Core Update.

[TheFlier]

Well, the patch has improved quality and smoothness a fair bit, but longing for some increased FPS I've spring-cleaned my scenarios and standardised the rolling-stock, reducing the variety within individual scenarios. Got a nice boost to FPS too. So all in all I'm happy with what the update has achieved in one way or another :)

[snowstorm]

Has the appearance of the Horseshoe Curve The Champion scenario changed? On my first run after the update, I was immediately struck by the overwhelming blueness of the sky and mountains - it felt different but I don't have a reliable picture of my mind as to how it looked before. Tried without luck to find some older screenshots/videos of the non-blizzard parts of that scenario.

[SCLALINE]

PA has a blue haze in the real world

[rninrvr]

Post core update, I am seeing less stuttering and FPS slightly higher. My system is an HP core i7 HPE that I have tweaked with a new ATI Sapphire card and because one of the original dims was going 2 new high speeds 4 gig dims from Spector 5.

[TheFlier]

I just cant believe how much more enjoyment I'm getting from this game after the update :) I dont know if its extra shadow quality I'm now able to get (high), or the improved AA - but the sense of 'being there' is so much better now. LOL - even the sounds seem better than ever :)

I cant believe I almost kicked RW3 out of bed for MSTS.

Just really hope they can patch a bit further to tap more of the available hardware, at some point in the future :)

[Shortliner]

Honestly, the update has no effect on me. I'm still seeing the same low frame rates that I've had before the update. XFire has the framerates hovering around 8-10 fps or so. Until RSC.com makes some real changes to the TSX engine, it's "off" on my system.

Wins 7 64 Bit
1 TB HD
4GB RAM
AMD Phenom II X4 CPU
GeForce GT 520 Graphic Card

[TheFlier]

I think getting any cheap DX9 gfx card would help you. That 520 is geared more towards DX11 acceleration than DX9. Either a cheap gts250 for dx9 & dx10 acceleration, or splash-out on a 550 for both DX9 & DX11 performance would improve things a lot on your spec'd rig.

Really - the 520 (220, 320, or any '20') aren't 3d accelerators at all. They're the butt-end of the chipset range that simply give you a handy socket for connecting your monitor to your base-unit.

[TheFlier]

I just cant believe how much more enjoyment I'm getting from this game after the update :) I dont know if its extra shadow quality I'm now able to get (high), or the improved AA - but the sense of 'being there' is so much better now. LOL - even the sounds seem better than ever :)

I cant believe I almost kicked RW3 out of bed for MSTS.

Just really hope they can patch a bit further to tap more of the available hardware, at some point in the future :)

On the other hand - there's some real pain-assy quirks in it. Like when loading a saved scenario with a steam loco. If you saved while the loco was moving then you're guranteed its gonna de-rail before you manage to get in the cab.30% of the time non-steam loco scenarios are followed by a consist crash of some sort. Usually an AI collision between services not even routed near one-another.

here's one I just had and manically tried to avoid:
http://youtu.be/JDpQ8FzcdmY

[Samwolf]

LOL! Kamikaze train driver!!

[TDHenderson]

Saw this posted on Facebook a few hours ago.

ALL TS2012 USERS: there will be a small core update tonight via Steam. This will fix the outstanding issues with particle effects (e.g. smoke not visible from cab view). Thank you.

Trevor

[Shortliner]

I think getting any cheap DX9 gfx card would help you. That 520 is geared more towards DX11 acceleration than DX9. Either a cheap gts250 for dx9 & dx10 acceleration, or splash-out on a 550 for both DX9 & DX11 performance would improve things a lot on your spec'd rig.

Really - the 520 (220, 320, or any '20') aren't 3d accelerators at all. They're the butt-end of the chipset range that simply give you a handy socket for connecting your monitor to your base-unit.

Well I just put in an order for the GTX 550ti card, so hopefully this will solve my problem with the TSX engine.

[eyein12]

i have it and love it. best value on the market hands down! even when i had my 5 yr old dual core the 550Ti gave dramatic improvements with tsx.

now i paired it with my new quad core fx and I can play the game just fine with medium shadows and Fxaa, highest textures, which is better than not having tsx on.

[SMMDigital]

The 550TI will not solve all of your problems with TSX. It's not really even considered to be a gaming card, but home theatre accelarator. I have two of them. Both of them in SLI give tolerable performance in RW. But just running one, it gets upwards of 160F and is a bit jerky in the game. For comparison though, even the hell-fire combat scenes in Alien Vs Predator run silky smooth with no lag or hesitation with that card.

[Machinist]

The 550TI will not solve all of your problems with TSX. It's not really even considered to be a gaming card, but home theatre accelarator. I have two of them. Both of them in SLI give tolerable performance in RW. But just running one, it gets upwards of 160F and is a bit jerky in the game. For comparison though, even the hell-fire combat scenes in Alien Vs Predator run silky smooth with no lag or hesitation with that card.

Oh my God! I was about to buy a 550TI... I know that was discussed before, but what should be a good option (with atmospheric, not stratospheric) prices, then?

[Griphos]

I've said it before, but you're not going to get very much increase at all from any GPU upgrade. Even after the update, I think RW is still CPU bound and CPU speed is the only way to make a significant performance increase. Going from a GT8800 to something new will definitely help, of course. But going from a 200 series to a 500 series won't help much at all.