So this might be wrong, since i can’t see the cost of all steps
But I’m at late game where I have all the extra bits and bobs to put in my car so I started looking in to producing the componets of my car myself so I can cut even more cost… but looking at it I’m not sure if I’m going to save money or not from producing the items myself or not
The first thing i looked at was makeing the headlights myself…
So the math i could see is
1 fit lights (max upgraded)
use 6.04sec to construct its step
uses 4 lights and 1 servo
the cost of a light ~100
the cost of a servo ~35
and this is only if i read the graf right… the actual curren cost is not displayed (wish it was) just a graf pointing to somewhere and a max on the graf
makeing the cost of buying the componets ~435
now to the cost of makeing the componets urself
first I don’t see a make servo so that is a componet u have to import (or I’m just missing it)
the make light produce 1 light every 6.4sec
so to make 4 lights every 6.04 sec I need at least 5 to allways have the stock I need
to make 1 light i need 1 glass and 1 steel
price of glass ~28
price of steel ~40
total cost of raw for 1 light is then ~68
so I’m saveing ~32 $ per light i make then right?
this is where I’m not sure if the 5 factories with there power and employees cost is worth it
1 factory = 4 employees and cost 256 power to run
so 5 = 20 employees and 1280 power to run
the power can be coverd by 1 upgraded powerplant that seem to make 1944 power but need 4 more employees
so a toltal of 24 extra workers to make lights
I don’t know the cost of employees (or if it do say somewhere what a employee cost i was unable to find it)
but takeing the numbers of ppl i had hired devided by the last h payment for employees I came up with ~131,4 pr/h in cost
so the cost of makeing lights just for enployees 3153,6 pr/h in employees
I not sure how long an ingame h is in mins but it dont feel that long… looking at the cost and space i need to be able to make them myself I’m not convinsed its worth it…
I was planning to work out the math of all the diffrent cost of makeing the other componets, and see if they might be worth it or not… but at a first glanse the benefit do not seem worth the investment at least for lights…
again I might be missreading the cost from the grafs… and it would be nice if this numbers where much much more clear
in general I do want information to me more clear in the game.
but if I’m totaly wrong on this thing u can just discard this post… I’m just wondering since its realy hard to see a clear benefit over just cramming in more car lines in ur factory for max cars pr/m