Announcing The Freightliner Class 70 From All Aboard Studios

Agree with the previous posters. Looks nice and sounds great but as someone playing on console I think I've had enough of TSW until some meaningful optimisations and updates get implemented.

Had a good session earlier on bus bound, started from scratch in construction simulator, GTA coming up soon along with the new DLC for Cairn. Once I'm bored with those and caught up with the backlog of games I keep meaning to play I'll check back in to see if the console edition is any better.

Not getting my hopes up in anticipation though.

 

Open Omsi is absolute stunning. Its a complete new game with a stunning stable fps and the image quality is also impressive. Maps like Thüringer Wald are smooth like butter with stable 60fps. And yeah the team is very quick but they use full AI to creating the scripting code. This type of AI is very helpfull and can support the developers in a way more accurate manor.

You can see in this picture what going on... Mindblowing whatch the yellouw peak on the right side of the picture..... This picture show the information from 2013 with the release......

 

I noticed the railtours (e.g. the 45) weren't there when you showed the new timetable. Is this a result of not having those addons on the machine you demoed on?

 

Did they show details of the new timetable. I've watched the stream and didn't see it. I wondered if as it was a new timetable the 90 might have been included but I assume not as we would hear about it.

 

MML timetable looked really good with the amount of Class 170 services, should be a great addition and worth getting the Class 70 alone, definitely a much needed loco in TSW!

 

As far as I know, Matt always has installed all add-ons, so more likely those railtours are not included with the new timetable.

 

Looks great and sounds great. A day 1 purchase for me!

 

Couple of observations from me, with the caveat that it still looks like a solid DLC.

1: flickering headlights as brought up by Matt on the stream.
2: Wagon buffers don't seem to compress.
3: Loco and wagons all with 1ft gap between buffers, they should be touching.
4: GSMR doesn't even show headcode as illustrated by Matt.
5: Questions by several people about what it will connect to (locos/rolling stock) were avoided. Railtours were mentioned but there's no services for one and questions about will they connect to JT carriages were not answered.

 

Was the flickering headlight a core issue? Didn’t/doesn’t the 66 have an issue where they don’t appear on from the exterior camera until you’re close? I only mention that because as they zoomed out the flickering stopped?

 

Looked excellent to me, will buy most definitely, but I'm wondering if the brakes took too long to release? Hopefully that's a realistic trait.

 

The brake mode was wrong in the preview. Watch the left screen and you will noticed it was set to passenger mode. You have to set this manually to "goods" instead of "passenger" mode.

 

I hadn't spotted that! That would explain it as it did seem to take as long as some of the huge American freight trains.

 

Thanks, didn't notice that, but does goods mode take even longer to release on UK stuff? This is where my knowledge breaks down. I think I remember reading that most 66 freight work uses pax mode, but the 70 is maybe different.

 

The sounds are spot on, those traction motors are 10/10.

my only nitpick is that I feel like the exhaust smoke is too excessive and shoots out fast. They are Claggy IRL but they puff out smoke a little slower and more “straighter”, rather than puffing around. In my opinion.

still going to get it, need something other than a 66

 

Especially after the class 90 disaster.

 

I’ll wait and see how it performs before taking the plunge.

All Aboard have not inspired much trust when it comes to performance, and their apparent refusal to admit and fix the issues on their already-released content just puts me off too much.

 

I remember buying the 90 thinking I’d enjoy, slowly regretted it…

 

Yeah thats correct it looks like this is a bug.

 

Brakes should be set to passenger timings on Class 4 Intermodal services running 75mph.
I think the goods / passenger may be the wrong way round or there is a bug.

 

Last night, All Aboard Studios released an article on their Facebook page about what routes the class 70 will layer onto. One that caught my eye was Brighton Mainline.

With that route being an older release with an inferior lighting set up, having headlights on will probably look like a Nuke has gone off........unless.

Is there a remaster coming? When the 171 was first announced for East Coastway we weren't informed at that point about the remaster. That was announced after.

 

I wouldn't read that much into it, it's probably just been set up to substitute into every 66 service in the game. If that is the case it isn't particularly realistic but it gives us some more to do with it I suppose.

 

Oh I fully expect it to be just a substitution for the 66 services already on there, but it's the fact that when the headlights will be on, it'll be like a nuclear blast lol.

 

Do hope we get more uk modern locos in like class 56 57 60 73 92 a better 90 with a dvt since ats one was a flop as these are main locos needed

 

It’s criminal we don’t have a class 56 considering how many routes it would potentially run across

 

in previous years both DTG and SKYHOOK have attempted to gain access to a Class 60. Operators told them to naff off.

 

Surprised DC Rail aren’t up for having a 60 in the game considering their recent profile-raising moves and tacit support of unofficial good vibes via the likes of the Westbury Waver etc…

 

It’s criminal we don’t have a class 57

 

Not compared to the lack of a 56 and 60 (or a 25, 26, 50 or 55). 57 just a re-engined Duff that will sound like every other GM out there…

 

Might as well throw in the god awful class 69 if we’re including the 57 lol

 

Ain’t nothing wrong with the Frankengrids

 

I don't know if there's something up with the container brake/braking physics in this sim, watching BA's 70 video it took an age to release (Matt had this issue in DTG's stream) and needed very high throttle to get going. I have similar issues with the 66 and containers. Other wagon types feel much better.
Other than that, looks like a great addon.

 

this is prototypical. the F type wagons take a while to release brakes, in real life recharging an entire rake can take several minutes.

 

Thanks for the info. I also find that applying the brakes for these wagons is incredibly sensitive, i.e just a touch and the train responds immediately, therefore I find it hard to control at low speeds. This is of course for the class 66, not the 70. Is this also as per reality?

 

you can always cheat and use the direct brake (loco only brake) which will shave speed off slowly.