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An Introductory Guide to Transport Fever 2

By AirToob

This is the guide I wish I'd had when I began learning TF2. There was plenty of good info out there, but nothing in one place that told me all I needed to know in order to use the mechanics profitably.

This guide covers as wide a range of TF2 topics as possible, at an introductory level, while allowing the reader to quickly find good information about topics they might be interested in.

In a sense, it's both a guide in itself and a road map to other guides.

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Languages: English

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Contents

Main Game Features ~ Getting Started ~ Financial Strategy (Basics) ~ Line Management (Basics) ~ Towns, Sims & Bus Lines ~ What About Trams? ~ Tram Line Mechanics ~ Streets vs Country Roads ~ Dealing with Road Congestion ~ Vehicle Emissions & Maintenance ~ Industries ~ Managing Production Chains (*) ~ Date & Time, Frequency & Rate ~ Railways ~ Terminals & Platforms (*)~ Railway Signals & Switches ~ Dealing with Rail Congestion ~ Dealing with Air Traffic Congestion (*) ~ Monitoring and Improving the Network ~ Map Editor (*) ~ What's the Point of Your Headquarters? ~ Performance (*) ~ Mods (*) ~ Useful Links (*)

(*) = latest updates (August 2025)

Overview

A feature of this guide is that it is extensively hyperlinked to external info, including from images and icons. So if you click on an image showing some aspect of the game, you'll be taken straight to lots of info about that aspect.

This Guide 's structure was too complicated and took me too long to develop for me to create it within Steam, so here is the link to my actual Guide.

https://www.tooby.uk/CatRecovered/TF2/Guide.html

This guide should now reflect the game as it stands in August 2025 (Build 35924 Windows 64-bit).

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TaikaJamppa 6 Nov, 2021 @ 3:06am

I'm not 100% certain, but I usually play on hard difficulty, and I think that's why I get 10 million loans at the start... And no, I'm not sure, since last time I started (a few months ago IRL) I did start with 5 million loan, but I recall 10 mil has been at some times too. And the limit, I actually think you need to reach the limit first, then spend/lose the money, until you can take more.

AirToob [author] 5 Nov, 2021 @ 10:15pm

Thanks, TaikaJamppa . I have never played a free game with anything other than the default $5,000,000, and a loan of $10,000,000 has always been the limit in that situation. How did you set up your initial bigger loan?

TaikaJamppa 5 Nov, 2021 @ 8:42am

I want to point out something: In free games, you can START with up to 10,000,000$ loan, but as you play, you can go even deeper. I have gone up to 25 million into debt...

AirToob [author] 21 Sep, 2021 @ 2:06am

The problem with some browsers not displaying images has been fixed.
Thanks jurij.sikorsky.

AirToob [author] 11 Sep, 2021 @ 2:34am

Thanks so much - a huge help. Will continue via PM if needed.

jurij.sikorsky 10 Sep, 2021 @ 9:12am

The procedure really depends on your web service provider or server administrator - they (or you, if you have some kind of administration console) should turn on https. Very often it's just one tickbox. I would suggest you to contact your provider as there is no general guide possible.

What is a necessary condition is providing a server certificate and key. Some providers might be able to arrange this for you, or you can obtain it externally and provide to the web provider youself.
The certificate is generally not a free service, starting from 5-7$/year. But there is also a totally free service called Let's Encrypt [letsencrypt.org].

Feel free to contact me via PM or here if needed.

AirToob [author] 10 Sep, 2021 @ 7:09am

Thanks for you kind comment on the guide, jurij.sikorsky. Much appreciated.

Yes, I discovered a while back that because I hosted my huge number of small images on my own web site, with an http:// address, because other image hosting options kept letting me down, you explanation is indeed correct.

I would much prefer solution #1, but I am not sure how to go about it. I don't mind the effort, and I can get every image reference from my blog automatically changed with a script. What I don't know is how to get my web host provider to set up an https:// version of my image store. Any guidance greatly appreciated!

jurij.sikorsky 10 Sep, 2021 @ 2:29am

Great compilation and guide, AirToob, many thanks!

The issue with Chrome (and Edge) browser is very unpleasant (affects roughly 2/3 of all web users), but fortunately can be fixed.
The problem is that the site (categorian.com) is HTTPS, but refers HTTP images from external site, which is not allowed by default in recent Chrome browser.

There are two possible solutions:
1. upgrade tooby.uk to https:// (preferred, but requires some effort from your side)
2. Allow insecure content for the categorian.com site in Chrome - guide [experienceleague.adobe.com] (a bit of giving up security and requires some effort from every Chrome reader, but works instantly)

AirToob [author] 13 Feb, 2021 @ 1:54am

l84theparty 's comment (the part after BUT...) does not appear to relate to my guide, but rather to the game itself.
Without commenting on their opinion, I suggest that this is the wrong place to make such a comment.

briansyston 14 Dec, 2020 @ 6:50pm

Trial and error is the best way !

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