Speaking of easy to use, the new Livery Designer allows you to unleash your creativity, and then bring those designs to life on your routes in the game. This long-awaited feature will increase replayability, and is easy enough for anyone to use. An ‘Off The Rails’ mode lets you step outside the realms of what is physically possible, such as running electric trains on a diesel route.
Unfortunately, you can’t share or use other player’s scenarios, but Steam Workshop and console support would be a welcome addition in future. Other than the new routes, TSW2 also adds the Scenario Planner, which gives you the ability to create your own scenarios with whatever routes, trains and destinations you wish.
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If you want to crank up the realism, you’re free to turn off this information, but you’d better hope your route knowledge is up to scratch! When you do get going, the overhauled HUD reduces clutter, while still providing you with important information like your train’s speed, the speed limit, as well as the status of the signal ahead.
TRAIN SIMULATOR 2 MANUALS
If you want to use the more advanced features of each train, such as the automatic signalling and safety systems (SIFA, PZB or LZB in the German trains), or perhaps some of the cruise control systems, you’ll probably need to refer to the real world manuals found online, as none of the scenarios or tutorials currently take you those features. From there, it’s pretty easy to control the train’s throttle and brakes, although it’s still down to you to manage your speed and stop in the right place on the platforms. While that might sound overwhelming, the tutorials and scenarios do a good job of teaching you which buttons to press to turn on the train and get yourself moving. The trains and locomotives themselves have great amounts of detail, with plenty of switches to flick, dials to check, and computer screens to look through. For me, the highlight is still unleashing my inner child and operating the railway turntable! With this route, you have a choice of three locomotives to operate as well as plenty of wagons to shunt around Cumberland Yard.
The new adhesion physics mean you have to keep a close eye on your speed, especially in wet or snowy conditions to avoid excessive wheel-slip.
TRAIN SIMULATOR 2 PC
While this was the first route released for PC in TSW, it’s only now that console players are able to experience one of the steepest railroads in America.
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Outside of the passenger routes, the revamped Sand Patch Grade offers players some freight action. There’s also the BR 442 Talent 2, which takes things a little slower than the ICE, and I found myself preferring scenarios with this train as there were more stations to stop at and keep me engaged. It’s here that the external camera comes in handy to admire the views, as well as taking a closer look at the other railway traffic on the route. Driving the route with the ICE 3M, which can easily reach speeds 250kmph, trees and buildings whip by. The Köln–Aachen route offers a change of scene to the dark tunnels beneath London. Exploring the stations by foot also enables you to complete optional objectives, such as placing route maps or refilling first aid kits. Little things like the PA announcements or staff dispatching trains from the platform would make a nice touch if they were added. As you’re free to get out of your train and walk around the stations, the first thing you’ll notice is that the platforms are sparsely populated in terms of passengers, although the adverts on the platforms themselves look true to life. Not only are the stations faithfully replicated (regular commuters will recognise the Sherlock Holmes tiles at Baker Street), but even above ground, I was able to recognise familiar buildings like the Royal Mail Depot near Stonebridge Park.Ī few things can break the immersion though, such as the presence of passengers still on your train when you enter sidings after finishing the route, and the overall sounds are lacking, both in terms of volume and accuracy.
Each of the routes are highly detailed and, speaking as a Londoner, I can vouch that the Bakerloo Line is impressively accurate in its representation. Sand Patch Grade, which was the first route in TSW, also makes a return with a bit of a sprucing up. The two new routes include Köln–Aachen in Germany (featuring both the high speed ICE 3M and regional Talent 2 train), and the London Underground’s Bakerloo Line.
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