Railworks America

Not a lot of news, other than there is one:
http://www.engine-driver.com/article/sh ... le-shooter second to last paragraph

Now let the guessing begin...

I don't know about the new route, but I'm impressed that they now have a team fixing bugs in existing content.
Also this:

improved realism in the acceleration and braking performance of trains, weather and other scripted effects and events on routes

Ummm, hey, y'all, I can wait on another route, but the rest of that article about FIXING STUFF ??????????????? (yeah, I know, Chacal said that already) Test Trak coming back? I might just be ready to over running trains again. Thanks, Adam/ RSC/ Dovetail.

Sound's like a lot of the UK stuff is being reworked. Guess we will just wait and see.

I'm wondering if that "acceleration" fix means just for the loco or is a physics upgrade for when it's pulling a heavy train?

As for what new US route? My guess is something in the eastern-half of the USA. With Donner Pass, Sherman Hill, Marias Pass, Pacific Surfliner and Stevens Pass being in the western-half, I could see the east getting some love this time.


I remember a past poll of theirs having Mullan Pass and a Chicago area commuter route being neck and neck for the longest time. Even though I personally like freight routes (Mullan Pass), I'm sure the Chicago area commuter route would be the more welcome of the two for a change.

Personally I hope it's either a Florida CSX route or something around the Appalachian mountain chain. Even a route in the swamps of Louisiana would be nice too.

Hopefully it will be something like Minneapolis/St. Paul to St. Cloud in Minnesota. BNSF mainline, Amtrak Empire Builder, and North Star Corridor; what's not to love? Or even better, Virginia to Duluth (via Proctor) including the Lake Branch to Two Harbors, maybe with DMIR liveried units and North Shore Scenic Railroad rolling stock!

But they probably wouldn't be interested in any Minnesota routes...

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Given Adam was talking about the signalling complexity, my thoughts are along the lines of a commuter route where there are a considerable number of lines and trains. Another single / double long haul diseasel freight line shouldn't pose too many issues I would have thought.

Personally I am hanging out waiting for the next exciting installment of the VNHRR - love me some steam

ozinoz wrote: Another single / double long haul diseasel freight line shouldn't pose too many issues I would have thought.

"diseasel" is that an Antipodean thing, mate? (sorry, just had to )

ozinoz wrote:Personally I am hanging out waiting for the next exciting installment of the VNHRR - love me some steam

If you own a steam loco you can run a QD scenario with it on the VNHRR. I've run the PRR K4s this way and it's really cool!
M.

Coughs and sneezles spread Diseasels

http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/The_Diseasel

Hopefully it'll be a NS/CSX route or a Amtrak route such as the Auto train or another part of a long distance train route.

Belen to Yuma Maybe?

Haystack wrote:Hopefully it'll be a NS/CSX route or a Amtrak route such as the Auto train or another part of a long distance train route.

I wouldn't count on CSX

I have a vague rememberance of talk of the New York - New Haven Corridor. Would be great if they included both Penn Station and Grand Central. There's enough commuter traffic there to drive a grown man sane.

Duncan

1225fan5358 wrote:I wouldn't count on CSX

Why? They don't license out stuff? Come to think of it...unless someone knows otherwise, Run 8 is the only sim offering CSX locos and routes from the sim maker. All other CSX stuff I've seen has been 3rd party.