Bus Driver - Detailed Routes Guide
Few words at the beginning...
Greetings to all CIT civilians looking for a best way to make money! I'm new to this board, as well as the server - just started playing around week, maybe two ago. Some of you probably already know me from server, my nick there is Psych0 Goku_Black. Okay, but enough about me, let's get down to the real deal, which this guide (hopefully) is.
Routes
In case someone didn't know that already, in bus driver job you're making a choice between city route and state route. If you choose city route, you must simply drive with passengers around the city, while on state route you're driving with them around the state, which consist mostly of Los Santos & San Fierro, some countryside, as well as some deserts.
On the sidenote: city routes depends on which city you're in. There's two: LS route and SF route (not sure about LV, but I think not).
Los Santos Route
From tests, that I performed on this route, it's not very good. I would say more: it's plain bad. People will be bothering you here, since it's, well, you know... City of crime (and police, too). Futhermore, many players in one place may cause FPS drop if you don't have good enough PC. Shortly: this route isn't good. I won't recommend it to anyone (unless you're a masochist maybe, then yeah, sure).
If that's not enough, this route is also the slowest to make a profit. See statistics below to know what I mean:
Remember, that is my performance, my stats, so you can always do better than that!
(or worse)
LS Route - stats
Stops: 19.
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(https://i.imgur.com/aJFUpj9.png)
Time upon completion: 8:30.
Driving comfort: bad, almost none (unless you want to be forced to constantly repairing your veh)
Rating: 6/10 (it's not that bad if nobody crush in you and you know city very well)
San Fierro Route
This route is different from the previous one in almost every aspect. San Fierro is quite, nice place, where you can do your job without worrying about anything (or anyone, if that's the case). I would recommend it to players that don't want to do the state route for whatever reason.
SF Route - stats
Stops: 31.
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(https://i.imgur.com/F7j7tSG.png)
Time upon completion: 10:00. 8:30-9:00
Driving comfort: good, since there's almost nothing to bother you.
Rating: 9/10
State Route
And there it is, ladies and gentlemen - the best route of all! Many may not believe me here, but it's the best route for making cash AS WELL AS leveling up. Why? Let me explain:
As you know, state route gives you twice payment every stop, right? Right.
But did you know every stop is also counted as two in the stats on this route? Maybe you did. Anyway, just stating in case you didn't know. Let's see the stats now.
State Route - stats
Stops: 34 (it's 68 actually, remember, everything x2)
(Starting from SF) Show content
(https://i.imgur.com/as5cngf.jpg)
Time upon completion: 22:20 (I suck at driving this route while doing the test, you can go under 22 minutes or even less, I pressume) 17-20 minutes, depends on skill.
Driving comfort: same as in San Fierro Route, with one difference - you must drive some distance in LS, too. But it's not even comparable with pain on Los Santos route itself.
Rating: 10/10 (you're leveling as fast as in San Fierro Route AND earn more!)
So, there you have it. If you don't like clear stats, I can make a video and post it on YT, that's not a problem at all. You can always also go and check it for yourselves!
Hope it helps anybody here.
Cheers!
EDIT: if anybody will be interested, I can also post an update with how much you can earn on each route per hour, etc.
State Route:
Default Map Show content
(http://i.imgur.com/yIi71QX.jpg)
Code http://i.imgur.com/yIi71QX.jpg
HD Map Show content
(http://i.imgur.com/6obTrt8.jpg)
Code http://i.imgur.com/6obTrt8.jpg
@Chin
Maybe you should add this, I marked every checkpoint on SF City Route and put numbers. Soon I will give for all (◔◡◔) Show content
(https://i.imgur.com/F7j7tSG.png)
Here is the State Route (Starting from SF) Show content
(https://i.imgur.com/as5cngf.jpg)
Now i'm going to get the LS City Route.
Here is the LS City Route too :) Show content
(https://i.imgur.com/aJFUpj9.png)
Added them, thanks :thumb: