With DTG apparenty abandoning TSC, some 3rd parties have already closed their shop. Some commercial developers, some freeware devs like Michael Stephan who has been around since MSTS Given it is now winter in the southern hemisphere, is there any news from Diesel Workshop and Machine Rail? I've checked their web pages and no news has been posted for like 6 months already. Also, Searchlight Simulations has been very quiet for quite some time already too. I assume there still is a market for quality DLC. I for one am very pleased with my purchases from the afore mentioned.
Milepost Simulations has a new USA route coming out called Green River - Kemmerer. They said that it would be sent to DTG to check over by the end of July. Milepost Simulations FB page. (2) Facebook
Searchlight Simulations have been working on various projects which have been time consuming. They have said that they are still working on TSC releases.(info from RWA forum)..
Milepost routes are 'more of the same' single track running through sparsely populated areas with little operational challenge and the provided rolling stock is only so-so. Diesel Workshop and Machine Rail rolling stock has good price-quality and fills some nice gaps in our USA rosters. UK and Germany will be well served for a few more years I suppose given their large player base. But ChrisTrains, SimExpress etc serving much smaller markets with quality DLC might soon find themselves without a viable market without a steady stream of new routes from freeware developers. Wait and see what surfaces to market I suppose.
Diesel Workshop is developing a GP9 and Searchlight Simulations is coming out with Soo and Milwaukee Road SD40's.
Yes, as per the announcements, a new route is coming from Milepost Simulations. Green River Railroading!
I believe milepost stated on his Facebook a while back that the MILW route would be his last in ts1, obviously that has not been the case but he may have said something similar about the new up route. On the initial topic itself, while the US scene has definitely quieted down, some very impressive freeware have been released, with SPS releasing some incredible freeware sd70s for the modern crowd as well as gp30s for those more interested in interesting periods https://www.switchpointsimulations.com/mobile.html Additionally a number of route revamps and upgrades have been released on the tsc website, including an upgrade to tomcat's classic Cajon Mojave
What is the tsc website? Thx. Ah the https://www.trainsimcommunity.com/ and NOt Train Simulator Classic.
I have both The SD70's and GP30's and i can say , they are very high quality , especially for free adds on
Apparently there is not. At least according to comments from German third party creators. Digital Traction is also closing down for the same reason (this was discussed here a while ago). Just Trains and Train Sim Germany switched to TSW years ago, citing the same problem—there’s simply not enough money in TSC. It’s mostly slowing down and fizzling out. Freeware is continuing, though at a slower pace, and a few third parties are finishing up some projects. The only three companies I see still going strong for TSC are ATS (UK), RSSLO (German and Austrian content), and Jasksoft (older German rolling stock, though at very high prices). Everyone else seems to be on the way out. The Dutch community is still active as well, particularly with freeware. But that’s not a huge problem—there’s so much content for TSC that you couldn’t play it all in a lifetime. In the future, TSC will likely see occasional passion projects (mostly freeware), and that’s perfectly fine with me.
