Payouts and Markets
Project Carga job payouts are designed to reward useful cargo movement without making one simulator type feel unfairly stronger than another.
Simple rule: payouts are based on cargo weight, the destination country’s market rate, the route length, and how much the destination needs cargo.
How Job Payouts Work
Every job payout is based on four things.
| Factor | What it means |
|---|---|
| Cargo weight | Heavier jobs pay more. |
| Destination market rate | Jobs use the market rate of the country you are delivering into. |
| Route length | Longer routes receive a small route bonus through simple route bands. |
| Destination demand | Deliveries into locations that need cargo pay better. Full destinations pay less. |
Market Rates
Each country has a daily market rate shown on the Live Markets page.
Jobs use the market rate of the country you are delivering into. For example, if you deliver into Germany, the Germany market rate is used.
Players can use the Live Markets page to see which active countries are paying well today. You still need the correct trade licences to start and finish jobs in those countries.
The dashboard shows a smaller Live Markets preview for your licensed countries. The full Live Markets page shows all active countries.
Route Length
Longer routes receive a small route bonus.
Route length does not directly multiply payout by kilometres. Instead, routes fall into simple bands:
| Route band | What it means |
|---|---|
| Short | A shorter job with a modest route bonus. |
| Medium | A standard job with a small route bonus. |
| Long | A longer job with a higher route bonus. |
| Very long | A major route with the strongest route bonus. |
This keeps payouts fair between pilots and drivers.
Destination Demand
Deliveries into locations that need cargo pay better. Deliveries into locations that are already full pay less.
Two jobs can have the same cargo weight and country, but pay differently because one destination needs cargo and the other is already well stocked.
Locked Payouts
Once you accept a job, the quoted payout is locked.
If market rates or destination demand change while you are flying or driving, your accepted job does not change.
Free Accounts and Payout Caps
Free accounts can earn funds up to their free lifetime earnings cap.
If a free account is near that cap, the final amount paid may be lower than the quoted payout. The job quote shows the job’s value, but free accounts cannot earn beyond their cap.
Subscribers are not limited by the free lifetime cap while subscribed.
XP and Bonus Routes
Funds and XP are handled separately.
Free and lapsed users earn no XP. Subscribers earn XP from jobs.
XP is based on the work completed, not market price. Longer route bands can give a small XP increase. Market rates affect funds, not XP.
Bonus route multipliers are subscriber-only. If a subscriber accepts a job that qualifies for a bonus route, the payout may be increased. Free and lapsed users do not receive bonus route multipliers.
Example
Two 10t jobs can pay differently even when both deliver into Germany.
| Job | Market rate | Route length | Destination demand | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfurt to Berlin | Germany market rate: €899/t | Medium | Berlin has low cargo, so demand is high | Higher payout than delivering to a full destination |
| Frankfurt to Leipzig | Germany market rate: €899/t | Medium | Leipzig is full, so demand is low | Lower payout |
The cargo weight and country can be the same, but destination demand changes the value of the job.