So i was looking at RSSLO routes on steam and i want to know your recommendations on which ones are the best in overall terms? The ones in Austria caught my attention with the Taurus and the Vectron
Salzburg - Rosenheim is a good route to run The Tirol route is also very good with two routes in to Innsbruck and the avoiding line I like the Karawankebahn as it has Austrian and Slovenian sections - totally different in operation. I don't like the Mittenwaldbahn by RSSLO or DTG as the route is just single track and a bit boring I know RSSLO include the Taurus and Vectron locos as AI but I'm not sure which routes include them as player trains Peter
RSSLO emailed a survey to me as they want to know what route I like the most. These were their choices: Passau - Wels Offenburg - Donaueschingen Wien - St Pölten Selzthal - Bruck an der Mur Any of these could be their next WIP. Although Giselabahn, a combination of routes will be released sometime in the next month. However be aware that if you want any of their joined up routes, buy routes from them not steam as the addons and scenarios don’t work with anything bought on steam which is a pity, but they do have a sale every two to three months.
RSSLO have a different art style in their route modelling from DTG and they tend to be a bit more garish in the colours used. I also don't like the look of their track as much as DTG's. That said they also have some good points. You get a lot of route miles, QDs have nicely populated AI and yards, and the routes tend to be frame rate friendly. Routes are almost always interesting, either because of terrain, or cross border operations. Of the ones on Steam I've played I would recommend: Albergbahn - A fast race up the Inn valley and then a twisting double/single track grind up through the mountains. Karawankenbahn - Varied scenery and the interest of Slovenian operations. A lot of single track. Südbahn: Bruck an der Mur - Maribor - Mostly Austrian, but with a significant leg down into Slovenia. Fast hilly route - fast flat plain - slower rolling countryside into Slovenia.
From the DTG routes the one thing that bothers me the most are the quality of the rails/tracks, i find them very poor...
Me too, in some German and Austrian forums replacements with DB tracks were made and they are pretty awesome. Semmeringbahn comes to life with them for example. I think that with RWTools it's possible to replace all routes tracks (with some northeastern US routes I couldn't lay 3rd party tracks, but I am not an expert on this)
I´m really not that expert on that apsect either, but i find most of routes from third parties with better quality of tracks
I am not an expert on that subject either, but there are patches with easy installation instruction available at forums from people who are experts
Remember what I said. Buy from RSSLO not Steam. https://www.rsslo.com/ Until 21/5 offer on 45% off now £15 this route. ————–DISCOUNT————– Wörgl – Saalfelden route This is the Austria contry route created from Wörgl to Saalfelden, which has a total length of about 80 km. €29,99 discounted to only €16,99 inc. VAT
There are track upgrades on Railworks Austria for DTG and RSSLO routes https://forum.railworks-austria.at/wcf/filebase/index.php?filebase/66-optionale-streckenupdates/ I seem to remember if is just a copy and paste of the files Peter