Tsw3 - The Cat Is Out Of The Bag & The Unofficial Tsw3 Speculation Thread

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  1. MisterV

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    So would 90 miles make it the whole SEHS route?
     
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  2. ARuscoe

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    Extended... Ashford AND Faversham, so either it forks at Ebbsfleet or they added in the whole loop via Thanet (I'm thinking the former)

    ***EDIT*** Forked would equal 85 miles as per their twitter feed
     
  3. solicitr

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    No Alps???

    :(
     
  4. coursetim

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    Extension for sehs maybe?
     
  5. SEHS to ashford via dover maybe?
     
  6. Oystein

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  7. erg73

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  8. its the final countdown
     
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  9. ARuscoe

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    Ashford VIA Dover???
     
  10. or is it ramsgate?
     
  11. pipanminuta#9703

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    As promised i am very suprised
     
  12. The snow finally looks like it covers the tracks properly
     
  13. ARuscoe

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    HS1 extended to Ashford, classic lines extended from Gravesend to Dartford
     
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  14. Dartford sounds good. High speed line to ashford not so good.
     
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  15. ARuscoe

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    People have been asking for it... It will add 15 minutes of pure high speed to the route
     
  16. Disintegration7

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    Looks very promising!

    All content available day 1!!

    A route extension!!

    ICE1!

    Thrashing the ES44 up Cajon pass with dynamic weather!


    New lighting system!

    Take my money DTG!
     
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  17. I'll take it but theres not a lot going on between Ebbsfleet and Ashford.
     
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  18. JamieRH

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    No new locos for New SEHS is very disappointing
     
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  19. byeo

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    Pretty underwhelmed with the SEHS extension. I honestly thought GWML was getting extended when he started talking about a classic route..

    Oh well.
     
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  20. Disintegration7

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    Is the Class 465 included with the route now? It makes reference to a "dedicated timetable" for it, but was a little vague on whether you already needed to own it.
     
  21. I wouldn't want too see a 700 added unless the route goes all the way to London.
     
  22. JetWash

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    Looks interesting but SEHS again? Really?
     
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  23. AirbourneAlex

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    SEHS extension... Not my first choice. Concerns are that only the St Pancras to Faversham services are full length, all other services are part-journeys where AI will take over. Even though the high speed line extension goes right past my work and I'm extremely familiar with the area, I do feel a bit 'meh' about it unfortunately, especially when so many other lesser represented regions could have been done instead.
     
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  24. ARuscoe

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    There's no "already own it"
    TSW3 is a standalone game from TSW2... they haven't mentioned "preserved DLC" from TSW2 yet
     
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  25. Callum B.

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    Cheers
     
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  26. JamieRH

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    You could always add some older rolling stock or even a 707 even if its not really on this route
     
  27. ARuscoe

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    As I say, they haven't mentioned it on stream yet
     
  28. AtherianKing

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    Any idea if TSW1 content is classed as TSW2 with preserved collection

    Edit: you answered above thanks
     
  29. I guess the 411's could have been added but wouldnt really fit the modern route, The 707 would be a short trip from gravesend to dartford.
     
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  30. Disintegration7

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    This is a key distinction. Hopefully!
     
  31. ARuscoe

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    I only know what's been said on stream thus far... so no
     
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  32. Big thumbs up for dtg so far, Matt never ages i wonder what hes secret is?
     
  33. ARuscoe

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    I presume the 465 will still be doing the "rainham runs" in place of the 700s, so you should end up with a fair few drives from Dartford to Gravesend, and then the ones which go on through Higham to Rainham
     
  34. AtherianKing

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    I just saw GWE in the stream so i think TSW1 content from preserved collection is secure
     
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  35. Yeah looks that way. Tbh i prefer the 465 over the 700 anyway.
     
  36. OldVern

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    Somewhat underwhelming. They just cannot break the south east third rail mentality. Had really hoped for something quite different for the UK and the predictions of disappointment when it wasn't WCML over Shap seem to have come true. No doubt the wretched Electrostars will be everywhere too.

    The German route hardly iconic, where to where?

    Which leaves... Cajon. Potentially good but as I said earlier Run 8 already has this pretty sewn up in terms of operation. Will we be getting working hump yards at Barstow and West Colton along with serving industry or just A to B runs with a bit of pointless switching? They could also have gone retro and given us F units and other older locos.

    So at the moment, sorry Matt & Co, not a Day 1 purchase for me at ÂŁ40 unless the core changes bring about a revolution in how the existing content looks. Maybe at Xmas if it gets a sale discount.
     
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  37. ARuscoe

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    Let's not start on that one LOL...
     
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  38. erg73

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    I wish they had taken the opportunity to include the sheerness branch.
     
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  39. ARuscoe

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    They've redone the timetable, so hopefully the Electrostars will be confined to CML and KML as they should be rather than through Gravesend
     
  40. gazz292

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    i guess we still have no direct input / joystick controls available in TSW3?
     
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  41. chieflongshin

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    Genuinely say I'm sold straight off the bat.

    It seems that constantly feeding back has worked. Nice work TrainSim-Matt and DTG JD

    This looks like a fantastic step jump
     
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  42. ARuscoe

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    Quote from Jamie

    Looks like they'll carry over (some of) the routes from TSW2 with license updates (same as they did from TSW2020 to TSW2)
     
  43. ARuscoe

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    DYNAMIC WEATHER!!!!

    About time
     
  44. AtherianKing

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    Great see both set able and dynamic weather Brilliant work
     
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  45. byeo

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    Woohoo, AI passengers get umbrellas. Just what I wanted..
     
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  46. ARuscoe

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    All former TSW DLC will transfer over day 1
     
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  47. ARuscoe

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    Wow... early access means you get it FOUR DAYS EARLY
     
  48. Tsw3 on steam? cant find it?
     
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  49. ARuscoe

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  50. KMAN

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    I had a feeling it would be 3rd rail again!!
    On TSW page says will appear later after 6pm
     
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