General Guide for the whole game

It's what it says on the tin. A document to help you through your playthrough, a player's handbook if you will.

This guide is over 5 years old now, but every so often I push some new words into it.

I hope veterans and beginners alike can enjoy this guide!

Main Menu

Starting a new game

Click on the new game button, and set up your character.

• Put in your first and last names
  
• Turn permadeath OFF (unless you have lots of experience with NOT DYING)
  
• Click BEGIN

First steps

The opening cutscene starts in the backseat of your father's Satsuma AMP. and shows the character being delivered on the highway. As Porilaisten Marssi plays, the camera zooms out and some yellow text appears on the screen saying:

"SUOMI FINLAND 1976
[player firstname] was born"

After the intro, the game jumps to 1995, and you take control of an 18 to 19-year-old player. Initially, the game places you in your bedroom.

Take some time to explore the house. When you find yourself in the kitchen, note that you start with a case of beer, and some milk and food in the fridge. On the fridge there is a note from your parents, which reads;

"Don't be lazy. Fix your dad's old car. Uncle's blue van can be loaned. Don't drink alcohol! We'll come back when we get bored. Yours, Mom and Dad.

They will never 'get bored'. You're on your own!

Please note that:

• Sausages, macaroni, pizza, and milk will eventually spoil if left outside of the fridge for too long. They keep forever in the fridge, however.
  
• Sausages will fully restore your hunger but can only be eaten once if they are still in the pack. They can be cooked for a lot of hassle and no extra benefit.
  
• Alcohol makes you drunk. Keep beer in your car for when you get thirsty on the road.
  
• Going to sleep drunk will give you a hangover in the morning. The best solution to stop the shakes is more booze, however by doing this you will become an alcoholic. Might not be worst thing.

If you go out your front door, to your left is your garage. This is where all your car parts are sitting, and the car body is sitting the driveway.


Around the side of the house is a mini-bike, commonly referred to as "the Jonnez".


It is advisable to wear the crash helmet (found on the desk in the player's bedroom) to avoid the Intercontinental Ballistic Bumblebees that have a chance to fly into the player's eye, blinding them until the game is reloaded. The same applies when driving any vehicle without a windshield installed.

How to survive

Need bars

Your need bars are in the top left corner of the screen, (they can be hidden with F2) and you need to pay attention to *most* of them. In this section I will cover each one of them and how to tend to them.

Urine

Your urine need increases when you drink. You can pee anywhere in the game, (you have a peepee). You can pee by pressing (default key is P). Don't let the bar get full or you'll get free bottom surgery. Don't pee on anywhere in the house that isn't tiled floor, (anywhere but the toilet, shower, and sauna) or else stains will accumulate on the floor. Or do, if you're into that sort of thing.

Hunger

Hunger is one of the needs that needs a specific item type to lower. You can eat any food item with the interact key. (default F) Juice is an impostor and will actually lower your hunger and increase your thirst.

Thirst

You can drink any drink item with the interact key. (Default F) No drink item will cover a full meter of thirst in one chug. But one full case of beer will lower your thirst multiple times at the cost of making your screen all wobbly and distorted after 4 - 5 bottles. You can also stick your head under the kitchen faucet, shower tap, and wells to drink. (pressing Q helps with this)

Fatigue

Fatigue is one of the two needs that you cannot die from. When your fatigue meter is full, you will sporadically fall asleep for a few seconds. You need to shake your mouse to wake back up. As the time that your fatigue has been full gets longer, you will fall asleep more often, and you will need to shake your mouse more to wake up.

Stress

Stress can me lowered by swearing (defauly key is N) but this has next to no impact on the stress bar. When your stress meter goes red, your character will automatically swear. Your stress can be lowered by drinking alcohol, and smoking. Smoking is the most effective, and smoking too much can cause the player to be addicted, making the player's stress go up quicker.

Dirtiness

Dirtiness is one of the two needs that you cannot die from. Although dirtiness does LITERALLY NOTHING TO YOU. All that happens is you hear more fly sounds. Dirtiness can be lowered by swimming in the lake, by sitting in a sauna, or showering.

Please note that;

• If you pee on the shopkeeper, (Teimo) he will tell you to p*ss off
  
• You can pee upwards to take care of *most* of your thirst but not all.
  
• Once a need bar goes red, do something about it QUICKLY
  
• A need bar going red means it is at 100%, and you will die at 200% (thanks to user Spee-Dee for telling me that!)

Going out for more supplies

Driving the boat to town

To get to town you will need the boat, which is down by the docks at the lake in front of the house. The boat has just enough fuel to get to the town, but not back. You should bring the Jonnez moped around the side of the house and put in in the boat. This will cause the boat to be slower and pull to a certain direction, and this can be balanced out with other items, but it is difficult. I also recommended to bring the crash helmet, because riding without it can result in the player being hit in the eye with a bee and dying, but in this case we are going at low speeds, and if you do die you will respawn very close at the church in town.

To actually drive the boat, you need to get on the back seat next to the outboard motor and press (default key ENTER) to enter driving mode. To start the boat you grab the starter cable by holding left click on it and yanking it by moving the camera. It should take about 1-3 yanks to start. To switch the gears of the boat you need to left click or right click on the little gear selector on the motor. You should see that the little character in the corner changes as you fiddle with the lever.

To get to town from the boat, go to the top left of the map from your dock. You should pass the island cottage and then be able to see the church tower, which you can use as a way point. If you want, you can pick up the kilju bucket from the cottage and put it in the boat. Once you get to the town docks, use the moped to go up to the store and buy all of your crap. If you put something on that little tray on the back of the moped, it will stay there unless you get some serious air. it might take a while to ferry everything back to the boat, so be patient.

To drive the moped, lean left with [default key Q], find the fuel tap and left click. Then lean right [E] and left click on the kickstarter. After about 1-4 clicks, the moped should start up. If you tip the moped, hold down the clutch so it won't stall.

Here is your shopping list.
Things you absolutely need

• Car battery (the one in the garage is completely dead from the start)
  
• Alternator belt
  
• Spark Plug Box
  
• Two Headlight Bulbs
  
• Oil
  
• Coolant
  
• Brake Fluid x3
  
• 2-Stroke fuel
  
• some sausages

Reccomended to get

• 2 - 3 extra oil filters.
  
• 1 or 2 cases of beer

You can also get whatever you want here, but you start off with 3000 markka, so be careful not to spend too much.

To get home, follow the same route back.

Building your Satsuma

https://my-summer-car.fandom.com/wiki/MY_SUMMER_CAR_GUIDE_2:_ELECTRIC_BOOGALOO#Building

The colourful characters of Alievieska

The town of Perajarvi and the surrounding lands have a fair few 'interesting' people to meet. An overview on the most relevant ones (sorry window guy!)

This section is under construction, by the way.

City-dwellers

Teimo

• Teimo is the local shopkeep who also runs the pub attached to the general store.
  
• The store restocks every Thursday.
  
• Don't accidentally hit him on his bike, the store will not open that day until you reload.
  
• Don't insult or pee on the poor guy!
  
• The store also has a mailbox, and is where any packages you order will show up.

Lindell

• Lindell runs the inspection shop around the corner from Teimo's.
  
• He seems very dead inside and when 'inspecting' the Satsuma, simply pokes its undercarriage with a screwdriver(!?)
  
• Fleetari hates him so much that he will call your phone offering you rare booze to empty the sewage tanker in his parking lot. Doing so will also earn you a permanent 40% discount on all of Fleetari's services.
  
• For instructions on how to get the Satsuma inspected and plated, see the corresponding section of this guide.
  
  

  Sewage guy

  
  
  • He is the clerk at the desk of the wastewater treatment plant.
    
  • When dumping sewage at the plant, you must pay him.
    
  • He is so precious don't you dare ever hurt him.
  
  

  Suski

  
  
  • Initially the girlfriend of Jani (yellow car guy).
    
  • Her 'quests' are the 'story' of My Summer Car, although none of it is marked and most people use a guide (spoilers of course)[my-summer-car.fandom.com].
  
  

  Surrounding Lands

  
  

  Fleetari

  
  
  • Leif Fleetari is the local mechanic, who runs his own shop in a little village.
    
  • He will mock the players' Satsuma when it's parked in his driveway, however he will still provide his best work servicing it. Tough love, I guess.
    
  • He really hates Lindell, for whatever reason. He'll call your phone offering you rare booze to empty the sewage tanker in his parking lot. Doing so will also earn you a permanent 40% discount on all of his services.

Uncle Toivo (he gets his own section).

Ah yes, Uncle.

Uncle has something we all want. The keys to the Hayosiko van and the Gifu (poop truck). Poop truck jobs (And the van) are not available until he loses his driver's license. What to do?

Easy* license revoked and van getting steps:

1. Install the driver's seat, the engine block, or the left trail arm in the Satsuma.
2. Wait a while (without reloading!!) for the van to spawn. Usually around 1-3 hours real time.
3. Knock on Uncle's door when the van appears in his driveway, borrow the keys.
4. Van about for a while. (Don't fill it with red diesel. Uncle will get very angy)
5. When you sleep, or leave it somewhere for too long, he will take it back.
6. Wait some more. From this 'checkpoint', about an hour without reloading.
7. Uncle will lose his license, you can find him out front of his house smoking and drinking beer out of an infinite beer case (we will never know his secrets to infinite beers)
8. Profit
9. Crash the van (optional)

Uncle is a stinky man (just look at him)

Common Satsuma problems

Is your Satsuma doing something weird? It's probably one of these things:

Problems while building the car

Every time I install a wire there's a sparking sound

This means the battery is connected, which it shouldn't be while you're messing with the wiring. You could get shocked and die.

I can't install a part

This most likely means that the part needs another part to be installed or not installed before it can be put in. For example, the halfshafts need the 14mm bolt on the front brakes to be undone to install them. Some parts are just finicky though.

Problems while starting the car

The car doesn't do anything when I turn the key

- The battery is not installed/screwed in, or it's dead and you need to get a new one at Teimo's.
- The starter is not wired/installed, or it's broken and you need to get a new one at Fleetari's.
- The car has not been wired properly elsewhere.

The car cranks but doesn't start

- Make sure the fuel tank is fully bolted in and has fuel in it.
- The spark plugs aren't tightened, use the spark plug wrench to tighten them up.
- Your rocker shaft might be broken, in that case you need to get a new one at Fleetari's.

The car starts, but doesn't stay on

- The spark plugs aren't tightened, use the spark plug wrench to tighten them up.
- The car hasn't been tuned properly; pull the choke out all the way, lay on the gas (DO NOT REDLINE!), and wait for the temperature gauge to be at the halfway mark, then you can move.

Problems after starting the car

I hear a high-pitched chirping sound

- Your distributor hasn't been tuned properly. Instructions on tuning it:

Loosen the screw on the distributor, and scroll up on the distributor (in hand mode) until it can't go up any farther. Turn on the car, and scroll down until you hear the chirping again. Adjust your distributor as 'low' as possible before you hear the chirping. Tighten the screw again.

I hear a squealing sound

- Your alternator hasn't been tuned properly. Instructions on tuning it:

Turn off the car and fully unscrew the alternator screw. Scroll down on the mouse wheel until you can't, then scroll up until you can't. Then, scroll down two times and screw in the alternator screw.

I hear a clicking sound

- Your rocker shaft has been messed with some point before starting the car (it comes pre-tuned). Instructions on resetting it:

Scroll down on each screw 20+ times with the screwdriver, then scroll back up eight times.

I hear a clonking sound

- Your camshaft was not tuned properly. Turn off the car immediately if you hear this, as not doing so can cause extensive and expensive engine damage. Instructions on how to tune:

Camshaft tuning

- Take off the alternator, alternator belt, crankshaft pulley, water pump, water pump pulley, timing cover, and timing chain.
- Unscrew the camshaft gear but do not remove it.
- Use the scroll wheel to line up the notches on the camshaft gear and crankshaft like this:

- Put everything back on.
- Refill your oil and coolant as they probably leaked.

Click here[my-summer-car.fandom.com] for any other problems I couldn't be bothered to add.

Car Inspection

In order to join the rally, and not get a ticket at every police checkpoint, you must get your car inspected and registered.

The inspection shop can be found down the road from Teimo's if you take a left at the four-way intersection in town. It is open from 8am to 4pm. It costs 325 mk to get the car inspected.

What do I need to get my car to pass the inspection?
You need:
- The warning triangle from the Kekmet must be inside the Satsuma.
- New-ish tires
- Minimal body damage on all panels.
- No broken parts.
- A properly tuned carburettor.
- Properly tuned rocker shafts.
- A properly tuned distributor.
- Decent alignment (Eyeballing it should be fine).
- Working front lights (they can burn out).

The following parts will fail you if you have them installed:
- Steel headers.
- Racing exhaust.
- Racing muffler.
- Racing slicks
- Rally tires
- NOS kit.
- Racing carburettors (twin carbs are still fine).
- Rally steering wheel.
- Long coil springs.
- Stock tires found at the mansion (they are too worn down to pass).

You don't need these parts installed to pass the inspection:
- Back panel or sub-woofer panel.
- Rear seat.
- Passenger seat.
- Clock gauge.
- Mudflaps.
- Hubcaps.
- Radio.
- Grille.

Emissions regulations
Make sure your air/fuel ratio with the stock or twin carbs is 14.7 to pass the inspection. Using the 'engine adjustment factory spec' from Fleetari to get him to do it for you, or you can do it yourself for free.

How to tune your car to pass the inspection:
Get a screwdriver and scroll up on the carburettor tuning screw 44 times, then scroll down seven times. This will set the air/fuel ratio to 14.7, although the AFR gauge will show 14.9 if you have one installed. Once you've passed the inspection, you can tune it however you'd like, but you will have to tune it back to get your car re-inspected.

Re-inspection
Every 28 days, the Satsuma needs to be re-inspected. 21 days after the last inspection, the guy at the inspection shop will send you a letter asking you to come in again.

Now that you have your plates, you will be eligible to join the rally (as long as you have everything else you need), and won't get ticketed at police stops for an un-registered car.

Money pt. 1, Steady gigs

Money is an essential part of My Summer Car, (duh). The currency used in the game is the old Finnish Markka, and the conversion is about 3.89 2002 Finnish markka to 1 2020 Canadian dollar.

Jobs

Jobs are pretty much the only way to earn money in My Summer Car. Apart from the rally and gift money for Christmas.

Repeatable Jobs

These jobs can be done indefinitely.

Sewage Pumping

Sewage pumping is where you... well... pump sewage.
You need the poop truck, which is (the Gifu) and when you get the call, the dart will appear on your map. Go there, pump their sewage and get paid. Be wary that the poop truck has low and high range and they can be switched between with (default key R). You need to borrow the Gifu from Uncle, which is... annoying. You can only get a call for a poop job if either Uncle is home, or Uncle has lost his licence. Once you have borrowed it from Uncle, the Gifu will spawn at the waste processing plant in the town, (which i will be referring to as "Perajarvi" frow now on mostly)
To pump sewage, you go around to the back of the truck, and pick up the hose. Then take the cover off of the sewage well (and DON'T fall in). Make sure the hose is down most of the way, make sure the truck engine is running, flick on the dashboard switch for the "Hydraulic Pump" and wait for it to be empty. Then when the well is empty, collect up the hose and get your money.
It should be about 1200 markka.

Firewood Delivery

Firewood Delivery is very straightforward but takes a long time. When you get the call, go over to a little barn down by the first driveway after your house, and you'll see a tractor (called the "Kekmet"), and a trailer which can be hooked up to the Kekmet. There is also a wood chopping station. To chop wood, you pick up the axe and equip it with (default key F). Then right click while aiming at the log. Then left click on the wood pile to restock your chopper. (If the chopper block is not restocking, it might be because there are wood pieces on the block.) Put the cut logs into the trailer until it fills up completely. You will know that its filled when the pile of wood texture doesn't advance any higher, but it will still accept wood. (this will take a while). Then back the tractor into the trailer. It will hopefully connect and you can be on your way. There is only one house that orders firewood and you can get there by:
1. Left at the intersection just after the train tracks.
2. Left again at the 4-way intersection.
3. He is he second house on the right.
The tractor has low and high range and they can be switched between with (default key R) Also its slow as fu-

To dump the firewood out of the trailer, open the rear gate by clicking on it, then to your left right next to the seat there should be a lever labelled "Rear Hydraulics" left click on that and put the tractor into neutral. Then put the hand throttle to max. The trailer will start to dump out the firewood. If it doesn't go up, you might need to try and push it up by getting underneath it, looking up and pressing (default key J) to get your pushing arms out. Once you have done all of that you right click on the rear hydraulics button twice and rev the engine again. The trailer should start going back down. Once you have done that go out an collect your money. It should be around 3200 markka.

Other repeatable jobs I couldn't be bothered to add in full

Job	Job giver	Requires	Payment
Doing grandma's shopping	Grandma	Any car, Sausages, sugar, and milk OR fish (raw or grilled)	Up to 1000mk
Delivering Teimo's ads	Teimo	The pile of adverts and a car	25mk/advert delivered (700mk total)
Driving Jokke home	Jokke	Any car (except the moped, Gifu, and Kekmet)	50-3000 mk
Driving grandma to church	Grandma	Satsuma, Ruscko, or Ferndale	A steam achievement, an additional 500mk on the next food delivery
Picking strawberries	Strawberry guy	Berry box	40mk / full box

Money pt. 2, one-offs

These are jobs that can be done one time per save file.

Hay bale retrieval

Tohvakka calls the player, asking them to collect all of the hay bales scattered around the game map and take them to his shed. This is done with the tractor (the Kekmet), and its trailer. You cannot stab a hay bale with one of the Kekmet's forks, you must load it on like a pallet. Some are wrapped in plastic, some aren't. Placing the hay bales in the trailer is a tedious task, let alone finding them. A godsend during this job is a beer case. Not just for drinking, but a beer case is able to exert immense force on the hay bales and can be used to load and adjust hay bales with ease. Use a full case for the best results. Tohvakka will pay you 3500mk upon delivery

You can roll the hay bales while they're on their sides by crouching with [C] and then pressing [J] to put your hands out to push.

Eight hay bales can be fit into the trailer like this:
For more tips and tricks click here[my-summer-car.fandom.com]

Combine harvester retrieval

After delivering Tohvakka's haybales, he now trusts you and asks you to transport his tractor back to his farm. Be careful, as the tractor is very, very slow and the cars on the freeway will ram you off of the road. (They don't know how to brake, it seems). The harvester is located here on the map, and his farm is pretty much across the map from where it spawns. Good luck figuring out how to start the tractor, I can't. Tohvakka will pay you 1500mk upon delivery.

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Other non-repeatable jobs that I can't be bothered to add to the guide at the moment:

Job	Job giver	Requires	Payment
Dumping šhit in front of the inspection shop	Fleetari	Gifu with šhit in the tank	10 bottles of booze, 40% discount at Fleetari's
Car wreck retrieval	Fleetari	Gifu	1200mk-4500mk / car (10900mk in total)
Poker machine theft	Yourself (this takes place at Teimo's)	Any vehicle with a towing hook, a screwdriver	1200-11000mk (you have to pay ~3000mk for the broken window)
Helping Jokke move	Jokke	Hayosiko (the van) works best, but the Ruscko and Kekmet+Trailer work too.	4000-6000mk

Money pt. 3, Moonshining

Tired of drinking that piss beer you can buy in the store? Fear not. You can ferment your own wine into those silly little frog juice containers. You can also sell it to one of the two local alcoholics! (You are the other one).

Kilju

Kilju is a homemade sugar wine that can be brewed in My Summer Car. You can make money off of it by selling it to Jokke.


A full bucket of perfect Kilju being sold

Brewing kilju is relatively easy, you just need patience. To brew kilju, go to the island cottage with the boat (see section "Going out for more supplies" for some directions), and bring back the kilju bucket. Then, you need to get some juice bottles, sugar, and yeast. Then, you need to fill up the bucket by removing the lid (just like you would a car part), and take the bucket to the shower and turn on the tap there. Put the bucket underneath the running tap to fill it up with water.

Once the bucket is completely full, turn off the tap and now is the time to add your ingredients. You need to drop six bags of sugar, and one packet of yeast into the bucket.

Then, you put the bucket lid back on the bucket, again just like you would a car part, and wait for the kilju to ferment.

Use the time while the kilju is fermenting to drink all of your juice to empty the bottles.

Regularly check on the kilju by opening the lid of the bucket to see. When finished, all of the yeast should have collected as a brown layer at the bottom of the bucket, leaving a clear liquid on top. That's our gold!
(Don't leave the lid open too long when you check, or else too much vinegar will form and mess with the taste, causing Jokke to pay less for the wine).

Bottle up your illegal moonshine home-pressed fair trade wine in those juice bottles and bring 'em on over to Jokke's house.

Jokke's house is located on the map here:


Once you arrive to his house, you need to place all of the kilju bottles to sell on the table. As of a few updates ago, Jokke now makes you drink along with him as you pile on more booze to sell. This throws a wrench in the works in that when brewed correctly to maximize its value, kilju is some quite potent liquor. I hope you're good at driving drunk, else you'll be walking or waiting for cousin Pena.

Just look at Jokke. I'm sure nothing bad will ever happen to him, especially at the player's hands. You would never do that, right?

Money pt. 4, Gambling addiction

Ventti

Ventti is a Finnish variant of Blackjack. They play very similarly, except for these two differences:

• In Ventti, two cards are drawn at the beginning of each round, not one. This makes it possible to lose or win on the initial draw.
  
• In Ventti, the value of the ace is never fourteen, it is always one. This reduces the chances of ending the game on first draw.

Ventti can be played with the 'ventti pig' at his cabin on the lake, located here:

(Take the dirt road out of town, it's the second house past the big farm).

Playing Ventti

In order to play ventti, show up at the cabin between 20:00 (8pm) and 08:00 (8am) and sit at the table inside. Betting amount start at 150 mk and go up by fifty from there, capping at 4500 mk. Losing a hand increases your stress level, and winning a hand decreases it. It is advisable to bring cigarettes (or beer) to keep your stress levels in check.

Once betting amounts pass 4500 mk, you are gambling the Satsuma. If you lose, you lose access to the Satsuma permanently. If you win, you gain access to the dealer's car. His car is quite useful, however it has an active wasp's nest that needs to be taken care of.

If you won the car bet, you can now wager your house. If you lose, you permanently lose access to your house, and by extension anything in it. If you win, the dealer storms off into the lake. With your newfound access to the cabin, you can now save at the outhouse and chop wood there. Sleeping on the bench is also an option. If you win the dealer's house, you can no longer play ventti.

With the addition of food spoliation, it is inadvisable to live permanently at the cabin due to its lack of a fridge.

The cabin also does not have;

• Telephone
  
• Lights
  
• TV
  
• Sauna
  
• Mailbox

etc.

Ventti strategy

Due to the lacklustreness of the cabin, it is advisable to simply never bet houses, and always bet money.

A ventti strategy table. It does not work all of the time, only mostly.

The Ruscko

The Ruscko is the dealer's car that is possible to win through playing ventti.


The car has an active wasps' nest inside. Getting in the car for too long with the wasps active will kill the player.

Getting rid of the wasps

There are two methods:

• Open the passenger door (the wasps are on the passenger side) and dousing the nest with a fire extinguisher as quickly as possible. If you want to be safe, empty the whole thing on them. This will kill the wasps and make the car usable.
  
• Use a large vehicle (the Kekmet or Gifu) to submerge the car in the lake for about 30 seconds, and then tow it back out again. Be careful not to let the car roll too far down the lake or else it will be irretrievable. Tow it back out, and you can use the car.
  
  

  Stealing the Ruscko

  
  Tools required:
  Sledgehammer (found in the garage at home)
  Screwdriver (found in the toolkit)
  Fire extinguisher (buy at Teimo's) or large vehicle (lake dunk) to get rid of the wasps
  
  Steps for theft
  
  • Pull up to the dealer's house.
    
  • Break down his garage door with the sledgehammer.
    
  • Kill the wasps (fire extinguisher or take it for a swim).
    
  • Pull out the screwdriver and use it to start the car (this will take multiple tries, it doesn't work every time).
    
  • Drive away in your new ride!
    
  • Get fuel (it will be nearly empty).
  
  Stealing the Ruscko as opposed to winning it from the dealer, you must have the screwdriver on you to start it. However there are no real consequences to stealing it, as the police nor the dealer seem to care.

Repairing your Satsuma

As you might have noticed if you have driven the Satsuma for any length of time, it is pretty much the definition of a 'šhitbox'. Fortunately, the game provides multiple ways to repair your 'Šhitsuma'.

Fleetari's Repair Shop

The local mechanic Fleetari, has a shop in village of Loppe.

Fleetari Repair Shop

His shop is open Monday - Friday and from 0800 - 1600 game time.

Fleetari's repair services

Service	Cost (mk)
Wheel alignment	445,5
Brake check and repair	1107
Repair of broken engine parts*	2623,5
Engine adjustment factory spec	1161
Engine tuning	3658,5
Windshield replacement	1899
Suspension straightening	8280

*Fleetari will only repair engine parts that are detatched from the Satsuma and in his office.


It is generally a better idea to fix the Satsuma yourself, as it is much cheaper.
Although, some things like installing the roll cage and fitting tires to rims can only be done at Fleetari's.

Buying new (stock) car parts

To replace a car part, remove it from the Satsuma and bring it into Fleetari's office. On the shelf to the left of the front door should be a new one available to buy. Click on the new car part, and a few seconds later it should appear on his desk for you to take home. New car parts are usually expensive, so a good idea would be to save some money just in case your Satsuma decides to blow up.

The Ferndale

If the repair job requires your Satsuma to be at the shop (ie. bodywork), Fleetari will lend you his muscle car (the Ferndale). Be careful driving the Ferndale as it is rear-wheel-drive and has quite a bit of power. A good rule of thumb is to never floor it in the Ferndale. It also wobbles at speed like the van.

If you do not return the Ferndale to Fleetari, after a while he will call you and say;

"It's Fleetari here! You moron, bring back my car or I make sure your šhit bucket car doesn't see another day!"

If you don't do anything about it, he will call you three more times. After the fourth call, upon sleeping in a bed Fleetari will dump the Satsuma in the swamp near his shop.

In the last place the Satsuma was left before it was stolen, there will be a note that tells you to 'smell a long šhit.' Flattering.

Once you have borrowed the Ferndale for the first time, you will always have the keys and can borrow it at any time. If the Satsuma is not being repaired by Fleetari, he will not call you to bring back his car. Generally, it's a good idea to return the Ferndale to Fleetari's shop once you are done with it.

The Police, crime, jail

The Police in this game will monitor every breath you take, every move you make, every bond you break, every step you take, they'll be watching you. Yeah, it's a very very mad world... and it's never gonna give you up.

The Police often like to nest on these certain spots on the highway shown here:

By the wheat fields near the grain processing plant.
Between the Peräjärvi and Rykipohja turnoffs.
On the stretch of the highway between Rykipohja and the dirt road.

There is a 50% chance of the Police spawning (at any location) on the weekend (Friday through Sunday), and a 10% chance of the Police spawning (at any location) during the week, (Monday through Thursday).

Also, the checkpoint will not move in the same game session. If there is no checkpoint at a location now, there will not be a checkpoint there for the rest of the session and you can speed through there all you want.

In my experience, the most common checkpoint spawn is Between the Peräjärvi and Rykipohja turnoffs. (The little valley right before the Peräjärvi turnoff).

When you come across a police checkpoint, stop and do the breathalyzer test, (it is possible to do through the window of the car), and wait a second. If he reaches behind him and pulls out a piece of paper, that means that you have received a fine. You can either pay now by clicking on the button, or press ESC (escape) to exit the fine menu and it will appear on the kitchen counter. Only if you don't have enough money to pay the fine, should you opt out of paying immediately. The game will give you about one in-game week to gather enough money to pay the fine, and then the police will come to arrest you. You can pay an unpaid fine on the counter by clicking on it.

The way the fine amount is determined is through your "player net income" which you can find in MSCeditor under "player". So basically, (just like in real Finland), the more money you make, the bigger your fines will be. If you have a lot of money and then suddenly don't the fines will still be big right after. (sometimes).

Also even if your net income resembles the amount of money you have, being fined for a lot of things at once can make it so you can't afford it.

Ways to get arrested

As of the 29th of May, 2020 update, I've had to add this section because there are now a lot more things you can get arrested for. These are:

- Running over a roaming NPC is manslaughter and results in a 10 day jail sentence if caught.

- Running over a rally spectator is manslaughter, unless you are racing the rally.

- Dipping out of the highway stop when you receive a fine and evading the cops will result in a 3 day jail sentence if caught.

- Getting into a crash after flipping off the driver of the car you're in gives you 5 days in jail if they die.

- Leaving traffic fines unpaid for an extended period of time will result in a one day sentence for every three fines (minimum 3 days). The maximum sentence is 999 days.

Jail

Jail sucks. If you accidentally run someone over, that's a 10-day sentence. 10 in-game days is 20 hours of waiting around with the game open making sure you don't die. You cannot increase fatigue with the TV test screen like you can at home, and saving does not skip to the next hour.
All you have to entertain yourself in jail.

Evading a jail sentence

When you commit a crime, the next time you sleep in a bed police officers will show up at your house and Teimo's shop and will arrest you if you step near them. This can easily be avoided by hopping on the Jonnez and driving through them, as they don't have collision. They cannot arrest you on the Jonnez for some reason and you will be able to access your house, but may have some trouble using Teimo's.

Police officers guarding the entrances to Teimo's.

If you escape jail after accepting your sentence from the police, your jail days will be paused until you return to jail to complete them. MSCEditor can be used to remove fines, but using it to try to remove jail days will bug your save and prevent the jail day counter from going down.

If you would like to remove your sentence with cheats, either use a mod with a time acceleration function or give yourself infinite fatigue with MSCEditor and become comatose for the duration of your sentence.

It is possible to live self-sufficient as a fugitive at the cottage, but you cannot do much at all.

Note: It is porrible to get outside items into the jail cell by holding them and then running into the police at your house/teimo's. You will still be holding the item when you wake up in jail, which can lead to this.[imgur.com]

Upgrading your Satsuma

Just like any good car game, it is possible to modify your car with many performance enhancing modifications, along with body kits, and some more dubious parts.

A fake dual-exit exhaust tip.

The Catalog

The catalog is in your garage on the table. It is a way to mail-order parts for your Satsuma. You click on the catalog to open it, then use the arrows on the bottom to turn the pages. Once you're done crossing stuff out and exit the catalog, an envelope will appear in front of you on the table.

This needs to be taken to Teimo's and put in the yellow box next to the door. After about a week in-game, you will get a call from Teimo that your parts have arrived. A cheque will appear on Teimo's counter. Pay that and your order will appear on the stairs by the side of the shop.

Some parts may need to be wired in, in this case always remember to remove the battery before messing with the wiring (unscrew the negative side (closest to the front of the car) first!).

Fleetari's performance upgrades

Upgrade	Cost (mk)
Roll cage install	4950
Roll cage removal	711
Final gear change*	1215

*Available gear ratios:
- 4.286 (default)
- 3.700
- 3.900
- 4.110
- 4.415
- 4.625

A higher number here means less top speed but more acceleration, and vice versa.

Fleetari can also repair dents, paint your car, paint and polish your rims, as well as fit tires to rims.

Rally (Peräjärvi Suvi-Sprint)

The Peräjärvi Suvi-Sprint (Peräjärvi Summer-Sprint) is a rally consisting of two stages. To participate, show up at Fleetari's tent by the School, (a big brown building down the road from Teimo's) on Saturday from 8:00 to 18:00.

Requirements for entry

• The roll cage is installed in the Satsuma
  
• The racing seats and harness are installed in the Satsuma
  
• You are wearing the racing helmet while registering (it can be taken off after registration for better visibility)
  
• The Satsuma does not have racing slicks installed.
  
• You are not drunk (you can get drunk after registration if you'd like)
  
• 500 mk for the registration fee.

How to get all of the things listed above

• The roll cage can be installed by Fleetari for 5500 mk
  
• The racing seats can be bought from the catalog for 5095 mk, and are installed just like the normal seats with four 9mm bolts.
  
• The racing harness can be bought from the catalog for 645 mk, and are installed onto the driver's side of the roll cage just behind the racing seats with four 8mm bolts.
  
• The racing helmet can be found in your bedroom and is put on with (default key F), you can take it off by looking down and pressing (default key F) again.
  
• To not get drunk you must not drink beer, kilju, booze, or vodka.
  
• 500 mk can be gained by moving your ašš off of the couch.

Doing the rally

The first stage runs from the registration tent along the dirt roads to the strawberry field near the dump at Rykipohya, while the second stage is the first stage in reverse.

After the first stage, head along the highway by going straight after finishing the stage, and rejoin the paved road and then turn right on the highway and head back to Peräjärvi.

Park your car in the school parking lot, (the parc ferme area), and wait for Sunday to register at the tent for the second stage. Use the same route you used to get to Peräjärvi last night to get to the second stage tent, as it is at the finish line for the first stage. The second stage is the same as the first, but in reverse.

Pro tips

• Use a wheel if you can, but don't use a controller, because the controller support sucks.
  
• Practice the track throughout the game week leading up to Saturday to get a feel for the track.
  
• Remove the helmet after registration for better visibility
  
• Save before starting the rally on Saturday, and once your car is in the parc ferme area at the end of the first stage.
  
• Bring food and drink with you, and the sofa/satsuma back seat/the gifu so you can sleep in the parc ferme area. This avoids having to go home with another vehicle and possibly missing registration time for the second stage.
  
• Get the shortest gear ratio from Fleetari's, (4.625), as it improves acceleration, and only use fourth gear on the straights. You won't need to worry about top speed.
  
• The rally tires can be fitted to wheels by Fleetari for 3200 mk, either leave your wheels in his office or leave the Satsuma in his garage with the wheels you'd like to fit them on. They are not required to enter, but they add grip on the dirt roads.

The best ways to make your experience better

Below are two things that you can do to improve the quality of life in the game:

Get the wristwatch

On Saturdays, a man can be found behind the dance pavilion at night. This man is sporting a rather nice watch, which you can steal. Punch him with (default H) until he is knocked out. He will also drop a bottle of booze.

If you get punched too many times, you will get knocked out. The wristwatch can be equipped by looking at it and pressing F.

He will also appear in Pub Nappo (at Teimo's) and will fight you for it if you enter the pub. If you lose the watch, you can fight him for it at the pavilion again.

The watch is quite nice to have, although definitely not a necessity. If you don't have the watch, there is a wall clock inside of Teimo's, and in the kitchen at home.

Keep a vehicle at Teimo's and Fleetari's

The Ferndale works best for keeping at Fleetari's as once you borrow it for the first time you will always have the keys.

Any vehicle should do for keeping at Teimo's, although I reccomend the Gifu because if you die in a car crash it is close by for towing whatever vehicle you crashed back home.

Ranking Each Car

There are 8 drivable cars in My Summer Car. In this section I will give them each a score from 0 - 40. This is totally not just a ripoff DougScore. The safety rating is from the speed where you die in a crash. (with STOCK seatbelts ON.)

Satsuma

The Satsuma is the car you build in the game.

• Handling - 7
  
• Speed - 8
  
• Safety - 5
  
• Practicality - 5 (can sleep on the rear seat, but if you crash the car parts all fly off)

Satsuma gets a score of 27/40.

Gifu

The Gifu is the poop truck.

• Handling - 3
  
• Speed - 4
  
• Safety - 9 (is immune to all traffic crashes)
  
• Practicality - 4 (has a bed in the back)

Gifu gets a score of 20/40.

Hayosiko

The Hayosiko is the blue van that can be borrowed from Uncle.

• Handling - 6
  
• Speed - 6
  
• Safety - 3 (death wobble)
  
• Practicality - 10 (can hold the sofa, half the Satsuma parts, a bunch of beer, the Satsuma rear seat, a bunch of empty Kilju bottles, and the Jonnez (mini bike) all in the back.)

Hayosiko gets a score of 23/40.

Jonnez

The Jonnez is the small mini-bike known as the "death bike" or the "f*ckboi bike".

• Handling - 3 (flips onto its side half the time)
  
• Speed - 4 (tops out around 80kph)
  
• Safety - 2 (have to wear a crash helmet now)
  
• Practicality - 3 (has a little tray on the back that can hold some stuff)

The Jonnez gets a score of 10/40.

Kekmet

The Kekmet is the tractor/forklift.
Handling - 4
Speed - 1
Safety - 6 (you're almost never going fast enough to have a crash)
Practicality 6 - (you can flip the Gifu with it which is normally almost impossible by hand, and tow the trailer.)
The Kekmet gets a score of 17/40.

Ferndale

The Ferndale is Fleetari's muscle car that he will lend to you while the Satsuma is in the shop.
Handling - 2
Speed - 5
Safety - 1 (it also has the death wobble, (thanks to user garfield[FIM] for telling me that!) It happens over around 110 mph in the Ferndale)
Practicality - 7 (really big trunk that if you're careful you can fit the Jonnez in, automatic transmission, and large back seat for more BEER!)
The Ferndale gets a score of 20/40

Ruscko

The Ruscko is a car that can be won by playing ventti (see "Making Money" for more info) with the ventti pig. but be careful betting for it, you will lose the Satsuma. Or you can just break into his shed and steal it with the screwdriver. But be careful before driving it you have to get rid of a wasp's nest in the passenger side of the car, either by blasting it with the fire extinguisher, or submerging it in the lake for 15-20 seconds.
Handling - 3
Speed - 4
Safety - 2
Practicality - 10 (there is a built-in bed in the back, huge wagon trunk with no back seats for lots of cargo, and a roof rack which is the perfect width for more BEER!
The Ruscko gets a score of 19/40

Arvo-Algotson

A combine harvester owned by a farmer named Tohvakka.
Handling - 8 (rear wheel steering at low speeds).
Speed - 1 (tops out at 11 kmh).
Safety - 5 (you'll never be going fast enough to have a fatal crash, but beware of AI drivers rear-ending you on the highway).
Practicality - 2 (can't hold much and is very slow and complicated to start).

Changelog

Changelog

All changes since December 31st, 2020.

[12.31.2020]
- Added changelog.
- Finished section on Kilju.
- Added section on the Rally.
- Added the Arvo-Algotson combine harvester to [Ranking Each Car].

[01.10.2021]
- Fixed mistakes in the Rally section.

02.10.2021
- Fixed mistakes in the Ranking Each Vehicle section.
- Added section on the combine harvester delivery.

08.18.2021
- Fixed some formatting issues.
- Added section on getting your car inspected.

04.07.2022
- Added a few sentences under The Police.
- Revised almost the whole guide and fixed some of my sloppy writing from three years ago.
- Celebrated the guide's third birthday.

08.02.2022
- Revised some old sections
- Added jobs to jobs section.

08.04.2022
- Split the Satsuma repairs/upgrades section into two sections
- Re-wrote some things
- Added some pictures

08.05.2022
- Added section on common Satsuma problems
- Added some things
- Took the guide out of 'Early Access'

11.18.2024
- Remembered the guide existed and did a few things, like revising my awful writing to less awful writing.

Fun fact :P

The guide's thumbnail/profile picture is a stock photo of this bridge located in Arrowhead Provincial Park near Huntsville, Ontario. The photo below I took myself.
11/18/2024

[Slate]

Lots of good information in here for new players thanks!

[Aim]

Best guide ever just gave you an award you deserve it

[Metallioid]

not playing on perma death makes the game too boring, id reccomend only playing on it

[Isac]

Put in your first and last names
Turn permadeath OFF (unless you have lots of experience with NOT DYING)
Click continue

continue should be begin

[ladkeysladkey]

thank you now i dont have to restart cuz im in jail, also because i slipped off road once and ran over civillians on rally, and teimo rammed me and died

[Catterson]

rusco not practical now, overheats too easily and takes a day to cool down.

[The magic man]

took me long to read
but it is so helpfull
so if you got spare time read it
and know everything

[Shaquille Oatmeal]

@619游戏玩家yootti笑笑笑笑 some of the achievements are very difficult to get. and if it's a permadeath-only achievement, its even harder

[chick-gen jockey]

@619游戏玩家yootti笑笑笑笑 I'm not an achievement hunter, but hey maybe eventually I'll get them all

[JBL Go 2]

hey man new to the game love your guide but one thing bothers me and that is you have 500+ hrs in the game and you dont have every achievement in the game... cmon mate got on with it!!!