You want a Disney license? Good luck man... Can you imagine how many millions of dollars that would be?
if that is the case, it should be properly labeled as USA Route, and not us route, which leads to confusion
US usually refers to the USA, the United States. Only reason both letters aren't capitalized is because of how the forum is designed, where you cant have multiple letters capitalized back to back in titles, so something like USA appears as Usa.
Yeah, pretty much I think I made this a couple of months ago and it was capitalized, but the forum titles de-capitalized it. I explained what I'm looking at here: https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/us-routes.95169/
I will say it again ANY SEPTA ROUTE! You already have all the elements in game to make it. Sounds from the Arrow III is the exact same as the Silverliners all that would need to be done is a small amount of changes to the body of the cars. Remove the center doors and change the dome on top of the car. Interior is exactly the same. As for the route infrastructure from the Morristown route and the Trenton route is all you would need.
No thanks. I refuse to install Peninsula Corridor in TSW 6 because its unbranded. I have TSW4 installed with just the Caltrain content on it.
I’ve always said branding is a nice to have, but if licensing isn’t possible then I’d rather have a route unbranded then not all.
While I agree, there are a lot of people that don’t. People buy the routes not just for the route itself, but also for the actual licensed trains. NEC is my home route and without the Amtrak/NJT branding, I’m not sure I’d run it. Some of the others aren’t as big of a deal to me though.
I'm very much in the "who cares if it's unbranded" crowd. Seems a bit silly to me to not want the trains and routes because it's slightly the wrong color until you install a mod. Yeah, I know modding is not a console thing.
Sad thing is I know several of the higher ups that work at 1234 Market ST (Septa headquarters) and I'm sure if I poke around a lil bit I'll get the approval. But does DTG have the energy to make American routes? I have several issues that I'm seeing in this game. I really don't like how the game is catering to certain people.
Given how they are losing one of the best assets to US routes in Brandon after Stamford, I dont see US routes being good overall anymore.
Early 60's era Keystone Corridor from Suburban Station to Paoli, with perhaps the branch to Manayunk? I wouldn't know how licensing would work for defunct roads, but it would at least satisfy Philadelphians. I would also like a Septa route, but they already have enough to deal with, and plus, I would support a route in a different geographical location, such as the Northwest or the Rockies. Denver RTD maybe??
With exception of a few road names, most are under ownership of one of the major Class 1 railroads in North America. While the 2 Canadian ones are reluctant, the 4 US ones are pretty much good to go. But the hard part is research and references on stock, lines, and scenery of a specific time period.
I've always been skeptical about this so-called difficulty. DTG and a number of 3Ps have been researching and building US and Canadian routes and locomotives since virtually the turn of the century, both modern and historical, steam, diesel and electric traction. Has all that research somehow been lost?
I really really really want to see and would LOVE if the Amtrak Downeaster was added. Why? I take it all the time to go up north into Maine. Plus it has the extremely wanted P42DC on the route as main power and a F40PH NPCU which I imagine would be very easy to make as it's literally just a F40PH without the engine and is replaced with a cargo hold. It can also serve as 2 routes in 1 as it runs on an MBTA line. (I really want this)
What the player thought as an acceptable level of detail and sounds has increased since the TSC days. The research they have is likely to be no where near enough for today’s palate
You have to remember that if DTG were to attack a specific era, they would need the assets of that era to bring it to life in TSW, which the playedbase would be highly expected to be of a decent quality, and one DTG may not find profitable for the return, especially in a heavy urban area of the US. Now DTG, could also make a remote US route in a retro era like Clinchfield, then they wouldnt need so many assets. But as it seems they dont want to touch it anymore after Clinchfield. So we are pretty much stuck to HIS and his team to try and attack a specific era of retro stuff, but the ATSF pack shows it may be a case of be careful what you wished for....
Some that seem to be free to access are Pacific Electric and the Bay area's old Key System, but people keep complaining about too many California routes (I am not one of those people). I'd love either of those, but even if they weren't kind of niche to begin with they'd run into the need for a lot of new resources problem you already mentioned. I've advocated for SMART, which would be easier if they could get the rights. That would also be California, but if they could get it, SMART (as near as I can tell) owns Northwestern Pacific's brandings which might open up some historic routes. But again, California.
Along with a Trenton to 30th street line for SEPTA/Amtrak (assuming a septa license can be negotiated), this would definitely be a close second. The other South Station MBTA lines are fairly boring, so getting a North Station focus line would be a great addition and they have a good relationship with DTG already.
