Depending on the skills you have acquired in Euro Truck Simulator 2 (ETS2), there will be jobs of different sort available to you.
Some of them pays you a premium while others don’t. So it becomes really a no-brainer to pick the job which pays you the most, correct ? Incorrect!
See usually the higher paying jobs pays you a premium because the cargo they will ask you to carry are often more prone to damage (mostly ADR, Fragile or High Value cargo). And if any damage is induced to them en route to their destination, it will be you who will pay the penalty for it.
So when you start out, my advice would be to avoid chasing the golden goose for a while and pick the jobs which pays you relatively less per kilometre (or mile) traveled but are ‘safe’.
Though it might take you more number of deliveries, but it’s certainly worth it until you are fairly confident with your driving yourself.
Question 1 : So how do you find such jobs ? As you can see in the screenshot below, there are quite a few parameters in the game by which you can sort the jobs available to you.
But the ones which are actually of use are ‘Price’, ‘Price per distance’, ‘Expiration’ (if you are in ‘Freight market’). Now to find the jobs which pays you relatively less compared to others for per kilometre (or mile) traveled : Simply sort the jobs by ‘Price per distance’ (as you can see in the screenshot below). Then pick any of the jobs which comes in the later pages (like the ones I have enclosed in red below).
As you can see I was trying to find jobs from Munchen (Germany) and sorted the jobs in decreasing order of the ‘Price per distance’ being paid. The first page were filled with jobs asking to carry cargo which were more prone to damage. Like Hot chemicals (ADR cargo), Pressure Tank (High Value cargo and that’s why the star badge is given with it), Digger, Forklifts etc. But I avoid them at the start. However, in the second page there were relatively low paying jobs but they were relatively low risk. Note : Some jobs has a double arrow attached to them. Which means it is a ‘Just in time’ delivery. But practically enough time is given to complete even these assignments. So if you pick them up, you will get bonus cash and XP rewards for delivering.
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