How to set the GPS?

[City Builder]

Hi,

I'm in a town now that has no jobs so I want to set my GPS to take me to a town/city that I've not visited yet but see listed on the map. How would I go about setting my GPS to give me instructions to get to my desired location so that I can hopefully find more jobs or if not that at least to just get there to check it out.

Thanks

[Angel of Verdun]

I'm not sure you can?

At least I found no way of doing it. I just looked at the map, noted which lefts and rights I need to take, then follow the signs along the road and re-open map as required to make sure I'm on the right track.

[jeremymtc]

Use the freight market to see if there are any jobs available in the town that you would like to visit, and then set GPS to that job.

[City Builder]

Okay so I can only set the GPS to vcities that I've already visited I guess. Thanks

[jeremymtc]

If you do not filter the freight market results, you can set the GPS to any city. In other words, do not click the city you want to visit on the map, but just scroll through all the available jobs. It does work =)

[zbobg]

The only problem with setting the GPS to an offered job is that you MUST then drive there to turn off the GPS or you could select a different destination. There is no way to cancel the GPS destination.

[City Builder]

Okay so like I was saying, I can only set the origin or destination to cities that I've managed to already find. It's not like a real GPS where I could just choose one of the cities on the map and then have the directions plugged into the navigator.

I just tried it, and the only places that I can click on, on the map are cities that I've already been to. I was hoping to be able to click on a city on the map (even cities I've not been to) and plot a course for that city regardless if there were to be freight jobs there to pick up or not. Sort of like sight seeing the different cities. If it works otherwise, well... It's not doing what I'm trying to do.

[jeremymtc]

Don't click a city on the map - just scroll through the job market and look for a job in the location you want to visit. Then click the 'set gps' to that location.

[zbobg]

Publicado originalmente por jeremymtc:

Don't click a city on the map - just scroll...

That (showing all the cities) only works when you've discovered all the cities.

The job market (starting point) is always limited to the cities you have discovered. The destination is not limited (obviously) so early in the game it's useful to pick undiscovered destinations.

If you own your truck it's useful to drive freeroam to nearby cities to discover them so that those jobs become available. So you don't need to make a job delivery to a city to discover it, just drive there in your own truck - freeroam with no trailer.

Suppose you've discovered London and Liverpool. You're currently in London or for that matter anywhere on the map. You can see there's undiscovered cities between where you are and Liverpool. Pick a job offer in Liverpool that's not necessarily a job that you really want. The GPS will route you past a lot of undiscovered cities, just drive into them to discover them on your way to Liverpool. That Liverpool job offer may expire but that's not a problem.

This also works if you're actually on a job, drop your trailer (T key) somewhere safe and take a moment to drive your cab into an undiscovered city that you pass. Go pick up your trailer after discovering that city and continue on your way. The only issue here is that these extra visits may make you late. You can drive thru cities cab trailer and all if you like, it's sometimes hard and time consuming to get turned around and back out of the city with the trailer attached.

[BayneRav]

What i do not agree with the Gps is can not manually plot a course like u might with google maps on adjusting the route that want to take, albeit a better byway to an off-ramp, or a bypass along a highway to take a round about way to not deal with heavier compact roadways... Or the terrible street light signals, 350euro is not much so anytime i see a chance to run a red with no conflict with traffic i go for it. Bad habit, yet fk it, its a sim :D

[City Builder]

Well yeah that's basically what I wanted to do. Plot a course from where I currently was to a city that I'd not yet discovered so that the GPS would guide me to my chosen city.

I doubt they'd change it now but it sure would be nice if we could select any city (discovered or undiscovered) and choose to have the GPS plot the course to get there. To me it's far too tedius to have to keep consulting the map to see where I might have to make a turn to get to where I want to go especially annoying when there is a GPS unit sitting on my dash which unfortunately only slightly simulates a real world driving GPS unit.

[Alryn]

Yeah, on my last job I decided to change my route instead of following the GPS, which took me through mostly country lanes. So it would be nice to program the GPS as you would like. Hopefully someone will make a mod for the GPS sometime soon.

[zbobg]

It's hardcoded, don't think there'll be any Mod for GPS.

Add your request to the SCS wishlist.

[Snurre86]

Still no way to cancel the GPS destination?

[europepro🏴‍☠]

Publicado originalmente por Snurre86 (Punishing vs Rewarding:

Still no way to cancel the GPS destination?

Cancel that job and is free again