I honestly feel ashamed ahaha. Temptation it was. But I will be brutal and constructive with my feedback.
Please don’t feel you have to apologise for buying TSW routes. If nobody buys them they’ll stop making them!
Cross City probably - nice route, well modelled loco, good scenery - but beware, Birmingham New Street is very empty
Hopefully by the time it goes live on Steam at 1800, we will know. Of course you do realise you have played straight into DTG’s “Dr Evil” who is now sitting there rubbing his hands going Muuugh uuuh ha, Muuugh Uuugh Ha, etc.
The way I see it is new releases will be full of bugs for a while, possibly forever. Older more established releases are less likely to suffer this issue (of course core issues will affect all), so I get the ones on sale and then wait for new releases to go on sale and hopefully by then they have had a few patches. Massively regret buying TSW5 straight away - there have been massive sales since, and the game was borderline unplayable originally due to performance.
So after pages and pages and pages of bashing Rivet / DTG and not paying £30, the usual if we don’t buy it DTG will get the message. People went and bought it anyway?! I am surprised as always! What a waste of time all that was! That’s not a dig, by the way. It’s good people have made up their mind based on a few more streams. I watched all four of TheBritishAce streams from yesterday. It was always Day One purchase for me (later on Steam) I have to say the ambassador streams always see to do these routes more justice than the initial DTG stream. I think it just proves that these ambassadors really are worth their weight in gold, sometimes. If people have had a change of heart, great? Just remember all this next time we do a Rivet bashing thread!
ok class 153/9 loaded has an issue on xbox series S the doors are locked had to go through the front to get in and theres no sound at all but the class 153/9 empty works fine ??? (spawning in free roam )
To answer your question. Yes you could just walk across the track, but you wouldnt do that IRL. there’s no barrow crossing to 0. whilst the subway is modelled, the concourse, which is required for foot access to 0 is not. The concourse isn’t exactly what you would call…. Massive. Especially compared to those already modelled in other dlcs.
It's possible they had to wrap it up and get it out before the end of the financial year. Quicker to implement a teleport than build a concourse.
It’s possible, yes. But doesn’t mean it should’ve happened. It also doesn’t excuse the “too much work” excuse. Or the “exciting feature” touted by some.
I can understand that some people buckled - but this is still a sale purchase for me based on what I’ve seen. I’m adamant on that. Unless it’s updated in the meantime.
Thinking the same here. Just on what’s been reported so far from the console versions, our suspicions are being confirmed. This was rushed through to beat the end of the fiscal year, with minimal QA and testing (or the testers were ignored) and hoping people would just fold and pay the £30. So think I for one will be standing my ground unless something fabulous gets revealed later on.
I haven't brought a new addon for TSW 5, and I see nothing here that would persuade me to change that, despite DMU's being my "bag". It all just smacks of get it out and worry about it later.
In scenarios yes but dtg would have to make their own paid pack separate. You'd be better off waiting for a route to come out tbh. More likely than a reskin/timetable pack for Blackpool.
Same here. I was really considering this route, as I think I'd really enjoy it. But having already read, that this suffers from audio popping on xbox. I'll pass for now.
Each to their own on this one and if others want to buy it go ahead, sincerely enjoy yourself and knock yourself out. But I'm firmly sticking to my guns...
I wanna see how the Dutch route turns out before I make a decision on what to get in the future, although I’m leaning more towards the latter
Well, my initial thoughts are: The route itself feels VERY lacklustre. The sense of “unfinished” springs to mind around the entire “Network”. The Class 150. We all know that on WCL, it was an atrocious pile of… well, you know. And with CCN, they certainly had their chances to redeem it. It’s all well and good remodelling it to a modern standard, but the focal point for us train enthusiasts is the sounds. And this just doesn’t cut the mustard one bit. A feeble attempt to make amends in my eyes. The services are mostly made up of Depot Shunts, or the odd 5-15 minute services. I understand this is a “Network” route, but vast majority of the services we run are snippets of the real world. It completely baffles me as to why they didn’t add Merthyr Tydfil, Aberdare or Barry Island. At least then we’d have proper end to end running, not just parts of them. The Class 153 (Dogbox). Okay this? With minor defects here & there, I can put to one side because this little thing is simply brilliant. The audio (which I believe came from ScotRail), actually makes it feel real. I’ve completed 3 end to end runs from Coryton to Penarth with it, and it was brilliant! From thrashing it up to Dingle Road to getting up to speed between Queen Street and Heath Low Level, it was a blast. Overall, I genuinely think they dropped the ball on this route. This one could’ve had the potential to be a proper bustling little route. But I’m afraid it doesn’t cut the mustard.
Just watched a bit of TrainsimTV's vid on YT, and I must say the route and trains are looking better each time I watch a review. During the vid he was running a bit late, and because this is a network style route he was getting stuck behind various AI - which I think is a big selling point here. Leads to more playability, adverse signalling etc. Loads of AI as well...
Yeah but the amount of mods he has installed that show up on his streams, it will make it look better..
I know this may be off-topic but if you buy this with the Gamepass discount, will you retain the DLC if you no longer have the subscription?
Well at that point you have bought the dlc. It was just discounted. It would be unfair for your licence to be revoked if your game pass expires.
Yes because you still bought the dlc so if no longer have the pass after they cant take the dlc back and keep your money
If your only playing on game pass and don't own the core game. Then you will not be able to play any tsw add-on as you technically don't have the core game and will need to renew your game pass subscription or buy the game separately. They can't refuse your purchase of the dlc but it will be unplayable without the core game.
Played 1A38- Merthyr Tydfil to Aberdare in timetable mode. I'm not sure if this is a bug with this specific service or if ALL services over this stretch of line are affected, but instead of stopping at Waun-gron Park then Fairwater, the timetable has you pass through the former then make TWO separate stops at the latter. This needs fixing ASAP. I also noticed when exploring Cardiff Queen Street that you can call the lift, but the doors don't actually open.... Performance wise it's mostly fine (better than Mildmay with all the layers on), but every now and then the game freezes for a solid second. It's a miracle I didn't get a crash on either of the two runs I've done so far. Apart from that I'm enjoying the route. There was no way I wasn't going to get it with how local it is to me, and if it's polished to a better standard then it should be a pretty great route. As far as "network" routes go however I'd still say Cathcart is superior- mainly because you're always doing a full run from end to end, which is very important for a fulfilling experience, and something DTG don't seem to understand.
Like when he says he'll keep quiet for a minute so you can listen to the sounds of the 153, and talks after just 1 second!!!
Ok the class 150 was massively underrepresented in the preview stream. The sounds have been massively fixed and there is alot more of that sprinter growl that was missing before. They sound alot more beefy and everything just sounds better. They're a bit quite, especially the engine sounds (the horn is loud enough) but apart from that great job! Doing the class 153 training now.
Ok the class 153 training is broken (Xbox series x) I am spawned inside the train to begin with and when asked to sit in the driver's seat it physically won't let me.
Fwiw i was able to complete the 153 tutorial on Series X, but it was very janky. It def shouldn't spawn you inside the train
