Well, there has to be something to make you want to provide a high quality service. However, it should probably not do it this aggressively (and in any case only it should IMHO only matter if the vehicle is past it's lifetime, not how old it is).Gonozal_VIII wrote:The rating shouldn't affect the ammount of cargo the industry produces, only how it's split between different stations. Why should a factory produce less goods out of the same ammount of raw materials just because the vehicle you pick the goods up with is 3 years old or you don't have a statue in the town? Doesn't make sense.
The rating does in fact make sense -- there's supposed to be a hidden spedition company, that takes the rest. The better you are, the bigger part you get to transport. But as I said, it probably shouldn't depend on the vehicle age (except when it's old) and should depend on the speed much less for cargo. On the other hand, the time the cargo waited at the station should definitely be included in total time of transport, so making it wait log would decrease the revenue significantly.