I don't have any statistics about the players in TSW. Still, from reading the suggestion forums, most of the suggestions are based in Europe or Anglosphere countries, with a few exceptions like Japan and some other countries. So, I just want to ask based on curiosity, is most of the player base in TSW from Europe and Anglosphere countries?
It does look that way. I think we have a few Italian friends here and one or two players from France. Seen a couple of Russian posts and the odd suggestion from India. We have at least one guy interested in Israel railways. Oh and a smattering of Aussies and Kiwis. But it does seem the vast majority of players are from what might be classified as Northern Europe plus the UK and Ireland, then North America as in the USA and Canada. Though that shouldn’t preclude DTG looking at more interesting and exotic prototypes.
It seems that way, to be honest. There's alot of US based players. Some from Oceania region. But i would estimate 65 - 70% of the player base are from EU countries.
Probably doesn't help that a large number of routes are UK based (which makes sense seeing as DTG is a British company). My understanding is that most people will want routes from the country they're from. So, if DTG were Australian, for example, they'd likely attract Australians more than say, American players. Obviously that's not always the case, but people do tend to go with what their familiar with.
well, I used to not like UK routes, but then I discovered how chill most of them are, along with US passenger diesels, and bam ... currently playing a lot of Fife and Birmingham and enjoying it bigtime
I very much bought the game for the U.S. routes but ended up being willing to drive any train, anywhere. I instantly fell in love with Northern Trans Pennine after I bought it super cheap in a Steam sale and the German routes I have a lower-key like of that's slowly developed into a real fondness. About the only routes I have that didn't 'grab' me are New York to Trenton and East Coastway. Everything else I've enjoyed. I'd happily drive French, Aussie, Indian, Japanese...whatever. If it runs on rails I'll give it a whirl.
got most of stuff except vintage UK, and as for US freight, only recently got into it, and that only to an extent, Cajon Pass is kinda enjoyable if you got time
Cajon Pass is a favorite, though yeah, don't really run it unless I've got a decent-sized time window. Though some of the switching and locals are shorter and in some ways I have more fun with those. If you ask me, Clinchfield is the best U.S. freight route; I'd love it if the once-spoken-of remaster happened. The vintage UK routes are some of the best available for the game, IMO. NTP is usually dirt cheap during sales.
I could never get into other countries much. I tried on several occasions, but to me they're just boring. You could say I am exactly the sort who's interested in their own country, although even then I lean more towards modern as its all I've ever known.
I like discovering new countries in this game - not only cos of the safety and other systems, but you also see different approaches to the same goal - keep the railways reliable and safe... you also see the quirks of other countries' travel, different style cabs etc.... those details are so fascinating like, I love how unified and standardized modern German/Austrian cabs are, you know one and you can then easily jump to another, the simple genius of PZB... or US passenger trains in general, you can laugh at how heavy they are, but when a crash happens, I assume most ppl INSIDE those trains are happy they are built like a nuclear shelter... etc etc. also, thanks to this game I got to know a bit of engineer's and such ppl's work, and I much appreciate it
In other words, Auran/NV3 Games, but I wonder they attract more Aussies for their Trainz series in general.
