It’s a great little system that allows anyone to do what they like and just get straight into driving trains.
And if you don’t want to bother with any of that, you can hit random and just jump straight into any train on any track. In Quick Drive you choose your locomotive, which is incredibly easy, as previously discussed, the route you want to drive it on, and, for the first time in the series, you can choose the time of day, weather, and season.
The tidier menus come in handy for Quick Drive, which isn’t a new mode per se, more a faster way to access the game’s Free Roam mode. Even choosing your locomotive looks better, as this time around each train is separated into different categories and given a picture to help give you an idea of what you’re driving if you’ve got no idea what a Class 117 is, and also helps the serious players keep track of their DLC, which I’m told was becoming a real problem for them. This mainly comes down to the other major additions new game modes Quick Drive and Multiplayer (more on these later) have necessitated a cleaner, more streamlined menu system that looks great and is simple to navigate.
Train Simulator 2013 is my game of show now let me tell you why.įirst off, the menus have had a total facelift, and are now far easier to work your way through than in the earlier games. Not one other game from Gamescom had me genuinely excited to check it out, and nothing else put a smile on my face after I walked out of the booth.
Hell, even my fellow writers have scoffed at the idea. Have a look at the total cost for buying all DLC for this game: you have to pay like 7000€.If I told you that Train Simulator 2013 was my favourite game of Gamescom, you’d probably laugh in my face and remind me of all the big-name, action-packed titles available to me that must have been better. Instead of porting this trainwreck of a game into the current century and fixing performance, Dovetail games just releases new DLC after DLC. UI is hard to see due to almost no contrast to the environment and high transparency and contains little useful info The smallest errors immediately fail the mission, without actually telling you what the error was i get this is a simulator, but that doesnt mean you cant offer a beginner mode that allows people to understand the rules Traffic rules are not explained, no warnings about rule violations. There is no obvious way to start a tutorial Performance is absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (tried it several years ago and couldnt get it above 15 FPS, now with the current system it manages a whopping 28 FPS with only 20% CPU/GPU utilisation each (Ryzen 7 1700, RX5700 XT), so clearly a programming/synchronization issue. The engine was clearly already outdated 15 years ago, as a result graphics are really dated. You can browse all of the Add-Ons for Train Simulator 2022 on the store page. The Amtrak 50th Anniversary pack will be free for one week! Miami-West Palm Beach is also discounted at -50% during the Autumn Sale. This pack includes five Amtrak 50th Anniversary liveries for the General Electric P42DC and new scenarios for the Miami-West Palm Beach route. You can also find a range of Marketplace packs like the recently relesed Tehachapi Pass Scenario Pack (-10%).Īlso launching 25th November as part of the Steam Autumn Sale we have a Thanksgiving gift with the Amtrak P42DC 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition. There are a wide range of locomotives to learn from the Canadian Pacific AC4400CW (-25%), Merchant Navy Class (-20%) or the SBB RABE 523 (-25%). Routes featured include Tehachapi Pass (-20%), South Wales Coastal (-20%) and Bahnstrecke Riesa - Dresden (-20%). The Steam Autumn Sale is here! There are discounts on hundreds of Train Simulator routes, locomotives and marketplace Add-Ons.