Upcoming Release Wcml : Preston - Carlisle, Coming November 21st!

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This article has made my day.
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Can't wait for this looks stunning

 

40€

 

Yes… just yes!

 

This is going to be epic.

 

Can't wait to drive the Class 87 and explore the route. Wow £32.99 it's getting more expensive but knowing Just Trains it'll be worth every penny

 

Can't wait this and MBTA commuter

 

For 100 miles of this quality, I‘m more than happy to part with €40!

 

More JTs and less Rivets!

More seriously, though, if the content is good, bugs are limited, and the higher asking price is no problem. It's usually the worry that when 40 euro DLC sells, the rest is going to learn the wrong lesson from it.

 

Day one for me. Haven't gotten much dlc in a while but this will keep me occupied

 

Hello
Is there a chance that the fog on the windshield is simulated as well as the radio, in the class 87?

 

Really looking forward to this! Bit more expensive but for this type of quality (lenght, scenerio, stock & liveries included) its still a fair price.

Hope DTG will try to work more bit like JT though..! Deff with the amount of liveries we can get!

 

Looking forward to this. Day One purchase even at the slightly higher price which we did kind of expect for a route and loco of this (hopefully) calibre.

I take it there will be no preorder discount?

In the meantime back off to play SimSig Carlisle a bit more (actually it's Carnforth to Gretna) and in the meantime imagine myself getting the brakes in coming down into Upperby and that spine tingling rheostatic braking sound kicking in.

Just one question for JT if they are watching as regards the 87 sounds. The default ones in TSC are spoiled by the fact the blower fan sounds continually, drowning out the rise and fall in pitch of the traction motors (same on the 86 - only the AP mod makes them sound better). Can we be assured the Class 87 will not just be a whitewall of constant blower noise?

 

Please make sure the windows are not tinted or foggy, this is one thing that annoyed me in TSC often, though easy to fix there.

In TSW, it doesn't work well with the Autoexposure, and a little bit of dirt is fine but the wiper area should always be fully transparent. Just saw that cab preview picture and the cab glass looks very milky.

 

It is using ap sounds

 

I remember hoping that after Blackpool! Tbf the TSW5 base routes were a bit more generous.

 

This looks amazing btw - the 87, the cab, the coaches, the scenery, the timetable! Can't wait.

 

That's encouraging then.

 

I was initially shocked by the 40€ price tag, but considering how long the route is (literally double the length that would already be considered “acceptable” for normal full-price routes) and that it’s the first BR era electric loco in the game with all the associated tech needing to basically be developed from the ground up (since there’s no similar loco in TSW), it seems acceptable.

But let this be a sign that not everyone can dare to demand that price tag. Just Trains released the arguably best TSW route ever last year and has spent all their time since then working on one of the most ambitious UK routes to date. So people are willing to pay that price to get an above-average experience. I feel like the only other developer that could dare to ask for more than 35€ now is TSG, if they release a huge route.

 

Money duly put aside and ready to be spent on a day 1 purchase.

Shame release day wasn't a week before as I'm off from 15th for a week

 

Looks fantastic and i'm ok with the price, but is there a USA tax, lol? Looking at current exchange rates, it should more like $42-$43.

 

I'm due to have a heart op that day so it's something to look forward to when I get home.

 

Classic route with classic (and finally electric!) traction. Very much looking forward to getting my hands on more tap changers.

 

Buying on Steam and adding sales tax, it will cost me about $48. I shudder to think what it will cost up north (Canada ).

Much as I like the quality which will undoubtedly come with this route, I'm not going to be pushed to the $50 price point. I'll be waiting for a Christmas or New Years sale.

 

Good luck for the operation!

 

So I have WCL, Spirit of Steam, and Flying Scotsman, but I don't have Blackpool Branches or the other loco add ons mentioned for additional service layers. I'm not really one to purchase DLC just for another layer (the route/loco would have to interest me).

So I'm just wondering how diminished the experience will be with this route if all you get is the Class 87 for the £32.99? Just wonder if there's scope for DTG/JT to do some kind of bundle offer for those who haven't got all the layers yet?

I might reserve judgement till I've seen more previews.

 

Looking top notch. I’m glad to see that dynamic pricing is being put into play, an extra £2.99 for the incredibly widened scope compared to your typical DLC is a bargain IMO. Looking forward to running some BR intercity liveries finally.

 

Can you purchase direct from just trains like I did for Blackpool on the steam deck , and Blackpool is a great route quality is top notch …

 

From today. The 21st of November is officially my new birthday.

 

I think it will be possible and that way I believe helps support the developer(s)/publisher a tad batter too.

 

Yeah it'll be $48 w/tax for me as well- like i said i'm happy to support JT's work, but that's the first time i've noticed such a wide disparity between the EUR and USD price.

 

The forum post above is abridged - the linked article details more of the included rolling stock. It’s not just the 87/0 - there’s a 101, an 08 and 47/4, so that should generate good traffic along the line. Preston will be quieter without the 142, no point sugar coating that, but it hopefully won’t diminish the experience too much.

 

The 101 should layer in there, as you can drive them on BPO.

 

I did a double-take at the price, but as I said on Facebook, I'm making an exception for this as it promises to be a quality route.
Yes, it's a bit more than I hoped/budgeted, but this route is still a day one purchase, it's the reason I upgraded to TSW 5.

 

It's an improved 101 according to the full blog.

 

It doesn’t layer in - it’s already part of the core route. Layers require you to have another route.

 

Yea I would hope it helps just trains to purchase direct from, and my birthday is the 19 so it’s on my presen request

 

day one purchase for me definitely using the class 87 on ECML

 

Eyes closed

 

Good luck to you

 

Can't wait for this one so looking forward to it, hopefully JT can do the Carlisle to Newcastle Tyne Valley line then we could route hop from Newcastle to Carlisle to Preston, how good would that be.

 

Ah thanks for pointing out, that does make a big difference!

 

Get it. Although I prefer modern day routes.

 

looks like an epic route, hoping later for a class 86

 

This route looks epic, however that price tag is very debatable. Only 1 NEW train and the mk3a coaches are coming, the rest is recycled stuff from past routes. So essentially all your getting is the detailed route because JustTrains makes things with quality and care (unlike DTG) and the Class 87 with the new coaches which looks good as per Just Trains creations. But $44.99 USD for this is wild to me. i thought $39.99 USD was the "New" standard and even back in the original TSW 1 days $29.99 was the standard. I understand they are a business, but this price is outrageous. I'll give them the credit of the doubt, but this is just insane for 1 route and 1 new train and the rest is recycled things albeit with new sounds and thingy's.

This is just to be expected at this point, DLCs are costing grocery prices now for 1 route with a few trains mostly recycled with new fangled sounds and such. I'm happy I don't buy anything anymore. I only buy things that are good value and I have a rudimentary scale on how I decide if something is of value. I work hard for my money and I aint gonna spend it for some virtual route and new trains when I can spend the same amount of money on food and water to keep myself alive. The fact prices are high now to where things cost a grocery store restock or the prices are equivalent to buying food from the store is insane. No thanks I'd rather spend my hard earned cash on myself to help myself live in an overly polarized world where people don't' think common sense and can't show businesses that they cannot take advantage of the consumers and where we don't think twice about how we (not me) pour our hard earned cash into the greedy suds from Chatham. But that's just me

 

Don't know if anyone noticed but some of the containers have Freightliner branding could that mean that the Freightliner license is back something to possibly find out during the preview stream

 

You do know the route is 100 miles long right? That's enough to justify a higher price along with the quality and gameplay of the route, regardless of whether or not there's a new train.

 

The Class 47 isn't just recycled, there is more liveries listed and so potentially more names that didn't come with Blackpool and branches - until we see the rolling stock in detail we don't know if they've done anything to the other stock that on the face of it looks to be from the DTG stable. The new sounds and thingy's you mention, well guess what, that takes time and means that people need to be paid for that time whilst they're doing it. Obviously if you don't like the price you can choose not to purchase, but it is definitely worth the extra for the amount of things represented in the route.

 

The poster mentioned that it would be quiet at Preston due to the lack of 142s, and I meant that the 101 will substitute the BPO services instead, therefore it wouldn't be any quieter