Repaint Costs Are Silly

[OriginalGrubby]

Buying an Auger Wagon for $50,000, but it costing $40,000 to repaint it is insane. Can this be fixed by the devs, or is anyone able to make a mod to adjust the prices or just repainting.

Thanks!

[TYLER M]

i agree

[Farradin]

It was that way in fs22 so I think it's intended. Why I have no idea.

[SFC heretic]

In FS22 is a mod, where you can adjust the pricing. I hope the mod comes back to FS25

[Pvt. Paula]

i hear mimi

[Thoddy]

Repaint costs are absurd.

[dogwalker1]

Whole new release and they didn't even see fit to tweak this little detail to something more sensible? Sheesh, bad enough they never did anything about it in FS22. I don't think I've seen anyone at all claim the paint damage and re-painting prices are in any way fair, realistic, or in some abstract way justified. Yes there will no doubt be a mod for it, but if absolutely no one agrees that the mechanism currently makes sense, how hard would it have been to just, I don't know, set the damage rate and re-painting price to something realistic in the game itself?? Am I missing something here? Don't get me wrong, I LIKE a financial challenge to my game, I LIKE having to manage my finances and accept that there are significant operating costs in reality. I just don't like that challenge to come from a gamey money-soak mechanism. And if the reply to that is "just don't re-paint then, it's only cosmetic and has no gameplay effect" then why is it even in the game at all? If it's there make it relevant... eg: at some point poor paint condition adds repair costs because of rust damage - and make the pain costs and wear rate more realistic.

[Andy]

just an idea for everyone ...dont repaint ...problem solved

[OriginalGrubby]

Originally posted by Andy:

just an idea for everyone ...dont repaint ...problem solved

I honestly haven't bothered. I still find that aspect of the game silly though. It cost less to repair your equipment than it does to paint it. I mean if that's the case just remove that mechanic from the game if they can't be bothered to adjust it, or at least explain why they have it like that.

[vannstockwell]

2.7 hours of using the four row vegetable harvester repaint cost is $127,386 and that was for 4.5 acre field with some sitting around. There is no excuse for this level of incompetence. How many years should a vehicle get before it needs to be repainted and what would that cost. I would think ten years or more for an extensive paint job. The main body shouldn't need repainting for fifteen to twenty I would think. Any farmers with large equipment experience?

[lexx1383]

There you go. But it only deals with the pricing side of the question.
https:// /www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT7XAdz4MVw

[I'm Ant]

The repaint is they take the tractor apart strip the paint off re oil everything and replace some worn parts tractor is as good as new.

It could do with a wear time option.

[joridiculous]

Repaint is stupid expensive IRL too, but IRL a paint job lasts for years. In game one day