drive time, but much longer ferry trip time making you late. ;)

[mally6659]

Not done it yet, been ok not being late

[The Pitts]

The last thing you want them doing is using the ferry. When they are sat on a boat they are earning neither XP nor money.