Economy

In SCS Software's truck simulation games, they have a simulated economy, and several different variables that go into the calculation of how much value is assigned to a cargo based on your skills, what ADR or other special properties a cargo has, what market you are driving for (freight or cargo), and other factors.

Load Payout Calculation

Besides some small variances, both American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2 (as of the 1.40 update) use an identical method for calculating what a given load will pay you under specific variables. The method is:

Base Reward

First, a base reward is given to be used in other calculations. The base reward is given as

Units of cargo * Revenue_per_km_base (See below) * Original route length (km) * (.67 for Quick Job, .9 for Freight Market or 1 for External/Cargo Market load)

Note: On the end job screen, this number is displayed with a fixed reward added on. It is $350 for Quick Jobs or $600 for others. Any other calculation done here does not include this.

Proficiency Bonus

This is the lowest of; either the base reward, or base reward * (.015 on ETS2 or .01 on ATS) * player level

In other words, the proficiency bonus is capped at the base reward beyond player levels 67 and 100 in ETS2 and ATS respectively.

Distance Bonus

This is calculated based on what long distance skill category the load route length falls under, multiplied by the base reward.

Valuable Bonus

This is only given if the cargo is marked Valuable. If so, then the reward is base reward * .05 * High-Value Cargo skill level.

Fragile Bonus

If this is a Fragile type of load, then this bonus is base reward * .05 * Fragile Cargo skill level.

Urgency Bonus

If the load is marked Standard delivery, then no bonus is given. If the load is marked Important or Urgent, then the bonus is base reward * (.03 if important or .05 if urgent) * Just-In-Time Delivery skill level.

Total Revenue

The final, total revenue is: fixed reward + base reward + proficiency bonus + distance bonus + valuable bonus + fragile bonus + urgency bonus

Euro Truck Simulator 2

As of update 1.40, several different values are set to calculate a cargo's price per distance:

• Revenue_per_km_base: 15 The base revenue per km in game native currency.
• Cargo_damage_cost: 5.0 5 euros (game native currency?) are subtracted per 1% of damage
• Cargo_damage_cost_factor: 0.04 -4% total cost penalty per 1% of damage
• Fixed_revenue: 600 (The starting native currency paid for a cargo delivery?)
• Revenue_coef_per_km: 0.9 Revenue coefficient per km used during freight market jobs. (Jobs are devalued by 10%)
• Cargo_market_revenue_coef_per_km: 1.0 Revenue coefficient per km used during External market jobs. (Maximum value/no modification)
• Long distance bonus reward: 0.05
• Valuable bonus reward: 0.05
• Fragile bonus reward: 0.05
• Urgent bonus reward: 0.05
• Player level bonus reward: 0.015

The player has the option to select which currency they wish to use in the Gameplay section of the Options menu, and prices seen around the map (such as on gas station signage) reflect local currency prices. By default, the game uses the Euro as its base currency for all calculations, with the conversion to other currencies being a cosmetic one on a practical level. As a result, while the in-game exchange rates are frequently updated to reflect real-world trends, you cannot earn or lose money by changing your currency between updates.

The game's current exchange rates are as follows:

Exchange Rates (as of 1.48.5.57s)

Currency	Symbol	Value	Used By
Euro	EUR €	1
Swiss Franc	CHF	0.9566
Czech Koruna	CZK Kč	24.4079
Pound Sterling	GBP £	0.8611
Polish Złoty	PLN zł	4.6385
Hungarian Forint	HUF Ft	384.16
Danish Krone	DKK kr	7.4554
Swedish Krona	SEK kr	11.976
Norwegian Krone	NOK kr	11.54
Russian Rouble	RUB ₽	102.84
Bulgarian Lev*	BGN лв	1.9558
Romanian Leu	RON lei	4.9694
Turkish Lira	TRY ₺	28.817
Albanian Lek	ALL L	106.41
Bosnia and Herzegovina Convertible Mark*	BAM KM	1.9558
Macedonian Denar	MKD ден	61.528
Serbian Dinar	RSD DIN	117.21

• An asterisks (*) indicates a currency pegged to the Euro; barring a real-life change in circumstances, their exchange rate remains static and will not change between updates.

American Truck Simulator

Although American Truck Simulator currently only features one country, the United States, the option to select the currencies of Canada and Mexico, alongside the Euro, is available. The exchange rates for those currencies are as follows:

Exchange Rates (as of 1.51.2.7s)

Currency	Symbol	Value	Used By
United States Dollar	USD $	1
Canadian Dollar	CAD $	1.351
Mexican Peso	MXN $	20.026	Mexico
Euro	EUR €	0.901