That giant mutant train is something I hate and love at the same time

An here i am thinking that starting with OreGrain combo was cheesy, lol. Also never thought about multiple locos instead of double track. Very creative thinking indeed! Few things i found that could be beneficial: Set industry closure rate to max. Since very hard is all about both ways lines, sometimes you can just wait a little bit instead of using unprofitable industry. The longer the route the more wagons one can put on weak locomotive and have it keep max speed at least 2/3 of the track. Sadly it's not very effective on starter loco since it has almost the same maintenance as one wagon. But still it's a good idea to choose first industries as far as possible from each other.

I have been trying so many times to make a profit without success. I would make the most efficient traditional supply chains and still lose money because of the maintenance tax. Thank you so very much for this trick. Now I can finally play the game in the very hard mode. Subscribed!

While I respect that you figured this way out, I'm still in search of making money in this difficult mode in a more elegant way. I would have expected that the developers were to make us think through every step we make when planning routes, so that every penny works.

Wait, so you don't need to deliver other goods for this steel factory so that it doesn't get overloaded with coal/iron? i thought i wont make profits if i dont make the factory produce its "final" product

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interesting, I look for a similar starting setup, but I would have carts transport 400 iron and 400 coal to each steel mill and then run a trainline connecting the steelmills, usually with double track and lots of trains, with a volume of approx 200 iron and 200 coal both ways... if you add another steelmill the volume will increase to 266 on the first line... each iron mine produces then 133 for each mill... and so on... the lines connecting them have generally even load both ways... and if you link up the steel produced to a machine or goods factory, you can also ship the steel over these connecting lines... same principle, each steel mill produces evenly for each factory... if you link up 6 steelmills, some coal and iron drive all the way from mill1 to mill6, then the steel comes back to mill1 to be transported to the linked up machine factory... without those secondary lines that coal and steel would miss out on all these extra trips... same principle works if you connect oil refineries (petroleum/oil), sawmills (logs/planks), ...

Kinda cheezzing it though. Can you do it with out cheezzing it?

Are the longer stations with updates? Default max station length was 520m which was 5 extensions total, and I see you made longer stations

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I liked this video a lot. Always nice to encounter some fresh TPF2 material. I have zero problem with your strategy here. If people want to make realistic looking and behaving rail lines, play on an easier mode. There's not always economic logic with any aspect of this game. People forget we are only hired to move stuff. Whoever owns the industry has their reasons for wanting planks from the other side of the map instead of next door, so you are not exploiting game mechanics with this.

i dont think anyone knows this but you can just sent raw materials to plants and get paid, rarely they shut down but it is profitable on very hard (logs into planks) or anuthing works really you just have to do really small supply lines

I've recently gotten back into TF2 playing on a specific map i really like, but that map is extremely grussom lol No nearby industry, i really like the new difficulty mode but it truly is a challenge.

Please do a series of very hard mode.

Is there a way not to cheese this using, f.ex passengers?

How about Crude Oil to refinery and bring back Crude oil that is close to that refinery back to a refinery close to the 1st Crude oil * basicaly same but not with steel mill*

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Nice Idea, but when playing with standard rules, it only works for a while, until the steel mills close.

How to cheese Very Hard would be an appropriate title. Really disappointing video.

what i dont understand, u have nothin of the steel being delivered to cities. if the natural demand is filled and nothing is leaving the steel production to cities, how can u indefinitly make money?