Ok took me two weeks to experiment and figure out what works, after trying several times to perfect strategy, I finally felt cofident to go for it.
I first focused three largest cities that were close together with trains, and also industries that were not too far apart with trains. That way I would reduce the amount of money used to changing the land.
I then went to boats and used trains for industries that were further apart.
As soon as the first plane that can carry 200 passengers appeared, I built airports next to the cities on the outer edges of the map, and flew passengers across the map to maximise distance, since a lot of the flying time is taken up by take-off and landing.
Instead of linking one farm to one factory, etc. I linked as many raw material industries to each factory, refinery,etc, to create a hub. These hubs are extremely efficient as cargo planes can just keep taking off to supply the cities, and again I flew the planes across the map to get mega income.
I have to say it was the hub building, and growing the cities early on that got me to 100Mil so fast. The background of the screenshot for example was two cities that grew so much they merged, and I was able to supply them with two airports.
Sorry, no idea how to show the screenshot here, so I just attaached it. Shows 14th Oct 1983. I think I will let the game run till I get 200mil, see how long that takes.
|