What Were The Best Routes Of Each Tsw Generation? A. Tsw1/2020

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Best route, TSW1/2020 generation (Choose up to three)

This poll will close on Jun 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM.
  1. CSX Heavy Haul (original version)

    15 vote(s)
    10.9%
  2. Great Western Express

    37 vote(s)
    26.8%
  3. Rapid Transit

    4 vote(s)
    2.9%
  4. NEC New York

    2 vote(s)
    1.4%
  5. West Somerset Railway

    6 vote(s)
    4.3%
  6. Ruhr-Sieg Nord

    50 vote(s)
    36.2%
  7. Long Island Railroad (original version)

    2 vote(s)
    1.4%
  8. Northern Trans-Pennine

    40 vote(s)
    29.0%
  9. Main-Spessart Bahn

    27 vote(s)
    19.6%
  10. Tees Valley Line

    34 vote(s)
    24.6%
  11. Peninsula Corridor

    22 vote(s)
    15.9%
  12. Rhein-Ruhr Osten

    6 vote(s)
    4.3%
  13. East Coastway

    39 vote(s)
    28.3%
  14. Oakville Subdivision

    2 vote(s)
    1.4%
  15. Hauptstrecke Rhein-Ruhr

    19 vote(s)
    13.8%
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  1. solicitr

    solicitr Well-Known Member

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    This is a series of polls gathering public assessment of which were the exemplary routes at each stage of TSW's development. For this purpose I am counting original TSW and TSW 2020 as one generation, since that was really just a rebranding; and Rush Hour as a separate generation since the migration to UE 4.26 was a major core change.

    Note also that I have separated the original and upgraded versions of Sand Patch Grade, Southeastern High Speed and Long Island Railroad/Commuter
     
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  2. trpted

    trpted Active Member

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    Since I do not have that version, I should not vote.
     
  3. Calidore266

    Calidore266 Well-Known Member

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    Nice use of the polls! I'll be watching the results with interest.
     
  4. marcsharp2

    marcsharp2 Well-Known Member

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    I voted for

    North Transpennine.

    Tees Valley

    East Coastway.

    I spent many hours on those routes on TSW, so much joy.
     
  5. bobbobberdd

    bobbobberdd Well-Known Member

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    In the original TSW, Rapid Transit together with the BR182 was one of the best Routes/Locos, not like today totally broken
     
  6. OldVern

    OldVern Well-Known Member

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    RSN (far better than MSB), NTP and TVL, the latter two reflecting my BR Blue bias.
     
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  7. Omnicitywife

    Omnicitywife Well-Known Member

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    It was terrible and the worst route in the game by far, even back then.
     
  8. AmityBlight

    AmityBlight Well-Known Member

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    The only routes I'm using of all those are Ruhr-Sieg-Nord and Main-Spessart. Both are fun, but in terms of variety and level of detail, RSN is the clear winner for me :)
     
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  9. tootyhoot

    tootyhoot Well-Known Member

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    East Coastway for me as it’s just a nice route to drive. Made even better when the 313 arrived.
     
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  10. f__s_cw

    f__s_cw Active Member

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    Agreed. Would be amazing to see the Keymer branch added so bml and ecw can be merged and given a deserved lighting upgrade
     
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  11. Mark Moreton

    Mark Moreton Well-Known Member

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    East Coastway at the time felt like a massive leap graphically compared with the routes released before that. Still think it holds up well, albeit feels rather short these days.
     
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