Late shipment FINE?

[Belsteed]

I got a 6.2k fine because the shipment was late. On a 5k job. I had no accident, no ticket, no nothing. i lost 1.2k to deliver this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ tank. It was a perfect drive.
2 problem, when i signed the contract, my driver was already a bit tired and the gaz tank was almost empty???? I had to sleep and fill tank (200$) i had no choice i calculated that i was unable to complete without doing it. I went 13 hours late :-O. IKR i had to ♥♥♥♥ing sleep to complete. Wow what a turn off. anyone else experienced this?? I remember in the other games we could choose how many hours to sleep, am i right? i would have done a power nap not a complete night of sleep. Please add this feature !

[Mike]

Being late have to hurt right!

[Stringbean]

OP,..next time,..plan accordingly.

[Belsteed]

did u read the whole post? lol

[tomkrist]

Then sleep and fill tank before you start next mission:) I always do that.

[Belsteed]

but it was not my own truck ...

[roggek]

OP, read!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=619483011

Always sleep and fill up BEFORE any crucial contracts...

[Stringbean]

Originally posted by Dion Topeka:

did u read the whole post? lol

Yea,..he said his driver was already tired and his fuel tank was almost empty. All this before he even started the contract. That would of lost hime some valuable time.. I've never been late, even on those really long 600 mile journeys.

Like I said, you plan accordingly.

[Acid_squirrel]

Originally posted by Dion Topeka:

did u read the whole post? lol

Took a job without checking to see if you could make the whole trip with what time you had left before needing to sleep or if they gave you enough time for delivery to accomadate some sleep. I think the plan accordingly post is the solution to your problem.

[Belsteed]

How can i do that if i dont own a truck... its a quick job ( i got hired)

[Gomoto]

Things that influence your paycheck AND are in your control :-)

[Nono54Fr]

In ETS2, if you do a quickjob, the player is never too tired to do the trip and there is always enough fuel for the trip. Fatigue is now cumulative in ATS ?

[SmilesLikeJoker]

Originally posted by Dion Topeka:

How can i do that if i dont own a truck... its a quick job ( i got hired)

Pick jobs that expires further out. The delivery date/time doesn't change whether it expires in 20 hours or 20 minutes. If you think you might need to sleep and get gas, pick a quick job that doesn't expire for at 11 hours.

This same planning process works for your own truck too.

[OFFICIAL]

when you get a job while you are too tired you have 2 options if you know you wont have time for the delivery, 1.) turn off fatigue for that job and turn it back on after, 2.) keep driving a deal with the fines for driving fatigued.

The best advice i can give is check how long you have left when nearing the end of your deliveries if you have more than 10 hours to spare, sleep. this way you wont enter your next job too tired for the work and wont have any late penalties either, also check if you are doing urgent deliveries or not as they will limit your time for rest, always refuel at the earliest possible time with quick jobs if you dont have enough fuel that way you can make up lost time instead of losing it later on, and make sure you go into options and set fuel useage to realistic, when you are going down hill stop accelerating and let gravity do its thing, this way when you are coasting you will not use any extra fuel. using realistic consumption i have completed jobs where my fuel info says i have about 600-650 miles left of fuel and my GPS reads 800 miles to end of job, without refueling purely by coasting as much as possible.

[Willow Rivers]

No we could not choose how long to sleep, in ETS2 it is the same 8 hours. You cannot pick how long to sleep. This game is just like ETS2, it is using the same game engine.

Always make sure you are rested or have enough time to sleep on the way to complete the trip on time. There has always been a penalty for being late. The longer you are late the more the penalty is. I was 4 minutes late on a delivery and it was only a couple hundred penalty. Of course being 13 hours late would incur a huge penalty. I would not expect to be paid being that late.

[HardeKern]

TIP, Rest / sleep before u do a delivary, play save