You do not know the game or want to re-discover it. Here is the story of a part of Farming Simulator 2017. You will discover great similarities with the daily life of the breeder. Normal is a simulation.
You've just launched the game and find yourself running a small farm. A few hectares of land (3 plots), three tractors, a combine, an 8000L trailer, a cultivator, a seed drill, a car, three storage shelters, a vehicle shed… and € 25000 in pocket. It is already a nice installation, but you have no livestock. You start your choice, either on an American territory rather pleasing to the eye, or in an Eastern country in a setting that has nothing to envy to Chernobyl 🙂 Maybe one day we will see landscapes land good from home? (Giants Software if you read us… Farming Simulator 2019?)
The cut out
The different materials listed above are waiting for you. The harvester is stationed, engine off, in front of a plot of wheat, followed by its tractor and a hitched trailer. We can already feel the need for manpower. On the other two plots, you will also find your seed drill and a cultivator ready for use. Three simple jobs that allow you to familiarize yourself with the controls of the game.
Sometimes boss, sometimes worker
To attack the harvest, it is better to be accompanied. You can then call on one or more workers to help you with your tasks. For example, having a worker drive the combine while you follow behind with your trailer. During this time you can put 2 other employees to work your land and to sow.
But, as in real life, all this at a cost (around 5000 € for the first three jobs to be done), your starting envelope melts like snow in the sun, and you do not have, except for the eggs of your few hens, entry of money for the moment.
It's time to switch to "worker" mode and go do some missions. To do so, nothing could be simpler, just go to a nearby field to be offered a temporary employment contract. And the wages are juicy in Farming Simulator 17 🙂 Our first neighbor offered us close to € 40000 to harvest his wheat with his own state-of-the-art New Holland combine. Happiness.
Buy or rent your equipment
Great novelty in Farming Simulator, you can immediately "treat yourself" (but not your wallet) by renting equipment rather than buying it. As soon as you harvest, you realize that you are not equipped to squeeze straw.
After 20 minutes of play, we can already see which profile we are going to go: pure and hard cereal, or breeder? Because the first dumpsters from your harvest, you will have to do something with them… Store? Sell ? In our part, and because we are in Brittany, a breeding ground, we are going to store and harvest the straw to prepare for the arrival of the first occupants of our virtual meadows.
The arrival of the cattle
By default, you have several pens for your cows, sheep, pigs and chickens. Before going to say hello to the cattle trader, it is best to get organized and do your first stocks. The cattle will bring you enough to fertilize your land, from that moment you will enter an endless loop where you will have to cultivate your land permanently to feed your animals, which will give you enough to naturally fertilize your land, etc. etc. etc.
Importantly in Farming Simulator, there is no season, and no pests and other weeds. Also breeding is limited to being very active on your plots, without taking into account any crop rotations, in order to produce again and again ...