Enough Is Enough!!! The Ongoing Saga!!! 2 Year Anniversary

If you have TSW4, you already own TSW5....

Now am I being serious, joking, or somewhere in between..

 

Well, I'm on PS5 and 9 Euro for Deluxe some weeks ago was a fair price for me although I already owned the Dresden route. Vectron was a must for me and the Scotsman is a nice to have. I'm planning to do the same with TSW 5. No need for TSW 5 in the next couple of months.

 

I will know tomorrow if I will be supporting TSW with a pre order.

 

The minimal hud was a TSW4 launch feature....but it took them a little bit to remove that intrusive traction lock indicator from it

 

It's easy for me. If there is something I really want on day one, I'll buy it. I'll even preorder it to get whatever discount they offer (Though as Swiss prices are 33% more than Euro Prices despite the exchange rate being almost 1:1 due to Steam unfairness, that still means I'm paying more than full price).

However, there is not much on my 'really want' list, Certainly a short bit of WCML is not enough. (I don't gamble, but if I did I would bet it is Euston to Milton Keynes). A German route that went through Berlin Hauptbahnhof would be a must buy as would Riviera Line in either the 60's, 70's or 80's - Throw in a Paxman Valenta HST in the Deluxe Pack and I won't be able to handover the money quick enough. I suspect I won't be seeing any of that in TSW5 or whatever pack is announced tomorrow. I have loads on TSW and TSC that I haven't driven yet, so I can wait.

Interestingly I went through my Drivers Log Book last weekend to see how much I've played the TSW4 Core Routes (Standard Edition). Less than 10 hours in total. I have 3 times that amount in Blackpool Branches alone. So even the argument that it's good value for 3 routes doesn't really work for me.

Can't even summon up the enthusiasm to watch it live tomorrow. I'll catch the fallout on this thread afterwards.

Love the game, but it peaked at TSW2 Rush Hour, the new core features don't in my opinion justify a new paid title every year, especially when it takes all year to actually get all the features out (and the editor still can't cook). Best I can hope for is a free core update and then purchase the rest in a sale, hopefully sometime before JT's next route comes out.

As for new features, I hope we finally get the option for configurable controller input and ideally an api like the one in TSC so that we can read the state of the game externally. That's about all I want.

 

Assuming it has a similar amount of content as the same bundle TSW4 had, it will be 7 or 8 routes and two locomotives, which would normally be around £240 to £270 as separate DLC (assuming no increase in DLC price) and will include the base game, £105 would actually be very good value. It could have a bit less or a bit more content than last year but it’s likely it will be around the same level.

But hey, let’s not consider what you might get for that money before complaining about it. That wouldn’t be the forum way.

 

£105 special edition is mainly for newcomers who don't have many routes so to most of us we won't be looking at that edition anyway.

Could be worse Sony want to charge £60 for the Until Dawn remake which is just a graphical overhaul

 

Yeah maybe I was a bit over exagerating

 

Let's take a look at what I'd pay for......

TSW Annual release with a UK NW Home Counties electric route (including a suburban unit, an express unit and any other recently released units that'll work on metro services), a couple of Berlin S-Bahn services, something from the US (I won't care)
With extras of: Class 91 for the ECML that also layers HSTs in at last. London to Shoeburyness line circa 2002. An new ICE unit for various German routes and a Class 730 for Birmingham Cross City and any other lines it might be useful on.

I'd pay £150 for that lot.

 

When you say "the base game", what do you mean?

 

24 hours to go. Forum users you better be prepared.

 

Ditto - there will be more insight here because we are the field test

 

And also the track monitor did not work correctly for a while I think

 

CHOOSE YOUR BUNDLE!

I can barely contain my excitement.

 

Standard for me

 

You would have to pay me £150 for that, how's about DTG start doing more transition era stuff. Blackpool Branches worked as it had the noisy diesels and the more modern DMU. No more 2024 offerings that you can walk onto in real life thanks...

 

Wonder if there will be a DLC for SOS a Britannia or black 5?. HST railtour with a brake van in the middle? Only the CVR does those for now.
Betton grange for the WSR...

 

I mean the new TSW itself, the UI and menus, features and Training Center. Not as exciting as the content but it is still a thing that you get and indeed need.

 

Thanks Stujoy. Fingers crossed for a good upgrade.

 

I might need to sacrifice my uni tuition fees money to afford this game

 

There is no indication DTG have recanted their current stance on steam traction. i.e. not doing any more.

 

Is West Midlands transition from 323s to 730s not enough? I picked 2002 era LTS to capture the transition from slamdoor stock to the current units and the HST to ECML so that route becomes one going through transition. I too prefer a choice of old and new stock and my selections, whilst not your area of interest, were all picked to satisfy my love of transition era stuff.

 

50 bucks?! Bloody hell! I hope there's a London Underground route in there. Jesus...

 

If they do the 730's I wonder if they'll add the built in stuff ups that West Midlands Trains have turned them out with like the geofencing that makes the rear doors not open at many stations

 

Rivet games may or may not be having their debut in the direct, releasing whatever they are doing..you know what I say to that?

“BOOOO!! Get off the stage!”

 

Your probably right on the 730/323 transition. TBH I am pretty much chucking TSW in the DB routes only and then only if discounted. The UK routes are just not interesting enough to keep going back to so the thought of paying £100 plus is not likely.

 

How brave you are!

Why not return to your weekly Platform Post newspaper you were promising? Second issue is overdue. Else I'm gonna give you a Booo too.

 

5900 messages... wow...

 

And wow, you seem very proud of yourself for making that statement. Want a medal? Or do you want an extra badge on your forum account? I’m not too sure.

I don’t want this thread getting locked, but I will fight back if I must.

stop wasting your breath.

 

My god it’s still going?

 

LOCK THIS THREAD??!!

 

150 pages by release - we can do it

 

TSW 5, free to players who have TSW3 and 4, WCML, Euston to Milton kynes, 350 is skyhook as a dlc, San bernadino was a tsw4 route, it's now been delayed until TS5.4 (Rush hour 2 which includes WCML over shap

Alan Thompson DLC cancelled

 

JT morecambe

 

Congratulations on this thread getting this far. I remember when it started last year :`)

 

Wasn't the goal of this topic to prevent today from happening?

 

Definitely not. I want Page 120 so we get a nice Swindon built Cross Country DMU.

 

I recall this thread starting, shortly before I took a forum leave of absence; and here I am rubber necking again!

 

Only 2 pages away from bubble car page!

 

Well we've seen how much DTG cares about customers - in this thread or supportive ones.

 

Not to mention despite the public face, behind the scenes I suspect Focus are very much pulling the strings.

Though having fired up Snowrunner yesterday evening for a change, Focus have stuck with that and not released a new version every year, what’s it on now something like Season 3 pass? Don’t really count Explorations as that’s effectively an all new game just built on the same engine (waiting for a sale on that one). The one thing that Snowrunner and TSW both have in common, which to be fair is a credit to respective developers, is that with all or most of the DLC installed, you have literally years of gameplay at your fingertips.

 

Last route played in TSW4

 

full dejavu moment imminent!

 

I'm predicting the announcement at the Direct that this topic will be put behind a paywall. No free enjoyment on the expense of DTG

(when do we finally get a devil emoji?)

 

I am more and more thinking about this one:

(since the image keeps breaking, imagine Corporate Commander from Angry Joe's reviews if you don't see it)

 

A broken image?

 

should really post this on the meme page, but whatever


DTG watching the community after the direct be like

 

You have got to be taking the ****!!!! TSW4 isn't even a year old and a new one is coming........ IM OUT, I'm now officially done with the entire franchise..... not paying AGAIN for a forth time to fix a game I already brought 4 TIMES!!!!! (THIS IS THE COPY PASTE INCOMING FROM THE OP)

 

know I’m a bit late to the party on this topic of what is or could be the next iteration of Train Sim World, be it 5 or not, I read through most of the posts and IMHO where DTG had made a statement of an unconfirmed leak and that they take it seriously, especially when an NDA is violated or broken and I agree it’s serious when an NDA is broken/violated, the trust has been broken and makes it hard for any company, gaming or not, to consider having any type of beta testers, seeing that this discussion is about gaming as a whole.

Over the years I have seen “NDAs be violated and information leaked” from politics to businesses and without going into the most well-known leaks that are known to many involving governments but companies as well many of those leaks have proven to be correct which I guess you can say were and are a violation of an NDA and I can only speak from my point of view from living in the states and some of the crazy politics and some of the many many “leaks” were always seem to come out on a Friday evening.

Then all the social media platforms start popping up with stories of he said-she said, he said-he said, she said-she said, they said they didn’t do it, we didn’t do it, we’re gonna get to the bottom of this as to who leaked the information and they will be held accountable, we take this very seriously, and more often than not, nothing ever comes of it or it all ends up becoming true all in a matter of time and all this time everybody's talking about whatever the leaked information was or may have been and all the conspiracy theories and I’m not one for wearing a tin foil hat.

I understand much of what I said here is a bit vague and it touches more on the politics side than gaming as a whole but this leads me back to the stated NDA that was violated by the unconfirmed leak statement by DTG. They did not actually say it was TSW5 or not just that they have a major announcement on 20 August 2024 and yet here we are, how many posts, and threads, I can't begin to say how many videos I’ve come across talking about TSW5 from across the internet.

Again, I’m not one to put on a tin foil hat but, I keep thinking about the information that was leaked and even seeing what that possible leak was is next to nothing that I can see that confirms one thing or the other. Now, those in the modding community that are part of the Epic Discord/Forums(?) where screenshots were taken from showing the next product from DTG with the secret code name that was used for the next product that is due out in September of 2024, I’ve only seen snippets of the screenshots that were taken showing code names, if you will, for lack of a better term. But, I can't help but wonder, was this truly an NDA violation? Some may say why do I question this?

This brings me to another analogy when an auto manufacturer builds a new vehicle model, it’s covered in almost like a camo-type canvas, more like a military style marpart camouflage to hide any car parts or anything to identify what type of vehicle it may be. They do this all the time, they drive the vehicle in public. Why? If it’s meant to be a hidden secret why drive around with this new vehicle model which is for the most part pretty well hidden in the body style, any markings it may have, paint color, but yet what do we all do? From the news media to the care publications, hot rod publications, anyone who’s a gearhead. And anyone else who is just interested in cars, what is everyone doing? What do we all do?

Everybody’s speculating. All kinds of speculating. All kinds of speculations. You see videos. Pictures. Everyone's talking about it. And, sometimes some of the wildest stories and speculations are stated. And when you really think about it, why are the car manufacturers doing this? For what reason? They have private test tracks. They even have private test tracks for trains. And, from what I understand, the training center that we all know and use in TSW__ is modeled after the real-world Seimens test track.

So, the only thing I can conclude, why all these different types of speculations/stories/violations of NDA are talked about in the way that they are is for what? What is the best advertisement for any company or corporation and for those corporations that are publicly traded on the stock market, what is the best advertisement they can have and not spend any money on? This is where I keep coming back to. Was this a violation of the NDA? Truly, was it?

And I question this sincerely and honestly. Not to imply anything but what are we all talking about? What has everyone talked about on this forum over the past month and a half? Multiple threads here on the forums and multiple videos talking about TSW__. And everything keeps coming back to TSW5, the conversations have pretty much died down but I wonder. I really do. And the reason why I say I really do wonder…

Those who believe in God and those who question the existence of God, will understand this statement and I’m guessing most would also understand this statement: For even God, would rather honest questioning, than blindfolded fear.


Now, some may think I’m crazy for making this statement and questioning the statement that an NDA was violated and information to TSW5 was leaked and whether DTG will re-evaluate their reliance on beta testers and that may very well be true that an NDA was violated by a beta tester or someone. But, with all the speculation that has been stated all I can think of is, what is the best advertisement that is unpaid for by any company? I don’t care what they make. And, I know myself, I made the statement months ago, that TSW5 will be the next iteration.

Just looking back at how they released TSW2, 3 & 4. That's what I’m looking back at. At the same time, I can't get that survey that many of us filled out months ago, and looking at the current Train Sim Classic models they rolled out, what 2 months ago? I may have made the statement, I don’t know if it was here on the dovetail forums, but I did state that if DTG sees this subscription model with TSC take off and be a viable product for them, they would look into it, think about, maybe not state it publicly, but look into implementing it into TSW.

This too, I stated, I will not buy into any subscription. I begrudgingly have a subscription with Xbox and I barely use it other than to watch streaming TV and even that is not that much. Maybe I’m just that old school where I’d rather buy the product and own the product. I have a good handful of games that if I had no internet I could still play the games. They don’t need to be connected to the internet 24/7/365.

So, whatever DTG does announce on the 20th of this month, will be interesting, to say the least. I would much rather see much of what is broken in TSW4 fixed, patched, and corrected. There is plenty that was left broken in TSW2020 as well as TSW2 & 3 and it is left the way it is. It hasn't been fixed. Is that what’s going to happen with TSW4? Because if this is the model, I don’t see myself spending more money on another iteration of TSW__ without some real consideration, some serious thought and it has to be really outstanding and, even then, I will question, why? Why should I?

Subscription? No. That is an outright, no. That is not going to happen. But at the same time, I understand. A game developer/publisher needs to stay viable in order to continue to create and provide the gaming content that we gamers would like to have and at the same time to pay the bills and make a living. And the one thing that I’ve been keeping an eye on is the value of the parent company Pullup and the subsidiaries Focus, DTG. The only thing I can think of for them to do what they are going to do and are doing is to find the best way to keep the shareholders happy.

The attached images in the spoiler are all publicly available. Links are also provided so all can see the information. I haven't looked lately but from what I have seen so far, the value has gone up a little bit. Not a lot, but it has gone up. This could be due to the number of sales that were available to all via Steam, Humble Bundle, epic, or wherever else the products, TSW, were sold online and on sale.

Spoiler

https://live.euronext.com/en/product/equities/FR0012419307-ALXP
https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/109030-33#overview
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/ALPUL?CountryCode=FR

The one other thing that has me wondering and thinking, and I’ve seen many statements by many people, as to the patches that fixed, yet broke other aspects of the game, something that DTG has stated that they’re looking into what the problem is, and how it can be fixed, mainly the red light bug issue. There have been many other issues within the game, some have been patched after they were broken, and some haven't. This has led many to question, what kind of playtesting and QA/QC is being done. Because of the patches that ended up breaking part of the game. And I found the following information (screenshot in the spoiler with link to the site showing this information) could this be the reason why? That's not a lot of people…

Spoiler

https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/167838-40#overview

Everything I have stated here is one big question that I can't answer but I can't help but ask. I know there is a lot here. I apologize for the length but this has been on my mind and I’ve been hedging on making this post and how to, because of all the information I’ve read and seen. The one thing that has been nagging at me is the survey that many of us have completed and again I go back to the subscription service in TSC. What will they announce? Very likely, TSW5. Or, TSW with a subscription model and the long-awaited US and Japan content and maybe, just maybe, all the above and I would not be surprised if some form of online multiplayer/co-op will be announced.