Interesting. Two weeks ago we were saying "Don't lease - its insanely expensive".paul_c wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 7:26 pm Having looked briefly at it, it is what it is: For example, I have a JD7000 series (the one you get given) with about 60 hours now, I'm in August 04 and last month's bill was about £10k; and its "gone" again and needs another £10 of repairs. I am guessing with the 1 day/month time squash, its like dog years and a 60 hour tractor is more like 900 hours.
So, it costs about £8000/month to lease a slightly better, more powerful tractor. And so long as I don't have anything valuable left in it, I can return it at the end of the day/month, then turn up at 00:01 and ask for another lease, of another brand new, fully working, full-of-fuel tractor.
I've bought a few big bits of kit but I think unless you use it little and often, or have some kind of emotional attachment to it, my fleet will be leased from now on!
TBH I'm cool with the costs and with the overall economy balance. 70hrs of play in my second save and I'm still having to watch the budget. It's made for tight and engaging game play. I don't really care whether it's realistic or not, even a simulator has got to be playable and enjoyable as a game. If it was too easy to make money I personally would not be so immersed in it.