Out Now Db Br 101 Expert - Out Now!

Excellent Work TSG! Indeed a very complex and extremely detailed loco.

 

Here is another in depht look for all the german speaking people here (english subtitles are avaible)
Featuring Maddy, the real driver who sadly couldnt attend DTGs official stream.

https://www.youtube.com/live/7z2iUJQrJtY?si=Yvw917ZtvVVPY3jw

 

Is this expert model compatible with Rail Driver for pc users?

 

Thanks TSG and DTG for making this step and taking TSW to a new level. Can't wait for the Steam release this evening.

 

If im correct it isnt! There was YT Ambassador he is American and plays with a realdriver and he says that its not works well

 

Uhm ... "no it isn't" and "not working well" isn't the same.

Let's find out in 3 hours or maybe one of the developers could answer this (for me) extremely important question. I'll get the DLC anyway, even when the RailDriver implementation follows with an patch

 

Fair point!

 

cwf.green can you give an inside view of the raildriver will work with the Expert Package?

 

Hmmm, I'd like to see Colonel Failure try to get along with this loco. That should make a very entertaining video

 

This is huge! Very intricate & complex loco with so many features and details to keep you engaged for months! Thanks TSG & DTG!

 

On Xbox Series X you can't move the cursor when you change views

 

Haha - that'll be some good entertainment. That's what I like about him. Just watching someone play a game I can play myself is pretty boring, especially if it's a "just follow the rules" type of game like TSW. If you want to be successful in that respect, you'll have to offer more than just record your game and comment on it.

But Sam manages to be highly entertaining in whatever he does. Sort of like that funny uncle who's always made you laugh when you were a kid.

 

The Doors are broken, they showing Both Sites are Open but all is closed
You Can Drive but sometimes it’s Shows 0 km/h then

 

Make sure that the electrical supply/Zugsammelschiene is enabled.

 

Not quite sure where to put this since there’s no general discussion of the expert 101 with any real traction and I didn’t want to revive the older thread, but here we go.

I’m amazed at what everyone involved in this DLC managed to put together. Walking into the cab, doing a cold start, seeing the screens agonisingly slowly booting up, fiddling with the air rack, checking fuses, inputting train data, … Astonishing. Nothing short of it.

And in answer to concerns that the driving experience itself (which is of course most of the normal gameplay) is the same as with the DTG 101, I think nothing could be further from the truth. For me, the whole driving experience is transformed. The soundscape is vastly improved and much closer to what I’m used to from real life. Furthermore, the way the loco now reacts to and interacts with adjusting the throttle and/or brakes is much better and (again) so much closer to what these locos feel like in real life.

And the interactable displays do the rest to truly sell the illusion of being in the cab of a real loco. This is precisely what I was hoping trains in TSW would eventually evolve into. The ability to walk around in TSW gives it a tremendous potential for these sorts of fully simulated locos.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this loco. It’s an amazing showcase of what is technically achievable in TSW. Worth every single penny and more.

 

since you might actually have some experience, I am going to ask sth - I was testing Sifa, well, more of training how to recover from a Sifa Zwangsbremsung should it happen (sometimes when I am sleepy or lose focus it might happen)... on Kassel Wurzburg I had no trouble recovering from even multiple Sifa penalty applications (of course I was doing it on purpose), while on Dresden Riesa the brakes took too long to release and I ended up stopping almost every time...

so my question is, besides pressing Q (Sifa button on PC) and putting throttle to off, then once the traction lock is released, apply power again, is there anything I can do to make those brakes release faster so I keep moving?

 

Not much. You could hold the indirect brake in release (remember the Füllstoß etc. we were talking about?) which should help speed things up but other than that, you’ll just have to wait it out.

 

I really like this DLC. It's definitely a lot better than the other Br101 and was definitely worth the price. However, I noticed four bugs/missing features:



1. There are no rain effects on the IC Steuerwagen.



2. Maddy said in the stream that every IC Expert Coach should have the function to individually control the lights and the climate controls (similar to the new ÖBB coaches on the control panel).



3. In the Display Version (MFD) of the Br101, the driver's lights are always on and don't turn off.



4. The high beams of the headlights on the Br101 aren't shining the light correctly and are misplaced.



5. The first-class coaches are right behind the 2nd class Steuerwagen, even though the 2nd class coaches should be behind the Steuerwagen.



Overall, I'm very happy with the DLC, but those are some minor things I noticed.

 

Maybe it is time for a known issues list?

 

yeah, tried that, didnt help much as far as I noticed ... maybe I entered wrong train data? I mean, assuming this is a passenger service with people in the train, I use the "loaded" weight in my train mass calculation, and I end up with a higher number than the game provides me in the pause screen

lets say the game says 400t and my calculation using "loaded" weight ends up like 450t... could this impact the overall calculations by much? cos I usually end up with BrH figures around 180 or 200 in the end... I also tried messing with the vmax speed entry, tried 200 and 160, and with the 160 setting, the brakes seemed marginally weaker

so, I dont know... in Kassel Wurzburg test, the brakes released fairly quickly and I managed to recover... first time did it at 200 kph, then after first slowing down I went to 160 kph, did it, and even managed to recover from a Sifa penalty at around 120 kph, still moving after that... in Dresden Riesa, with a shorter consist (BR 101 + 6coaches + cab car), I managed to recover only if I was going 160 kph and got lucky to recover the train at a crawl... so, is it possible I somehow set the brakes (cos of the data) to be too strong?

 

6. jumper cables between locos (I saw this with 218 and expert 101) and (expert) coaches aren't connected properly

7. driver sits sideways in driver's seat

8. when the cabin side window opens and closes, there is no sound to represent this

 

I have a question:

I got the same issue as in the stream with the brakes not releasing after a Zwangsbremsung with the IC Cap Car. I only managed to release them by going outside and releasing every brake on every single coach. Is there another way to solve it?

 

drnicktgm#1259
Did you try the brake overcharge button for filling?

 

I did, but it didn’t work. Somehow, only releasing the brake pressure on each wagon worked.

 

Same on PS5 - fantastic loco though!

 

The video with Maddy in German!? Oh dear! That will cause complaints. I can put the text on German and and follow, but how many more non Germans than me will manage. You’ve got to redo in English!

 

The DTG stream was in English and Maddy did not participate.

 

The Stream with maddy isnt from DTG directly, but from one of their Ambassadors Matin_TSP . It has english subtitles but was done in German, as both a native German speakers and the Stream appealed more to the german Players, who didnt get much from the english and rather chaotic DTG Stream.
In fact many people commented under this stream that it was the one to sell them the 101, not DTGs

But im sure theres a lot of english streams and showcase videos as well

 

Hi all, thinking of getting the DB BR 101 Expert.
What route DLC's will this loco operate on with timetables?

 

if you have old BR 101 and routes it could operate on, on quite a lot actually originally I believe it should fully work on Rosenheim Salzburg and Dresden Riesa, but I think it also works on Kassel, Bremen Oldenburg and a couple others, not sure of complete list

 

As already mentioned by Tom Fresco - the stream with me and Maddy wasn't the official previews. If you need an english stream, watch the offical DTG stream. Also people like British Ace , Dadrail, and Hentis speak english

However, you can turn on the CC and let it auto translate into english

 

got some answers out of cwf.green in other thread, and looks like the way how Sifa works here IS the one, and other DLCs conditioned most of ppl including me into thinking that if you press Q shortly after getting Sifa Zwangsbremsung, brakes should release quite quickly and you should be fine and still moving... turns out thats not really the case in many cases cos of delays in releasing various brake systems and shenanigans

still discussing it in other threads, but looks like DTG just made it easy and accessible for ppl in German DLCs (there once you press Q after getting Sifa penalty, brakes/traction lock releases pretty quickly and you just move along a bit slower)... here it depends I guess on particular consist (on Dresden I almost never managed to recover while still moving, on Kassel I could for some reason...)

all this just makes me wish I had a kind of instructor here to teach me cos I really sometimes cant tell if sth is supposed to be this way or not and as someone with OCD tendencies and other things going on in my head this is driving me crazy cos this is literally my favorite game and I dont have enough knowledge to tell bug from feature (a problem I sometimes have with usual content, but this is soooo much deeper that my brain is exploding )

so, thx again for patience

 

might give that video a try but today I think I will just relegate myself to playing Darksiders 3 to get some sure dopamine and maybe return to the game once I my brain is generally calmer

edit: or other option is literally watching documentaries and instruction videos on Sifa on YouTube till my eyes turn red

 

Sorry then. That makes a different picture. I’m alright. I can speak some German so if I have text in German I’ll manage. I’m curious to know what Maddy has to say. Thanks for the reply.

 

I wish that DTG would have listed all of the compatible routes for us Newbies. It really would not be that much trouble, would it!

 

You just need to read the very first post of this thread. There it states:

„Timetable & Scenarios
On release, the DB BR 101 ‘Expert’ will have (copied) timetable services on Nahverkehr Dresden and Bahnstrecke Salzburg – Rosenheim route Add-ons. The latter will also have 4 Scenarios available to play, 3 with the 101 and another with the Cab Car.

Of course, players will also be able to utilise the locomotive on any Germany route Add-on by spawning into timetable mode or via Free Roam. Neither of the above routes are a requirement to do this.“

 

But in addition to those two it’s also selectable to use with the existing timetables for Bremen -Oldenburg, Dresden - Chemnitz, and Kassel - Wurzburg. Not the case with other routes like HLL or Koln though

 

it also normally works on Kassel Wurzburg and a couple other routes

 

I have been following the posts.
When I check on Steam sales Kassel - Wurzburg makes no mention of a BD BR101 of any description, neither does Nahverkehr Dresden - Riesa Route or Schnellfahrstrecke Kassel - Würzburg Route
Can you now see the dilemma I face. To get on board with the Expert 101 is a big investment when you include routes that I do not own.

 

Just use this link.
https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/br101-expert-some-clarification.83254/

 

The route descriptions won't be updated for later released locos that add gameplay to them. That's the case for all routes and all locos as far as I know.

 

Check the TSW5 store page at Steam. They are listed there.