PlayStation Another Dovetail Direct, Another Absence Of Details For Console Issues

RavenLGBTQ · Sep 14, 2026 at 1:11 PM

Up until the early access launch of TSW7, I had been playing TSW5 on my Series X. The performance and visual gap between PC and console was never as stark as it has become with TSW7. The new graphics and performance settings completely transform the game; it’s a night-and-day difference. I couldn't return to console now, even if I wanted to. Fortunately, I only owned about six routes on console, so rebuying them on Steam wasn't too costly.

I hope the enhanced lighting isn't too far off for console players, as it currently feels like we have been forgotten as paying customers.

Dinger75 · Sep 14, 2026 at 1:48 PM

RavenLGBTQ said: ↑

Up until the early access launch of TSW7, I had been playing TSW5 on my Series X. The performance and visual gap between PC and console was never as stark as it has become with TSW7. The new graphics and performance settings completely transform the game; it’s a night-and-day difference. I couldn't return to console now, even if I wanted to. Fortunately, I only owned about six routes on console, so rebuying them on Steam wasn't too .
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I think the PC graphics update is in part one of the reasons why the console fix for blurries seem to have been parked (i can see some 3rd parties working on route optimisation but DTG does seem to be absent in this regard)

Now Dear Old Matt told us last year that console was priority and it shouldn't take 3 months to fix, so about March if I remeber right.

Well something obviously changed and had them divert to concentrate on PC graphics instead and I think we can guess that the reason maybe

Running Train has DTG running scared.

Up until now DTG have not been very responsive to PC owners calling for DLSS etc. Now with Running Train ripping the graphics crown off of TSW's head, DTG have got to feel pressure as more PC owners may start to divert thier attention away from TSW

DTG arrogance and complacency may end up costing them dear.

Gen 8 sales gave now gone.
Gen 9 sales most certainly would have been impacted by the blurries.
Now an upstart could threaten PC sales going forward.

DTG put TSW pretty much into maintenance mode chasing other projects such as Thomas and Metro.

Now though I think it's starting to bite and you know what... I am not sure for how much longer I will give a damn if both TSW and DTG cease to exist

pinxtonpaws · Sep 14, 2026 at 1:59 PM

Dinger75 said: ↑

Running Train has DTG running scared.
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That I don't agree with. Sure, it looks phenomenal and the developer says it will get bigger and better over time...but it's only a single route and will invariably suffer the same burnout as a typical TSW addon does. Definitely enjoy the moment (if you can) but don't expect Running Train to be your 'go to' simulator in the long term.

Loco Dave · Sep 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM

Enjoyment > £+bugs, otherwise forget it.

bakedpotatos.jm · Sep 15, 2026 at 12:07 AM

This is the first iteration since TSW 2020 I don't plan on buying the deluxe version.

I'll just stick with the free upgrade for now so I get the Mildmay Extension and NTP remaster when that comes out.

But for now I'm done purchasing anything until a signifigant improvement with blurry textures is achieved.

Doesn't have to be 100% fixed but I'd like be able to use at least half my layers on a route inltead of 6 out of 32.

barryr21 · Sep 15, 2026 at 12:29 AM

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[this really ended up quite abit longer than I intended]

I think sales in general haven’t dipped enough to give them the kick they need, to invest in solving the problem.

They were open about sales of DLC underperforming last year, but there is such a wide array of issues you could reasonably point at & say people are fed up of that.

By the time you get to console specific problems, you have to wonder how many people have stopped buying just because of the texture issue. DTG is probably attributing that drop to an array of things & the people who ultimately decide where time is spent, don’t see memory optimisation as the priority, especially whilst they can just throw us a barebones timetable without layers.

Just look at the console stream they did, it was disastrous by any metric (other than predictability) & they’ve said absolutely nothing, they’re mainly running around with stuff like “glad you liked the music”?!?.

That brings me to Xbox, where the situation is arguably at its worst, unlike PS5, the Xbox will flat out refuse to load more in beyond a certain point & where the texture issue compounds on PS5, the Xbox just crashes. That’s been a problem over the last few routes that have released & it’s obviously going to be a problem tomorrow when content libraries become available. But what do you see? Regulars posting in the feedback forum that they’ve had blurry textures & CTD’s. For me the blurry textures have been enough to put me off almost any new content over the last year, if I was on Xbox I don’t think I’d even have TSW installed at this point. I’m sure many other PS5 users will agree that even watching Xbox gameplay makes it hard to gauge how content will perform on PS, as it’s so much worse for them than us.

I think the part that annoys me the most though, is the lies & ‘mis-communication’ around the topic from DTG. People were posting reports of the issue way back from TSW3? & there was nothing said. Personally my first experience was with TSW4 on the Salzburg route, then the expert 101 released & that’s where it really became an unconfined problem, but it wasn’t until maybe early TSW5 that DTG even acknowledged the issue. All the way through that we’ve had various ‘updates’ which has led to really nothing in the way of a fix.

AAS seemed to reveal the true extent of the lack of care the devs have with consoles though, first they started with ‘we haven’t had any reports from testing that any issues exist’, followed by a release that was pretty laughably poor. Then they made the revelation of they don’t actually test on consoles because only DTG can do that, so we have this spread of third parties who are just blindly making software for a major part of the user base.

We’ve seen repeated attempts from AAS to fix the texture issue on B2C, to no avail. It’s hard to say whether that’s because they don’t know how or because B2C has an inherent cause. Meanwhile we skip ahead to JT who suffered the same issue with P2C, but in one patch just days after release, they manage to fix the problem completely? What’s with that? How are we going from such a pervasive problem that’s been unsolvable to ‘oh yeah we can fix that instantly’ - why has this not been done with all the content?

Now let’s rewind a little to Medway Valley where Firefly are really pumping out the PR for consoles specifically & to their credit they did release not only one of the (if not the, all things considered) highest quality routes we’ve ever seen - with no blur to speak of. Unfortunately though even here there are to this day, odd issues with console builds to where PS5 is still on an older build due to an unknown issue, which leads me to wonder how it’s possible to get there after years of releases where the particular problem has never existed. Back to the textures though, this was really the peak of discussion from DTG around fixing the problem, their whole thing with SEHS was a little odd IMO as it was never really a route which had the issue & even if it was, there were far more juicier routes to tackle with the testing. Ultimately though what we got was DTG proclaiming they had a large fix inbound in May, that got pushed a few weeks & then was never mentioned again - until a roadmap article.

A roadmap article is released which has quite the statement, after never releasing any fix they’d confidently stated was coming, they announced they were “confident they can release content that doesn’t suffer from blurry textures”. Of course that statement was A) after a route had literally just released that had blurry textures & B) just before another route would release with blurry textures. That roadmap article went on to say they’d be ‘reducing the amount of discussion around the topic’ - gee thanks DTG?

Bring on TSW7, they basically ignore any conversation around the topic despite it being likely the biggest contributor to drops in content sales on consoles, eventually Alex does start answering some questions & when I specifically asked if the German route (you know the ones that have it worst) would suffer from blurry textures with all layers active, he answered that minus hardware such as series S & PC (I presume lower spec?) that there would be no issues. Of course we then a few days later get a stream in which Matt can’t even leave one end of the route without a crash, and after driving for an hour from the opposite end, he then crashed.

Ultimately the journey of this problem has mainly consisted of ignoring the issue, lying about the issue, failing to fix it, claiming to have found a fix because a route that never had the issue, now doesn’t have the issue, back to lying about it, then ignoring it again, then completely solving the issue on a large route, completely ignore that just happened, lie about it again, ignore it, lie & now we’re here.

I have to say overall, I’m pretty firmly under the belief that DTG’s ‘fix’ is going to consist of more of the above, reduced timetables & generally just wait it out until Gen10 comes along & ‘solves’ the problem for them.

But I have to ask, what did JT do & why has this not seen any discussion?

Are PC users really happy about this too, despite the fact that it’s put devs such as AAS off making more mainline/heavy routes & do they really think that TSW would survive a complete drop of console support?

DTG are you actually able to fix this problem, realise you need to invest way more into stability for console development?

Xbox users how are you able to confidently keep buying content, even if you don’t care about the blurring, when it seems to crash most play throughs?

After all of this (if you’re reading still) it’ll probably surprise you to know that I do actually intend on picking up the UK route tomorrow, but I was once a user who despite all the other issues TSW suffers, would have picked up the deluxe & buy pretty much most of the releases, but I’ve dropped way down to buying one or 2 things a year, when they are small enough to avoid the above problem. I think that’s a real shame, as even if the problem does get solved, I’ve come to the point where my interest levels have dropped to where I’ll only buy something I genuinely really want, rather than just having a punt on most of it.
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Some great points but I just wanted to mention that I still get blurry textures on the 2 JT Carlisle and Crewe routes so I don't think it has been fixed.

CK95 · Sep 15, 2026 at 12:48 AM

barryr21 said: ↑

Some great points but I just wanted to mention that I still get blurry textures on the 2 JT Carlisle and Crewe routes so I don't think it has been fixed.
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Odd, from the feedback it seems it was solved, at least for Crewe to Preston. I had seen some issues people were having with Carlisle though.

star#5823 · Sep 15, 2026 at 12:53 AM

barryr21 said: ↑

Some great points but I just wanted to mention that I still get blurry textures on the 2 JT Carlisle and Crewe routes so I don't think it has been fixed.
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I think that’s mainly a ps issue since that hasn’t been much of a issue for Xbox for awhile

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