You can keep playing after you complete the monthly challenges. Making the challenges harder just makes life difficult to people with less time available than you.
I’ll probably join you guys and gals later in the month. Having got the (physics modded) Duchess Of Sutherland up and running in TSC, with 15 Matrix P3 coaches on the rear (including some sleeping cars) I’m going on tour, starting with Glasgow to Carlisle. Pretty much beats any experience TSW can offer.
This month's mastery is not that big of a chore. If I had a bit more time today I would have finished it on day one. Plenty of time left to do it this month
In the end I went back and finished it as I felt a bit OCD! Just worked Medway Valley for a bit and that took care of the objectives and accumulated timetable runs.
With a few days to go now until September's mastery, will anyone else be waiting for the release of TSW7 before attempting it? I think I might.
For me after buying a route I liked the challenge of achieving the mastery levels. After achieving them I felt good that I had gotten value from the purchase. I will be less likely to buy marginal routes because of this change.
Nah, I will try to finish it before TSW 7 is released. Hopefully everything will be fine, but you never know if something will go wrong with the launch. I prefer to stay on the safe side and not having to worry.
So hoping for half decent challenge tomorrow. Some distance would good along with something different.
September 2026 Tier 1: It's About Time: Play for 20 Minutes, but it only counts if you successfully complete the Scenario/Timetable Where It All Began: Drive 5 miles / 8km in Training Centre Tier 2: Lose An Hour, Gain An Hour: Play for 4 Hours I Am Putting Myself to the Fullest Possible Use: Complete 10 Scenarios or Timetables What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been: Drive 300 miles / 482km
Nice. This month only the training center challenge requires a detour from my regular play. The rest will take care of itself. Decent level of challenge for the second tier.
My solutions: Tier 1 : 1 easy Peasy 2 It's time to use ICE Tier 2 More ICE using at Kassel- Würtzburg.
Do you have Nürnberg-Ingolstadt? It's a bit more efficient (higher average speed) and more fun (IMO).