Click on the new game button, and set up your character.

• Put in your first and last names
  
• Turn permadeath OFF (unless you have lots of experience with NOT DYING)
  
• Click BEGIN

The opening cutscene starts in the backseat of your father's Satsuma AMP. and shows the character being delivered on the highway. As Porilaisten Marssi plays, the camera zooms out and some yellow text appears on the screen saying:

"SUOMI FINLAND 1976
[player firstname] was born"

After the intro, the game jumps to 1995, and you take control of an 18 to 19-year-old player.

When you first start up your save, you will be standing in your house living room.
If you go down the hall and turn left, you will be in the kitchen. You already have a case of beer, and some milk and food in the fridge. On the fridge there is a note from your parents, (who aren't in the game physically) which when you hover over it reads;

"Don't be lazy. Fix your dad's old car. Uncle's blue van can be loaned. Don't drink alcohol! We'll come back when we get bored. Yours, Mom and Dad.

If you actually translate (or find on the MSC wiki) what the note says, here it is:

"Don't slack if someone orders firewood to be delivered. Fix your dad's old car or we'll take it to the scrapyard because it has been filling up the garage for years now. Your dad says if you repair the car and make it pass the inspection, you can keep it. You can borrow your uncle's van if you need to go run some errands.
If you visit the cottage, make sure the sauna stove and fireplace are put out.
Don't get drunk and remember to clean up if you make a mess!
We will return to Finland when Tenerife gets boring!
Best wishes mom and dad"

Please note that:

• Sausages, macaroni, pizza, and milk will eventually spoil if left outside of the fridge for too long.
  
• When you drink the beer your screen will wobble and eventually distort.
  
• Sausages will fully restore your hunger but can only be eaten once if they are still in the pack.
  
• You can drop the pack of sausages on your stove, or the grill found under your table in the garage to open the pack and get four sausages. Sausages can be cooked on the grill or on the stovetop, but be careful not to burn them!

If you go out your front door, to your left is your garage. This is where all your car parts are sitting, and the car body is sitting the driveway. Around the side of the house is a mini-bike, commonly referred to as "the Jonnez".

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- Milk, sausages, macaroni, and pizza will spoil if left outside of the fridge too long. Keep beer and chips in your car.

- If you are riding the Jonnez (the mini bike), or your car's windshield is broken, you have to wear the crash helmet, otherwise there is a chance you could have a head on collision with a bumblebee and get almost fully blinded until you save+load.

- If you have a hangover, the best solution is to just keep on drinking.

- The Sausage & Fries from the pub is super food that helps the player with losing weight.

(Map showing the location of the dump)
If an item falls through the world or goes out of bounds, it will end up at the dump.
If a vehicle goes out of bounds somehow (like this probably) it will respawn at the player's house but anything in it will respawn at the dump. Jokke will also deposit the (now empty) kilju bottles you have sold to him at the dump, so you can go there and reuse them.

Your need bars are in the top left corner of the screen, (they can be hidden with F2) and you need to pay attention to *most* of them. In this section I will cover each one of them and how to tend to them.

Your urine need increases when you drink. You can pee anywhere in the game, (you have a peepee). You can pee by pressing (default key is P). Don't let the bar get full or you'll get free bottom surgery. Don't pee on anywhere in the house that isn't tiled floor, (anywhere but the toilet, shower, and sauna) or else stains will accumulate on the floor. Or do, if you're into that sort of thing.

Hunger is one of the needs that needs a specific item type to lower. You can eat any food item with the interact key. (default F) Juice is an impostor and will actually lower your hunger and increase your thirst.

You can drink any drink item with the interact key. (Default F) No drink item will cover a full meter of thirst in one chug. But one full case of beer will lower your thirst multiple times at the cost of making your screen all wobbly and distorted after 4 - 5 bottles. You can also stick your head under the kitchen faucet, shower tap, and wells to drink. (pressing Q helps with this)

Fatigue is one of the two needs that you cannot die from. When your fatigue meter is full, you will sporadically fall asleep for a few seconds. You need to shake your mouse to wake back up. As the time that your fatigue has been full gets longer, you will fall asleep more often, and you will need to shake your mouse more to wake up.

Stress can me lowered by swearing (defauly key is N) but this has next to no impact on the stress bar. When your stress meter goes red, your character will automatically swear. Your stress can be lowered by drinking alcohol, and smoking. Smoking is the most effective, and smoking too much can cause the player to be addicted, making the player's stress go up quicker.

Dirtiness is one of the two needs that you cannot die from. Although dirtiness does LITERALLY NOTHING TO YOU. All that happens is you hear more fly sounds. Dirtiness can be lowered by swimming in the lake, by sitting in a sauna, or showering.

Please note that;

• If you pee on the shopkeeper, (Teimo) he will tell you to p*ss off
  
• You can pee upwards to take care of *most* of your thirst but not all.
  
• Once a need bar goes red, do something about it QUICKLY
  
• A need bar going red means it is at 100%, and you will die at 200% (thanks to user Spee-Dee for telling me that!)

To get to town you will need the boat, which is down by the docks at the lake in front of the house. The boat has just enough fuel to get to the town, but not back. You should bring the Jonnez moped around the side of the house and put in in the boat. This will cause the boat to be slower and pull to a certain direction, and this can be balanced out with other items, but it is difficult. I also recommended to bring the crash helmet, because riding without it can result in the player being hit in the eye with a bee and dying, but in this case we are going at low speeds, and if you do die you will respawn very close at the church in town.

To actually drive the boat, you need to get on the back seat next to the outboard motor and press (default key ENTER) to enter driving mode. To start the boat you grab the starter cable by holding left click on it and yanking it by moving the camera. It should take about 1-3 yanks to start. To switch the gears of the boat you need to left click or right click on the little gear selector on the motor. You should see that the little character in the corner changes as you fiddle with the lever.

To get to town from the boat, go to the top left of the map from your dock. You should pass the island cottage and then be able to see the church tower, which you can use as a way point. If you want, you can pick up the kilju bucket from the cottage and put it in the boat. Once you get to the town docks, use the moped to go up to the store and buy all of your crap. If you put something on that little tray on the back of the moped, it will stay there unless you get some serious air. it might take a while to ferry everything back to the boat, so be patient.

To drive the moped, lean left with [default key Q], find the fuel tap and left click. Then lean right [E] and left click on the kickstarter. After about 1-4 clicks, the moped should start up. If you tip the moped, hold down the clutch so it won't stall.

Here is your shopping list.
Things you absolutely need

• Car battery (the one in the garage is completely dead from the start)
  
• Alternator belt
  
• Spark Plug Box
  
• Two Headlight Bulbs
  
• Oil
  
• Coolant
  
• Brake Fluid x3
  
• 2-Stroke fuel
  
• some sausages

Reccomended to get

• 2 - 3 extra oil filters.
  
• 1 or 2 cases of beer

You can also get whatever you want here, but you start off with 3000 markka, so be careful not to spend too much.

To get home, follow the same route back.

https://my-summer-car.fandom.com/wiki/MY_SUMMER_CAR_GUIDE_2:_ELECTRIC_BOOGALOO#Building

Is your Satsuma doing something weird? It's probably one of these things:


This means the battery is connected, which it shouldn't be while you're messing with the wiring. You could get shocked and die.

This most likely means that the part needs another part to be installed or not installed before it can be put in. For example, the halfshafts need the 14mm bolt on the front brakes to be undone to install them. Some parts are just finicky though.


- The battery is not installed/screwed in, or it's dead and you need to get a new one at Teimo's.
- The starter is not wired/installed, or it's broken and you need to get a new one at Fleetari's.
- The car has not been wired properly elsewhere.

- Make sure the fuel tank is fully bolted in and has fuel in it.
- The spark plugs aren't tightened, use the spark plug wrench to tighten them up.
- Your rocker shaft might be broken, in that case you need to get a new one at Fleetari's.

- The spark plugs aren't tightened, use the spark plug wrench to tighten them up.
- The car hasn't been tuned properly; pull the choke out all the way, lay on the gas (DO NOT REDLINE!), and wait for the temperature gauge to be at the halfway mark, then you can move.


- Your distributor hasn't been tuned properly. Instructions on tuning it:

- Your alternator hasn't been tuned properly. Instructions on tuning it:

- Your rocker shaft has been messed with some point before starting the car (it comes pre-tuned). Instructions on resetting it:

- Your camshaft was not tuned properly. Turn off the car immediately if you hear this, as not doing so can cause extensive and expensive engine damage. Instructions on how to tune:

- Take off the alternator, alternator belt, crankshaft pulley, water pump, water pump pulley, timing cover, and timing chain.
- Unscrew the camshaft gear but do not remove it.
- Use the scroll wheel to line up the notches on the camshaft gear and crankshaft like this:

- Put everything back on.
- Refill your oil and coolant as they probably leaked.

Click here[my-summer-car.fandom.com] for any other problems I couldn't be bothered to add.

In order to join the rally, and not get a ticket at every police checkpoint, you must get your car inspected and registered.

The inspection shop can be found down the road from Teimo's if you take a left at the four-way intersection in town. It is open from 8am to 4pm. It costs 325 mk to get the car inspected.

What do I need to get my car to pass the inspection?
You need:
- The warning triangle from the Kekmet must be inside the Satsuma.
- New-ish tires
- Minimal body damage on all panels.
- No broken parts.
- A properly tuned carburettor.
- Properly tuned rocker shafts.
- A properly tuned distributor.
- Decent alignment (Eyeballing it should be fine).
- Working front lights (they can burn out).

The following parts will fail you if you have them installed:
- Steel headers.
- Racing exhaust.
- Racing muffler.
- Racing slicks
- Rally tires
- NOS kit.
- Racing carburettors (twin carbs are still fine).
- Rally steering wheel.
- Long coil springs.
- Stock tires found at the mansion (they are too worn down to pass).

You don't need these parts installed to pass the inspection:
- Back panel or sub-woofer panel.
- Rear seat.
- Passenger seat.
- Clock gauge.
- Mudflaps.
- Hubcaps.
- Radio.
- Grille.

Emissions regulations
Make sure your air/fuel ratio with the stock or twin carbs is 14.7 to pass the inspection. Using the 'engine adjustment factory spec' from Fleetari to get him to do it for you, or you can do it yourself for free.

How to tune your car to pass the inspection:
Get a screwdriver and scroll up on the carburettor tuning screw 44 times, then scroll down seven times. This will set the air/fuel ratio to 14.7, although the AFR gauge will show 14.9 if you have one installed. Once you've passed the inspection, you can tune it however you'd like, but you will have to tune it back to get your car re-inspected.

Re-inspection
Every 28 days, the Satsuma needs to be re-inspected. 21 days after the last inspection, the guy at the inspection shop will send you a letter asking you to come in again.

Now that you have your plates, you will be eligible to join the rally (as long as you have everything else you need), and won't get ticketed at police stops for an un-registered car.

Money is an essential part of My Summer Car, (duh). The currency used in the game is the old Finnish Markka, and the conversion is about 3.89 2002 Finnish markka to 1 2020 Canadian dollar.

Jobs are pretty much the only way to earn money in My Summer Car. Apart from the rally and gift money for Christmas.


These jobs can be done indefinitely.

Sewage pumping is where you... well... pump sewage.
You need the poop truck, which is (the Gifu) and when you get the call, the dart will appear on your map. Go there, pump their sewage and get paid. Be wary that the poop truck has low and high range and they can be switched between with (default key R). You need to borrow the Gifu from Uncle, which is... annoying. You can only get a call for a poop job if either Uncle is home, or Uncle has lost his licence. Once you have borrowed it from Uncle, the Gifu will spawn at the waste processing plant in the town, (which i will be referring to as "Perajarvi" frow now on mostly)
To pump sewage, you go around to the back of the truck, and pick up the hose. Then take the cover off of the sewage well (and DON'T fall in). Make sure the hose is down most of the way, make sure the truck engine is running, flick on the dashboard switch for the "Hydraulic Pump" and wait for it to be empty. Then when the well is empty, collect up the hose and get your money.
It should be about 1200 markka.
Firewood Delivery is very straightforward but takes a long time. When you get the call, go over to a little barn down by the first driveway after your house, and you'll see a tractor (called the "Kekmet"), and a trailer which can be hooked up to the Kekmet. There is also a wood chopping station. To chop wood, you pick up the axe and equip it with (default key F). Then right click while aiming at the log. Then left click on the wood pile to restock your chopper. (If the chopper block is not restocking, it might be because there are wood pieces on the block.) Put the cut logs into the trailer until it fills up completely. You will know that its filled when the pile of wood texture doesn't advance any higher, but it will still accept wood. (this will take a while). Then back the tractor into the trailer. It will hopefully connect and you can be on your way. There is only one house that orders firewood and you can get there by:
1. Left at the intersection just after the train tracks.
2. Left again at the 4-way intersection.
3. He is he second house on the right.
The tractor has low and high range and they can be switched between with (default key R) Also its slow as fu-

To dump the firewood out of the trailer, open the rear gate by clicking on it, then to your left right next to the seat there should be a lever labelled "Rear Hydraulics" left click on that and put the tractor into neutral. Then put the hand throttle to max. The trailer will start to dump out the firewood. If it doesn't go up, you might need to try and push it up by getting underneath it, looking up and pressing (default key J) to get your pushing arms out. Once you have done all of that you right click on the rear hydraulics button twice and rev the engine again. The trailer should start going back down. Once you have done that go out an collect your money. It should be around 3200 markka.

Ventti can be played with the Ventti pig at his cabin on the lake. You might want to bring a bed there so you can skip to when his Ventti station is open. Also save if you can just in case you make a mistake. You can access his shack by leaving Perajarvi (the main town) on the dirt road by the brown school building and the church. You take the first right that you see on that road, and that is his driveway. Once you get there, depending on what time it is he might not be there. If you brought a bed you can sleep until he is there. Ventti is a Finnish version of Blackjack, but isn't exactly the same as Blackjack. Below is a chart on wether to hit or stand depending on how much the Ventti pig bets.


Once you get high enough in the amount of markka you are betting, you will eventually bet your cars. Be really careful here because if you lose you will lose the Satsuma and not be able to get it back with out reloading a save or going through your game files with MSCeditor or some other program. If you win the car bet you will get his car, an old wagon with a wasp infestation. This car is known to the community by the "Ruscko," or the "Pig's Car." (See "Ruscko" under section "Ranking Each Car" for more details on this car).

After you win the car bet, you will get into betting HOUSES (this is why I told you to save) If you LOSE this bet then no more house for you. So probably use that chart up there but take a look at the fandom wiki page for Ventti by clicking here[my-summer-car.fandom.com] so you know what all the card values are.

Kilju is a homemade sugar wine that can be brewed in My Summer Car. You can make money off of it by selling it to Jokke.


A full bucket of perfect Kilju being sold

Brewing kilju is relatively easy, you just need patience. To brew kilju, go to the island cottage with the boat (see section "Going out for more supplies" for some directions), and bring back the kilju bucket. Then, you need to get some juice bottles, sugar, and yeast. Then, you need to fill up the bucket by removing the lid (just like you would a car part), and take the bucket to the shower and turn on the tap there. Put the bucket underneath the running tap to fill it up with water.

Once the bucket is completely full, turn off the tap and now is the time to add your ingredients. You need to drop six bags of sugar, and one packet of yeast into the bucket.

Then, you put the bucket lid back on the bucket, again just like you would a car part, and wait for the kilju to ferment.

Use the time while the kilju is fermenting to drink all of your juice to empty the bottles.

Jokke's house is located on the map here:



Other repeatable jobs I couldn't be bothered to add in full

These are jobs that can be done one time per save file.

Tohvakka calls the player, asking them to collect all of the hay bales scattered around the game map and take them to his shed. This is done with the tractor (the Kekmet), and its trailer. You cannot stab a hay bale with one of the Kekmet's forks, you must load it on like a pallet. Some are wrapped in plastic, some aren't. Placing the hay bales in the trailer is a tedious task, let alone finding them. A godsend during this job is a beer case. Not just for drinking, but a beer case is able to exert immense force on the hay bales and can be used to load and adjust hay bales with ease. Use a full case for the best results. Tohvakka will pay you 3500mk upon delivery

You can roll the hay bales while they're on their sides by crouching with [C] and then pressing [J] to put your hands out to push.

Eight hay bales can be fit into the trailer like this:
For more tips and tricks click here[my-summer-car.fandom.com]


After delivering Tohvakka's haybales, he now trusts you and asks you to transport his tractor back to his farm. Be careful, as the tractor is very, very slow and the cars on the freeway will ram you off of the road. (They don't know how to brake, it seems). The harvester is located here on the map, and his farm is pretty much across the map from where it spawns. Good luck figuring out how to start the tractor, I can't. Tohvakka will pay you 1500mk upon delivery.

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Other non-repeatable jobs that I can't be bothered to add to the guide at the moment:

As you might have noticed if you have driven the Satsuma for any length of time, it is pretty much the definition of a 'šhitbox'. Fortunately, the game provides multiple ways to repair your 'Šhitsuma'.

The local mechanic Fleetari, has a shop in village of Loppe.

Fleetari Repair Shop

His shop is open Monday - Friday and from 0800 - 1600 game time.



*Fleetari will only repair engine parts that are detatched from the Satsuma and in his office.


It is generally a better idea to fix the Satsuma yourself, as it is much cheaper.
Although, some things like installing the roll cage and fitting tires to rims can only be done at Fleetari's.

To replace a car part, remove it from the Satsuma and bring it into Fleetari's office. On the shelf to the left of the front door should be a new one available to buy. Click on the new car part, and a few seconds later it should appear on his desk for you to take home. New car parts are usually expensive, so a good idea would be to save some money just in case your Satsuma decides to blow up.

If the repair job requires your Satsuma to be at the shop (ie. bodywork), Fleetari will lend you his muscle car (the Ferndale). Be careful driving the Ferndale as it is rear-wheel-drive and has quite a bit of power. A good rule of thumb is to never floor it in the Ferndale. It also wobbles at speed like the van.

If you do not return the Ferndale to Fleetari, after a while he will call you and say;

"It's Fleetari here! You moron, bring back my car or I make sure your šhit bucket car doesn't see another day!"

If you don't do anything about it, he will call you three more times. After the fourth call, upon sleeping in a bed Fleetari will dump the Satsuma in the swamp near his shop.

In the last place the Satsuma was left before it was stolen, there will be a note that tells you to 'smell a long šhit.' Flattering.

Once you have borrowed the Ferndale for the first time, you will always have the keys and can borrow it at any time. If the Satsuma is not being repaired by Fleetari, he will not call you to bring back his car. Generally, it's a good idea to return the Ferndale to Fleetari's shop once you are done with it.

So to get the van to appear in Uncle's driveway, you need to have at least one of these parts on the Satsuma: the driver's seat, the engine block, or the left trail arm. Once you install one of those parts, a timer will count down from anywhere between 30-90 minutes, it's different every save file. Once that timer has finished, the van will spawn in Uncle's driveway. If it is the first time that you are borrowing the van, knock on Uncle's door, and when he opens it take the van keys. If it is not your first time on this save file borrowing the van, don't knock on the door just get in the van and drive. You will already have the keys. After a certain amount of time after the player has first borrowed the van (about 50 minutes or so), Uncle will lose his licence and give you the van and Gifu (poop truck) keys permanently. From this point on Uncle can be found sitting outside his house smoking. There is a beer case on the table in front of them which is just free beer.

The Police in this game will monitor every breath you take, every move you make, every bond you break, every step you take, they'll be watching you. Yeah, it's a very very mad world... and it's never gonna give you up.

The Police often like to nest on these certain spots on the highway shown here:

By the wheat fields near the grain processing plant.
Between the Peräjärvi and Rykipohja turnoffs.
On the stretch of the highway between Rykipohja and the dirt road.

There is a 50% chance of the Police spawning (at any location) on the weekend (Friday through Sunday), and a 10% chance of the Police spawning (at any location) during the week, (Monday through Thursday).

Also, the checkpoint will not move in the same game session. If there is no checkpoint at a location now, there will not be a checkpoint there for the rest of the session and you can speed through there all you want.

In my experience, the most common checkpoint spawn is Between the Peräjärvi and Rykipohja turnoffs. (The little valley right before the Peräjärvi turnoff).

When you come across a police checkpoint, stop and do the breathalyzer test, (it is possible to do through the window of the car), and wait a second. If he reaches behind him and pulls out a piece of paper, that means that you have received a fine. You can either pay now by clicking on the button, or press ESC (escape) to exit the fine menu and it will appear on the kitchen counter. Only if you don't have enough money to pay the fine, should you opt out of paying immediately. The game will give you about one in-game week to gather enough money to pay the fine, and then the police will come to arrest you. You can pay an unpaid fine on the counter by clicking on it.

The way the fine amount is determined is through your "player net income" which you can find in MSCeditor under "player". So basically, (just like in real Finland), the more money you make, the bigger your fines will be. If you have a lot of money and then suddenly don't the fines will still be big right after. (sometimes).

Also even if your net income resembles the amount of money you have, being fined for a lot of things at once can make it so you can't afford it.

As of the 29th of May, 2020 update, I've had to add this section because there are now a lot more things you can get arrested for. These are:

- Running over a roaming NPC is manslaughter and results in a 10 day jail sentence if caught.

- Running over a rally spectator is manslaughter, unless you are racing the rally.

- Dipping out of the highway stop when you receive a fine and evading the cops will result in a 3 day jail sentence if caught.

- Getting into a crash after flipping off the driver of the car you're in gives you 5 days in jail if they die.

- Leaving traffic fines unpaid for an extended period of time will result in a one day sentence for every three fines (minimum 3 days). The maximum sentence is 999 days.

Jail sucks. If you accidentally run someone over, that's a 10-day sentence. 10 in-game days is 20 hours of waiting around with the game open making sure you don't die. You cannot increase fatigue with the TV test screen like you can at home, and saving does not skip to the next hour.
All you have to entertain yourself in jail.

When you commit a crime, the next time you sleep in a bed police officers will show up at your house and Teimo's shop and will arrest you if you step near them. This can easily be avoided by hopping on the Jonnez and driving through them, as they don't have collision. They cannot arrest you on the Jonnez for some reason and you will be able to access your house, but may have some trouble using Teimo's.

Police officers guarding the entrances to Teimo's.

If you escape jail after accepting your sentence from the police, your jail days will be paused until you return to jail to complete them. MSCEditor can be used to remove fines, but using it to try to remove jail days will bug your save and prevent the jail day counter from going down.

If you would like to remove your sentence with cheats, either use a mod with a time acceleration function or give yourself infinite fatigue with MSCEditor and become comatose for the duration of your sentence.

It is possible to live self-sufficient as a fugitive at the cottage, but you cannot do much at all.

Note: It is porrible to get outside items into the jail cell by holding them and then running into the police at your house/teimo's. You will still be holding the item when you wake up in jail, which can lead to this.[imgur.com]

Just like any good car game, it is possible to modify your car with many performance enhancing modifications, along with body kits, and some more dubious parts.

A fake dual-exit exhaust tip.

The catalog is in your garage on the table. It is a way to mail-order parts for your Satsuma. You click on the catalog to open it, then use the arrows on the bottom to turn the pages. Once you're done crossing stuff out and exit the catalog, an envelope will appear in front of you on the table.

This needs to be taken to Teimo's and put in the yellow box next to the door. After about a week in-game, you will get a call from Teimo that your parts have arrived. A cheque will appear on Teimo's counter. Pay that and your order will appear on the stairs by the side of the shop.

Some parts may need to be wired in, in this case always remember to remove the battery before messing with the wiring (unscrew the negative side (closest to the front of the car) first!).


*Available gear ratios:
- 4.286 (default)
- 3.700
- 3.900
- 4.110
- 4.415
- 4.625

A higher number here means less top speed but more acceleration, and vice versa.

Fleetari can also repair dents, paint your car, paint and polish your rims, as well as fit tires to rims.

The Peräjärvi Suvi-Sprint (Peräjärvi Summer-Sprint) is a rally consisting of two stages. To participate, show up at Fleetari's tent by the School, (a big brown building down the road from Teimo's) on Saturday from 8:00 to 18:00.

- The roll cage is installed in the Satsuma
- The racing seats and harness are installed in the Satsuma
- You are wearing the racing helmet while registering (it can be taken off after registration for better visibility)
- The Satsuma does not have racing slicks installed.
- You are not drunk (you can get drunk after registration if you'd like)
- 500 mk for the registration fee.

- The roll cage can be installed by Fleetari for 5500 mk
- The racing seats can be bought from the catalog for 5095 mk, and are installed just like the normal seats with four 9mm bolts.
- The racing harness can be bought from the catalog for 645 mk, and are installed onto the driver's side of the roll cage just behind the racing seats with four 8mm bolts.
- The racing helmet can be found in your bedroom and is put on with (default key F), you can take it off by looking down and pressing (default key F) again.
- To not get drunk you must not drink beer, kilju, booze, or vodka.
- 500 mk can be gained by doing any of the jobs listed in [Making Money].

The first stage runs from the registration tent along the dirt roads to the strawberry field near the dump at Rykipohya, while the second stage is the first stage in reverse.

After the first stage, head along the highway by going straight after finishing the stage, and rejoin the paved road and then turn right on the highway and head back to Peräjärvi.

Park your car in the school parking lot, (the parc ferme area), and wait for Sunday to register at the tent for the second stage. Use the same route you used to get to Peräjärvi last night to get to the second stage tent, as it is at the finish line for the first stage. The second stage is the same as the first, but in reverse.

- Use a wheel if you can, but don't use a controller, because the controller support sucks.
- Practice the track throughout the game week leading up to Saturday to get a feel for the track.
- Remove the helmet after registration for better visibility
- Weight reduction! Remove un-needed body panels and interior parts to get the Satsuma lighter and therefore a bit faster, (I'll have to check if this actually works, but it makes my feel better about my Satsuma).
- Save before starting the rally on Saturday, and once your car is in the parc ferme area at the end of the first stage.
- Bring food and drink with you, and the rear seat so you can sleep in the parc ferme area and avoid having to go home with another vehicle and possibly missing registration time for the second stage.
- Get the shortest gear ratio from Fleetari's, (4.625), as it improves acceleration, and only use fourth gear on the straights. You won't need to worry about top speed.
- The rally tires can be fitted to wheels by Fleetari for 3200 mk, either leave your wheels in his office or leave the Satsuma in his garage with the wheels you'd like to fit them on. They are not required anymore, but they add grip on the dirt roads.
- The wiki says to practice drifting, but I never got good at it so I can't really give you any tips on it.

Below are two things that you can do to improve the quality of life in the game:

On Saturdays, a man can be found behind the dance pavilion at night. This man is sporting a rather nice watch, which you can steal. Punch him with (default H) until he is knocked out. He will also drop a bottle of booze.

If you get punched too many times, you will get knocked out. The wristwatch can be equipped by looking at it and pressing F.

He will also appear in Pub Nappo (at Teimo's) and will fight you for it if you enter the pub. If you lose the watch, you can fight him for it at the pavilion again.

The watch is quite nice to have, although definitely not a necessity. If you don't have the watch, there is a wall clock inside of Teimo's, and in the kitchen at home.

The Ferndale works best for keeping at Fleetari's as once you borrow it for the first time you will always have the keys.

Any vehicle should do for keeping at Teimo's, although I reccomend the Gifu because if you die in a car crash it is close by for towing whatever vehicle you crashed back home.

There are 8 drivable cars in My Summer Car. In this section I will give them each a score from 0 - 40. This is totally not just a ripoff DougScore. The safety rating is from the speed where you die in a crash. (with STOCK seatbelts ON.)

The Satsuma is the car you build in the game.

• Handling - 7
  
• Speed - 8
  
• Safety - 5
  
• Practicality - 5 (can sleep on the rear seat, but if you crash the car parts all fly off)

Satsuma gets a score of 27/40.

The Gifu is the poop truck.

• Handling - 3
  
• Speed - 4
  
• Safety - 9 (is immune to all traffic crashes)
  
• Practicality - 4 (has a bed in the back)

Gifu gets a score of 20/40.

The Hayosiko is the blue van that can be borrowed from Uncle.

• Handling - 6
  
• Speed - 6
  
• Safety - 3 (death wobble)
  
• Practicality - 10 (can hold the sofa, half the Satsuma parts, a bunch of beer, the Satsuma rear seat, a bunch of empty Kilju bottles, and the Jonnez (mini bike) all in the back.)

Hayosiko gets a score of 23/40.

The Jonnez is the small mini-bike known as the "death bike" or the "f*ckboi bike".

• Handling - 3 (flips onto its side half the time)
  
• Speed - 4 (tops out around 80kph)
  
• Safety - 2 (have to wear a crash helmet now)
  
• Practicality - 3 (has a little tray on the back that can hold some stuff)

The Jonnez gets a score of 10/40.

The Kekmet is the tractor/forklift.
Handling - 4
Speed - 1
Safety - 6 (you're almost never going fast enough to have a crash)
Practicality 6 - (you can flip the Gifu with it which is normally almost impossible by hand, and tow the trailer.)
The Kekmet gets a score of 17/40.

The Ferndale is Fleetari's muscle car that he will lend to you while the Satsuma is in the shop.
Handling - 2
Speed - 5
Safety - 1 (it also has the death wobble, (thanks to user garfield[FIM] for telling me that!) It happens over around 110 mph in the Ferndale)
Practicality - 7 (really big trunk that if you're careful you can fit the Jonnez in, automatic transmission, and large back seat for more BEER!)
The Ferndale gets a score of 20/40

The Ruscko is a car that can be won by playing ventti (see "Making Money" for more info) with the ventti pig. but be careful betting for it, you will lose the Satsuma. Or you can just break into his shed and steal it with the screwdriver. But be careful before driving it you have to get rid of a wasp's nest in the passenger side of the car, either by blasting it with the fire extinguisher, or submerging it in the lake for 15-20 seconds.
Handling - 3
Speed - 4
Safety - 2
Practicality - 10 (there is a built-in bed in the back, huge wagon trunk with no back seats for lots of cargo, and a roof rack which is the perfect width for more BEER!
The Ruscko gets a score of 19/40

A combine harvester owned by a farmer named Tohvakka.
Handling - 8 (rear wheel steering at low speeds).
Speed - 1 (tops out at 11 kmh).
Safety - 5 (you'll never be going fast enough to have a fatal crash, but beware of AI drivers rear-ending you on the highway).
Practicality - 2 (can't hold much and is very slow and complicated to start).

All changes since December 31st, 2020.

[12.31.2020]
- Added changelog.
- Finished section on Kilju.
- Added section on the Rally.
- Added the Arvo-Algotson combine harvester to [Ranking Each Car].

[01.10.2021]
- Fixed mistakes in the Rally section.

02.10.2021
- Fixed mistakes in the Ranking Each Vehicle section.
- Added section on the combine harvester delivery.

08.18.2021
- Fixed some formatting issues.
- Added section on getting your car inspected.

04.07.2022
- Added a few sentences under The Police.
- Revised almost the whole guide and fixed some of my sloppy writing from three years ago.
- Celebrated the guide's third birthday.

08.02.2022
- Revised some old sections
- Added jobs to jobs section.

08.04.2022
- Split the Satsuma repairs/upgrades section into two sections
- Re-wrote some things
- Added some pictures

08.05.2022
- Added section on common Satsuma problems
- Added some things
- Took the guide out of 'Early Access'