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Even more important though, is to look at what the situation will be like when the car goes on sale you have to remember it takes time to design a car (real world, typically 3-5 years) and so, you need to consider the lifespan of the vehicle as it is on sale, as well as what your competition will be like at launch and the time after remember, some of these markets have 40+ competitor cars in them. Obviously, these numbers are kind of important. Price - this is the amount people will have to pay in order to buy the car, and is composed of the materials/labour required to build the car, and the overheads involved, and your margin. (because it is per car, it can be deceptive, and you need to have an idea for how many cars you expect to sell a 10% margin on 2 million cars will likely be viable and make a profit, but a 10,000% margin on 1 car will almost certainly be a loss) Margin - this number is the amount, in increments of 10%, of the production value of the car, added to the production value of the car, to give the "for sale at X" price. Next, is the two numbers below it - margin, and price. The first thing to check, is which country are you looking at it defaults to Gasmea. Now, don't be put off because it's this huge load of boxes with names and numbers and stuff, and you haven't got a clue what any of the icons at the bottom mean.

When you are designing a car, if you follow the order the game presents things, you don't actually get to these key elements until the very end of the process - the markets screen. You might think you have a fantastic car heck, you might actually have a fantastic car.īut, if it costs beyond what people can afford, you won't sell any of them, and equally, if the market has moved on because you took too long designing it, you won't sell them. So, with the latest iteration of the campaign due soon, some ideas and principles to practice with: Obviously, Automation with the Unreal engine has the big advantage that you have this wide open sandbox - but, at some point you have to actually sell your constructions.