Why on earth are they not adding the second best part of the route being the Heritage lines, like come on man this route was nearly good but this really throws me off
while it would have been nice, the route length in itself is pushing it, so they had to make some sacrifices
The heritage lines are in no way part of the route. What lead you to think they'd be included? If the route had included two separate heritage railways that would have been front-and-centre of their advertising of it, but it wasn't. I think it's a nice touch that there are some AI train movements, and a few playable shunts (which I didn't expect). For me, a mainline with a couple of heritage railways tacked on would have been a bit odd. There aren't any regular through trains between the railways and the mainline, so it would just have been 3 completely separate railways thrown together in one route. I'm not sure why they'd do that.
Nah they just despise the old, like they gave up both sides ,the main Company anyways, like seriously if they can do all this other interesting stuff on other routes ,it does make me question more
Why even mention them if they not included? I get it would be slightly awkward for some but **seriously** we need an actual new Heritage railway in game!, like we still only have the west Somerset railway and this would have be a great opportunity since depending on the person this route doesn’t have much else of interest, but that’s probably just me hating anything that is apart of 800 family, I would do unspeakable things to actually get a new Heritage railway in game without having to wait multiple years or so aka the community guy’s one
yeah, I seconf that. Im betting there will be a future expansion of the heritage line. Im also hoping some 3rd party dev realised what a cash cow steam could be and start releasing more steam engines. Im looking at you Just Trains.
Good luck Just Trains has already said in the past they will not work with Steam in its current condition and the only way to fix it is by tweaking Simulgraph. And DTG is not about to let a 3rd party play with their main program they have trademarked.
I do understand what you're saying but i think the ai and shunting services is more than i expected. The Exmouth branch would've made more sense to also include but I'm just glad we're finally getting the riveria line generally.
Pah! Speed limits. What are they? It’s great fun seeing how fast I can get an HST going down West Somerset railway.
You would have to be deluded to think they would include two heritage lines as part of a mainline route, how does that make any sense? If they were included they would be their own separate routes, this isn't like Flight Sim where the whole world is one gigantic map. It is mentioned because the mainline quite literally connects to both of them and so they have decided to add a level of detail there which can be appreciated, as we have already seen from the leaked signal box model (which is on the South Devon Railway).
You do remember it’s rail 200 right?, my thought process was they should add both because of that, going off the looks of things we ain’t getting jack
What has Rail 200 got to do with anything? You're still asking them to add two completely separate heritage routes to a riviera mainline route.
Efforts gone into making the small section of the heritage line included at least have some life with AI... The Riveria Line is the mainline, not the preserved railway... Why would they include a separate heritage railway that has nothing to do with the mainline route? I don't think DTG has anything to answer for here, I just think you've placed an unrealistic expectation on DTG and your disappointment is in your own expectation. We got the Paignton branch as well as the Plymouth route in one, that is enough work for a single route.
The OP has finally managed to get completely lost in their own delusional madness I see. Think someone needs a little reality check just to put them back in the real world, make sure their grasp of sanity is still solid.......
Yet again someone complaining because they didn't get what they want. What reason would there be to include a heritage line on a mainline route?
It's surprising how even after we are doing this same thing for so many years people still struggle to manage their expectations and therefore get disappointed, its not just limited to this game or genre of games either. As far as this game goes, personally I wasn't even expecting the Paignton branch if they did this route, I was simply expecting the Plymouth to Exeter section. You know, keep your expectations as low as possible and you wont be disappointed. Its what everyone should be doing for every game in the age of gaming in 2025. Its probably not something we should have to do, but for the sake of still being able to be hyped for new content its definitely not a bad idea.
The heritage lines would make little sense without a fleet of GWR steam locos and suitable stock to represent the real life operations. Going to be incongruous as it is seeing 8F's and Flying Dustbin at Paignton.
Well thank you to everyone that replied to this, it’s has pointed out 90% of the community are hypocrites because you call out my ask/ idea but when some of you do it, it’s okay look the hope was for them to utilise the fact there’s a another two railways next to the mainline and have them make one massive route which would have something for pretty much every type of uk player/fan But hey it’s not a loco so let’s disrespect them, that’s how it feels at the moment because it’s okay for all you to request locomotives but if I suggest something bigger you all have a problem (name of the screenshot, isolation)
So disagreeing with you, and pointing out quite validly why you can't have your own way makes everyone a hypocrite? Right... Yeah, that makes complete sense. It's more your over expectant attitude that is rubbing people up the wrong way.
I’m pointing out you can’t have it both ways, like some of you suggested trains and routes which you know won’t be added so how is it any different ? but you don’t see those other people getting called stuff like delusional
This route is also one of those examples of having it better than TSC too, that version only ran from Exeter StD to Paignton. In any case though, no matter what a route includes, someone’s always going to scream & shout about something not being in it. It’s one thing to say it’s a shame that somethings missing - whole other to throw a dramatic tantrum about it.
The distinction is, you can suggest a locomotive and route that is absolutely fine. But it's ultimately how you react to such things not coming to the game. You can react with some etiquette and say "well it wasn't to be this time round, but each to their own", you can politely disagree, you can even take a firm stance and completely disagree aslong as it isn't to rude... Or you can take the attitude of "why am I not getting something I am asking for! I demand this and I demand that! This is not fair!" and come across as entitled. I think it's all about the intention. By the way that's not to try and sound antagonistic, but I'm just trying to get you see it from the perspective of some forum members reading this thread.
