Drivers

[roger20_77]

i am 21 drivers short to fill my gauges. Hire a driver is empty.

[MagnusA]

You probably hit the limit of number of drivers. It is hard coded in the game to 354 or something like thhat.

[roger20_77]

Are they going to change it? It don't make since to add garages and limit drivers. no limit on trucks.

[Wille Wilse]

Sometimes they add a few more drivers when releasing a map DLC, but not always.

[roger20_77]

I now have 75 garages, 375 trucks, only 354 drivers. to find out there is a limit of 354 drivers. dose not make since. with more states being added.

[mojo_musica]

Originally posted by roger20_77:

I now have 75 garages, 375 trucks, only 354 drivers. to find out there is a limit of 354 drivers. dose not make since. with more states being added.

Who said there would be drivers for every space in every garage? I can't find that in the game description or any posts by SCS in the game blog.
Simple fact is you get as many drivers as SCS see fit, the more there are the bigger the load on the CPU to calculate each one of them and the bigger the save file. All totally unnecessary, as you will make so much money from 354 drivers you will never be able to spend it. My current profile on ATS has $375,000,00 in the bank and drivers earn $12,000,000 a day. My ETS2 profile currently has €4,000,000,000 (4 billion Euros) and 354 drivers earning €32,000,000 every week, whether I work or not.
Money is not the object of the game, and filling garages with drivers isn't a goal in the game.
Buying all the garages is a good idea, you get fuel cheaper in your own garage, but drivers are not a necessity, and SCS doesn't make it one to play the game happily. Many people on here play with no drivers whatsoever and get all the achievements and pleasure everyone else gets.
It's all about driving the truck you like and enjoying the scenery while chilling to some nice music, not stressing about making money.

[roger20_77]

i'm not really not stressed about money. i just wanted to fill the garages. i drove for real for 5 years until i had my strokes taking me away from driving. i miss it and ATS fills the void a little.

[RynoHawk]

You may want to leave at least one space open per most garages (at least one in a state or region of a state). For example; for the Texas event, I relocated my driver and the truck I was driving to a Texas garage. Yes you can fast travel to these places but I just like to be based close to where I'm working. Also if they update the map and relocate my truck "to a safe place" (i.e. my base garage) I know it will still be close by and won't have to drive far or fast travel across the map.

Another option for garages (other than filling them with drivers and trucks) is to give you a place to rest and fuel that isn't a truck stop (if you were to role play as a company driver).

[rhuffp]

Something i did was to buy trucks from every manufacturer, customized to the max. Now when I want to switch to a different truck, I don't have to trade in my current one. Just transfer to the garage with the truck I wish to drive.