Route West Coast Main Line: London Euston - Milton Keynes - Feedback

I still can’t believe there are still no passengers spawning at Euston after all this time! One of the busiest stations in the game …deserted!

 

It's very unfortunate that this route has become one that they've swept under the rug and forgotten about...

 

But it’s this kind of thing that really puts me off buying any DLC for tsw! The frustrating thing is some routes are released mostly working , like in this case Euston had passengers! But then subsequent patches fix some things and break others , like in this case and are never fixed! I understand not all bugs can be fixed , but in this case this is a fairly big bug , spoiling the immersion of Euston! It’s been mentioned in streams but it seems it’s been forgotten about , which happens all too often!

And then we’re persuaded to buy new DLC’s which are again bugged and left in poor states, eg . NY Trenton ,( signalling) , NY LIRR , ( many stations with no passengers , driving empty trains, very few patches since release! )

I did recently buy Manchester airport from ATS , that route is great , no major bugs from what I’ve seen. That is how routes should be produced.

 

Same here, part of me regrets buying the North London Line DLC as although it looks really nice on the surface, the 378 is a very bugged train, probably in need of a rework, and I've found so many things about the route that need polishing. But anyway back on the topic of WCMLS, lets just say I'm happy that I waited until it was 80% off, most of the route is actually really nice, but the blurry textures, game crashing and lack of passengers really puts me off. Imo its still a very good route, but almost a year on from release these sorts of things really should be fixed.

 

I agree despite all the issues with it , I’ve quite enjoyed it , but it has needed a lot of patches , and a new timetable to get into an almost acceptable state! And it has been in acceptable states ( although some may disagree) , but I think currently it isn’t with no passengers at all at Euston!

 

I can not get the doors to open after joining the two units together, Nothing happens when I try to open the doors from the front cab, I have restarted the scenario twice but run into the same bug each time.

 

Can someone tell me what the speed limit is going into Euston. No matter what speed i do sometimes I get a penalty brake.

 

Is the auto brake below 2.5mph issue in the 350 ever going to be fixed? It was fine on the release of the route but now it makes depot shunting and coupling moves difficult, tedious and annoying.

 

I believe it’s 15 MPH at the platform ramp but you should be approaching the buffers at less than 10 MPH to avoid tripping the overspeed.

 

Well, actually there is a button on the driving desk with a flap over it labelled 'LOW SPEED'. This, I would assume, isolates the holding brake (1.5 BC reading which applies at a stand and <3mph), and also limits the train's speed to no more than 3mph. But it doesn't work. Also there are plenty of errors and faults with the 350.

 

Here's a full list:
- Brake physically are horrifically inaccurate (As someone pointed out it is such that in real life it wouldn't meet the safety requirements of the braking effort anyway lol).
- In addition to the above, hitting the emergency brake lever will prevent the brakes from releasing. This also happens when you set the PBC to max brake and set the reverser to neutral (Regardless of why you would do this, the brake functionality is still inaccurate). Also, the bogies derail - weird
- Half of the prompts on the TMS which could be simulated on the screen and/or functionally do not even work (Toggle interior lighting, Air conditioning (You could set temp and fan speed on the screen), Automatic Brake Test - which takes you to the screen instructing how to perform it but none of the boxes are ticked - hence it doesn't work).
- AWS Sunflower does not glow in the dark.
- Instrumental lighting shows incorrect level of illumination for day/ nighttime - in fact they're swapped.
- The door control buttons do not light up as they should, including the door interlock indicator.
- End gangway lights do not omit any lighting when gangway doors are opened. Also the cab lights do not turn automatically when this happens.
- Transformer sound plays when pantograph is down.

Buttons which can be pressed but do not function (and can/ should also be simulated without exhausting effort):
- 'LOW SPEED' flap button (Releases holding brake, train does not travel more than 3mph).
- 'Power reduction' - reduces power output selected on PBC by 50%.

Will be adding to this list when I find anything new

I made a poll about an update for the 350 a few weeks back - maybe even a month ago - which was then 'deleted' (the update) and since have not seen it on PS5. What's happening with that?

 

They really need to go back to the 350 and give it another really good patch! Does make you wonder sometimes whether DTG really cares about giving an accurate train simulation with so much missing and all those bugs .

 

I don't know if it's should post this on here or Mildmay line thread. But one thing I've noticed with the 378 is that on its services on WCML south, the second to last coach has a missing gangway on both 4 and 5 car units. I think it's just a simple fix by flipping the coach around but it's mildly annoying to have part of the train not there

 

Can’t use outside camera at Euston station