PlayStation Which Do You Play Most. Journey Or Timetable

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  1. shhweeet#4292

    shhweeet#4292 Well-Known Member

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    I started off doing journey on the routes I’ve attempted so far but then started doing the timetables because I wanted a variety locomotives to drive. Btw on the start up screen of a route why is there 2 boxes to click with regards to continuing a journey?
     
  2. Knightfire1964

    Knightfire1964 Well-Known Member

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    i think one box is for you to continue from where your progress is at and then the second one you can just manually choose which one you want to do. Personally, I just stick to timetable myself usually i play the tutorials play scenarios just to grow confidence and then jump in timetable mode
     
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  3. Crosstie

    Crosstie Well-Known Member

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    That's exactly what I do. Tutorials, scenarios and then I like to pick and choose in the timetable and fix the weather depending on my mood. Don't think I've ever used journey mode.
     
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  4. stujoy

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    I play mainly from the timetable but in new routes that I get I usually do the journey too, but not always all of them and not in the order they are given, not any more anyway. I tend to miss out the scenarios altogether these days until I have got to know the route a bit. It’s not always that way but I do have some route and loco DLC where I have some scenarios yet to play. I never stick to playing one route a lot like I used to, I try to get use out of all my content old and new. I’m taking a break from buying anything new because I have so much stuff to get through and both the Journey Mode and timetable have so much to explore. With a lot of trains I don’t even bother with the tutorials now unless it’s something completely alien to me like with the 395 in SEHS, although I’ve noticed that some tutorials cover so much now they are like an extra scenario.
     
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  5. Lunar_Twisted

    Lunar_Twisted Well-Known Member

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    I mainly play journey mode but if I want to drive other locos on the same route like Schnellfahrstrecke Köln-Aachen for example, then I play timetable mode. Both DB BR 406 ICE 3M & DB BR 442 have their own scenarios and selected timetable within each chapter in journey mode. However, the S-Bahn, freight, and Regional Express services on this route that came from other routes as layers don't have scenarios and the selected timetable in journey mode.
     
  6. byeo

    byeo Well-Known Member

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    I never touch journey mode. Once I've done the tutorial I'll either do a scenario or a random service.
     
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  7. diamondderp

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    I always do journeys, it gives you sometimes a certain flow of doing services and I like it. I also do it to make the game more complete :)
     
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  8. LucasLCC

    LucasLCC Well-Known Member

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    I don't use journey mode due to the lack of flow between services.

    I enjoy doing a trip from A-B, changing ends and then doing B-A. Journey Mode doesn't allow you to resume exactly where you left off, so instead of having a leisurely 5-10 minutes to change ends, you're instead thrown into the new cab and told "off you go"
     
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  9. byeo

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    I agree, it's nice to shut down the cab correctly, change ends set the cab up again then sit waiting for the service to depart like IRL.
     
  10. OnlyMe1909

    OnlyMe1909 Well-Known Member

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    Don't do Journey mode. I live in timetable mode (after having done all tutorials and scenarios of course). I start at the top of my route list, do 1 timetable trip with each available loco for that route, then move on to the next route. When I get to the bottom of the route list, I go back to the top. In that way, my goal is to complete all available timetables.
     
  11. lmcpfc2014

    lmcpfc2014 Well-Known Member

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    I play timetable and try to complete all of them but I don't have enough free time. At the moment the most timetable services I've done on a route is 50/270 on SEHS. I tend to get bored of TSW a couple of weeks after I buy a new route.
     
  12. Lamplight

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    I never touched journey mode again after getting the trophy for completing ten chapters. For me, it's tutorials -> scenarios -> timetable.
     
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  13. Mattty May

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    I played journeys to get the trophy, but now it’s strictly scenarios and timetable mode. Once I’ve completed the scenarios I rarely, if ever, replay them.
     
  14. Slemcer

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    Welcome to the club! :D
    I was very reluctant to start playing TSW2 and I'm still avoiding certain routes whose many unfixed bugs annoy me.
    When playing I try to get as much fun as possible, which means I play only those journeys with few services.
    Other than that I'm almost always playing timetable. I must admit though that I'm taking a lot of notes along the way, so that now I've quite an extensive spreadsheet with a whole lot of information. (There are many inaccuracies in the timetables, but I'm tired of posting bugs when there's no timely fix in sight and no other form of acknowledgement.)
     
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  15. byeo

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    I'm the exact same, I've not 100% completed a single route on TSW but then again my goal was never really to "complete" a route. I just drive what I want when I want. Back to what you said about getting bored, the last route I purchased was SEHS which I've done a handful of services for at most and probably won't buy another until Cathcart is released or whichever UK route is out first.
     
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    I always do journey mode first, then work around that
     
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  17. Aufzug

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    Timetable is my go-to.
     
  18. ildario77

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    Timetable only.
     
  19. sequencer2k16

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    Journeys first, because they are not checked off in the journey if you run them in timetable mode and thus have to run the scenarios twice. When the journey is finished I look at what is left and not covered by the journey and run the rest in timetable mode.
     
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    Journey first for me :)
     
  21. phillip.good

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    I’d never really bothered with journey as some of the mix is predictable and, being a bit of a geek, I like to play a route in the current season with the correct weather on a given day ( would love the weather to be a bit more dynamic). Then, along came clinchfield and I decided to go with the journey mode and..... it’s fun in a kinda ‘platform’ game kinda way.... I am not letting myself skip ahead unless I complete the ‘level’ as it were. Anyhoo, makes a change.... for a change
     
  22. a.paice

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    I basically only play on the scenario planner- lots of different trains and lots of adverse signals.
     
  23. Maverick_ng

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    Free Roam, then pick a unit to drive or be pax
     

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