Air Filter Efficiency

[Zalym]

There's no system upgrades or improved versions of the air filters (like batteries) that would make them last longer, correct?

The only option to increase efficiency over time is to use the most filters possible, right?

It feels like I'm replacing them all the time as by the time one is down to "needs service" the next is already halfway to that point. I mean I get they are consumables, but they seem to give up very quickly compared to other truck parts. (But that could just be my observation bias, I have no data.)

[Growler Guy]

Have 4 new to good quality filters A.S.A.P.
You want to change all filters simultaneously to take stress off the system.
The climate control on the dash should be set to moderate, and the fan should be set to low most of the time.
Try to put a ++ battery in climate control systems, and a quality UCC.

[MonkeyGamesVR]

Originally posted by Zalym:

There's no system upgrades or improved versions of the air filters (like batteries) that would make them last longer, correct?

The only option to increase efficiency over time is to use the most filters possible, right?

It feels like I'm replacing them all the time as by the time one is down to "needs service" the next is already halfway to that point. I mean I get they are consumables, but they seem to give up very quickly compared to other truck parts. (But that could just be my observation bias, I have no data.)

I think it might be because of the diverent systems one might travel through, have diverent (polution) wich might be a cause, maby? Im not sure could be though.

[deltahazer]

Originally posted by MonkeyGamesVR:

Originally posted by Zalym:

There's no system upgrades or improved versions of the air filters (like batteries) that would make them last longer, correct?

The only option to increase efficiency over time is to use the most filters possible, right?

It feels like I'm replacing them all the time as by the time one is down to "needs service" the next is already halfway to that point. I mean I get they are consumables, but they seem to give up very quickly compared to other truck parts. (But that could just be my observation bias, I have no data.)

I think it might be because of the diverent systems one might travel through, have diverent (polution) wich might be a cause, maby? Im not sure could be though.

Devs haven't mentioned any system like that, but one thing about the air filters is that their degradation speed ramps up as its health declines. So you can't think of the percentages as "percent of time remaining or you'll trip yourself up when that last 50% vanishes twice as fast (or whatever the exact comparison is, I have no numbers) as the first 50% lasted.

As Growler pointed out above, the best thing to do is to try to get 4 filters in ASAP (to divide the load), then try to reach a point where you can swap filters well before they fail (25-50% range seems to be a good replacement mark). That'll keep your system humming nicely, while still having a moderate amount of sell-back value in the used filters to defray the price of replacements (if you haven't found enough via salvage).