Hello again Rusey. My thoughts regarding time scale, rules, and time lapses. Rules: I would caution against making too many 'rules' in the game. I understand the concept of realism play, but if I wanted real life rules I wouldn't be playing a game. Also too many rules starts to bog down the gameplay and it becomes a Rules Simulator. Fines/consequences for this and that gets tedious and difficult to manage. Set the base game rules at the start, keep them relatively simple and memorable, and leave it at that. The mods will provide enough restrictions/consequences to compensate for complexities. Time Scale: I would suggest that x30 is far too fast, even on 6 day months. Let's do some math - at x30, 1 hour of real time = 30 hours game time. This means in 48 minutes real time you burn through a 24 hour game day (24/30=4/5ths). So 12 daylight hours of game time are used in 24 minutes real time. In 3 hours-ish of real time (6 "game days" x 24 real minutes per game day) you would be very hard pressed to get any kind of large field work done, such as sugar beets or potatoes, or multiple fields with smaller tools. Take into account weather and your actual field time could be reduced further. Also, you can speed up game time but not tractor speed. In effect, your 6mph harvester is actually only running at 0.2mph @ x30 for [field completion]/[time scale]. I would have to go back and confirm this, but I also believe worker fees are more expensive as the hours tick by more rapidly. There is a very good reason why most content creators are hesitant to go above x15 and most sit at either x5 or x10. While I generally play at x1 with 2 day months, I did brutalize myself in FS19 playing OakField with seasons and 9 day months at x1 speed. This allowed me to just relax with the game and take the time to do a lot of self-driven field work instead of hiring out. I enjoyed it so much I played the map for almost 550 hours, and still go back to it occasionally. Time lapses: This is a purely personal view of them. I don't mind a 10-15 second time lapse periodically, and certainly not in every episode. Longer than that I prefer a cut-scene. I watch KZfaq to listen to the content creator and hear what they are thinking - the logic, planning, execution, problem solving, etc. It's about the story, be it thinking out loud or actual storyline, that matters to me and the creative effort put into it. Sorry about the novel-length comment. I really enjoy your videos and hope that you continue with your upward trend of subscribers. :)

I would not take money off for damaging the field since you are using their equipment for contracts, and you are not damaging out of carelessness. As for keeping it real, when on foot, I would cut fields when traveling.I haven't seen any "no trespassing" signs. So I would travel across peoples fields and ask for forgiveness before asking for permission. x30 time may be too fast. But that is just my opinion. I like 25 for property. Riverfront property is always a good investment.

x 30 is a good speed cause then weather stays a factor... you are doing great keep it up

Well that was impressive and a funny one, nice

36 mins - puddle of water is a MOD, it happens on all maps, but unfortunately it doesn't affect mud system or anything else... just looks good. Great episode!. Personally I'm easy on the timelapse. I tend to watch these while doing my own farm on the other monitor, so chatting away doing them is fine :)

Scroft has become the Gold Standard in all aspects of FS YT content l. The fact that he is helping you is huge for you. Whatever you do, dont ket any naysayers get you down . At the end if thecday..... this is just a game and purists take it WAY too seriously. I like tge direction in which you are heafing and don't care how long you make your episodes......ill be watching

Im enjoying your videos Rusey and a big fan of the realistic game play. I'd be wary of implementing to many rules though, it could take away from the overall experience. Mods definitely add to the realism when used correctly, i particularly like the slippage mod

Yeah that's why I prefer more air view and not only cabin

❤ love it the series is amazing u have done well with the realistic role-play side there is plenty of vintage small machines

I am loving your videos! Personally, I don’t like a time lapse, occasionally is ok, but I don’t like when the majority of videos and content is time lapse. I prefer the story/let’s play style. It is more enjoyable to watch in my opinion.

You can widen the tines on those bale carriers.

I'm playing this map currently and looked at that field, there is no puddle :)

Hi rusey. Haven't checked your channel for a little while, found this series and I really like the 1st 2 episodes. Looks like a promising series, will try and get caught up soon. Thank you for the content. Great work.

Loving this series so far, I'm trying to get caught up but I gotta say that even ifin it's a slow series, I'd say keep it up. I love the realism

Give a x10 and 3 day month a try. I found it to be a really nice balance when having to finish multiple tasks on a medium field with the realism of working only on daylight or avoiding rain. Plus, it will be necessary to have 3 or more days per month for Maizeplus otherwise, you will not be able to handle the feeding of the animals. I love your content, does not matter if episodes are 20 or 60 minutes long :). Cheers!

the grass has to dry on one side before tedding, basically laying it over to dry the underneath side of it. But then again, some farmers don't ted hay at all, they leave it lay to dry. depends on the geographic area.

hello again rousey firstly you are absolutely right realistic combined with sectioned mods gives a beautiful view on the field secondly in my humble opinion you should not use the time multiplier at all personally in my opinion it is not realistic to play anymore i will give you an example of 0.5x real time , up to 120x acceleration (i.e. a day lasts 12 real minutes). The creators give such an opportunity to make it easier for players, e.g. when you finish work for a given day or month and want to quickly go to the next day, ok, there will always be this option in fs but when someone decides to play real, as I mentioned earlier, they should not use the multiplier, I personally only played and only on speed it corresponds to the realistic time in the game it is an additional difficulty because you have to work in the field (sowing, harvesting, storage, etc.) in such a way when you follow the selling price for a given product (root vegetables, etc.) sell the price if you keep playing on e.g. speed you can accidentally miss many important prices, one more thing, from time to time there is a sale of agricultural equipment on the map, you can also miss attractive prices that are beneficial to you, especially since you do not have a large cash(sorry for my english spelling) hope you understood by reading.

Regarding timelapse, I can't watch a pure timelapse series and that means there are a lot of channels I just don't watch at all. However, if you get a harvest contract for example on a really large field and you show yourself doing the headlands in real time then you move to timelapse for the majority of the work that's not a problem. Obviously we aren't going to watch you harvest or plow a field for 90 mins.

I think a mix of time-lapses and cinematic shots would be perfect for this series

I really appreciate that

Just started out watching this series and it's nice to see your approach to things in FS22. A plus is indeed the realtime approach, although I feel that long jobs and certainlyon big fields might be better to be timelapsed or in steps (my personal favorite) in order to keep the videos interesting? But you seem to talk through it quite well, which is nice. The fields you did until now are small enough to "talk through" and not timelapse imho. Time will tell :) I also like the mix of roleplay and let's play. Kind of exploring the gameplay together is a nice touch. Are you allowed to use workers? That side mower is hard to combine with a front mower, I agree. But then again, you will always have grass left when using a front/back mower in sharp corners. I always try to go in straight lines as much as possible. So do the headlands and then the straight lines. It might also reduce slipping btw. I always use 1x time speed and 1day/month for field work as the vehicle speeds are realistic. 30x might be much as contracts with multiple steps can't be finished in time I guess. Mowing and tedding fields are done in a week normally, so doing it in one day in this game and with your settings feels realistic to me.

I prefer field 25. Down the road you could buy farm 98 and there are three other small fields in that area so will give you a chance to build out that area organically over time. Please don't do the tree field. Cutting down trees in survival has been done to death. So boring. Regarding time lapse, I prefer the cinematic style and time cut at the end, but I'll keep watching if the majority of your comments prefer the time lapse. It's not my preference, but it is okay, too. Great start to the series! Looking forward to more!

This is a nice series😊

You might not have anything to store right now, but in the future you'll need it

I'm enjoying the beginning of this sequel. Keep up the good work on the series-I'm certain that most FS22 players are finding it fascinating, I know I am. Could you kindly share the mods list you're using? Thanks a lot!

It be kind of cool to have a mod that hides the player position on the map

For truing map you should rent a car instead of paying for taxi it's more realistic in my opinion when looking for properties

Happy to be your ~1,000th subscriber! Just started my own 'realistic' play-through on this same map three weeks ago, what a coincidence...

Glad you didn't take that bale contract for field 3, you couldn't have front mounted the mower inn that tractor.

I encourage you to find out about the straw pole that Daggerwin uses and allows his followers to help direct the subject matter of the story. I'm not saying that every episode needs a pole but from time to time add the question.... "What should Rusey do next" and offer 2 or three options. It allows your supporters to have a vested interest in the content. It works well.

wow 850 subs!!! congrats

Great episode I think x30 is to fast if it all about realism maybe it should be real time and 1 day months I play real time and 2day months keep up the good work 👍🏻

1:03:09 plot 96 & 36 are cheap and good starters i love them

What would you say to 3 days per month and time at x15? Also, regarding timelapse vs cinematic, why not a bit of both? In huuuge fields timelapse, in smaller fields a bit of cinematic. I've been playing on this map for a while now, and never noticed the puddles when it rains, so maybe it's one of the mods. Btw, could you share your entire mod list and rules list somehow please (public google spreadsheet maybe)? Keep up the excellent work! 😁

30 is too fast. 15x would be alot better and 3 day months is a good blend. Youd get variety of weather and a realistic length of time to complete the jobs your doing. You'd probably find as you go youll want to increase the days as you wont have enough time to complete tasks in a certain season tho

Awesome episode 👏 the times 30 might be a little fast for the size of the fields. But i also think 15 would be a little slow kinda hard to say. I havent ever noticed any water after a rain on the map. But i will look again next time im on and being a console player should show if it is the map or not. If you are using the provided equipment i would not remove money for damages. Im not a big fan of time-lapse i watch/listen to KZfaq while i play the game myself knowing as fields and jobs get bigger could make it hard to get content for a episode so not doing the same thing the whole episode and on the other hand jobs like this episode were perfect for real time or jump cuts. And i also know it will all change when/if you get the main farm for the animals and producing vegetables or other productions. Just do whats comfortable to you to keep up the awesome content

When you work yourself up financially, sooner or later you will gonna buy some tractor or veickle. That's how you are going to get around

Why not get the Lizard bike mod so you can ride the bicycle to the fields, I'm sure any starting farm hand has enough money for a bike and you now also have 3k.

Hi rusey, I’ve just discovered your channel via this series. Only on episode 2 but I’m already hooked 👍 great series and I’m looking forward to the rest of the episodes and all your other series too mate. I’m new to pc so am finding my way with the differences coming over from console! Earned a sub from me 👍

You have to unfold it

irl tedding would be done multiple times in one field to get grass dry as you can

the other stipulation you could put on yourself is that you have to do the cheapest jobs first... to sort of make a "name" for yourself amongst the farmers as a dependable worker, before you can do the more expensive jobs!

How about using lights and blinking on veickle?

That's cool, what's the name of that mod?

the autoloanding tailers like the FSX 63.72 do exist i live in the fens and seen tailers like that in use loading bales

No i would do several contracts a month

What about realism in terms of traffic and collision? 🙈

In real life you would be able to do a lot more work, remember that you do use machinery

Did you actually just accepted the contract without borrowing equipment? 🙈 I hope it was me miss understanding or didn't see that you borrow equipment 😅

You missed it because you didn't turn on your lights

It is definitely too fast

Why should you be charged for field damage? It is not your fault what equipment you get from the field owner, so that is their fault, should have given you something more compatible for what you need it for.

X30 is too fast. My Uncle has a farm in real life and can Bale a Vast area in a day..just my opinion.

Dont like time lapse only on farm builds

Did you really say no one does a realistic gameplay..lol. A) dont worry about what others are doing or dont do. B) several people do a realistic game play. Sorru if i missed understood that comment.