. PERFORMANCE (BIGGEST ISSUE) The problem: One of the heaviest routes in the whole game Constant: stuttering frame drops CPU overload (especially near London Victoria / Clapham) Even players say the route pushes systems hard and exposes the limits of the dispatcher/AI What needs fixing: Better AI spawning/despawning Smarter timetable optimisation Reduce background traffic load Proper next-gen optimisation pass (TSW6 standard) This alone would transform the route. 2. GRAPHICS / LIGHTING (OUTDATED) The problem: Built on TSW2-era tech Looks flat compared to newer routes No proper TOD4 lighting upgrade Community literally asking for: “modern graphics” “lighting update” What needs fixing: Full TOD4 lighting upgrade Better: shadows skybox night lighting Updated textures (especially stations + track) 3. SCENERY & IMMERSION The problem: Large areas are: empty low-detail “just trees” in places What needs fixing: Denser London suburbs (especially Croydon area ) Better: buildings trackside clutter landmarks More realistic station environments 4. TRAIN VARIETY (MAJOR WEAKNESS) The problem: Mostly just: Class 377 Class 387 Feels repetitive Players constantly ask for: Class 700 (Thameslink) Class 455 / 456 What needs fixing: Add a proper Southern + Thameslink mix More AI layers = more realism Different service patterns 5. DISPATCHER / SIGNAL LOGIC The problem: Already at its limit Adding more trains breaks the flow (too many yellows/reds) What needs fixing: Modern dispatcher system Better pathing for: fast vs stopping services Less “AI chaos” 6. ️ BUGS & SMALL DETAILS Examples reported over time: broken lighting in cabs platform gaps signals/scenery glitches What needs fixing: Proper bug sweep Fix legacy issues that have existed for years 7. ROUTE POTENTIAL (MISSED OPPORTUNITY) This is where it could become the BEST route in the game: What people want: Extension to London Bridge More service patterns Better integration with other routes Right now it’s: amazing foundation… but unfinished feeling The truth (no sugarcoating) London Commuter is: One of the BEST timetables ever made ❌ Held back by old tech Without a remaster, it will never feel like a true TSW6 route Final verdict What does it NEED? Performance overhaul TOD4 lighting New trains (Class 700, especially) Dispatcher upgrade Scenery rebuild
Agreed. Especially with the issue surrounding locos. Really needs to be at least 2, not 3, sub-classes of the 377 included on the route, the /4 isn't the only one. Ideally should add a proper /1, with the original headlight configuration, instead of relabelling some of the /4's. I'd like to see the /3 and /2 from WCMLS included as layers. The trains should be brought up to Firefly's standard in MVL, as they've really shown how to implement realism into it, from the audio to the features. (Fully functional GSM-R, CCTV screens in the Guard Panel, accessible toilet etc).
Would be nice but we already had east coastway remastered so I would like them to fix one of the 1980s routes first
Quite a few routes need care before BML. Northern Transpennine could be a classic if made advantage of since-released stock and got an overhaul. TVL likewise. On the European front, HRR and MSB could do with them (the former to complement the upcoming 3P route)
I don't think we'll see any further fixes of optimisations in its current build... Reading between the lines from a few threads and comments from DTG, I think eventually we will get a complete remaster as it is on the 'radar', but it's how they would remaster such a complex route that is the hurdle.
If we get the Esk Valley Line (apparently in development of some sorts) then I reckon perhaps a TVL remaster would coincide with the release of that.
That's a good point. I do think (certainly from what we saw before it was silenced) that it's a modern day route but nonetheless it would be good to have them complement one another somehow.
I think the official way to "optimise" it is buy an RTX 6080 for like £5000 or whatever inflated price they'll be.
All the RAM at Samsung HQ couldn’t get BML to run efficiently in its current state, nor would a magic wand optimising the TT’s and assets on the route. The rabbit hole is too deep on this one. A start fresh approach would be the best choice. I do smell a TSW7 core route extension incoming though. If only Paddy Power gave odds for this summer spectacle that may or may not happen, I’d stick £50 quid on. That’s how confident I am
Considering the optimisation work that’s been done since, I feel like they could get it working well with a remaster.
BML remains a route DTG seem utterly scared of. They couldn’t even go in and do the snagging outstanding on original release - whether that be the sorry state of Reigate, missing track at Redhill or the absent lineside fencing on the Quarry Line.
