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. 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. 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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