What’s Next For All Aboard Studios?

i’m sorry, but aabs have publically stated before that they wouldn’t do that section ‘out of respect for JT’. not my words

 

IIRC, the comment was along the lines of "we wouldn't want to go north of Crewe, as that's JT's territory"

However, that may change if JT moves on from WCML at some point

 

Pretty sure it utilises a TSC model, which is completely fine as distant scenery you most likely will never see but doesn't hold up in 2026. It's definitely 10+ years old now.

 

However on the topic of AABS I would love to see them conquer the Chiltern Mainline. It runs up to Bham so I think it would be perfect for them. Also a great chance to bring in the 68 and Mk5 + DVT (I assume Mk3 DVT would be JT or ATS territory) alongside the 168s, 165s and 170s.

 

I’m sorry, but aren’t AAS making the Trent Valley route? Would it not make more sense to have that finished, working and bug fixed before moving onto another project?

 

It’s a speculative thread on what they might do once they’ve finished their current project of WCMLTVL and out to the masses….

just like firefly I’m interested to know what they are working on next after their great work on Medway

 

To be fair, Trent Valley was being developed and was announced barely after Birmingham to Crewe was released. They are also working on the Class 70...

But I'd imagine there may be a shift away from the WCML in any future routes. Personally I hope they would extend Birmingham to Crewe, all the way to Liverpool Lime Street so I could run end to end services, but I think that looks unlikely at the moment. (Also hope that Alan Thomson sees sense and extends MAC to to Crewe).

I'd think with everything AABS have going on, they may have their hands full for a while so no new routes may be on the horizon for the next few months at the very least.

 

They should be working on Trent Valley, making sure it works properly and giving that the attention until such time as it’s released and works as it should.

Almost a year after release Birmingham Crewe still is bug laden and there’s no sign of any fixes. Possibly because there’s far more interest in whatever new shiny route may come along than fixing what’s already out there and is broken.

 

does 7 months equal
"Almost a year" to you? Just curious

 

Has it only been seven months?

Damn...

 

Still way too long for a fix of course. Just checking the facts.

 

Hopefully nothing to do with the WCML as its completely bloated and boring to have the same line just being an extension of the last route and different time periods (JustTrains) Plus the Class 350 has become the new Class 377

Maybe modern Trans-Pennine Huddersfield or Hope line.
Midland Man line starting from St Pancras.
Great eastern main line from Liverpool street to Ipswich
Or a route where we can get the most out of the Thameslink class 700 instead of rely solely on SEHS to get a decent playtime out of it when we cant even use it for the Brighton mainline

 

Yeah, it just seems like a much longer time than seven months.

 

It does! Feels like the saga of Birmingham Crewe has been going on for a lot longer than 7 months.

 

https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/aabs-next-route-should-be.98139/

 

I actually hope they do release at least 1 or 2 more wcml routes as I love driving end to end. We have so much of the wcml now but we’re still unable to drive from euston to Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool (I’m not counting spirit of steam). I much rather have a route that’s completely done than a lot of small sections of all kinds of different routes.

 

As much as I'd like to see the ATS route extended to Crewe, with how long it took them to make the route (we were well aware of them making a route for quite a long time, and JT released BPB and Shap in the same timeframe) and how messy of a launch the 90 was I don't really see ATS going back to it. Maybe it's best to work on a new slate.

 

I know its a long shot, but going back and extending MAC to Crewe might help them more publicity wise considering what we have seen out of them! Yes different game but many developers in Flightsim regularly go back and make changes to their airports especially if major works have occurred which is always welcomed for that community!

 

Absolutely not. Fix it. Make it actually work. There have been numerous comments about speed change issues and other problems with MAC.

Fix what’s there first.