Price or Price per distance?

[gta_fan]

Which pays more?

I have the search set to price per distance (with the arrow down, showing the highest first)

[Lokki (◕‿◕✿)]

Highest price obviously pays more, highest price per distance pays more for the miles you need to drive

[SeikakuOtosan]

and it depends on how you play the game, if your like me and just do one job then get board and find something else to do. then highest price is best, if you plan on marathoning a lot of missions together then price per distance will win out, since you can do more jobs faster there by making the price per miles mean more cash in the bank.

[Voice From Beyond]

When you consider maintenance and fuel, price per mile pays better.

[Rookie-31st]

This game is about driving, so price per mile is obviously better choice. At this moment, however, I consider location as well, so I could discover new cities and drive roads I did not drive yet

[Willow Rivers]

Price per mile. You get more per mile driven.

[chaseydog]

Short term - price
Long term - price per mile

[Bud Kushinski]

i like rookie31st's advice, but I'll add price per distance in NV is probably worth more then in CA - Cause the speed limit is a bit higher.

[Voice From Beyond]

Of course price per mile is only relevant if your driving your own truck. Quick jobs it's price for the win.

[margalus]

You will make more money in the same amount of time by going with the highest pay per mile, always.

That goes for quick jobs or driving for yourself.

[Bud Kushinski]

Originally posted by Voice From Beyond:

Of course price per mile is only relevant if your driving your own truck. Quick jobs it's price for the win.

yea why do you say this? i'd think its the other way round if anything (esp if you have a loan and play with fatigue). Quick jobs reset your fatigue and also teleport you to the pickup, so you dont waste time driving, and you can always take advantage of the best $/mile. additionally if you take $/mile jobs that are around 12hrs you wont ever have to rest, but that only matters if you have loans i'd imagine.

[🅶ila]

There are always exceptions, but price per distance is generally the best.

The few exceptions:

If it's a short route, to me, it's generally not worth extra unless it's a considerable amount.

Also, I look at how fast the route is. If it's a long windy pathway through mountains, etc, it's going to take a hell of a lot longer because you can't go pedal to the medal like on an interstate or highway.

Other factors I look at, are load size; and if the dropoff is away from the city. You're going to get a job done much quicker if you're only hauling 20k, as compared to 60k because your truck is going to handle and gain speed faster (and maintain a faster speed.)

ATS seems to be quite a bit better than ETS2 when it comes to jobs available at dropoffs outside of town. Many a time in ETS2, I would take something 50 miles out of town to find that I can get twice as much per mile by driving back to town after I drop the load off and picking up that job. So, in those cases; I would usually take a job whose dropoff is directly in town, rather than having to drive unloaded afterwards.

In these cases, I have found that taking the highest overall price over price per mile is the best.

[Qraken]

I'd like to see an option that shows price per hour in addition to price per distance.

For example, if I am faced with choosing to drive 500 miles through Nevada and Arizona or 500 miles through California, I'd rather see a comparison of price per hour since California's speed limit is 55 and would take me longer to complete than driving through Nevada and Arizona.

[Jackrabbit_V6/ RSProduxx]

i usually go for the highes end-price, since i am the long distance driver... unless i don´t want to go 1000miles, then i look for the highest price on a distance that i feel like driving :)

although price/ mile usually pays better longterm, i mostly don´t feel like making 10 deliveries in a row to get a bit more than what i would get for one long haul...

in the end it all breaks down to what i feel like doing, i guess after all it´s a mixture of it all :)

[dnthomps]

I filter twice, I sort by price then look for the first 'special' job. Then I will eliminate based on how I feel, I get tired of fringe jobs. Fringe jobs are the ones that pay a lot because they pick destinations at the edge of the map so I try to keep my trip distance under 1000m (WoT jobs don't use the job distance slider it seems). And I try to avoid back n forth jobs.

[Gizmosellsbunnys]

I like San Diego to Phoenix or Tuscon deliveries now with rescale as 400 miles and not too long can make money still nor too short where your grinding. Love the ability just of have dedicated routes I can take as like to sleep my own bed or park next to ice cream van.