Announcing Train Simulator Classic 2024

[Cardinal51]

Movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYRirCEk1Yg

[Cardinal51]

Celebrate 15 years of the ultimate railway hobby with an epic route collection, exclusive Deluxe Edition and a new way to start playing.

Arriving Soon on the Steam Store for the 15th Anniversary year, Train Simulator Classic 2024 takes you on a journey to five countries across over 450 km of rails. Read on to find out more about the routes included in this year’s refresh, the extras with the Deluxe Edition, and the new Rail Subscription option.

Train Simulator Classic 2024

To celebrate 15 years of the simulation, this year’s route refresh features five countries with some of our most popular routes together for the first time. Explore the picturesque North Wales Coast Line in the UK. Travel through the Saxony countryside in Germany with Bahnsrecke Riesa – Dresden. Head to the USA capital and ride the bustling Northeast Corridor with NEC Washington DC. Race through breathtaking scenery in France with LGV Marseille - Avignon. And discover the stunning Alpine landscape of Austria with Mittenwaldbahn.

Deluxe Edition

The Deluxe Edition of Train Simulator Classic 2024 adds three additional locomotives and 15 exclusive new scenarios created for this release. On these new scenarios you will take control of the futuristic looking Pennsylvania Railroad Class GG1 with its striking art deco shell on NEC Washington DC. Travel at high-speed aboard the DB BR 411 'ICE-T' with services on Riesa - Dresden or Mittenwaldbahn. And step on to the footplate of a British steam legend, the LNER Peppercorn Class A2 'Blue Peter' for a rail tour special on North Wales Coast Line.

Rail Subscription

Get more out of Train Simulator Classic with the optional Rail Subscription. The perfect way to get started with the ultimate railway hobby, this new way to play includes the Train Simulator Classic 2024 base game along with a selection of curated routes and locomotives ready to play. Featuring community favourites and developer picks the add-ons will give you a wide range of experiences covering multiple eras, traction types and services. We’ll be revealing the routes and locos that will be in the Rail Subscription in the coming week in the meantime read our FAQ to find out more.

Alongside all of this, you can also look forward to a free update to the base game at launch that features performance improvements and fixes from the recent Public Beta. The Beta will remain available up until the launch of Train Simulator Classic 2024.

Read the FAQ to find out more about Train Simulator Classic 2024 and the Rail Subscription.
https://live.dovetailgames.com/live/tra ... c-2024-faq

[Cardinal51]

I wonder what changes, besides the subscription feature, there will be.

It does come with a nice number of routes !
- Explore the picturesque North Wales Coast Line in the UK.
- Travel through the Saxony countryside in Germany with Bahnsrecke Riesa - Dresden.
- Head to the USA capital and ride the bustling Northeast Corridor with NEC Washington DC.
- Race through breathtaking scenery in France with LGV Marseille - Avignon.
- Discover the stunning Alpine landscape of Austria with Mittenwaldbahn.

[mindenjohn]

All old hat and the Avignon is faulted as well.

[Cardinal51]

I think it is great news. Anything that is good for TS is good for me. Keeps me busy and gets more people to discover the game.

At least until the long awaited Train Simulator Next Gen (with double engine) hits the shelves. But hey, has been eons since I heard anyone about that.

[jalsina]

Passenger trains...again, in the basic TSC?
It must be there are more users that prefer that kind of trains, other the powerful freight trains most of us enjoy from RWA.

Anyway, the video at YouTube seems to have better skies or it isn´t.

[AmericanSteam]

The base game improvements are free.
"Alongside all of this, you can also look forward to a free update to the base game at launch that features performance improvements and fixes from the recent Public Beta. The Beta will remain available up until the launch of Train Simulator Classic 2024."

[Cardinal51]

Nope, that is not the case.

[AmericanSteam]

Nope, that is not the case.

The base game improvements are free.
"Alongside all of this, you can also look forward to a free update to the base game at launch that features performance improvements and fixes from the recent Public Beta. The Beta will remain available up until the launch of Train Simulator Classic 2024."
From FAQ "This Train Simulator Classic release includes two parts; a free core update and a paid refreshed routes package."

[Cardinal51]

I was replying to another message. Not yours. Sorry.

[buzz456]

I was replying to another message. Not yours. Sorry.

Perhaps you will be kind enough to inform us which message you were relying to here?

[Cardinal51]

American his message before he changed it.

[jalsina]

American his message before he changed it.

Cardinal51. You look very active this afternoon, here and elsewhere.
I don´t think you are talking of AmericanSteam (as someone changing post contents), right?

[AmericanSteam]

In defense of Cardinal51, I had misread and posted something about the new version thinking it was needed to repurchase to get the enhancements. I immediately realized my error and corrected my post and quoted the source. My fingers were faster than his.

[AmericanSteam]

Thoughts on the subscription service. I'm not real clear on this. If you pay $8.99 US/month, do you get to pick more than one route/DLC for the month from the list or several? For the following month do you keep the ones you previously chose plus choose additional ones from the list or are your previous choices removed? I am sure they have some sort of DRM. So are they stored on your computer or in the cloud? What happens if they are stored on your computer but you store them on a separate drive. If you play them offline are they protected. I guess we will wait and see. Subscription services are becoming more common in gaming. That comes out to $107.88US per year but are you locked into all DTG only content or does it include Steam content as well?