How to Drive & Earn

Meta Drive is based on an economic model of driving and earning. This article highlights the main principles of income mechanisms in the game. So you, as a gamer, can grasp its idea and create your own income strategy for the game.

We have already started introducing game elements and systems, and you know that to start the game, you need the Rolling Bones avatar and a car.

So let’s explore how “drive & earn” works in practice and which ingredients of the game influence your potential income.

Components of Drive-to-Earn formula

The car has five main attributes directly linked to the driving reward formula. And these are the metrics of your vehicle you need to pay attention to always to gain more. Please see below a short description of each of them.

Performance is the actual performance of your car. It varies for each vehicle type. This parameter is used in the formula for income calculation. The higher your car performance, the more reward you get.

Wear and tear is the standard term for any physical object’s depreciation and is applied to your car state in Meta Drive. Wear and tear measures the damage to your vehicle after long roads and accidents. This parameter logically affects durability consumption. The higher the indicator, the greater the final durability of the car.

Eco-Friendliness is within the ongoing global agenda, and driving is undoubtedly affected by the fuel you use and the car you drive. A green attitude should also be presented in Meta Drive, and we included this attribute in the token generation formula. Eco-friendliness of your car is provided in the vehicle description, indicating how many points you can gain in the game based on this metric. The greener your vehicle is, the more tokens you will get.

Fuel Tank Capacity and Fuel Economy reflect the amount of fuel you may have in your car, thus affecting how long you can drive, and in Meta Drive, this metric impacts your driving reward accordingly.

The calculation is simple. Based on fuel tank capacity (from now on the <Fuel_Tank> parameter), you have a certain amount of fuel to consume per day. Fuel economy affects the final <Fuel_Tank> capacity.

Vehicle attributes in the Drive-to-Earn

Rarity is the quality parameter of your car. We know that the rarer the vehicle is, the pricier it is. We follow the same approach in the Meta Drive. So the rareness of your car affects your earnings, energy supply, and cost. Rareness types are presented below in the table, where min and max attributes are the range of points the car gets within each segment.

It is important to note that car rarity affects minting (creating) cars.

Car health

When we drive, the vehicle might get damaged, and with each drive, the vehicle gets older and loses its performance and original condition. In other words, it is going through depreciation. Monitoring and timely fixing your car’s overall health is an essential point of a game to watch out for. There are a few healthy/diagnostic metrics we use in Meta Drive to identify your car’s condition.

HP indicates the health point of a car. HP rises with increasing the vehicle level, applying specific effects to the car, or purchasing items that boost performance. All cars have a base health of 100 plus 10 per performance health points. Since all vehicles have a starting performance and performance gain upon leveling up, their HP pool increases with the level. The base performance cannot lower below 1 but can reach a total value of 0.

Wear and Repair is linked to the Wear and Tear car attribute. During vehicle exploitation, you must arrange some tech fixes and repairs. Initially, you get the vehicle with its base wear equalling 100, and this number demonstrates the complete health of your car. However, as we drive, the car wears out, leading to a gradually dropping efficiency. So each ride deducts some value.

Here is how we calculate the efficiency decrease for your car:

• For every percentage of the durability lost, a percentage of token generation is lost.
• For example, instead of 10 DRW for 1 minute of driving, the user will receive 9 DRW already at the loss of 10% durability. The repair is not critical; it is still possible to ride.
• When the durability drops to 10%, the efficiency of the cars drops to 10%.

Tech service and repair cost

The cost of restoration is based on:

• The relative value of current attributes;
• Car level;
• Durability drops below 20%, a special marginal value that dramatically increases the cost of repairs.

When you fix your car back to the fundamental score of total health, it is up to you. But you should remember that a vehicle with long drives is deteriorating and not performing fully, lowering the volume of rewards you get.

Meta Drive presents all sorts of shops for your convenience to repair and improve your vehicle, so you can pick the one you need on your road.

Incentive system: tops and limits

Meta Drive compensates players financially. The amount of reward depends on the driving results. The possible reward size has minimal and maximum settings.

You cannot drive infinite distances per day. You can spend the amount of fuel or energy available daily within the daily limit. These limits are very reasonable and reflect the real driving circumstances. The fuel limit caps off the number of tokens users can earn daily.

Meta Drive has got a basic level for daily doze of tokens. You start from this limit, which is 5/5 DRW. The daily token limit can reach a maximum of 300 DRW. Increase in the limit is available through car leveling up. Besides, the permanent increase option raises DRW limit above 300/300. This option only becomes visible/available when you reach 90% of your current daily limit.

How to earn?

The rule is straightforward: you drive, and you earn. However, the game possesses many attributes affecting your income structure. This article covers most of the mandatory game elements and attributes. However, Meta Drive allows you to expand your potential income via extra instruments, such as Rolling Bones avatars, mints, leveling up, and more. We will introduce these mechanisms shortly. Apart from the built-in gaming components, you can always increase your token revenue via safe driving and driving score. These metrics depend on your driving skills and behavior on the road only. We always encourage polite and secure voyages with rewards. As for now, you can get acquainted with the main sets of attributes and prepare for a drive.

P.S. Stay alert to our announcements: free mint and competitions are on the way!