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I feel like the SD40’s are way too clean. Needs some weathering, or at least a few variants. By the 90’s they had already been around for 20+ years and were pretty beat up, especially out in the desert

 

Agreed, but actually I'd say these screenshots look pretty darn good.

I'll likely pop for this pack, especially since it's the only American dlc on the horizon. Bring it on.

 

Garry and his team are clearly capable of MORE (I've played hundreds of hours of American scenarios from him in old TS), we are waiting for at least a route or rolling stock from HIS

 

Might be a licensor thing; some (most?) want their trains pristine.

Hear, hear!

Have HIS said what kind of max train length they're working with?

Also, I'm sure "work in progress" applies, but it looks like there's some disappearing freight cars.

 

Looks pretty good tbh. I haven’t been able to follow much, are HIS doing any sound or physics enhancements for this?

 

Could be that, or may be there are some empty = no trailer, on some of the freight cars.
Due to the distance view of the loaded ones is the same. So it will be strange.

 

Zooming in, you're absolutely right. The flatbed cars are there, just empty. Note to make eye doctor appt.

 

It's still rather odd, though. Don't see empty TOFLs on long desert runs too often. I'd hold off on the ophthalmologist.

 

I mean, it wasn't uncommon to see only 1 trailer loaded on a 89ft flatcar....

Here you can see at least 4 spaces.


However, I feel like this pack still wont really capture the 90's ATSF all that well, really needs more variety in rolling stock, like appropriate 48ft well cars and containers, and something to stand in for Southern Pacific on the Palmdale Cutoff. But at least we finally see the sub in UP SD40-2's

 

I really hope the formations in the timetable will allow livery substitution. That would bring some more color into the formations.

Like even if they don't include weathered liveries, the community could make them.

Same for the freight cars. Creators Club liveries would add some more variety for the consists.

 

I do agree the livieries could do with some more weathering but it's probably a licensing agreement. It's been a while since the US Freight scene got any new content so I'll keep an eye on it