Better Passengers v1.0

Better Passengers — Balanced Comfort

Drive like a real coach driver, not as if you were carrying eggs.

Your passengers in the Coaches DLC still notice how you drive they just stop overreacting. 

Every trip feels fairer, smoother, and a lot more relaxing, while good driving is still rewarded.

Tuned, not turned off

Many mods simply switch off the passenger comfort system. 

That makes bus jobs easy, but it also removes what makes them special: watching the mood on board, driving smoothly on purpose, and feeling proud of a perfect trip.

Better Passengers keeps that experience. Instead of removing the system, it rebalances it to make it more enjoyable. 

Rough driving still costs you, and careful driving still pays off the game just stops punishing ordinary, everyday driving.

What gets better

– Gentle on braking and turns: Normal braking, roundabouts, and lane changes no longer upset the whole bus. Only truly rough driving is noticed, and it has less impact.
– Highway speed, no complaints: Cruise on the motorway without a satisfaction penalty for keeping up with traffic.
– Forgiving bumps and scrapes: A tight parking manoeuvre or a brush with a barrier won’t ruin the entire trip anymore.
– Happier passengers, faster: Smooth, penalty-free driving is rewarded more often, so a calm stretch of road quickly lifts the mood on board.
– Fewer cancelled jobs: A single hard knock is far less likely to end your trip early.

Still part of the challenge: arriving late, traffic offences, and driving a worn-out bus retain their normal effects.

Good to know

– Made for the current game version. After a major game update, the game simply skips the mod until it is updated.
– Changes /def/bus_economy_data.sii. Other mods that change the same file will conflict; the mod higher in the load order takes precedence.
– Restart the game after enabling or disabling the mod.
– Single-player only.
– Passengers may still shout at high speed. That sound comes from the DLC sound bank; this mod removes the satisfaction penalty, not the voice lines.