I currently have £47.99 and not sure which addons to get, here’s what I already don’t have. (On series X, if you have any knowledge on any of these please share) Santa Fe on cajon pass Birmingham to Crewe Frankenbahn stuttgart to Heilbronn Amtrak acela CSX C40-8W Metrolink F59PHR Oakville subdivision Manchester airport commuter London overground mildmay line The 1938 stock Island line 2022 Db br 187 Niddertalbahn (All other DLCs not mentioned here is stuff I already have)
Birmingham to Crewe is actually a nice route but if you're on XBox believe there are still performance issues. Stuttgart to Heilbronn givws you the 140 which is nice, but the route is a bit short and nothing to write home about. Should have waited for a sale. Niddertalbahn is nice single track rural retreat, but is a slow 60km/h stopping service for the most part. Avoid the BR187 like the plague, it is second only to the 204 as the worst loco add on for the game. Oakville is nice but showing its age and a very short route. Island Line 2022 is an oddity. The route is good but I can't engage with the train which is way overpowered and sounds nothing like the prototype.
Niddertalbahn and Mildmay are IMO the best two. I probably slightly prefer mildmay since you can see London's skyline, though you'll need to disable some AI layers (which in most cases you barely see) to avoid blurry textures.
Since you’re not a fan of modern traction it’s not an easy task. I’d recommend Niddertalbahn (set in the 90’s) since it’s a very nice scenic route with lots of unique foliage. It feels almost Japanese in some respect, what I’d expect the Tadami line to be similar to. The BR.628.2 is a nice drive also.
For the record I still play modern and keep all of it installed but it’s just not as big of a passion compared other stuff
if you have all the layers, and it sounds like you do then Manchester Airport Commuter could be the one for you. very busy timetable. For me, the only thing it lacks are decent sized express runs, something that isn’t possible without it being extended to Crewe.
The performance for me on PS5 is really good besides (Ardwick?) Depot where the frame rate drops for a small while. Otherwise, it runs wuite well.
I bought all of those in the sale for GWE Remaster and OTS WCML south timetable layers. I am not a fan of mildmay, but now I was confortamble buying with the annoucement of the extension to Richmond.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard you say anything positive about modern traction, so you can see my point though. It’s like me owning steam traction and absolutely loathing it, which I do.
