How Is The Justtrains Tgv Route?

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  1. JaneyBananey

    JaneyBananey Member

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    EDIT: I bought the route. It is not good. It really is not good at all. Here is a quick summary: none of the scenarios will load with -fastload enabled, and with it disabled, only a handful will load. Texture quality is incredibly poor across the board. Exterior modelling is atrocious and riddled with errors. The VACMA, BAL, and TVM work as intended, but there is no KVB what so ever. There are no passengers in any of the coaches. The sound is okay until it isn't. Here's a summary video: .

    OLD QUESTION: As the title suggests, I am interested in buying the TGV Atlantique route from JustTrains. I got myself a pretty decent discount on it through loyalty points, and I was wondering, is it any good?
     
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    I don't have the route so I cannot comment on its quality

    It is built by Atlantic High Speed and it uses their version of TVM.
    The TGV Atlantic that comes with the route will work fine with the TVM but it cannot see the DTG version so if you try to run it on the LGV Med to Marseille you won't have cab signals - same with the DTG TGV sets they won't see the TVM on this route.

    The Eurostar that was also released by Atlantic High Speed has the same problem with the DTG TVM

    Peter
     
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  3. JaneyBananey

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    This is good to know, thank you! There are not many online reviews of the route at all that I could find, and the cab resolution seems rather poor, so I am torn on whether or not to get it.
     
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    I’ve been looking to purchase this route for sometime and have requested and been hoping that Tom would include it in one of the Just Trains streams.

    Unfortunately Just Trains have stopped their weekly streams in favour of a monthly one so it’s unlikely that they will cover this. Just Trains have a Black Friday and Christmas Sales and although they only select a few items, I will be hoping that it is included.
     
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  5. JaneyBananey

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    Considering the hefty discount I already have, I may just get it and give some feedback on it here. Maybe make a video on it so that there's some record of its quality somewhere. I found one YouTube video of it being driven by someone who does not own the EU asset pack, which causes the route to not have a sky of all things. So, uh...yeah. Spare information to say the least. Wish JT included a trailer.
     
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    My French is rubbish so I have not much idea on what is being spoken


    This one is in English


    This one does not have any commentary AFAICT
     
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  7. JaneyBananey

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    Wonderful finds, thank you heaps, Pete!
     
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    Hm now I'm thinking about getting it since I've always loved the TGV, especially the older designs, but that model does look rough, does anyone know if enhancement packs exist?
     
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    What you see is what you get.
    I have not heard of any updates and you would not be able to run other trains on it apart from near Paris & Tours where normal signals exist.
     
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    I did see someone mention that. Do you know if this includes freeware French rolling stock and their TVM systems?
     
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    The freeware French stock is on https://www.railsim-fr.com/- you have to register.
    There is a TGV Duplex - https://www.railsim-fr.com/forum/index.php?/files/file/308-tgv-duplex-v22-20150302/
    Which has KVB & TVM but I am unsure if it is the DTG or AHS version

    And i just spotted a patch for the AHS TGV with texture improvements
    https://www.railsim-fr.com/forum/index.php?/files/file/1064-patch-ahs-tgv-rd-non-officiel/
     
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  12. JaneyBananey

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    Oh absolutely brilliant work, Peter, you're a legend!
     
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    ok looks like I'll be reserving my cash for Arizona Divide then, at least that doesn't look like a modern Kuju route lol.
     
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  14. JaneyBananey

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    I'm hoping the refund goes through so I can re-spend those 30 euros on literally anything else, like bag of 100 disposable kazoos, or a trip to my local eyebrow museum or something.
     
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    Or a single beautifully crafted re-usable one.

    *edit* Helpful? Lol!
     
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  16. JaneyBananey

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    By Jove, you're right, and it would give me minutes of entertainment.
     
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    Hope the TGV route is discounted in this weeks Just Trains Black Friday sale. I would buy it if it is. If not I will wait until I have purchased Hope Valley and then use all the points I have saved.
     
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    When you have run it from Paris to Tours and back what else will you do with it?

    You cannot use it on DTG routes with TVM as it does not work.
    Have a watch of the videos above first so you don't regret your purchase
     
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    As a former owner, I strongly encourage you to avoid this route. Peter's right.

    And the rolling stock which comes with it is of comically low quality. You can watch my video if you'd like to see for yourself.
     
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    Thanks guys I will refrain from purchasing it.
     
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    I thought fast load only works on DTG Steam DLC or does this have its own fast load.
     
  22. JaneyBananey

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    I use fastload with a number of third-party routes, including several from JT and I've never had issues before, so I couldn't tell you, to be honest.
     
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    Minute mark 3:30 of the video. WTF they were thinking when they created the driver?
     
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    I want to know this, too. Because I really want to know if this is the final model or if they somehow stuck an early alpha placeholder for the entire train in there instead.
     
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    It has been out some time and I doubt there will be any changes
    And I don't know if you could use a different driver from another asset
     

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