I would love it if there was an option to display the name of the locations we pass over on screen as we reach them. Bridges, viaducts, even stations- like on a cab ride video. Can't help but think it would be really helpful for route learning, and maybe while we're stopped at a station we could read a few interesting facts about the place on screen as well. Again as options that can turn on and off.
I like the idea with the names of locations etc.! But more information could be difficult: Where do they take the info? Are they allowed to cite information? Also: Who fact-checks the information? At the end the copy-paste something from wikipedia which is completely wrong and the players familiar to the routes will go bananas about that. It sounds more easy than it is.
Both of these features, map details and in-game locations, have always been pretty much standard on TS20XX. Actually, quite a few useful elements from that game never made it into TSW.
Pretty much what I was thinking. IMO the TSW HUD is, overall, quite a step backwards from the HUD in Train Simulator. It certainly looks prettier than TS HUD, but it's way oversized and valuable information is left out. I never understood why DTG decided it'd be a good idea to leave out this information.
Great idea \o/ As a part of HUD "modularity" for example. Such virtual information boards, just like in a museum. I used to think of a series of TSW movies with an extra layer on the screen, of that kind. BR \o/
I just tried to describe the HUDs in both TSW and TS. https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/hud.40670/
One example is the actual gradient profile. Another might be an ETA which changes dynamically. There are probably others which I can't recall immediately.
