Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Beginner's Guide (Part 1)

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Beginner's Guide (Part 1) is an in-depth guide to help new players start their game off. We highlight the most important features as well as decisions to make in the early game.

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[Doviscxz]

Instead of taking 100k at the beginning, do a fast job till 3rd level, and then borrow from bank 500k instead of 100k, upgrade your garage to 3 parking slots, and buy your first 2 trucks, keep one truck for yourself, and other for worker, when you hire worker you just do some jobs until you going to have enough money to buy 3rd truck, and then hire another worker and assign him to that truck, now you have 2 workers with trucks, and your own truck. Congrats! Now you have your own beginning fully working company! Good luck on your job and safe travels trucker!

[anareel]

Great video for beginners, as someone who's rerolled profiles 3 or 4 times I would suggest just doing quick jobs until the bank sends you the email about expanding your business. You don't have to pay for repairs, fuel or tolls while doing quick jobs. Once I get the ability to borrow 400 thousand I do and purchase a new garage, I don't upgrade the starting garage because you only gain 2 slots vs 3 from a new garage

[LexusLFA]

I personally recommend four things:
- Just keep doing the Quick Jobs until you can afford a truck. You still gain XP, I usually put these into "distance" first. I also have my "job length" slider set to max.
- I wouldn't recommend purchasing the cheapest Iveco for several reasons, although it is fairly cheap.
- It only has 310 HP. This version won't even show up in the Quick Job menu. Believe me, I've tried.
- It has a decent fuel tank of almost 1600 liters, but it uses so much of it because every freight over like 10 tons already brings it to its knees. You have to stay in lower gears which use more fuel while fully on the accelerator pedal. I once stalled it up the hill to Venice, and it wouldn't get moving anymore, even with the differential lock activated.
- If you like driving at car speeds, this truck is horrible. It takes forever to get going, and it tops out at around 110 going on a even straight road.
- I drive with a steering wheel and a manual shifter, and this truck is the only one I need 1st gear to get going
- I think the older Iveco is kinda ugly, and the interior with that gray material looks awful
- If you like Iveco trucks, buy a better equipped one later down the line. Sadly this will kill the fuel tank, slicing it down to just 400 liters.#
- The only freight worth transporting is Flowers, which way just 1 ton xD
- If you like to coast while driving, select "Realistic Fuel Usage"
- If you need to start your truck uphill, with the automatic it will go pretty well. If you drive stick like me, the differential lock is your friend. Stay in a low gear and slowly release the clutch.

[victorc]

Excellent tutorial. I needed this because I am new to the game, thanks for the help.

[bloodyeagle]

As someone who just started their truckin career I can say that your videos are extremely useful!

[ncsgangsta]

Thank you! I am very new to the game and this video was great help to get me started in Euro Truck!

[pavelyann]

Very helpful! I’m on my 9th Quick Job, didn’t want to take a loan, but this video influences me to actually buy my first Mercedes, Tnx again! Cheers 🍻

[mohamedfayaz]

The quickest way to become rich is:
1.Take 2-15Km job and park the truck correctly without clicking auto park(you will get more xp than driving for long distance).
2.Repeat it until level 3 and take 500k loan.
3.Buy the garage and buy low price truck and hire drivers (high price truck doesn't matter for hired drivers)
Edit:Like so that everyone knows this

[HomeSweetHome-wzst]

Should have seen this a long time ago, now it seems like I wasted months of useless roaming all of EU 😢
Perfect tutorial for beginners and could be useful too for experts ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[AlexTM]

I've been buying trucks and upgrading the garage, without getting money from the Bank, actually I also hired two drivers, but they don't make as much as I do, I guess every bit helps, once they level more, I hope they'll be making more.

I maxed high value cargo first, I did start with leveling long distance, but I felt high value was better. I chose the same for my two drivers

[onthejersey]

Cool vid. But i disagree to buy a truck right away. I think the best way to become succesful in the game is to get the 400 000 Euro loan, buy a new garage, two cheap trucks and to hire two drivers right away. After that you can grind quick jobs make money and buy yourself a better truck while your workers cover the loan and contribute some passive income too. Always buy a new garage instead of upgrading your first because both costs 180 000 however, a new garage gives you 3 empty spots and an upgrade only gives you two. This strategy is usually working fine, it gets you money quickly and sets a good base for further growth and expansion. You can decide on your own if you want to hire a third driver, maybe buy a trailer or go for the truck right away although I think hire 2-4 drivers early is beneficial, considering they level over time too.

[Tritceon]

Note: Quick Jobs are effectively more money for the time you have to invest. Explanation: your truck is in Munich and the best freight you can get is munich at that point is 27, 50$ per mile. Now if you have enough other cities visited already, and skilled a little bit, there will likely be a quick job somewhere i another city that will pay you some dollars more per mile. So: just use the freight market, if the best payed load is going from the city you are currently in. On top: you dont pay anything up to 10% truck/trailer damage on a quick job. where as you have to repair your own truck at yor costs.

[neuran]

Very nice and informative! This should get more attention :)

[lucasdrewry]

This man deserves more subs! Great video!

[Radiocures]

I would recommend to buy a truck starting from 420 HP to 500 because anything below that would be too week IMO

[Grnlph]

Great video. My only advice though is to buy a used truck in the start. They are cheaper and also as good in most cases.

[chaoseq]

good video, but how do i drive without killing a family of 5 on the road?

[vovaputin]

Very good, very informative! I subscribe.

[theodorechapman]

Amazing tutorial; I am of new to the game very helful!

[nevin]

Thank you for helping me play Euro Truck Simulator!! I subscribe