Making Money in Euro Truck Simulator 2: How to Earn a Lot Using Cheats, Mods, and Legitimate Ways

Euro Truck Simulator 2 is a game that lets you experience both the life of a long-haul trucker and the owner of a company providing transportation services. Every action you take is aimed at increasing the amount of money in your account, and in this guide, we'll tell you how you can multiply your capital.

It should be mentioned that there are several ways to inflate your bank account in Euro Truck Simulator 2. We'll start with legitimate methods provided by the developers.

From the beginning, your only way to make money in Euro Truck Simulator 2 will be independent cargo transport from point A to point B. Generally, there are no tricks here — load the truck and head out following the navigator, having planned your route in advance.

A couple of tips — try to follow all the rules to avoid fines for traffic violations, and drive carefully. At the end of each trip, you will have to pay for repairs in case of collisions, as well as compensation if the goods were damaged in an accident.

You should also choose the most challenging orders, for example, delivery of fragile goods or transportation within a certain time frame (urgent order). The more difficult the task, the more money and experience you will get at the end. To maximize income, improve skills in long distances and high-value goods, allowing you to quickly move on to the most profitable contracts.

By the way, try to save up money to buy your own vehicle as soon as possible, to stop using trucks from other companies. In the latter case, although the company owners cover the costs of fuel and vehicle repairs, you receive much less money for completing the order. Moreover, there are restrictions on the route — you simply cannot go wherever you want. Therefore, having your own truck solves both issues, removing any restrictions.

Once you've saved up some initial capital and are able to spend on something besides upgrading your vehicle, you should focus on hiring other drivers. Having employees allows you to simply go about your own business while other truckers complete your orders and bring in a steady income. Sometimes drivers may not bring profit from a trip (various situations can happen on the road), but even with such outcomes, you will still end up in profit over time.

So, to hire a driver, you need to find a Recruitment Agency on the map in Euro Truck Simulator 2. Usually, the company's office can be found in any city and, once you enter, you will be presented with candidates for employment. Of course, you must have a suitable garage for the new employee, as well as a vehicle that can accommodate the necessary amount of cargo.

When hiring, you need to pay attention not to the photograph, but to the specific trucker's rating — the higher this indicator, the more money they will bring you. Try to hire the most promising workers, as characters with low ratings will constantly let you down.

As your drivers complete orders, they will gradually improve their driving skills, so don't immediately fire someone who has made one or two unsuccessful trips. Over time, covering the costs of repairs and fines, you will see your staff become more experienced, and with this, your profit will increase.

Another way to get money in Euro Truck Simulator 2 is to take out a loan from the bank. True, as in real life, the loan will be issued for a time and with interest, so you will have to return more than was initially credited to your account. However, unlike the previous method, the loan funds will be at your disposal immediately.

The ability to take out a loan will allow you not to personally earn money for hiring the first drivers and buying a garage, but to make these purchases right away. And, accordingly, the employees will immediately start executing your orders, bringing in a steady income, which will have to be initially set aside for repaying the debt.

The easiest way to repay the debt is by purchasing the Special Transport DLC, which added the ability to deliver special cargoes to the game. They are heavy, so when buying a vehicle for delivery, try to consider the payload capacity. We recommend purchasing, for example, the Mercedes-Benz New Actros Stream Space, which will easily handle the task. Do not pay attention to the warning that pops up about the weight of the package; it does not affect the final income from the trip.

Now we move on to describing not entirely honest ways of making money, which not all users use. These methods will come in handy if you have already played Euro Truck Simulator 2 and just want to try out all the trucks and all the upgrades available in the game.

Warning: before installing third-party software, we recommend unchecking the Use Steam Cloud option when creating a new profile in Euro Truck Simulator 2, to avoid risking the safety of your account.

So, from the modifications, we can recommend the PRANCHA trailer software, designed for transporting oversized cargo. After installation, a trailer costing 26,620 euros will appear in the game, and you can only change its wheels. Having bought it, you can immediately install PRANCHA on your vehicle and, loading it with the most expensive goods, set off on your journey.

Also, for an easy start, you can use the Start Money and XP by GTR mod, which will add 1,000,000,000 euros at the very beginning of the game, and also allow you to reach the maximum level. To do this, you need to make the first trip to the nearest point, unload the trailer, and watch as the experience bar gives you one level after another.

Another good mod is No Damage, which will allow you to ride at your pleasure without worrying about paying for car repairs. This option is suitable for those who do not want to get everything at once but want to avoid the risk of losing money by compensating for repairs after an accident.

In Euro Truck Simulator 2, there is a way to move around the world in seconds by activating the free camera mode. To do this, you need to:

Now, entering the game and pressing 0, you activate the free camera mode. Control is carried out using the keys 8, 4, 5, 6. Having moved to the desired place, press F9, and then your truck will appear at this point. But be careful, if you find yourself high in the air, your vehicle will fall to the ground and get damaged, which without installing other mods will have to be repaired.

The last way to replenish your bank account is by manipulating savings. To do this, exit the game through the main menu, go to the Documents directory on your computer and find the Euro Truck Simulator 2 folder there. Next, go to Profile and follow into the directory of your account. There may be several separate directories, each belonging to its account, you need to choose the one on which you want to replenish the balance.

The next step is to go to the Save folder, then to Autosave, and look for the game.sii file there, which contains all the information about your actions in the game under a specific account. Open it using a notepad to see scary hieroglyphs. To decrypt, you will need to download the Sii_Decrypt program and then drag and drop game.sii onto the decryptor shortcut. Run the file again, in which everything will now be in perfectly understandable English.

Find the line money_account, opposite which you can see numbers — this is the current balance of your account in the game. Now, by writing any number up to 1,000,000,000 in this line, you will wind up any amount of money on your account in Euro Truck Simulator 2. After entering the amount, exit the file saving it to make the changes take effect.