Dovetail Games Tsw December 2025 Roadmap Q&a Thread

You scared the life out of me making me think it was the 18th tomorrow.

 

Hi DTG Alex

The livestream is not tomorrow, but on Thursday, 18 December 2025!

 

What progress has been made on sorting blurry textures since last roadmap?

Will the fife circle class 158 timetable be completed since half the services are missing?

 

How's it looking with the priority system? Can we move up some smaller, easily fixable issues and inaccuracies so content becomes more appealing again? Floating trees for example...

 

I hope one of Preston to Crewe, GWR remaster or Mildmay extension will be released before Christmas. That would be a great Christmas present DTG Alex.

 

Not gonna happen they have said somewhere that there is no more releases this year.

 

Please can you confirm how timetables and layers will work for West Coast Mainline South? Original, Nuclear, Class 90 and Class 805 makes four separate timetables or one big one?

Would you consider providing a DTG roadmap for TSW that outlines plans, including new content, enhancements, updates and fixes and a separate catalogue of third party content? The current roadmap is chocked full of things with largely a focus on new content only.

 

Will the updates of 3rd party developers which are waiting for ages finally be released, for example the e94 blinds bug? They done their job, now dtg should do theirs.

 

I'd add onto this - why are so many timetables allowed to be released for the same route? Why can't layers be more heavily relied on, so players can see all relevant content in the same drive. Of course I understand timetables in different time periods would need a different timetable, but other than that - why can't there just be one big timetable.

 

Is there any official line on the 104 pack, has it definitely been cancelled now?

 

TSG is building the expert version of BR 145, with wagons that carried lorries, or at least lorry trailers.

With these freight wagons alone, you could build a Swiss BLS route, also known as the rolling highway.
Because this rolling highway ended yesterday; it was discontinued.

Is DTG or a third-party provider considering building such a BLS route in the future?

 

Will Fife Circle be fixed?

 

Is there a Chance that you (and Skyhook) will also give the BR 187 a Makeover if the Sounds and Features of the BR 147 are well received?

 

With the next installment of the WCML from AABS now announced, I presume we can count on the issues (including the core blurring textures) being fixed before this is released?

 

Has Rivets DB BR 204 been mostly forgotten about? (Not being layered on to new routes).
Any fixes for the missing services on Stuttgart? (Ps5)
Any update on a fix on blurry textures optimisation?
Can the WCML have a break from getting routes for a timeframe?
With TSG doing steam is the steam simulation getting any work done?

 

Is there an update on general performance please?

 

why the wcml obsession?
Why should i consider trent valley? Will it actually work? After all, with Brum Crewe AAB said there were no issues on console...
If Trent Valley is coming, why should I consider buying the 805, being the route has 807, which is the same thing but with two extra carriages.

 

Will the 108 sub with the 101 at all?

 

Are there any fixes planned for the bug where AI trains from various DLCs incorrectly display 'not in service' rather than their final destination?

 

Is there an update on fixes to the passenger system please?

 

Why haven't we still seen an announcement for the Scotrail HST? We all know it's coming

 

What lessons were learned from the Birmingham/Crewe release, and how will those lessons be applied to ensure that the next WCML release from AABS launches in a truly functional, finished state? While post-release fixes have brought the pack closer to what consumers expect, we still have yet to hear a clear or satisfactory explanation for why it was released in such poor condition to begin with, nor how a similar situation will be prevented going forward. Given the prices being asked, it’s not unreasonable for customers to expect accountability and transparency when quality falls this far short.

 

If anyone don't know yet, starting from earlier this year, ALL new third party content did not get Chinese, French, Russian And Spanish localization.

As third party content is ramping up (17:3 in this roadmap) this gap in localization will be a much more severe issue. Could anyone explain why they were cut, and any chances for future revival?

Edit: Adding quote from my previous thread on this problem.

 

With the next WCML installment, could their be another later to bring Birmingham inline with WCML ie via Birmingham International. Noting some services such has TfW start or end their.

Long Buckby & Northampton missing from the Trent Valley installment which is ashame as LNWR is a key part of those stations. Plus some of the Birmingham services stop at these stations from the missing sections.

 

With german steam now becoming a thing does this mean we are more likely to get more in the future?

Also any luck in obtaining licensing in other countries not allready announced or in game?

 

Will a percentage of the sales of the Neckartalbahn get donated to a railway museum or society like with the E94 pack and if so, which one will we be able to support with our purchase?

 

How are fixes coming along? Any new things the team should tackle. And i know may not be able to say but have survey results inspired new development methods going forwards (ie new features)

 

love the week 3 reveals, could you please update us with respect to the GWR remaster and the HST farewell pack please? Also are any improvements to the weather system planned (especially separating the fog from the rain) .

 

Are any Avanti West Coast trains scheduled to stop At Lichfield Trent Valley, Tamworth and Nuneaton in WCML Trent Valley

 

There's your update on GWR remaster.

 

Given that most if not all of the reveals seem to be content from 3P’s what are DTG proposing to bring to the table themselves next year? Or have you wound down internal DLC production?

On a similar note, what assurance can you give the “Doubting Thomas’s” like myself that you retain a significant number of programming and technical staff in house or has it all been outsourced, leaving DTG HQ simply for marketing and admin?

More content and still only the one save slot. This is getting quite silly now and while understandably optimising and sorting out the mess the game is on consoles should be looked at first, it’s high time save game moved up the priority list vs. the fluff. Please state this is on the elevated priority list.

What sort of timescale could we be looking at for some of this new content you have teased? Realistically I don’t expect the JT Cumbrian Coast or the AABS Trent Valley until Q3, but some estimate would assist in planning future purchasing.

 

What is happening, if anything with the Steam physics on the new TSG route with a steam engine please? I don't suppose I will be the first or last to ask this question. Thank you.

 

Are these announcements confirmed to be for TSW6? Or is this the case that they will not release or be available until TSW7?

 

Why yet another WCML route?

Why neglect various other parts of the country, a lot of which hasn't got any attention at all.

 

Now we have a lot of the wcml in tsw and most of it seems to be set in the same time period, can the route hop feature transfer the player and their train to the next section instead of getting off of the train, hopping and then joining another service? Or just spawn you onto the same service in the next section.

 

Is the roadmap graphic listed in the approximate release order?

 

Is it possible to import from PS4 to PS5? If not, will you make it possible?

Likewise: Will you make it possible to import from the PS5 to the PS6 after the PS6 comes out?

Please and thank you

 

Alex, are DTG committed long term to producing more high quality flagship routes for TSW or are they as I see it moving away from route production completely and relying on 3rd parties to make routes.
If DTG are committed to future routes will they be at the forefront of developing features that players really want? I’m looking at working GSM-R and in cab screens showing platform movements etc. Again, I only see innovation from 3rd parties here.

 

Neckartalbahn:
Will a green-liveried DBB BR 140 layer in?
Are there 110s (playable or AI), and will they be blue?
Will there be a blue/ivory (or orange-stripe) KaKo to go with the n-Wagen B and AB coaches?
Will the V 60 (363/365) be backdated to a 261, and will it be Altrot?

 

With the number of 3rd parties coming onboard growing especially with the amount of UK stuff currently on the roadmap compared to the three US add-ons on the roadmap are you there other US 3rd parties besides High Iron?

 

Is the huge backlog of QA things being worked on? There are still many bugs on routes like S-Bahn Frankfurt or the E94 timetable, which have been pointed out and acknowledged in the respective feedback threads, sometimes over half a year ago, but still haven't gotten implemented.

Seeing that most new routes and locos come from 3rd parties in the new roadmap, does that mean that DTG will focus more on maintaining and updating TSW in the near future?

 

Will there be any updates for the Leipzig–Dresden route?

This route, like many other German routes, really needs updates.

 

What is your new year resolutions for 2026 as a company and what were some of the best and and worst moments of 2025?

 

When will screen mode be fixed for PS5? The recent attempt did not work for touch screens like the 385. You can not input anything at all, even from the non screen view. It's actually worse than before.

 

We have an expert German train . Is there any desire or plans to make any expert UK trains ?

 

In July 2025 on the WMR class 170 preview stream, Tyler said that the fixes to the completely missing 170 running sounds would be fixed on Fife circle when an update is released.

That was said about 1h:22m into this video:

We're now almost 6 months on from that being said so when can we expect this update to be released?

Thanks!

 

Is train sim world 6 still getting a boxed edition/disc and if so what platforms? Also is there a time frame for a boxed edition?

 

I hope we get some announcements about release dates for the following items, which were all on the 0-3 month section over four months ago last August, namely:
Preston to Crewe;
Avanti BR Class 805;
Expert DB BR 145;
DB BR 420.