So as their player numbers plummeted, they increased DLC cost. Yet the same weird rushed look to the details remain everywhere in everything they release. Makes you wonder what kind of 3rd world sweatshop that they outsource their route development to. I've seen better quality out of well known crapware peddlers in the Microsoft Flight Simulator marketplace. Their margins of markup must be astronomical. $60 for this? Yikes. I really hope your excellent and entertaining UA-cam videos at least pay off enough to cover these extraordinary costs.
Never thought I’d hear anyone else besides myself want the Sounder train in TSW. I’d love to see it in game as it follows the Puget Sound coastline and would provide good scenery while driving. Great review as always!
4:59 Petition for Boston North - Lowell & Haverhill. This would also give an option to run the select trains that run on the lowell line until Wilmington before taking a branch line connecting back up with the Haverhill Line.
TBF this route has very realistic scenery, even the high way exits sign was the same as IRL. I90 is not that busy IRL due to it is a tolled highway many avoid it due to the toll.
ps2 GO Transit in Ontario Canada is kinda existing in the TSW as the Oakville subdivision route however there is no first party timetable for GO train. But there is a good timetable mod on train sim community
To DC 4260 Productions: Just came across your channel and first video or two and I subscribed. Having a need to really find out about a route, etc. before I buy it, I would search UA-cam looking for quality reviews, etc. It seems like 95% of then provide so little information and actual review. Most of them are 'look at me driving the route' approach. Your videos remind me of the old 'At the Railyard' videos from the MSTS days, which I hold in high regard. You cover all the important points and issues, allowing me to make decent purchase decisions. Please, please keep the good work up and thank you.
I used to watch 'At The Railyard' too, although my main inspirations were Maverick Hunter Daniel and Yawwie (two British UA-camrs who review / reviewed TS products).
MBTA also acquired some more CTC/BTC-5 as an option for the current fleet with numbers 1828-1866. All of em are in service, along with 1800-1827. Also, the CP AC4400CW from Searchlights Simulations for TSC has that feature as you mentioned about the autostart and shutdown.
@@DC4260ProductionsAnother thing is that the crossings have General Signals Type 1 E bells when they usually use WCH and Safetran mechanical or E bells.
As someone who often rides sounder, I don't think it would make a good addon for TSW. It's very infrequent especially on the N Line. If it was included with the Amtrak Cascades and BNSF freight services it would be well worth it, but I can't see Dovetail putting in that much effort.
4:20 What is odd is that they did not include the 2022-2024 order of BTC-4D and CTC-5s. They are basically the same, except for a few minor details, such as a different horn, the cab door not being painted, and the vestibule door window being in a different spot
Gteat video, thanks for your review. Also i caught your reference to Newtonville from Trains are Awsome channel, i was suprised you mentioned him - whata small worlds lol. I would also like to see Metra and Septa added to TSW.
8:25 The acceleration on the HSP is amazing IRL, much better than the F40PH-3C/GP40MC (because of it's 4600 HP compared to 3000). That's why they prioritize the use of the HSP on the longer/heavier trains IRL.
i just discovered that a lot of the earliest train sim world youtube channel videos are of routes and locomotives we got now in tsw dk if that means anything just found it interesting
Oh there’s potato man. I’m mind blown it’s not another Cali/New York route but not to worry I’m sure the next U.S. route 24 months from now delayed 5 times and only one engine reused will be in Cali or New York and be commuters as usual.
So an alright route i guess, though i never really play US routes or any others except the UK because i can never seem to start up the trains outside of the tutorial. And i just mostly enjoy uk stuff overall.
I played this route and on this route i found not only a duplicate house inside of another house but it was also floating right next to the tracks so it was not like you couldnt see it, and right next to the duplicate houses was a messed up road piece. This route feels so rushed.
Current sale on Steam for TSW routes (some). All of the routes on sale are ever rated negative (for good reason) or are extremely short in length and sales of them are clearly not moving at full price. This is so DTG. Nowadays I usually wait for the sales, etc. but even those seem so lacklustered now.
While the route certainly looks nice and I do love seeing more of the T (common nickname for the MBTA), I'd love to have seen one of the North lines that operates out of Boston's North Station on the former Boston and Maine lines.
Another reason why the route appeals to me somewhat is that it's a modern portion of the B&A route that's in Train Sim Classic, made by G-Trax, in the New York Central era.
Get a better route add-on. This is just a recommendation and I mean this video is here so I don’t even know why I need to comment or reply to my own comment.
Dovetail routes (and some others) are always sub-par there are only like 2 developers that I actually like, if they didn't make content there would've been no way I would've bought TSW5
I certainly like it, and it is one of the best US Routes in terms of overall quality, yet not without problems, there was some stuttering I encountered between Framingham and Worcester for example. I did download the patch to fix the wrong numbering. Overall, decent, I'd say!
So as their player numbers plummeted, they increased DLC cost. Yet the same weird rushed look to the details remain everywhere in everything they release. Makes you wonder what kind of 3rd world sweatshop that they outsource their route development to. I've seen better quality out of well known crapware peddlers in the Microsoft Flight Simulator marketplace. Their margins of markup must be astronomical. $60 for this? Yikes. I really hope your excellent and entertaining UA-cam videos at least pay off enough to cover these extraordinary costs.
Never thought I’d hear anyone else besides myself want the Sounder train in TSW. I’d love to see it in game as it follows the Puget Sound coastline and would provide good scenery while driving. Great review as always!
It is a good day when my favorite nasaly grumpy kiwi uploads a review
4:59 Petition for Boston North - Lowell & Haverhill. This would also give an option to run the select trains that run on the lowell line until Wilmington before taking a branch line connecting back up with the Haverhill Line.
For north side service, Lowell and Haverhill lines are connected and share Amtrak service
Yet WCML Preston to Carlisle has a high download size of 17GB
Yeah but that route is actually huge, packed with detail throughout
@@samhartnett8700 Just Trains are the only good thing about TSW at this point.
TBF this route has very realistic scenery, even the high way exits sign was the same as IRL. I90 is not that busy IRL due to it is a tolled highway many avoid it due to the toll.
Ps I think the quality of this route deserve at least 8/10 as it is a really good route with realistic scenery, good locomotives and signaling
ps2 GO Transit in Ontario Canada is kinda existing in the TSW as the Oakville subdivision route however there is no first party timetable for GO train. But there is a good timetable mod on train sim community
I dislike the DTG decision not to bundle more trains with routes, and force users to pay a small fortune for old DLC to get the full experience.
Fun fact. The Term "Tram" in America is only used in San Francisco. Californians sometimes call their streetcars "Trams"
13:29 Mimicking an LED sign we have on the highways IRL. Provides various information/important news/etc.
Some third-party developer known as Incredible Trains is making the London Overground Startford to Willesden Junction with the Class 378
To DC 4260 Productions: Just came across your channel and first video or two and I subscribed. Having a need to really find out about a route, etc. before I buy it, I would search UA-cam looking for quality reviews, etc. It seems like 95% of then provide so little information and actual review. Most of them are 'look at me driving the route' approach.
Your videos remind me of the old 'At the Railyard' videos from the MSTS days, which I hold in high regard. You cover all the important points and issues, allowing me to make decent purchase decisions. Please, please keep the good work up and thank you.
I used to watch 'At The Railyard' too, although my main inspirations were Maverick Hunter Daniel and Yawwie (two British UA-camrs who review / reviewed TS products).
I wish the DLCs weren’t so expensive on Xbox 😢
MBTA also acquired some more CTC/BTC-5 as an option for the current fleet with numbers 1828-1866. All of em are in service, along with 1800-1827. Also, the CP AC4400CW from Searchlights Simulations for TSC has that feature as you mentioned about the autostart and shutdown.
I've heard of Searchlight's AC4400CW, but I haven't got it.
@@DC4260ProductionsAnother thing is that the crossings have General Signals Type 1 E bells when they usually use WCH and Safetran mechanical or E bells.
As someone who often rides sounder, I don't think it would make a good addon for TSW. It's very infrequent especially on the N Line. If it was included with the Amtrak Cascades and BNSF freight services it would be well worth it, but I can't see Dovetail putting in that much effort.
4:20 What is odd is that they did not include the 2022-2024 order of BTC-4D and CTC-5s. They are basically the same, except for a few minor details, such as a different horn, the cab door not being painted, and the vestibule door window being in a different spot
Gteat video, thanks for your review. Also i caught your reference to Newtonville from Trains are Awsome channel, i was suprised you mentioned him - whata small worlds lol. I would also like to see Metra and Septa added to TSW.
8:25 The acceleration on the HSP is amazing IRL, much better than the F40PH-3C/GP40MC (because of it's 4600 HP compared to 3000). That's why they prioritize the use of the HSP on the longer/heavier trains IRL.
i just discovered that a lot of the earliest train sim world youtube channel videos are of routes and locomotives we got now in tsw dk if that means anything just found it interesting
Ladies and gentlemen, we gather again for another review! 🚂
Just like how other countries think the US is entirely Texas I think in DTG's head the US is just California and Massachusetts
And NY/NJ
Oh there’s potato man. I’m mind blown it’s not another Cali/New York route but not to worry I’m sure the next U.S. route 24 months from now delayed 5 times and only one engine reused will be in Cali or New York and be commuters as usual.
What I really want is the metra commuter rail Bnsf line, but I think I’m biased
So an alright route i guess, though i never really play US routes or any others except the UK because i can never seem to start up the trains outside of the tutorial. And i just mostly enjoy uk stuff overall.
Id love to see the TRE in game, as I feel it be a very unique route
I played this route and on this route i found not only a duplicate house inside of another house but it was also floating right next to the tracks so it was not like you couldnt see it, and right next to the duplicate houses was a messed up road piece. This route feels so rushed.
Savin me money. Well done review.
The lack of the Lake Shore Limited is such a huge disappointment. Its really my only major gripe with the route as service variety is sorely lacking.
Current sale on Steam for TSW routes (some). All of the routes on sale are ever rated negative (for good reason) or are extremely short in length and sales of them are clearly not moving at full price. This is so DTG. Nowadays I usually wait for the sales, etc. but even those seem so lacklustered now.
While the route certainly looks nice and I do love seeing more of the T (common nickname for the MBTA), I'd love to have seen one of the North lines that operates out of Boston's North Station on the former Boston and Maine lines.
Another reason why the route appeals to me somewhat is that it's a modern portion of the B&A route that's in Train Sim Classic, made by G-Trax, in the New York Central era.
0:33 don’t waste your money on a game that makes cars crash into your train, but in this case it just phases through
Get a better route add-on. This is just a recommendation and I mean this video is here so I don’t even know why I need to comment or reply to my own comment.
I think sounder would be cool because we going get CASCADES as layer and BNSF as layer
my flight was cancelled, so let’s watch a review to calm down
Why did the car just literally go through the train like that @0:25 and @0:32 timestamp??!
Happened on morcombe branch on WCML over Shap aswell
that happens more often than you'd expect in this game, usually when a station is right next to a crossover.
Dovetail routes (and some others) are always sub-par there are only like 2 developers that I actually like, if they didn't make content there would've been no way I would've bought TSW5
Just for context of how much 57 new Zealand dollars is how much roughly is the wage in new Zealand per hour
The current minimum wage in NZ is $23.15 an hour.
12:53 amtrak?????
I certainly like it, and it is one of the best US Routes in terms of overall quality, yet not without problems, there was some stuttering I encountered between Framingham and Worcester for example. I did download the patch to fix the wrong numbering. Overall, decent, I'd say!
Not even a minute into the video and I'm dying of laughter. Good old DTG ineptitude on full display 😂
I thought I'd just let the crossing issue play out without me mentioning it.
@@DC4260ProductionsIt certainly was a nice touch. Let the image speak for itself. You're a true showman 👍
Are you planning to make a review on WCML : Preston - Carlisle for tsw5?
Not until I can get the route on a discount.
@@DC4260Productions understandable
For me is 35
I think he is using the word respectfully way to much and out of context lmao 😂
Bought it, played for 1 min and took a refund. I gave up on TSW back in 3 and I'll continue to boycott.