Arosa Linie

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  1. Cheesypuff2

    Cheesypuff2 Active Member

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    Watching the stream and good to see the fps counter shown to alay fears of poor performance.

    The close scenery is brilliant and the longer distance scenery bearable but not great although really not that important

    My main query is how does off the rails work mode with bringing standard gauge locos to a narrow gauge route and vice versa? Does it just not run exactly on the tracks?
     
  2. Nick Y

    Nick Y Well-Known Member

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    I guess we won't know until someone actually does it.
     
  3. Mattty May

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    I’m not sure why you’d want to do off the rails on this route. None of the current trains are even capable of running on the narrow gauge track. It would seem beyond silly to have an ICE 3 etc trundling along with no wheels on the tracks.
     
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  4. stujoy

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    I think it would literally be ‘off the rails’. Because there is a feature like off the rails doesn’t mean it has to work in every instance. It is of little importance how it will work in the grand scheme of things and you can find out when you try it. The last thing on my mind with this route is wondering how to fit an SD40 on the narrow track, just like I don’t spend any time trying to jam cassettes into a CD player.
     
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  5. Zhutter

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    I mean, it definitely will be fun to try off the rails on the Arosalinie, but DTG won't actually narrow the gauge of an SD-40 to make it fit on the track, it'll probably float or something.
     
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  6. ade4472

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    Would be a bit of a bumpy ride to say the least.
     
  7. diamondderp

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    It will just float above the rails (literally "Off The Rails"), Rivet confirmed it multiple times.
     
  8. junior hornet

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    I like silly :D
     
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  9. dreampage

    dreampage Well-Known Member

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    You can use trains on Bakerloo Line that don't even fit in the tunnels, so I guess using a wider gauge loco on Arosa won't be a problem either. I would like to see a TGV on there! :)
     
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  10. Tigert1966

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    I fear the TGV won’t fit in any of the stations on Arosa :(
     
  11. Zhutter

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    You would get to Arosa faster if you ride in a TGV - they should implement one in real life :cool:
     
  12. vogelm10

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    Yes it just has one wheel actually off the rails.
     
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  14. Tigert1966

    Tigert1966 Well-Known Member

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    While it will work, remember that to use off the rails mode, the train you want to use has to fit the stations you want to stop at.

    So I could be wrong, but I don’t think anyone is going to be taking a TGV or an ICE up Arosa.
     
  15. vogelm10

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    Yeah......sigh forgot about that.
     
  16. pinxtonpaws

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    Or visa versa... Will the n-guage train bounce down the inside of the line in the same manner as the front wheel of a Robin Reliant when driving between the furrows on a snowy road :cool:
     

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