Thanks, my suggestion is I'll start a new thread if other people are interested, there's no use for a new topic if I'm the only poster
In the end it seems I was too optimistic: it took me until 1998 to reach the $100 million (NOT exploiting the mechanism of buying extra vehicles to boost company value!)
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Reasons:
- a limit of 40 on aircraft, hit the ceiling in 1983
- extremely little industry (1 oil well, some iron and coal, only 1 lumber mill)
- noticed too late that taking over companies reduces your company value, lost some $5 million with that in the 1980's
- similar remark for large construction works such as leveling terrain: seems to reduce your company value?
- very mountaneous landscape, even for hard settings
Some history:
1950: total income 30K$
1955: total income 92K$; company value 285K$
1960: income 172K; value 444K (trying hard to double both figures every 5 years)
1965: income 292K; value 863K (saving for my first heli)
1970: income 720K; value 2194K
1975: income 2103K; value 6058K (as from now, unable to spend all income on new vehicles/aircraft or development)
1980: income 4152K; value 11942K (nicely doubling every 5 years)
1985: income 7736K; value 23400K (from now on slowing down since aircraft limit reached)
1990: income 12488K; value 46831K
1995: income 18516K; value 82316K
Perhaps I might give it another try, hopefully with more industry and/or less mountains on the map. Especially some oil would be nice...