Train Sim World - Route Learning: GWR Reading to London Paddington (HST) 

I was about to come out with some lengthy rant about the pronunciation of English place names but Matthew B got there ahead of me. He obviously took an earlier train. (Joke). I lived in and around Southall since 1951 and have never heard it called that strange version of events as you claim it to be. You gave me a good laugh though.

I've never heard it pronounced the way it was in the video either. I thought someone would have already picked up on it to be honest!

Lots of people picked up on it, it was a genuine mistake on my part. :(

Oh I'm not complaining, very easy mistake to make :)

Just a thought, if they allow mods to full extent, then next day we'll have a mod that lets you drive as IRONMAN !! LOL !!

vaibhav thombre n

It will happen, just give it a chance, still very new

The issue really as more and more devs rely on game engines, like this one uses Unreal Engine 4, they are then locked into that Engines limitations. Mods are possible, but the core game has to accept them. And the modders will also have to use Unreal Engine to do so. All the scripting needed, will have to be written in a form that UE4 can understand and the game has to have been built with external commands in mind. Its a long, complex system that not a lot of people are willing to do. Heck if you know how to use UE4 then why make mods when you can make your own games? Of course not everyone feels this, but truth is. Casuals arent going to learn all of UE4 editing just to make mods. Their previous game TS20xx, was built using a custom engine, with a custom built editor for all to use. That's how modding works in that game. Not saying modding is impossible, just not very likley to happen in large numbers.

No problem. I hope you enjoyed the video, and enjoy the game when you're home! :)

It has been said already. As I said to someone else, different name, same thing lol :p I realise my mistake with Southall now. I've heard it called both, and it's confusing lol :) And no problem, I hope you enjoyed it.

1500lego not really

Probably less than for Railworks.

The sim world moves at an elephant pace. This runs better than the older games because it's actually on a new engine. So no, it will run smoothly with a normal pc. Wanna run the older train simulator smoothly? Good luck with that!

You can mostly...........if you pile on the power......and OC. ;) But yeah it is never fully smooth, even with the SSD, it runs mostly smooth, but there are the odd jolts. And there is the dreaded 3.5-4GB ram limit, which is a major pain in the bum! It's a bit like the old FSX engine, and what keeps it alive right now, is the sheer breadth of content, and the quality of some of the third-party content, like JT's Advanced series, especially the Kettles, Meshtools, Railright/AP, Waggonz/AP, APs Sound- and Enhancement packs, the SSS Sound and enhancement packs, Victoryworks, Railtraction, and Virtual Railroads. The engine of Railworks/TS 2017 though is almost as much a wreck as the FSX engine. The UE4, if it's well optimized can run much better and take advantage of the modern hardware. If it wasn't for the content, especially the third party one, we'd have jumped ship long ago. ;) The funny thing is, my GTX 970 didn't do that much for performance compared to my GTX 570, only the added VRAM helped a lot. My i5-6600k did something, a bit more than my old Phenom II X4 Oced to 3.8 ghz, it only truly picked up after I went and oced that to 4.3 ghz. The SSD though had an impact, made things more smooth, not fully though, and thankfully cut the loading times. On the rather infamous Northern Europe Route (that old one depicting the whole of denmark) it cut the loading times from over 2 minutes to down to around 30 seconds.

Actually, the CSX Heavy Haul version ran at about 1/4 the average FPS of TS20xx on my system....

Thank you! :)

This route is set in 2015, before electrification was completed. :)

It's one of these some train crashes couch on camera. search "Southall train crash" on youtube

They're working on it apparently. :)

Hi, this comment might be very old but I just wanted to recommend you to overclock the RAM or get a faster kit overall. Ryzen really benefits from fast DDR4 RAM, and you will notice the difference. If you can get it above 3000 MHz it's the best

Thank you! I do try to pick good pics for the thumbnails. :)

It is due for release tomorrow at 6pm. DTG kindly provided me with a copy :)

PTGRail ... :) ahh okay

Hungry Fish it's all to do with steam...

Jason Cressey a number of TOCs have simulators, matching real life behaviour of their HSTs. It feels like DTG haven't bothered to approach them. I'm not sure what simulation engine the real sims use but the routes and driving characteristics are 100% accurate.

Volatus Sim, I agree entirely with your comments. I drive the HST's on the Midland Main Line and have used the East Coast HST simulator which is remarkably accurate. I know that a major player in the commercial simulator market is a company called Corys. Having said that if real HST's were able to work like that and have the ability to have almost immediate brake application/release then my life would be made a lot easier. That's the nature of air brake and part of the reason why drivers love them as they require skill and judgment to get the best from them.

Jason Cressey presumably you sign 222's as well, and if so you know just how poorly Just trains have replicated the meridians. It seems theres just no one out there willing to make an accurate commercial train simulator.

Volatus Sim, yes I do sign 222's. I know there is a lot of demand and expectation from people that the train sims offer realism but to what extent? When all is said and done are the software houses target audience, game players who want an element of reality that they can relate to? I would think that R&D time and cost to generate a truely accurate physics engine would be disproportionate based on their target audience. Then again I guess you could argue that that type of demand is out there if you look at flight sim as an example. If what you want is an immersive train driving experience on routes that you know or are interested in then I guess it ticks that box!!!!!

Jason Cressey, I agree entirely. I personally enjoy flight sim because I was a budding pilot before the medical put an end to that. I know there are people out there who have grown tired of non functioning buttons and switches in DTG train products, combined with their lazy, recycling of sounds etc. To me train sim World has been marketed as flight sim standard train sim. Clearly though, they are just upgrading their earlier product. I bet if DTG reached out to you you'd have little difficulty testing products for them right?

Welcome to reality mate!!

Whats wrong with them?

Erik Piussi Signalling = the aspect should change to danger after the train has entered the track circuit for which the signal is protecting. This would normally take a few seconds after the rear of the train has passed. Headlights = the 166's appear to have both daytime and nighttime headlights on. Trains in the UK only use one bright headlight at a time, designed to be seen by track workers and not to light the path like car lights do. In the unreal engine I expect see accurate lighting effects with one shining bright light and position lights much duller, not two lights of the same intensity.

oke thanks :)

Erik Piussi your assumptions regarding track circuits aren't correct, there is no fixed distance between the signal and track circuit to mean it occurs at the same place, some change the instant one bogie is past the signal, some change when the front of the train is some 20 to 30 vehicle lengths past the signal, and it isn't identical for every signal. In TS20XX this can be replicated by moving the positions of the track link so hopefully the same may be said for TSW when we get editing tools.

I did not have any assumptions. ;)

Indeed, if you are using this video to teach us route knowledge, then please do the research first. There are no fast or slow lines at all on the Great Western route. Your train was on the Up Main.

I plan to in the near future! :)

I'm aware of that. I had to move straight away, hence I just put it in forward straight away. :)

I primarily use the keyboard, only using the mouse where I have to :)

Try in 5 years' time.

I agree that this route is too linear. More branches would have made it a lot more interesting.

Isn't that speed chek done at the box you can see on the track at 36:11 ? He did slow down below 10 mph before passing there. Or is the speed check done earlier already?

Jeff Skiba I had exactly the same problem earlier! You have to press the 'tab' key and select the option to unlock the doors.

I'm glad to hear that, as I know it's not my machine. But I do hope it gets fixed very soon!

Different name, same thing lol :p

Indeed, just one of those western region quirks

There are notifications, like little bubbles that appear in the HUD to tell you about signals and limits. But they can be switched off, so you can use them to learn the route but switch them off later.

Thank you! I never managed to get Heavy Haul working properly largely because I didn't interest me.

Oh Thanks Mate And I will just drive some services