Feel free to discuss any topic related to CTS in here. Sat, 09 May 2026 20:27:28 +0000 Sat, 09 May 2026 20:27:28 +0000 Dovetail Games Forums https://forums.dovetailgames.com/forums/cts-general-discussion.208/ Sun, 04 May 2025 21:08:43 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/really-disapointing-control-for-pc-keyboard-mouse-playing-really-weak-documentation-support.91248/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/really-disapointing-control-for-pc-keyboard-mouse-playing-really-weak-documentation-support.91248/ invalid@example.com (migdalorguy) migdalorguy
Really Disapointing Control For Pc/keyboard/mouse Playing; Really Weak Documentation/support]]> 1 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:30:30 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/steam-update-but-no-word.91175/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/steam-update-but-no-word.91175/ invalid@example.com (rshifflet#2142) rshifflet#2142
P.S.
no, the answer was not to go to Discord: no word there either.]]> Sun, 27 Apr 2025 14:48:10 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/many-shortcomings-in-cts-ps5.91086/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/many-shortcomings-in-cts-ps5.91086/ invalid@example.com (rcdevisser) rcdevisser
I am quite satisfied with CTS Tram. However there are many issues that needs correction.

As a former Bus- and Metrodriver in Rotterdam with over 12 years of experience in public transport (NL)
and in totally over 35 years driving in passenger transport. I discover and know exactly what is lacking the simulation. This simulator is not a game but reflects reality as it is.

These are:
- It is impossible to set up a tram route/line that runs only during peak hours.
07.00 -...

Many Shortcomings In Cts (ps5)]]> 1 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:22:41 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/where-are-the-buses.90897/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/where-are-the-buses.90897/ invalid@example.com (6201_andy) 6201_andy Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:29:30 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/1-0-4-sandbox-route-5-one-run-one-way-ok.90433/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/1-0-4-sandbox-route-5-one-run-one-way-ok.90433/ invalid@example.com (rshifflet#2142) rshifflet#2142
my only selection is to bump the hour to 9 a.m. and the i always test with the second departure time offered.

I realize that i cannot enjoy this yet (?) as a Tram sim so i try the simplest of what the sim offers: sandbox, so-called Custom then select first tram offered, then simply select a route.

My routes remain inverted as 8 down to 1 on this deluxe PS5 install ... since 1.0.2 as i recall.]]> 2 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 06:28:05 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/can-routes-be-loops.90832/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/can-routes-be-loops.90832/ invalid@example.com (rshifflet#2142) rshifflet#2142 2 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 03:00:17 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/waiting-for-ps5-update-as-steam-has-tsw-updates.90786/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/waiting-for-ps5-update-as-steam-has-tsw-updates.90786/ invalid@example.com (rshifflet#2142) rshifflet#2142 Hope to see PS5 update before long ... 15:03 ADS ( Halifax, Nova Scotia timezone ) Atlantic Daylight Saving time ... about 3 hours behind U.K. ...

The Update is done on Steam and Beta gone, but i set things to block downloads during CTS ... Steam is very slowly patching TSW files ...

P.S.
got it, mostly good
Filed one message in our trouble-shooting and feedback

Have my fingers crossed that this time i can risk playing this as...

Waiting For Ps5 Update As Steam Has Tsw Updates]]> 2 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:35:02 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/sandbox-line-8-traffic-jam-at-end-point.90810/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/sandbox-line-8-traffic-jam-at-end-point.90810/ invalid@example.com (rshifflet#2142) rshifflet#2142
Why can't Lise-Meitner-Platz be the end point for these two lines ? Is this intended to be a Sandbox issue for user to solve ?]]> 1 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 01:11:24 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/url-of-a-tramau-map-as-png-or-svg.90795/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/url-of-a-tramau-map-as-png-or-svg.90795/ invalid@example.com (rshifflet#2142) rshifflet#2142
https://metromapmaker.com/map/ERNksABv

it is really well-done ... i was so pleased to find this ... it is just what i need.

The SVG would allow a large scale print to be made ... which might be worth paying for ...

P.S.

a related URL

https://metromapmaker.com/rate/ERNksABv

same map in their /rate/ folder

and they have a blog

https://blog.metromapmaker.com/

all terrific to discover to my mind.]]> Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:28:34 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/uninstalled-this-game-dont-buy-it.88985/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/uninstalled-this-game-dont-buy-it.88985/ invalid@example.com (Sprinter) Sprinter 11 Thu, 03 Apr 2025 18:56:19 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ps5-sandbox-line-3-ok-1-0-4.90607/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ps5-sandbox-line-3-ok-1-0-4.90607/ invalid@example.com (rshifflet#2142) rshifflet#2142
Line 3 may be the best CTS: Tram has at the moment with release 1.0.4

i haven't had much good to say about this game as a tram simulator, so i can only hope that nothing in the coming 1.0.5 release breaks this Sandbox Line 3.

Anyone else finding the same OK result on anothernplatform than PS5 ?]]> Thu, 03 Apr 2025 05:42:39 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/just-purchased-heres-my-initial-thoughts.90591/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/just-purchased-heres-my-initial-thoughts.90591/ invalid@example.com (TSW Nathan) TSW Nathan
Installing as I type here. Will post my initial thoughts later. ]]> 1 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 12:47:10 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/this-is-a-really-good-sim.90504/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/this-is-a-really-good-sim.90504/ invalid@example.com (addry#6825) addry#6825
However I've been pleasantly surprised this weekend. Whilst it's not the most in depth simulator I've ever played it does a really good job of driving a tram and it exceedingly relaxing and chilled to play. The graphics are pretty decent, the traffic is good and it has...

This Is A Really Good Sim]]> 1 Sun, 30 Mar 2025 13:22:59 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/the-future-of-this-game.90483/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/the-future-of-this-game.90483/ invalid@example.com (Double Yellow) Double Yellow I would hate this game to become abandonware.]]> Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:54:35 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ps5-updating-but-no-announcement.90426/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ps5-updating-but-no-announcement.90426/ invalid@example.com (rshifflet#2142) rshifflet#2142
Is there an update announcement posted elsewhere ?]]> 1 Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:34:09 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/has-the-latest-patch-come-out-for-xbox-yet.89481/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/has-the-latest-patch-come-out-for-xbox-yet.89481/ invalid@example.com (toxic.tank.258) toxic.tank.258 14 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 07:55:17 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/xbox-no-announcements.90301/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/xbox-no-announcements.90301/ invalid@example.com (Nicolás train sim) Nicolás train sim Announcements still not working (but only on xbox). thanks a lot dovetail]]> 1 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:05:08 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/unhappy.89519/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/unhappy.89519/ invalid@example.com (Sprinter) Sprinter Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:09:49 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/collections-and-postcards.89410/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/collections-and-postcards.89410/ invalid@example.com (metalvoice) metalvoice
I'm playing on XBox and I wonder how the collection works (should be the same for all plateforms) ?
Indeed, at bottom of the career profile there is a "collection" section.
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When you click, it display another screen.
But for now I have nothing in it. All seems to be locked :
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Is this related to the "postcards" ?
When you start a new session, there is some random tips displayed. I've seen this one :...

Collections And Postcards ?]]> 11 Sat, 15 Feb 2025 17:34:30 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/route-design-discusssion.89073/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/route-design-discusssion.89073/ invalid@example.com (parder#4923) parder#4923
As you progress there is some interesting trial and error as although the map can show you where there is high passenger volume you don't know the capacity of different terminus stations and where other pinch points are until...

Route Design Discusssion]]> 4 Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:50:28 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ps5-1-0-0-9-says-it-is-1-0-2-so-bugs-are-old-bugs-yup.89261/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ps5-1-0-0-9-says-it-is-1-0-2-so-bugs-are-old-bugs-yup.89261/ invalid@example.com (rshifflet#2142) rshifflet#2142 Start Custom Session
ULF A1
Lines still inverted 8...1
I pick 1
vanilla run from Frelatz to Hsuptbahnhof

First oddity
waiting passenger vanishes when i stop
Sounds of tram already at stop ( line 2 ) louder in my tram than the sounds in my tram of my tram.
get to Hauptbahnhof ok
Skip time.
Head back but at Baumannstrasse we follow the tram line 2 ahead of us. But i am not setting switches,
I interrupted TS5 run and TSW live stream chat because PS5 notified me of this UPDATE. ]]> 2 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:59:36 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/stuck-in-traffic.88869/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/stuck-in-traffic.88869/ invalid@example.com (Shackamaxon) Shackamaxon View attachment 182720

Traffic lights are working but the traffic isn't moving.
Ver. - 1.0.1 Release
Career Mode

Please help !]]> 1 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:57:23 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/how-do-the-timers-work.88970/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/how-do-the-timers-work.88970/ invalid@example.com (lbcchet) lbcchet 1 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:51:05 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/my-thoughts-on-cts.82929/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/my-thoughts-on-cts.82929/ invalid@example.com (Spikee1975) Spikee1975
ViewApp abandoned Munich and Vienna, where players asked for more. If they had done some market research they would have found adding more lines to said games would've been the way to go.

Instead they made a game that appeals to very few only due to a rather questionable concept.

A company must sell things that are demanded, and not hope for creating a demand. It takes a little more to create a second "Winsenburg"

I consider this game dead...

My Thoughts On Cts]]> 83 Sun, 02 Feb 2025 16:49:34 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/tram-sim-world-tram.88930/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/tram-sim-world-tram.88930/ invalid@example.com (mirasdbc#8781) mirasdbc#8781 Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:32:00 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/the-last-straw.88907/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/the-last-straw.88907/ invalid@example.com (rshifflet#2142) rshifflet#2142 The sandbox routes list is inverted ... this i know as a bad sign.
The tram now has ... no cursor. No interactions whatsoever for the X button.

I turn back on AI trams, restart, still busted.

I had a long career reading code. There is code that is relatively easy to debug, but not to modify to changed user needs. There is code that is both.

Then there is code such as that which, i suspect, underlies CTS.

Look at the bugs from EA Beta's...

The Last Straw]]> 2 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 10:27:01 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/difficulties-in-setting-up-ibis.88543/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/difficulties-in-setting-up-ibis.88543/ invalid@example.com (devadatta357) devadatta357
Difficulties In Setting Up Ibis]]> 2 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:11:38 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/no-markers-showing-on-hud.88858/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/no-markers-showing-on-hud.88858/ invalid@example.com (Scotrail156467) Scotrail156467 View attachment 182703]]> 1 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:00:51 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/left-handers.88821/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/left-handers.88821/ invalid@example.com (jeremy.oakes) jeremy.oakes J]]> 4 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 15:36:08 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ps5-collectors-edition-sandbox-quirk-corrected.88841/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ps5-collectors-edition-sandbox-quirk-corrected.88841/ invalid@example.com (rshifflet#2142) rshifflet#2142 n PS5, Sandbox Line 1 turned north instead of south !

Because another issue on PC was solved by going to Sandbox, Manage Lines, Reset, i tried this on PS5.

Presto. Error is gone.

But the lines are now listed in Sandbox in reverse from 8 down to 1 !

Just silly. Like as a kid, finding that overnight some feral cat had used yer sandbox. For that, you had a front end loader or a tiny shovel, right ?]]> Wed, 29 Jan 2025 15:26:33 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/best-news-in-cts-for-ps5-users-of-tsw.88840/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/best-news-in-cts-for-ps5-users-of-tsw.88840/ invalid@example.com (rshifflet#2142) rshifflet#2142
Now we can hope for key bindng settings in TSW ?

Oops.

Under ESC to controls, no keyboard shown on PS5 version 1.0.1 of CTS !

Dang !

Surely if the keyboard is in the game it should be in the menu !]]> Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:53:00 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/tram-depot.88823/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/tram-depot.88823/ invalid@example.com (vendys#6021) vendys#6021 Mon, 27 Jan 2025 04:47:02 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/is-this-any-good.88158/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/is-this-any-good.88158/ invalid@example.com (steve08) steve08 astragons bus simulator 21 tram expansion or
Tram Simulator Urban Transit

Might try it when it releases on PS5]]> 13 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:04:52 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/need-some-help-with-r2-2b-tram.88243/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/need-some-help-with-r2-2b-tram.88243/ invalid@example.com (Shackamaxon) Shackamaxon There's an incline near this station -
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I had to stop at the traffic light. Now when I start to move again, my tram rolls back before it can gain enough power.

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How am I suppose to overcome the incline without hitting the cars behind ?

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PC, Stable Build.
Dead-man ON, All difficulty setting at MAX ( Manual switches, indicators, IBIS etc. ), HUD OFF]]> 1 Fri, 03 Jan 2025 06:39:51 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/0-4-0-puzzles-me.87750/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/0-4-0-puzzles-me.87750/ invalid@example.com (rshifflet#2142) rshifflet#2142 6 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:56:05 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/passengers-being-really-weird-funny.84269/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/passengers-being-really-weird-funny.84269/ invalid@example.com (Volvo B10M) Volvo B10M
View attachment 168153 View attachment 168154

This is after I spotted four NPCs just walking round in a circle like a human merry go round at Hauptbahnhof yesterday. I know it can be boring sometimes when you are waiting for your tram to turn up but do you really have to gather everyone on the roof of the shelter?

What is going on with the people in...

Passengers Being Really Weird (funny)]]> 2 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:56:23 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/is-this-route-on-playstation.86636/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/is-this-route-on-playstation.86636/ invalid@example.com (aeroquent) aeroquent 2 Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:34:24 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/steam-tram-latest-release-today.86599/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/steam-tram-latest-release-today.86599/ invalid@example.com (rshifflet#2142) rshifflet#2142
Hit first error after passengers boarded as rolled on to Baumann Str. : 30 on the curve turn, not 20

Hit next error before reached west Rwy stop: red light, tram stop, then a 1 sec tram thru signal, a 1 sec circle for sig changing, then tram stop signal before i had cleared the signal ( after all, so fast, i saw it all.)

Then points not earned: did all stops, transported passengers, NO green stop tubes, so after all these...

Steam Tram Latest Release Today]]> Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:19:48 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/depot.86157/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/depot.86157/ invalid@example.com (jazzymanserg#1405) jazzymanserg#1405 Really want tasks at the depot like Vienna!
Is it possible to complete such tasks now?
Is such addition planned?]]> Thu, 03 Oct 2024 14:31:43 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/questions-about-cts.82547/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/questions-about-cts.82547/ invalid@example.com (CityRailVSet) CityRailVSet Is it possible to create real-world routes?

*Others who have questions, please use this thread to continue with your own questions regarding CTS]]> 11 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:08:03 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ansaldobreda.84122/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/ansaldobreda.84122/ invalid@example.com (Volvo B10M) Volvo B10M
Ansaldobreda]]> Wed, 10 Jul 2024 17:16:39 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/gameplay-and-the-game-quality-a-dead-city-with-a-lot-of-empty-places.82261/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/gameplay-and-the-game-quality-a-dead-city-with-a-lot-of-empty-places.82261/ invalid@example.com (Xander1986) Xander1986
Gameplay And The Game Quality | A Dead City With A Lot Of Empty Places]]> 9 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 17:41:44 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/green-stopmarker.82266/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/green-stopmarker.82266/ invalid@example.com (Sprinter) Sprinter 1 Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:18:27 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/livery-editor.82238/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/livery-editor.82238/ invalid@example.com (MYG92) MYG92
Thanks.]]> 2 Sun, 23 Jun 2024 18:01:01 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/real-v-virtual-cities.82309/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/real-v-virtual-cities.82309/ invalid@example.com (kilt46) kilt46 6 Sun, 23 Jun 2024 16:58:19 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/omg-the-issues-it-needs-a-patch-now.82289/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/omg-the-issues-it-needs-a-patch-now.82289/ invalid@example.com (all aboard railways) all aboard railways
Omg The Issues It Needs A Patch Now]]> 2 Fri, 21 Jun 2024 09:42:04 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/a-couple-of-preliminary-questions.82237/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/a-couple-of-preliminary-questions.82237/ invalid@example.com (OldVern) OldVern
How long is EA projected to be given, 1. We have seen SimRail extend long after the original date it was supposed to exit.

2. Trans Siberian which seems to be taking its early access as going on for an extended period, possibly years.

Are there ambitions to expand the product to include more (real) routes or even add a user editor?

How much oversight do DTG have on the final quality of this product?]]> 29 Fri, 21 Jun 2024 07:02:57 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/early-access-for-a-game-that-practically-already-exists.82287/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/early-access-for-a-game-that-practically-already-exists.82287/ invalid@example.com (Spikee1975) Spikee1975
They've already made two TramSims - Vienna and Munich. Promises for extensions and then abandonend. So they've got experience.

Now CTS doesn't look much different - it seems like a cash grab with the lowest effort possible. Collect money for a game not finished - whilst I think that's fine for a startup, I think it's being used to quickly make money here. A new map and UI for an old game.

And we all...

Early Access For A Game That Practically Already Exists?]]> 3 Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:18:00 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/please-welcome-daniel-from-viewapp-to-our-forums.82273/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/please-welcome-daniel-from-viewapp-to-our-forums.82273/ invalid@example.com (dtg_jan) dtg_jan
We're very happy to welcome ViewApp'S very own va_daniel to our forums!
You might already know him from some of the recent preview videos on ViewApp’s YouTube channel. He’s here to answer your questions, gather feedback, and keep you updated on everything CTS: Tram.
Say hello and feel free to reach out!]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:04:03 +0000 https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/taking-an-early-look-at-cts-tram-19th-june.82249/ https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/taking-an-early-look-at-cts-tram-19th-june.82249/ invalid@example.com (TinTin_57) TinTin_57
Tomorrow (19th June at 12pm UK) I will be premiering my First Look of the game in Early Access before it releases on 20th June. If you want to see the game in action please do pop in and have a watch.

Cheers
TinTin_57
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