I'm still new to OR but can say that this review was incomplete. If you like a strong simulation rather than a game, and are a fan of railroading, this is an excellent program. The best setup is built on top of an installation of MSTS which can be found on Ebay. I picked up a used CD for about US$20 and installed it first. This gives you a lot of content which OR then takes to the next level. You glossed over the F1 screen which displays many pages of controls, and the documentation is very extensive. Views and controls that make this an enjoyable sim were completely missed. Operate Steam, Diesel, or Electric engines on a rich selection of routes from multiple countries or download content from one of the communities of track, route, engine, and car builders (modelers is a better description). My personal favorite is an imaginary route called Port Ogden & Northern which has an extensive layout (like a model railroad spanning an entire floor at a mall) that runs between dozens of cities with hundreds of yards, over mountains, through valleys, forests, and down to the seaports. You can create consists from rolling stock found everywhere on the map and then stage and deliver cars to various locations. All while numerous AI trains run around you, sharing sections of track and generating signaling conditions which must be dealt with. It's better than being a kid again! But back to the OR program ... It offers rich viewing options, including a Dispatcher's overview of the route with all switches and AI trains. The Track Monitor shows conditions ahead and behind your train, speed limits, signals and more. The floating camera allows you to take a bird's-eye view of your consist and the surrounding tracks, including yard names, track numbers, and even the identities of the individual cars in the consists, including the air pressure in their brake pipes. The views allow you to zoom in and monitor distances as you approach to couple or verify decoupling, close-up like a brakeman. You have full control over the switches ahead and behind, the couplers, hoses, brake valves, handwheels. Like I said - a simulation. I hope this review helps to offset the impression given by Yo_Adrian! It is a quality piece of software. Rob
Open Rails is honestly my favorite simulator although I still need to get Run 8 V2, but you have to be willing to work with it to set up rolling stock, routes, and activities which can take a while. Every add-on by TrainSimulations is excellent though. Plus, they’ve added an “activity randomization” feature that can randomly change weather and have defects on your train like a brake being stuck on a car or a compressor blowing on an engine.
Yeah I started seeing this after the fact. This video was my first impressions of the game since I played MSTS a lot back in the day. But I will be doing another showcase video featuring a lot of the stuff that you had said, and a lot of other commenters.
Microsoft Train Simulator is no longer around, you can possibly find it on ebay. But Open Rails is the new game, it's free and the link is in the description of the video.
Because the website this train came from rebranded from Streamlines, to TrainSimulations, therefore you are unable to get streamlines content anymore, unless you use the wayback machine
You should learn a little bit about the game before posting a video. That is not your estimated speed shown on the dashboard...it's actually your acceleration. If you notice, it doesn't say "MPH", it says "MPH/min", which means miles/hour/minute (a measure of acceleration and deceleration). There are also a lot more functions you can do in the game that aren't even mentioned in your video, such as complex switching scenarios, complicated passenger runs, changes in the time of day, and changes in the weather. If you press the [F4] key, it will bring up a track monitor that shows you information about the track ahead. Pressing the [F8] key will show you the direction of a switch up ahead. You can change tracks by switching from Dispatcher Mode to Manual Mode [CONTROL-M], then either by pressing the G key, pressing [ALT] and clicking on a switch stand, or by pressing [ALT] and clicking on the [F8] window. It's a learning curve, but it's a very fun and challenging game to play. OpenRails is also backwards compatible, so it will read all of your MSTS (Microsoft Train Simulator) files. Most people have abandoned MSTS all together and switched to OpenRails exclusively.
Ah I see. I used to play MSTS, but I just never could get into it. I just saw that they switched to open rails, and saw that it was free so I wanted to check it out.
@@YoAdrian OpenRails is so far beyond anything that MSTS could've imagined. Some of the most recent payware routes are incredible. I just purchased the Montana Rail Link Mullan Pass route, as well as the Canadian National Railway Ruell Subdivision, both from www.trainsimulations.net. There are other routes available that are designed specifically for OpenRails that would never function in MSTS. Many of the keyboard commands in OpenRails are the same as in MSTS, but there are additional functions that didn't exist in MSTS. For example, when coupling cars, you now have to release the hand brake on each car as well as connect the air hoses between each car. MSTS did not have those functions. Switch stands are now animated an operational. They were completely missing from MSTS. At road crossings, the lights actually flash like they're supposed to. One big improvement is that turntables are now operational. The weather and physics have all been improved, as well. If you do a search of "Open Rails" on UA-cam, you can see some very nice videos on the various routes and functions available. It's not a game for everyone. Some may even find it boring. But for rail fans...it's a pretty cool simulation game.
The "Estimated Speed" thing is actually acceleration in Mph per minute.
Oh I gotcha
It is still the higher the number the better right?
@@Neardrop Higher number means more acceleration
I'm still new to OR but can say that this review was incomplete. If you like a strong simulation rather than a game, and are a fan of railroading, this is an excellent program. The best setup is built on top of an installation of MSTS which can be found on Ebay. I picked up a used CD for about US$20 and installed it first. This gives you a lot of content which OR then takes to the next level. You glossed over the F1 screen which displays many pages of controls, and the documentation is very extensive. Views and controls that make this an enjoyable sim were completely missed. Operate Steam, Diesel, or Electric engines on a rich selection of routes from multiple countries or download content from one of the communities of track, route, engine, and car builders (modelers is a better description).
My personal favorite is an imaginary route called Port Ogden & Northern which has an extensive layout (like a model railroad spanning an entire floor at a mall) that runs between dozens of cities with hundreds of yards, over mountains, through valleys, forests, and down to the seaports. You can create consists from rolling stock found everywhere on the map and then stage and deliver cars to various locations. All while numerous AI trains run around you, sharing sections of track and generating signaling conditions which must be dealt with. It's better than being a kid again!
But back to the OR program ... It offers rich viewing options, including a Dispatcher's overview of the route with all switches and AI trains. The Track Monitor shows conditions ahead and behind your train, speed limits, signals and more. The floating camera allows you to take a bird's-eye view of your consist and the surrounding tracks, including yard names, track numbers, and even the identities of the individual cars in the consists, including the air pressure in their brake pipes. The views allow you to zoom in and monitor distances as you approach to couple or verify decoupling, close-up like a brakeman. You have full control over the switches ahead and behind, the couplers, hoses, brake valves, handwheels. Like I said - a simulation.
I hope this review helps to offset the impression given by Yo_Adrian! It is a quality piece of software.
Rob
Excellent Rob, thanks for filling in these details.
Its so nice i can run Train Simulator layouts again i couldn't get mts run on windows 10
Open Rails is honestly my favorite simulator although I still need to get Run 8 V2, but you have to be willing to work with it to set up rolling stock, routes, and activities which can take a while. Every add-on by TrainSimulations is excellent though. Plus, they’ve added an “activity randomization” feature that can randomly change weather and have defects on your train like a brake being stuck on a car or a compressor blowing on an engine.
Yeah I started seeing this after the fact. This video was my first impressions of the game since I played MSTS a lot back in the day. But I will be doing another showcase video featuring a lot of the stuff that you had said, and a lot of other commenters.
@@YoAdrian how do I move the train
The only thing I wish that'll make the game even better is to add drivers to the train.
I agree
There is(zigzag railway)
I love it! better than Trainz 12 lol! Some like it better than Trainz 2019.
I like Train Sim World more than any of them
How do you use camera?
When you ur train says 2020
To be continued.
Anyone remember a game which is like the beta version of Train Sim World which had different name but later released as TSW
I remember there was a beta for TSW before it's release. But I'm not sure about the game you are talking about
@@YoAdrianNo i was wrong. Though i was talking about Run 8 Train Simulator
THENOOBPLAYER Run 8 is a completely different and, imo, much better simulator than TSW despite not looking as good.
@@Logan912 i need it for free 😭😭
How much room do you need on a PC to download?
Not much room, my folder is only 355mb
My windows computer says its not secure what should I do
What you mean? Is there a popup that comes up and says that?
@@YoAdrian the website I download it from on the search bar it says not secure
Is knowone gonna talk about how it took him 5 MINUTES TO GET TO THE GAME
That sim kinda looks kinda weird because u can’t look around and do the controls but I feel like that’s kind of only it that’s weird
Yeah it's really weird.
payware has 3d cab views and also some freeware on trainsim.com
Nice openrails intro vid 👍🏼
Thank you!
i tired downloading it and when it was done it didnt work
If I here "...and what not" one more time.
where do you purchase microsoft train simulator and can it be downloaded after purchase
Microsoft Train Simulator is no longer around, you can possibly find it on ebay. But Open Rails is the new game, it's free and the link is in the description of the video.
How you got es44dc i didn't ??
It came with the game for me
Because the website this train came from rebranded from Streamlines, to TrainSimulations, therefore you are unable to get streamlines content anymore, unless you use the wayback machine
I installed it for my laptop. Quite laggy on laptop.
It will depend on your laptop specs
@@YoAdrian Mine has 1000GB HDD
The HDD wouldn't matter, that's just your storage. The ram, cpu, and gpu would be the factors of lagging.
I NEEEEEEEEEEEED
how to i download it?
The game? You just gotta go to open rails website
Wait you need to have msts to use open rails
Nope, MSTS turned into Open Rails basically.
Oh I see
Tour's name is Adrian
Yes it is!
In miraculous ladybug hero is also Adrian sir
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
It won’t let me play it
Me too I keep getting a error message
Interesting.
Only thing I'd ask is you lose the phrase "what-not."
:D
who the fck are you? I'd ask that you STFU
is it dangerous
Is what dangerous?
@@YoAdrian to download the game
No not really
@@YoAdrian is there viruses when you download or is the website too dangerous to look at
It's not dangerous to download no. I didn't have any issues or viruses.
You should learn a little bit about the game before posting a video. That is not your estimated speed shown on the dashboard...it's actually your acceleration. If you notice, it doesn't say "MPH", it says "MPH/min", which means miles/hour/minute (a measure of acceleration and deceleration). There are also a lot more functions you can do in the game that aren't even mentioned in your video, such as complex switching scenarios, complicated passenger runs, changes in the time of day, and changes in the weather.
If you press the [F4] key, it will bring up a track monitor that shows you information about the track ahead. Pressing the [F8] key will show you the direction of a switch up ahead. You can change tracks by switching from Dispatcher Mode to Manual Mode [CONTROL-M], then either by pressing the G key, pressing [ALT] and clicking on a switch stand, or by pressing [ALT] and clicking on the [F8] window.
It's a learning curve, but it's a very fun and challenging game to play. OpenRails is also backwards compatible, so it will read all of your MSTS (Microsoft Train Simulator) files. Most people have abandoned MSTS all together and switched to OpenRails exclusively.
Ah I see. I used to play MSTS, but I just never could get into it. I just saw that they switched to open rails, and saw that it was free so I wanted to check it out.
@@YoAdrian OpenRails is so far beyond anything that MSTS could've imagined. Some of the most recent payware routes are incredible. I just purchased the Montana Rail Link Mullan Pass route, as well as the Canadian National Railway Ruell Subdivision, both from www.trainsimulations.net. There are other routes available that are designed specifically for OpenRails that would never function in MSTS.
Many of the keyboard commands in OpenRails are the same as in MSTS, but there are additional functions that didn't exist in MSTS. For example, when coupling cars, you now have to release the hand brake on each car as well as connect the air hoses between each car. MSTS did not have those functions. Switch stands are now animated an operational. They were completely missing from MSTS. At road crossings, the lights actually flash like they're supposed to. One big improvement is that turntables are now operational. The weather and physics have all been improved, as well.
If you do a search of "Open Rails" on UA-cam, you can see some very nice videos on the various routes and functions available. It's not a game for everyone. Some may even find it boring. But for rail fans...it's a pretty cool simulation game.
I may have to do another video on it and check out those features. Thanks for letting me know all this information about it!