I used to live outside of Aachen (where you started) and traveled regularly to Cologne/Koln. If you pause at @30:31 you'll see Autobahn 4, which runs without a speed limit for about two miles next to the ICE tracks. There are few things more amazing than clipping along at 130mph/210kph on the Autobahn and then getting passed up by an ICE train doing 250.
We have a variant of this train here in Russia going between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and a couple of other places. It's called Sapsan here. The difference is that they are adopted for the wider track, have better insulation, and the trains are longer - in fact, the worlds longest high speed train (20 cars, 500 meters long) is a Sapsan currently running between Moscow and Saint-Petersburg. I frequently use this train, and even though it's max speed is 250 kmh on this track it's still amazing. It goes these 700 km in a little under 4 hours, and it's actually faster than going by plane considering you go from and arrive to the city centre and don't have to go through all the security stuff. And considering trains in Russia are running on time schedule to the minute you can get to the train station 10 minutes before departure instead of a few hours. And yeah, no matter how many times I go on this train, it's an amazing experience every time.
Jeff, some funzies to turn on are PZB, LZB, Sifa, and AFB. PZB and LZB are very useful for high-speed running, and read 14km ahead of you and tell you about red signals, and speed restrictions so you can slow down form 250 km/h. Sifa is a safety system to make sure you are 1) there and 2) alive and alert. AFB is a speed restrictor and will essentially drive the train for you. To turn it on fully (no restrictions), press 9 and 6 on the screen in-game (left display). Use R and F to control the setting of the speed limit of your train. AFB works with PZB and LZB to follow a braking curve to slow down or stop smoothly, and will use the train brake to stop if you tell it to. Some warnings about PZB and LZB: If you turn them on in the wrong spot, your train will activate the emergency brakes and you must turn them and Sifa off (if it wasn't already) to move again. With Sifa, if you don't acnowledge the warning (Q), the emergency brakes will come on. On AFB, on non-PZB/LZB territory it WILL NOT slow down for you since it doesn't have the data to tell it to.
Slight correction, if Sifa isn't acknowledged its an full service application, if PZB is Tripped it's an Emergency Stop application and the Cab computer will say Zwangsbremsung Zugbeeinflussung repeatedly until you acknowledge the PZB Trip. LZB is also an Emergency Stop application if you don't acknowledge the LZB Endé it will sound the LZB alarm repeatedly until you acknowledge it. For you acknowledge PZB or LZB in an Emergency Stop application the Train has to come to a complete stop for it to be acknowledged.
ICE's passing little station at full speed is quite terrifying. They have such a drag of air, you always have to watch, to not get sucked onto the rails xD
yeah, they are very smooth , actualy in video you can see cabin shaking. but in real life its not so shaky. its very smooth. you wouldnt even spill any drop of water if glass was full with water to the edge, and was riding on train
When you clicked that button & the sound was like dramatic build up music haha. Love the ICE train, Seen a lot of videos of it & might go there one day while traveling to see it & ride on the train. Loved the video Jeff, Always learning more than I know.
I ride an ICE 3 times a week from Frankfurt to Cologne for university. They sure are amazing. Some ICEs can reach up to 330km/h on longer routes. The only issue we have with our trains are massive delays. We are known for being on time in Germany but every train I take is atleast 5-15mins late, sometimes even hours due to poor infrastructure. DB has a monopoly in Germany and they can basically do whatever they want. Let me know if you have any more questions about German railways or trains!
@@billmclachlanamateurwriter yeah they are expensive. For example i pay about 10€ for a 20min drive / about 35km. a few years ago it only was about the half
I have actually ridden the ICE 3M lots of times. It’s a fast connection between Amsterdam, Utrecht and Arnhem within the Netherlands and in Germany it goes to Cologne, Frankfurt and Basel SBB (Switzerland) and they are really nice trains and the seats are very comfortable
My commuting route actually takes me along this route (from Cologne Hbf to Aachen Rothe Erde). Generally I'm impressed by this route (the station buildings are accurate), and for a simulator this stretch of track is a good choice, featuring lots of International freight (the Thameslink trains were shipped over this route, and were a rather unusual sight for months) as well as ICE, national IC and 2 different Regional Express lines (with different rolling stock), and S-Bahn services (normally to Düren, in the early morning and after midnight all the way to Aachen). There is also a regional diesel line that runs from Düren, splitting into a circular line around Aachen at Stolberg (wasn't included though). Unfortunately there are several small and some larger issues, the station underpass at Cologne looks absolutely nothing like the original, RE trains don't stop at Eilendorf and platforms 43 and 44 at Stolberg don't have a catenary (they're for diesel services only), yet a Talent 2 is parked there. Some more recognizable buildings like the Aachen Arkaden at Rothe Erde are represented by a single block. And whilst the tunnel lighting is nice, they aren't lit at all IRL (and also have a different profile). My biggest issue with this route however is the fact that the catenary outside of the two track parts is completely inaccurate. From Ehrenfeld to Langerwehe, as well as at Eschweiler the catenary IRL is exclusively made of single masts, being a recently refurbished high speed line. The setup of gantries in the game allows a speed of only 160kph. Add to that the fact that the catenary at Cologne central station is also inaccurate, even though all necessary assets are in the game, it does look like a developer simply couldn't be bothered. If editing catenaries is similar to that of the original Train Simulator, making that accurate would incur less than a day of additional work. Edit: though unlikely, an extension of this route to Frankfurt would be nice. That would add 45 minutes of ICE running at max speed over some insane grades of up to 4%, the section is quite long at over 200 kilometres. There'd be some spectacular views and a roller coaster feel at 300 kph (320 if the train is late).
The cathedral you mentioned upon arriving at Köln HBF, is Kölner Dom (cologne's cathedral), one of the most famous sites in all of germany, probably even of europe
"Welcome to... That." Lol Aachen is pronounced "ah", followed by the classic German attempt to hack up a lung, and ends with "en". Hbf is short for Hauptbahnhof, pronounced "hopped-ban-hoff" and means "main train station".
In Germany the Train Horns are only used when the Train Driver see's People near the Tracks or whene there is a Railway Crossing without Barriers. Und to "Köln" you can just say "Cologne" The Talent 2 with the "RE9" (Wich Runs the Route from Siegen over Cologne Main Station to Aachen Main Station) is the Train I use to Travel to my Work Place. The Talent 2 is famouse for their not so comfortable Passanger Seats. Other common used Trains as Replacement for the Talent 2 are the BR 145 with Bi-Level Passanger Cars. The S-Bahn (Schnelstadt Bahn i.e. Fast City Train) are the BR 420 and BR 423 The go as "S12, S13 and S19) From Horrem trough Cologne Main Station to Au (Sieg) [S12 and S19], Hennef (Sieg) [S19] and Troisdorf [S13] If the game wants to be Ultra Realistic, ever Train had to be Delayed and must be overcrowded AF. Well that are some Fun Facts over the Track I know Like my pocket :D
Hey Jeff, for the cruise control, you need to go to the Left Computer Display, hit the 9 key, then hit the 6 key to enable AFB (cruise control basically) then use the lever to the left of the throttle to set speed. Basically set the afb, and slam throttle to max, and the train drives itself. It's even cooler with LZB enabled. But that's something Alex needs to explain lol. Great video tho! Such a beautiful train. And fun to drive.
Hello Jeff thank you for all the video content that you share with us. The question you had about the timer on why you had to wait as theres time points just like a actual bus service where you should hit the next stop at a certain time. If you go over your speed you'll have to make up by waiting otherwise you'll blow through all your time points and make customers not happy lol.
Technically not right... The ICE services do not stop at any station... Some stations have ICEs going through the station (like Stolberg (Rhein)) and not passing by the station (at a reduced speed for safety reasons, as passengers in Germany usually wait at the platforms)... The ICE 17 Service is a real service... From Brussels-Midi via Liège (both in Belgium), Aachen and Cologne (Köln), Bonn, Frankfurt on the Main (airport) to Frankfurt on the Main (main station). DB offers this service as a connection to and for the Eurostar Services from Brussels-Midi (Eurostar) to London St. Pancras International in the UK... The section of the track connects the stations of Aachen and Cologne. The ICEs only stop in this track section at Aachen and Köln (Cologne). The track is shared with Talent 2 by Bombardier and Desiro HC by Siemens operated emus, which are stopping at those stops. I have been on this service myself last year when I went from Cologne to London and vice versa by train...
In some places (including the US), a train does not need to blow the horn before a crossing if it has 4 gates, instead of the typical 2 gates like we have in the US. This is usually because that particular city wants to obtain "quiet zone" status. My hometown is trying to accomplish this status since about 14 freight trains and 2 Amtrak trains pass through daily, six of them during the night.
The ICE 3M is a fantastic train. Hbf stands for hauptbahnhof in English that is central station. This train has a cruise control, it’s called “AFB” and you can turn it on by clicking on the left display. Also you choose the destination boards from the train. On the high speed tracks, this is using a safety system called “LZB”. If you turn that on with AFB, the train will brake and accelerate automatically. When LZB is going to stop, you will a yellow light in the cab with “Ende”. Then you need to hold the befehl button on your desk, what’s on the left side. When you don’t driving on the high speed line, you are using the safety system called “PZB”. That system is difficult. When you see a signal with a green and yellow light you are required to hold the “wachsam” button and then the PZB light are starting flashing and moving from left to the right. Speed changes from 90 km/h and lower you are required to hold the wachsam button. If you don’t do that, you will get a emergency brake. A LZB Ende signal needs to accepted within 10 seconds.
I remember seeing one for the first time in the central station of munich (germany) when i was 7/8? and i remember going crazy for that thing :D For me now they look pretty cool but kind of normal, but seeing Jeff's reaction reminded me of this hahaha They are really cool trains after all :)
Jeff, when switching directions you do not have to go through every door 😂 you can just get out to the platform till you get to the first car, saves more time!
The weekend did go by kind of quick hope you enjoyed yours Jeff, just waiting to get my VR headset tomorrow, been waiting to get onto the VR scene for a minute now. also got TrackIR TrackClip PRO because you use TrackIR, still waiting on the infrared camera though.
by the way, absolutely loving this series! aside from the frame drops you really do manage to make any game entertaining, which is some true talent. Please, keep this up, and thank you for entertaining me and so many others over the years! As a small creator, I look up to you to see how this whole thing works, keeping up with you humility and respect. Thank you for your inspiration!
They completely changed the game engine. If you actually just looked at the page when they announced it you would see what they did. They changed the engine so they could finally make things happen that people wanted which were previously limited due to the old engine. They actually have a roadmap for this game and are working on many updates in the future now with the new engine. Also, there was more new to TSW2 then just better UI and route planner. They added a livery designer, 3 new routes, more 3rd party customization, more voice acting, better optimization, and a ton more small things. Remember TSW1? Bugs never being fixed, no new additions ever added, unoptimized, etc. They made a new game so they could actually progress TSW
Train Sim World 2 runs on a new Version of Unreal Engine 4 which is Version 2.4, Train Sim World 2020 run on the older version of Unreal Engine 4 which is Version 1.7, so yes a new game was a good idea from the start.
Oh wow, I just did this exact thing you did around the time you posted this. It is extremely fast. Fastest I’ve ever gone in the game. I can’t even get far enough from the train to do a fly by. Haha
Hi Jeff, make sure your game is installed on a SSD with some decent read/write speeds. I know this helped with train sim 2020 for me. Also do not set your fps to unlimited but to something reasonable as 100 for example. Apart from that it is Dovetails first attempt using a new graphics engine. It is clear this game needs some updates.
if i was sitting in the front of a train and the engineer stops turns around leans right at me and say HI! then whips around and jumps into the seat I would be jumping off that train lmao!
@@itmkoeln Frankfurt airport to Cologne, Munich to Ingolstadt have the 300 kmph lines. I think there is another one near Leipzig, but I haven't been on that line.
I’ve been on these countless times, a 300km stretch of railroad with Ice trains running on it is included in my free student ticket so when I want to visit one of my friends living in another city 100 km away I can just catch one of these. Rare to see them arriving on time tho.
Hey Jeff i'm about to get this simulator but there are 2 packages. Are the Bakerloo line and the ICE 3 included in the $29.99 package? Edit: I just bought it and they are included. Love it! It feels alot smoother and more optimized then the previous TSW.
I used to live in Munchen and my family was in Switzerland, so i rode one to Berlin then to Geneva then to Zurich through Olten. Its a real bad ass experience. Just like TGV's.
I've ridden the ICE a few times, but I go to school right next to the train track close to Arnhem in the Netherlands where the ICE cruises by 2/3 times a day.
I really want them to bring in the tgv and more French routes overall as their signaling is super complex. Also, could you attempt to run with Pzb and Lzb running?
ICE 3 was made by Siemens and ICE 3 has int’l counterparts. I was in a ICE train from Cologne to Berlin in July, 2018. I don’t remember what train-set I was on/in but I knew it at the time. EDIT: I believe I was on either ICE 1 or ICE 2.
I'm getting the same game stuttering as Jeff, though I'm playing the Bakerloo route. I have virtually the same hardware as Jeff. I'm even using a lower resolution, 1080p @ 60fps. I think the stuttering is a little less noticeable on the Bakerloo line because most of it is underground.
Whatupp Jeff?? Hey quick question 1st where is the sat map to view? And also do you have to steer on this game? Love the videos bro I'm thinking about getting it. X Box S head!!! Peace Stay Up
You should try Intelligent Standby List Cleaner. Those look to be memory-related stutters. There's a cache bug in windows that continues to populate and doesn't clear itself even when you run out of RAM.
@@jfavignano they didn't teach us in the last version ether. They need to go in more detail in how the train works. They always have lacking in that area. We always find out how to run the trains by figure it out by our self
Jeff, do you know, IRL, what extra track and safety considerations or equipment the high-speed rail trains require to inhibit or minimize derailment accidents, etc.? I figured there have to be some special design elements to help prevent accidents, given the high speed operations involved. I did read the safety of most high speed rails are due to the ballast-less design, no grade crossings, all elevated designs, and wide turning allotments, and the fact that the lines are designed to be "monotonous" with no difficult sections of the journey, etc. There have been a few high speed rail accidents in Asia and elsewhere, but not many. There's on article I found that makes a big deal that most of these train lines lack seatbelts, which is kind of stupid.
Yeah the HSR requirements changed based on Country and Operator. I know the FRA in America has very strict rules on HSR including the height of cars and the crumple zones.
Scott Briggs yeah I have to agree with you HEAVILY on that one. There’s just a lack of money being spent on our infrastructure. I mean our fastest operating speed is only 160mph. But the is hope with other projects like the CAHSR, Texas Central, and XpressWest to create trains that reach speeds such as 220mph.
@@banksrail This country does short commuter and light rail lines very well, that's about it. Amtrak is nearly bankrupt. Some Metro systems are good, but not NYC's. DC is ok, as is Philly's. I hear San Francisco's is pretty good. But we need THE VISION THING for high speed, longer haul rail systems. Canada needs to upgrade as well.
Scott Briggs Overall North America needs a lot of help with transportation. As for Metros, NYC has arguably one of the best in the world considering the sheer size of the system and the fact that it Operates 24/7. Another system that comes close to compare by size and ridership is CTA in Chicago. DC’s WMATA, Atlanta’s MARTA, Boston’s MBTA and San Francisco’s BART all have great systems too.
The first screen on the ice train press the next to last button for AFB or speed control then u can choose button 6 and control the speed using the lever by the throttle of the train on the left
Thing is we don't have the funds to allocate to such a project. Note that everywhere else that has nationwide networks of HSR have one advantage over us: they are much smaller, therefore they don't have to put down as much rail, and as such don't have to spend as much.
IPAWS2018 the new train sets reach 220mph without tilting which is great but not on our current infrastructure 😭. We’re still trying to replace century-year-old bridges.
@@IPAWS2018 Imagine you could ride on DB (if you book in advance at least 2 weeks before the journey for arround 17,90€ one trip, regardless of how far you went...) Made serval journeys in the last years with serval ICE sets... (from old fashioned ICE1,2,3,T to the current 3M for the multielectrical system services between the SNCB (Belgian), SNCF (French) networks and the modern ICE 4 sets and modernised ICE3). I must say travelling in 2nd class I liked the old sets a little better. And if you take set reservations with a 4 person seating, I absolutely can't recommend the window side on the 3M in standard class (as long as you have knees...), due to how the desk is built...
Take anything that DTG with a grain of salt. Their management consists of pathological liars. We all want them to succeed in giving us a decent train simulator, but it's a shame they don't have a true competitor or listen to their community. This is an upgrade, nothing more, hopefully they actually build on some routes and change their business model because the game is really nice, for the content they do give us
