What is the most boring TSW Route in your Opinion? I gotta start with the Main-Spessart Bahn because: Its only got Dostos, The Scenery is pretty boring, there are no Long Distance Services; the list basically goes on forever. What’s your Opinion?
Cane Creek, hands down. Boring scenery, scenarios are totally uninspired and take fo...rev...er... especially the "free roam" ones. Even the scenery that's supposed to look pretty ends up looking like butt on Series X because of the console limitations. I don't mind the feel and low speeds of short line style railroading, but maybe pick somewhere other than the surface of Mars lol. I would literally have more fun driving the WDW Monorail loops for hours than slog through this route again.
Home Route Can sometimes Be boring, I get to school by train but am still enjoying the rides because of the beautiful scenery the “Real Life Developers” have put There.Maybe it’s also because some people drive over 1000 kilometres just to see that Railway
Goblin. Bought it for AI on WCCL (before the appalling timetable were shown - major muck up I know) tried one run and struggled to last through it and haven't been back since.
I think every route has something unique and interesting about them but generally I’d say any American freight route, Cajon Pass for example, used once when I had it on ps4 and left it uninstalled when I moved to ps5, the only reason I’d keep a freight route installed is for AI. I find KWH more interesting tbh.
UK: has to be goblin line, despite the decent and well detailed scenery USA: if I'd have to pick one, then it has to be Harlem Line Germany: Thradranter Rampe
I don't play enough Non-UK routes to pick one so it'll be UK only. Birmingham Cross City. The 323 itself is fantastic. But the route is tedious, stop start, stop start, the flagship station Birmingham New Street is empty and quiet, nothing to see or do, then a trundle again to your destination. The only exciting section for me is the Lickey Incline, I'll often just spawn a loco and stock to thrash up it. However I also think the route is tedious in real life as well, but it's a commuter line, at least the route is busy with various trains and TOCs flying about heading to all corners of the country. On TSW it's dead. It's closely followed by Glossop for the same reasons.
Same for me honestly, where I'm from the UK I don't really pay that much attention to foreign trains.
If I consider all the Routes I own, then Sand Patch Grade and Cajon Pass. I'm not a Fan of American Freight. I only own these Routes because they were Part of TSW2 and TSW3 respectively. If I only choose Routes that I have played, then Kassel-Würzburg. It gets boring pretty quickly when the Train does everything for you while you drive for an hour and hardly ever stop.
For me it doesn't help that all the passenger services are exactly the same, Drive from Gospel Oak to Barking and reverse, stop at every stop. There's no ECS moves, or shunts or anything to break up the monotony, whenever I do go on it I usually drive a freight train or Railtour as they are more interesting.
For me, the most boring routes are US routes. I really don't know why but they just annoy me and are so incredibly boring. Doesn't matter if it's a commuter or freight route. The trains themselves are nice really love them but every time I wanna drive I almost fall asleep. In general, I prefer content from Europe (but looking forward to the Japanese line)
Cane creek tops the list for me. Can't bring myself to complete a run even after a few beers! Goblin is the most boring uk route, I only got it for the 710. Long before any mention of wcml.
Even boring routes would come to life with a bit of random event implementation, AI delays, temp speed limits, platform changes etc. Unfortunately DTG don't want to focus on this, instead focussing on things like conductor mode/photo mode etc - not interested personally. What happened to dioramas? - was looking forward to how this was going to be developed.
Cane creek - underdeveloped, boring and just utter guff. Luzern/sursee - guff train, guff route Bakerloo - boring after 1 run GWR - too short, even with a 'remaster' Tbh most routes, apart from SEHS are pretty dead compared to their TSC counterparts. So I just stick with that for now
I do that anyway! A pastime of mine is to just think of the most random insults/observations for people as I come into the platform, obviously with most of my brain focused on stopping! The issue is, in TSW, people look very similar so even yelling these at people don't work in making the route more entertaining! There are only so many times you can call someone a ******* ***** with ****!
Any route where you have to crawl along, really. Despite the remaster and the lovely scenery I think West Somerset probably qualifies as my most boring route. 25 MPH speed limit means even the slight gradients are no challenge for the heavy diesel locos. Runners up - have to agree with Matt re Goblin, despite the excellent route build, that (yes, prototypical) long 30 MPH section in the middle combined with no variation to the all stations bus stop service kills it for me. Cathcart Circle also gets boring though luckily over fairly quickly.
With comments like this, I still wonder why we keep fighting so hard for US freight routes, despite majority rule show they are not exiting, and in turn not as profitable for DTG.
Most Long Distance American freight routes are a little boring to play through. The reason being that just like in real life, it's usually a whole lot of nothing you get to look at. I'm not sure if I'm biased In this discussion though as I am who is in Europe, therefore I genuinely have no concept as to what real life American freight operation is like and if its actually as boring as in game. If I had to pick any particular route specifically, it'd be sand patch grade. The scenery is kinda nice but thats about as far as that goes. There isn't any safety systems to watch aside from the Deadman switch since as far as I know, PTC still isn't a thing in TSW.
For the US, well Cane Creek is redeemed by the scenery and just going 10MPH over the speed limit. I would probably have to nominate Sherman Hill as my most boring, certainly least played route. For Germany, well Tharandater driving the all stations end to end with the Dosto must count as one of the most boring experiences in TSW. The route itself has nice scenery but also outside (former East) Germany probably not that well known. Rapid Transit runner up, very linear and all stations on the near silent 1442 makes for a tedious experience.
Kassel - Wurzburg for me. Tunnel, bridge tunnel, bridge ad nauseam. A route that length in Britain would have been much better. Luckily I had TSW3 on Game Pass (later getting the base game with a purchase of BCC), so I no longer have it. As for BCC, I like the route itself but, as has been said, it is too quiet and devoid of variety. The only times I’ve been on this route in real life (south of Birmingham) have been on Cross Country 125s and later, voyagers which sadly are not in the game.
UK: East Coastway isn’t that great. Germany: Kassel Wurzburg for sure. For the same reason Junior Hornet mentioned. I love high speed routes but the scenery is extremely repetitive US: Honestly I don’t know if I can just choose one. All the NYC routes are great I think but the California ones are pretty boring. Scenery is decent but Antelope and San Bernardino go at a snails pace. It starts off good but halfway in I want it to be finished…
Hmmmm I'd have to say WSR is in my top 5 for just that reason... you get to see the scenery as passing by, BUT it's short enough that the slow speed doesn't make it too long. When you are going 25mph, then 12 miles isn't that short ;-) Cane Creek however is slow and long....without scenery or interaction (no passengers/stops) so that's probably the worst I've seen. So it's not the speed or even the length to me... it's what there is to see/do on the route! Part of it is being able to use older stock on the WSR in a reasonable format, whereas Cane Creek is just stock that you can find elsewhere (other routes have SD 40 and AC4440) I wouldn't be opposed to more "heritage" railways or older routes in the future.
West Somerset Railway hands down. It doesn't matter how pretty you make the route, or how many trains you put on it, it doesn't change the fact that it's over an hour cruising at 25mph.
I found WSR that boring when I first got it I never even got halfway through the first scenario, and didn't even attempt any timetable services. The extremely slow speed doesn't really help.
With stops yes. It's not the "cruising" so much as the "stopping" all the time that takes the longest. But that's how passenger routes work so I take it as normal.
I think it's Kassel-Wurzburg because most of it is tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel bridge tunnel
How can you have forgotten the most important thing on this Route, let me fix it for you. Tunnel, bridge, tunnel, bridge, tunnel, bridge, tunnel, bridge, tunnel, bridge, tunnel, bridge, tunnel, bridge, tunnel, bridge, tunnel, bridge, FULDA, tunnel, bridge, tunnel, bridge, tunnel, bridge, tunnel, bridge, tunnel, bridge, tunnel, bridge, tunnel, bridge
Ordinarily I would feel the need to defend Kassel-Wurzburg, but that is too funny. Admittedly, I cannot play the freight services. the ICEs are fine, the freights are not.
SKW. Switch on LZB, switch on AFB. Throttle to full then sit back and read a book for 25 minutes between stops.
I managed to do one complete Service from Würzburg to Kassel without falling asleep. I definitely could have done something else in those two hours and left the game running in the background. Nothing happened
most boring routes USA cane creek mostly to slow of track speed but play it in free roam and i go faster..UK its Bakeroo too many stops and mostly run a train in a tube underground ..Germany. It kassel route ..just rip along at high speeds in a ice train
It s not boring when you got to do the braking to those long heavy US freights downgrade ..there are timetables and scenarios where you start out near top of grades then you gotta get it down at safe speeds working Dynamic Brakes and train brake together
Those are boring to me too, it just feels the same after awhile when I've got it all figured out. I'm very aware that other people enjoy it.
m aybe people should watch some videos of US Railroads in action on you tube there are tons of videos on Sand Patch Cajon etc ...I dont know much about UK or Germany RR s and operation s I watched videos of them in action on you tube i actually learned some thing by doing so and from others on the TSW TSC forums site..
I just dont understand why the is so much hatred twds US freight in the TSW community..what the heck makes running a passenger trains so much better ..honestly ...there is fast point A to B runs or just stop at stations pick up drop off and try to stay on schedule as far as the person above posted above that they cant relate to US freight trains i can say the same about passenger trains if i wanted ...here in USA where i live no passenger train s at all nearest Amtrak is 50 miles away ...i dont ride passenger trains much at all never ridden Amtrak only ridden a few steam and diesel fantrips or museum tourist trains..but with that said i dont hate playing passenger in TSW etc i love that the game lets you run a variety of trains all over illnever be able to travel to UK or Germany etc but i love being able to virtually operate trains in these countries and others that get into TSW and other simulators
I don't think there's hatred as much as there's a difference In perspectives and desires. In a way you kind of already answered your own question. People just cannot relate to something theyre not familiar with, and therefore just find it kinda boring. Most simmers drive something that's familiar to them or somethings that's close to what they saw in real life.
I thnk differently than most i guess but ive never seen a UK class 20 or 47 etc in real life or a OBB or DB electric either but i did watch videos of these engines and others to see and try to better relate to them and playing them in TSW
