Tsw3 - The Cat Is Out Of The Bag & The Unofficial Tsw3 Speculation Thread

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  1. byeo

    byeo Well-Known Member

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    Could be, at first I thought it was a loco with cow catcher/snow plough on it.
     
  2. chieflongshin

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    To me thats beef, or bacon or something.
     
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  3. A Big Chungus

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    England Vs America?
     
  4. OldVern

    OldVern Well-Known Member

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    Of course as the time runs down to the "big" announcement, I can't help wondering if we are bring promised 80 or 90 mile routes how much of that will actually materialise (and when).

    We know from Rush Hour where Riesea to Dresden was cut back substantially and the state of London to Brighton with its many incomplete or plain wrong (Reigate) sections that they don't always deliver. Or more recently Spirit Of Steam where the route is noticeably bare and unfinished in places and we got an arcade level of steam traction implementation.

    So at this point really just sitting back to see what's said later. If it's all going to launch in a couple of weeks then probably nothing to be concerned about, but if a statement of intent for launch in 2023 - well who knows.
     
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  5. stujoy

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    The flag just means flag for the letter F and because some people know flags they have used the flag of a country beginning with F and so that people don’t assume it’s a place where a route is set they have gone with Faroe Islands. It just means the letter F.
     
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  6. Tomas9970

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    A Dosto fits to any tunnel with overhead wires. That's what they are designed for after all.

    Anyway I can still hear these drive-by sounds that seem to be from a light EMU but that's been going on for a while.
     
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  7. byeo

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    I think is why it's been "New German/US route" on the roadmap for so long, they wanted to be sure where it was starting and ending before announcing it and then changing it and disappointing people after.
     
  8. Dustysideboard

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    Beef emoji
     
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  9. Tomas9970

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    Ok I decided to look up that rock on the left to see if it's from Megascans and yes, indeed it is so maybe they are using that library more extensively? That could bring some pretty nice texture detail even with lower resolution.
    https://quixel.com/megascans/home?search=vepkcelqx&assetId=vepkcelqx

    edit: new banner at 05:07:40. Two candies and a banana.
     
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  10. Pipe

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    Duuuuhhh, you had to rain in my parade. How can you be so cruel? ;)
     
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  11. Tomas9970

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    Oh yeah I forgot about the inside joke. Sorry about that.

    Also new banner at 04:54:35 but I don't know what it is.
     
  12. eldomtom2

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    I'm not sure I'd go that far - at least this time we've got things like a simulated steam chest as standard...
     
  13. glenn.doig

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    I think the latest plane to fly by had a moon and a car on it...
     
  14. Tomas9970

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    Are the initials of the symbols perhaps supposed to represent the 3-letter code for each route?
     
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  16. AtherianKing

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    looks like England vs Pizza Hut
    Or Faroe Islands vs Pizza Hut
     
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  17. Tomas9970

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    When looking that the summary of these banners, I noticed there is one with a castle and an ice cube.

    Since there is both a castle class steam locomotive and an ICE multiple unit, could this be a hint at these trains?
     
  18. Dtg have me so intrigued I might watch my first live stream ever later.
     
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  19. Swisstrains

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    also thought of that, but that wouldn’t make sense. E.g. Chocolate,Chocolate,Foot/Banana (whatever it is): C,C,F/B
    C=Switzerland
    Switzerland hasn’t got any lines electrified with DC, only 15kv AC- and F would be diesel-hydraulic, and B for Banana: AC (which would be only one that makes sense)
     
  20. stujoy

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    It’s quite flabbergasting how many people think that is what the flag of England looks like. It’s not as if anyone here doesn’t have access to Google either. It’s a bit like them showing the flag of North Korea and everyone saying it’s USA because there’s a few stripes and a star on it. And that bacon steak shoe hat speedboat beef emoji thing has everyone confused including me. I’m loving this day to be honest and I’m sure it can only get better. Someone said they were on “tender hooks” earlier. I had a good laugh. There may be “reaper cushions” from this announcement.
     
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  21. The red Cross is is the England flag. Union Jack represents the United Kingdom.
     
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  22. Purno

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    I guess it's not about people not knowing the flag of England, but rather the shade of blue in the flag that might be seen depending on how far you zoom in on the 'hint' DTG is giving us.

    I originally thought seeing the flag of the Faroe Islands in the zoomed out picture.
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    But, on the zoomed in picture I don't really see any blue anymore, which would indeed mean the flag of England, however it does have it's vertical line in the center of the flag, unlike DTGs 'hint' which depicts the vertical line off-center like the Nordic countries have in their flag.
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  23. Tomas9970

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    Time 03:50:40 a fuse box and a different cattenary with sparks poped up for a moment. Glitching cuts the image.

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  24. 1003523721

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    Sounds like one of the train has 7 unit in the stream. What train has 7 units? ICE1/2?
     
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  25. stujoy

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    I know but the flag shown isn’t either of them. If it was a centred red cross I would have no trouble spotting it was the flag of the country I live in :D
     
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  26. Purno

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    Will we finally see thunderstorms?

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    The ICE-T has 7 units as well as the short ICE 4 trains
     
  29. stujoy

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    I like how they have been changing their profile pics showing that weather is a big focus for this release.
     
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  30. 1003523721

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    Thanks for the reply. Really hope we can get a new ICE train.
     
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    one of the Ice 4 formations do too but i highly doubt it will be the 412
     
  32. byeo

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    The flag is fluttering and is not flat so the "off-centre" vertical line may well be central but just appear to be a different country's flag. We'll find out soon enough.
     
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  33. Oh yea my bad. Quite a few countries have used a off centre cross over the years. Only a few hours to go.
     
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  34. juliplus#6089

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    Maybe the german route could be Passau linz
    Ice t and austria
     
  35. Purno

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    Facebook emojis
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    Pretty sure the off-centerness isn't because of the flag fluttering.
     
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  36. Oystein

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    Based on the current live stream, maybe we also get trackside cameras?
     
  37. WonterRail

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    An advertisement for 'What a Drag' just came up on the stream.

    What could this mean I wonder?
     
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  38. solicitr

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    Streaming a full-on thunderstorm now
     
  39. byeo

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    Maybe not, like I said, we'll find out soon enough.
     
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    Now there's a "what a drag" billboard. Any ideas? Also the license plate is just TSW3.

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  41. stujoy

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    We know now why they packed clothes and equipment for every eventuality on their made up twitter flight. It has been quite the British summer so far in that scene. They also “took” camera equipment so that hints at a good photo taking feature for better screenshots. That would need an in-game pause to be fully useful so maybe that is coming too.
     
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  42. chieflongshin

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    Where is Robert Langdon when you need him to decide something

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  43. Tomas9970

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    More signs and symbols.

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  44. Mr JMB

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    the tunnel lighting looks quite good in the background.

    The main point for me is whether these features are only on new routes, need porting back to older routes or whether they are a core change which will be pretty much immediately available on all routes.
     
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    Definitely sparks.
     
  47. antony.henley

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    definitely sparks... lol. had the speakers up high to listen to other stuff and I damn near soiled myself lol!!! :o

    Hentis
     
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  48. Tonto62

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    The Long Drag......Settle to Carlisle?
     
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  49. Tomas9970

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    That sounds possible as a steam route if my Castle class guess is right.
     
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    According to the wiki, that would be 73 miles.. the hint earlier said 90 miles.
    Could it be Carlisle to Leeds? Or that is too long?
     

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