What is the best starting city?

[adisadicu]

Lille or Frankfurt. Frankfurt has many cities around with ADR loads so if you put you first points into ADR will get you a lot of money early on.

[Interstate Nomad]

Interesting question.

 

One should consider available DLCs which increases the number of cities and job offers in comparison to the base game vanilla map.

 

Another thing to consider is one's preferred cargo which might only be available in certain areas and cities. 

 

From a realistic playing point of view it's also interesting to play with the income factor, which will give you less money for accomplished jobs but increases realism. 

 

And it might also be a welcome challenge to start in a city which isn't often chosen as a starting city, for example, way off typically congested areas. 

[HENGYA]

I think Hanover is good

[wynnex]

I prefer to start from Lille for the Calais-Duisburg road. Quite difficult to leave Calais, usually there is traffic for this, it is easier and faster to start from Lille and take the calais-duisburg road that way. 

[Reid1651]

I started my game from Verona and I still believe that this is a good city for beginners (especially if you have DLC Italia) Quite decent payment and beautiful views

[_raffaele_]

I chose the city closest to where I really live, it gives an extra touch of realism 

[chris-uk]

i didn't really give this much thought when starting this game but being from the UK and knowing that compared to other places in game the UK lacks some things and so I decided to be random and start in Barcelona. I didn't really have A reason other than I once visited this wonderful place in real life so I picked there 

[Krosty]

I started in Hamburg

[Princ Bajaja_CZ]

I think it's Calais, Duisburg (more laggy cities) or Prague and Berlin (because they're in the center of the original map)

[Averazon]

Personally I like Lille or Brussels. Center based. No real reason. I like the area haha

[Guest]

I think the Truckers MP HQ is good

[The_Summer]

I think TruckersMP HQ and Calais are both good options 

[Yarkoon]

I don't know, ahah. In fact, I've never thought about which city is better to start the game. It seems to me that it doesn't really matter in which city to start, the main thing is that there should be a wide variety of companies, as well as a company for the transportation of dangerous goods. You can choose any city that you like or the one in which you live in life. I chose Katowice at the time.

 

[Verano.]

My headquarters is in Berlin, Germany, because it is convenient to go anywhere. He is in the middle of the map.

[Sunstrider]

That's really up to you and which Map Expansions you own.

 

Population

• Duisburg
• Calais

Aesthetic

• Any city really. Check the wiki for pictures or use Dev Camera and console to go them

Driving

• Don't choose France. Toll Booths.

Companies won't matter. As you level up, you'll get a skill point to invest. Just make sure you check your truck stats before you take on cargo it can't handle.

[Milkado05]

Ich Persönlich bin in "Kassel" gestartet, da ich finde das es relativ in der Mitte der Map liegt und ich von diesem Standort in jede Richtung komme. In der Stadt sind nicht so viele Spieler, aber mich stört es auch nicht, da ich sowas nicht direkt am anfang des Spiels brauche

[King_T]

I have 2 profiles and each one of them is based in Oslo, which is a great city to start because of how the city looks in my opinion.

[^Asuka^]

If you want to play exciting, you can go to Calais. If you want to be quiet, you can go to Innsbruck.

[Phon]

Even if you like C-D and that's the main thing you do, I wouldn't recommend Calais or Duisburg as your starting cities. Trying to leave those garages can be tricky at the best of times. Dusseldorf, Rotterdam, Brussels and the nearby cities are better options as they are quieter but only a few minute drive away from the chaos. 

[/:\ Koch-DK /:\]

I would say Odense, Denmark

[Davina]

Fwiw (which probably isn't much) I started in Kassel for personal reasons & it was also very close to the centre of the map in 2014 (possibly Erfurt was closer) but it was not good for depot variety. I recently 'upgraded' to Dortmund for a bit more variety & action, although too much action isn't always a good thing.

 

It's raining so I'm going to get up.

[Furkan TEMZ]

Calais Or Duisburg

[MOCKlNGBlRD]

It’s Amsterdam for me. I don’t know why it is  

[^ Felicity ^]

Calais

[[CQF] Qian Xia]

I usually use the city of Hanover as my initial garage.