Chapter 1410 Never Drive While Fatigued

Driving a long distance without a single scratch can be surprisingly satisfying!

The absence of minor collisions in *Safe and Civilized Driving* can be attributed to several key factors.

First, Zhang Yan had already spent a considerable amount of time exploring the world of test two and test three driving simulations before formally starting the game. She was very familiar with all the controls, making operational errors less likely once she hit the road.

Second, the car was just a normal family vehicle, not a sports car. It didn’t have that much power, and the speed wasn’t that fast. Plus, there were traffic regulations to limit her; even if she wanted to speed, she couldn't.

Finally, there was the issue of awareness.

Zhang Yan was well aware that, given the nature of this game, any collision would definitely cost money to repair. Even if she had insurance, her premiums would surely increase after making a claim.

So, she drove extra carefully.

Actually, you could avoid collisions in other driving games if you were careful enough, but most people didn't have the patience, and there was really no need to worry about whether or not you crashed.

At first, Zhang Yan felt quite frustrated. Did she really have to drive in a game exactly like she would in real life?

But after driving for a while, Zhang Yan found that she slowly adapted to this feeling.

Because avoiding collisions even once could bring a sense of accomplishment!

It gave her the illusion that "my driving skills are very good" or even "the handling of vehicles in this game is very good."

If you often bumped into things while driving in other games, but rarely did in *Safe and Civilized Driving*, didn't that mean that your driving skills had improved? Didn't it mean that *Safe and Civilized Driving* was made to be closer to the real driving experience?

This feeling made people think that *Safe and Civilized Driving* was different from ordinary racing games.

After driving for a while and getting her fill, Zhang Yan couldn't help but want to experience more of the game content.

She looked at it and found that there were many ways to make money in the game, but they were basically all related to driving.

The most basic was to use her car to work as a ride-hailing driver, priced according to mileage, running back and forth in the city.

Occasionally, she could get some urgent long-distance jobs, driving her own car on the highway to send customers to another nearby city. These jobs took a long time, and if she quit halfway, she wouldn't get paid, but the income was obviously much higher.

There was also valet driving, which was similar to ride-hailing, but the cars she drove could be all kinds of things, and she might get a chance to drive a luxury car.

A more advanced option was long-distance freight and long-distance passenger transport.

These two were similar to running long distances, requiring a long time and not allowing her to quit halfway. Moreover, long-distance freight and long-distance passenger transport both required completing additional exam items.

Of course, it could also be seen as a beginner's tutorial.

She could choose to buy her own truck, or she could choose to work as a driver for someone else, but the profit would definitely be greatly reduced if she was a driver. If she wanted to make more money, she still had to have her own car.

Zhang Yan felt that she had been studying for her ordinary family car driver's license for so long, and it would definitely be more difficult to get a truck driver's license, so she temporarily dismissed the idea.

The most advanced options were track races and rally races.

To participate in this game mode, she also needed to pass an exam, completing certain tracks in a specific time. If she won, the prize money would be very generous, but the car damage and tire wear from daily training required a certain amount of financial support.

If her driving skills were not good enough in the early stages and she couldn't get prize money from the competition, it would be a pure money-burning exercise.

The numerical system in the game wasn’t strictly based on reality either, but was adjusted.

First of all, the time was greatly shortened. The normal driving time for ride-hailing was about 5-10 minutes, and long-distance driving was also divided into short, medium, and long distances. Short distances were generally 30 minutes, medium distances were 1 hour, and long distances were more than 1 hour. During this time, she could rest at the service area, and the game could also be paused.

The map was definitely not strictly based on a real map, but was scaled down proportionally. After all, most players couldn't stand driving for seven or eight hours on a real long-distance trip, and there was no need for that.

The money earned in the game, of course, also increased.

A ride-hailing trip could earn a few hundred yuan, which meant that at 5 minutes per trip, she could earn several thousand yuan per hour.

If she ran long distances, she would earn even more, tens of thousands of yuan per hour.

If she ran on the track, she could earn hundreds of thousands or even more from one race.

But there was no limit to how much money you could spend in this game.

Traffic violations would result in points being deducted and fines being imposed. After the points were deducted, she could continue to drive, but if she violated the rules again, the fine would be doubled, and the more she was fined, the more it would be.

If a vehicle accident occurred and the insurance paid for it, she wouldn't have to pay out of her own pocket, but the premium would increase. If the insurance didn't pay, she would have to pay for the car repair out of her own pocket, and it wouldn't be a small number.

And the biggest expense was buying a new car, more expensive family cars, more expensive trucks, more expensive racing cars...

It was all money.

Of course, if she was confident in herself, she could also take out a loan, but loans in the game couldn’t be defaulted on. The money would be deducted directly from the account at a fixed time.

In short, the gameplay of this game was to drive normally, avoid accidents as much as possible, make more money, and buy better cars.

Of course, in this process, she would constantly improve her driving skills.

If she was particularly confident in her driving skills, she could go to the track, which earned the most money. If she wasn't confident in her driving skills and couldn't learn to drift or race, it didn't matter. She could drive long-distance buses or trucks to earn money, ensuring safety and no accidents along the way. This was also a way to play.

Zhang Yan originally thought that she would get tired of driving ride-hailing all the time, but after playing for a while, she found that she didn't get tired at all, but instead became addicted!

Because *Safe and Civilized Driving*, compared to other racing games, although the surface game fun was different, the deep game fun was the same.

Other driving games ostensibly involved speeding, but in fact, they were also for running more tracks, getting better rankings, and earning money to buy more cars, thus circulating.

And *Safe and Civilized Driving* ostensibly involved driving in a law-abiding manner, but in fact, it was also for driving more routes, earning more money to buy cars, thus circulating.

In other words, apart from the driving pleasure, it was all about using numbers to drive the player's behavior.

Other racing games seemed to have different tracks, but for ordinary players, they were actually similar. In order to pursue faster speeds and better rankings, they blindly accelerated, resulting in frequent crashes. This experience wasn't that great either.

Of course, the real experts didn't need to be mentioned. They were just as awesome in any racing game.

And *Safe and Civilized Driving* also had different city routes. Every time she went to a new place, Zhang Yan would concentrate and drive carefully, always maintaining zero accidents. Every time she sent a customer to their destination and watched the balance of her account increase, she would feel a happiness from the bottom of her heart.

This numerical-driven sense of accomplishment was similar in nature to some simulation management games and was stronger than other racing games!

Before she knew it, more than three hours had passed.

Zhang Yan yawned, looking at the fifty thousand yuan in her account, feeling the happiness of a hamster storing food for the winter.

She had more than 20,000 yuan left over from buying the car before, and she had earned nearly 30,000 yuan after running for three hours.

A prompt popped up on the screen, reminding Zhang Yan that driving continuously for four hours would lead to fatigue driving and that she should rest in time.

Zhang Yan looked at the time. It hadn't been four hours yet. She could still do one more order.

However, this order was different from the previous ones. It was a long-distance order!

The estimated travel time for this order was 1 hour and 15 minutes. If she completed it, she could directly earn more than 40,000 yuan!

Zhang Yan couldn't help but perk up. Here came the big one!

Driving for an hour would earn her more than she had earned in the previous three hours!

For ride-hailing drivers, such long-distance jobs were rare and randomly refreshed. Once she gave up, she wouldn't know when she would encounter one again.

If she wanted to earn money from long-distance trips regularly and for a long time, she had to pass the bus or truck driver's license exam and then run long-distance passenger or freight transport. Zhang Yan didn't plan to take the exam yet.

Therefore, she cherished this opportunity very much.

"Just hold on, it's just an hour, no problem."

Zhang Yan immediately accepted the order, then ran to the designated location to pick up the customer, and went directly to the highway to start driving.

The routes for these long-distance orders were randomly generated and didn't all run on the highway. Sometimes they would go on various provincial highways. Relatively speaking, the highway was definitely wider and easier to drive on, but the scenery wasn't good, while the provincial highway allowed you to see the scenery on both sides of the road, making you feel more pleasant.

Of course, Zhang Yan didn't care about this difference at all. All she could think about now was making money.

There weren't many cars on the highway, and it was monotonous to drive in one direction all the time. Zhang Yan yawned while driving, and soon felt her attention drop sharply. Although she wouldn't fall asleep immediately, her brain was a little sluggish.

Just then, she suddenly saw a truck that had broken down due to an accident ahead.

Perhaps because she hadn't been paying attention before, or perhaps because the warning signs had just been placed and hadn't been seen yet, she didn't see any warning signs at all.

"Ah!"

Zhang Yan was startled and quickly slammed on the brakes, but it was too late!

She didn't dare to turn the steering wheel sharply for fear that the car would roll over 360 degrees, so she only turned the steering wheel a little bit, resulting in a standard 25% offset collision, hitting the guardrail behind the truck.

Fortunately, the guardrail of this truck was reinforced, unlike many truck guardrails that cut corners and allowed the car to go directly under the truck.

Unfortunately, even with the guardrail, this collision was still solid!

With a loud bang, all the airbags in the car exploded, and the screen went black again.

"Ah! My zero accidents!" Zhang Yan was annoyed. She should have honestly rested and not engaged in fatigue driving!

Now, she didn't earn 40,000 yuan, and the car was crashed, a huge loss!

Moreover, it was obvious that she was fully responsible for the crash. The insurance would compensate her, but it was hard to say how much the medical expenses would cost.

Hopefully, the medical expenses in the game would also be reduced accordingly. Otherwise, if this crash resulted in millions in medical expenses, she would be finished.

However, what Zhang Yan didn't expect was that she didn't receive a medical bill, but a death certificate!