Drivers not driving

[BottledSus]

I have 2 drivers and one of them will drive his truck just fine and if i park my trailer in the garage, he will use it. My other drive does nothing and has done nothing since i hired them. They have a functioning truck.
https://imgur.com/a/Pg8m82c

[Tunerko]

Are you sure that truck is fine? Why is there an exlamation mark besides the truck icon? Did you bought him an used truck? Open the status of that particular truck and let me see if the truck is really ok :) thank you

[garrett.thief.69]

The red indicator next to the truck on the right hand side means an employed driver won't use it. Allocate the truck to yourself (he will take yours in exchange automatically) by clicking on the truck and selecting "drive it". Then drive it. You'll probably find it will cutout randomly saying "vehicle malfunction". Live with it for a bit, earn some money and then sell it to buy another.

A tip for used trucks - don't touch 1* or 2* trucks with a barge pole unless you have lots of money and want a specific older truck in your fleet (don't bother restoring it either, just visit the dealer for that brand of truck and part-ex it. You'll find that by clicking on the "stock" drop down you can then select "fleet". This will bring up a brand new version of your truck which will be at least 40-50k cheaper to buy than a full restore for identical spec).

In general with used trucks, always look for 3* or above and make sure permanent wear %age is as low as possible (under 10% ideally). The most expensive items to replace at service are chassis and cab so make sure their wear percentages are as low as possible.

[Alfmaster]

I'm not sure if this is relevant, but I've just observed a bug that some AI driver could get stuck if there is a construction site ahead. I was waiting for a few in-game hours, but they don't move. Only a restart could help to remove them. Probably, those drivers could be "frozen" too.

[BottledSus]

Originally posted by garrett.thief.69:

The red indicator next to the truck on the right hand side means an employed driver won't use it. Allocate the truck to yourself (he will take yours in exchange automatically) by clicking on the truck and selecting "drive it". Then drive it. You'll probably find it will cutout randomly saying "vehicle malfunction". Live with it for a bit, earn some money and then sell it to buy another.

A tip for used trucks - don't touch 1* or 2* trucks with a barge pole unless you have lots of money and want a specific older truck in your fleet (don't bother restoring it either, just visit the dealer for that brand of truck and part-ex it. You'll find that by clicking on the "stock" drop down you can then select "fleet". This will bring up a brand new version of your truck which will be at least 40-50k cheaper to buy than a full restore for identical spec).

In general with used trucks, always look for 3* or above and make sure permanent wear %age is as low as possible (under 10% ideally). The most expensive items to replace at service are chassis and cab so make sure their wear percentages are as low as possible.

That was the problem, i bought a cheap truck with 3 stars and he is now driving

[The Pitts]

Originally posted by Alfmaster:

Probably, those drivers could be "frozen" too.

This is lovely idea but I'm sorry to say that your drivers never venture into the game world so anything you see in NPV traffic is not going to affect them.

[Alfmaster]

Originally posted by The Pitts:

Originally posted by Alfmaster:

Probably, those drivers could be "frozen" too.

This is lovely idea but I'm sorry to say that your drivers never venture into the game world so anything you see in NPV traffic is not going to affect them.

Thank you, this is obvious that those drivers technically do not exist in the scene, but some core dependencies still have a chance to have the same roots. Very unlikely, but complexity of the modern software makes everything possible.

[mojo_musica]

Originally posted by Alfmaster:

Originally posted by The Pitts:

This is lovely idea but I'm sorry to say that your drivers never venture into the game world so anything you see in NPV traffic is not going to affect them.

Thank you, this is obvious that those drivers technically do not exist in the scene, but some core dependencies still have a chance to have the same roots. Very unlikely, but complexity of the modern software makes everything possible.

If there is a problem with traffic at a standstill, save the game (if you are not on a WoT job) and re-load that save, the traffic is usually cleared.