Trainz: A New Era

[NSrailfan6130]

I used to play Trainz. I left after pretty much getting run out of every forum because at the time I didn't have a computer that could run anything better than version 2.6 (2006). The communities sucked prior to 2010 & 2012's release anyways. Only met 5 people who were genuinely nice to me.

Railworks forums (with the exception of the Steam one) have been great! Mostly because I'm can't be alienated for having an out of date version of the game. And everyone has been nice to me in way way or another. (Except at the Steam Forums)

Yea I have no care for the steam forums.

[arizonachris]

Y'all must be talking about the Steam Railworks Community Forums. I don't go there. It's a mess. This is the Steam Users Forum I hang at: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/f ... e11a&f=619

Back on Topic, I haven't tried any of the other rail sims because, quite frankly, I don't want to. I already have plenty here at TS2014 that I like, and that actually does work and I'm happy with. Plus, RW is not my total gaming life, I enjoy a lot of different games. Then there's the time factor. Seems like some days all I do is "Forums", some news, Net Flix, You Tube.

Then there's real life, like all the fantastic-never-can-be-recreated time I spend on the USS Iowa. Not one single minute that I spend on that battleship is a wasted minute. So I tend to stay for hours on end, whenever I can.

[GSkid]

Well I bought Trainz 12 just because I got it dirt cheap. My biggest problem with it is the bad, jerky framerates I get in trackside camera mode.

I like Run 8 mainly for it's ultra realistic physics and multiplayer. Another awesome feature is linking multiple routes together. It allows you to drive seamlessly from one whole subdivision to another whole subdivision without exiting to load the next route. Considering they currently have the BNSF Mojave and Needles subdivisions released....... with Cajon & San Bernardino Subs, Seligman Sub and UP's Yuma sub all in development..... you could drive continuously all over southern California and across the state of Arizona without stopping. That's a pretty huge development in train sims.

But..... as of now I still play Railworks 90% of the time even with it's flaws. It's the best looking that's for sure. Can't wait to see what TS2015 has in store. They should be releasing info and screens in the next few months. It is that time of year ya know. I really want to know where they are taking it next.

BTW.... Trainz: A New Era is looking good. A little heavy on the HDR and bloom lighting, but otherwise very nice. I like the fact it's 64-bit native, multi-threaded and has realtime per pixel lighting. Definitely gonna need a beast of rig to run with full effects on max at a decent framerate. I hope the new physics hit Run 8's level. That would be sweet!

Hopefully DTG is watching and will bring Railworks graphics at least into the DX10 era.