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Exactly.

Unfortunately it happens that teams will be working on the code even on the day it's due to be submitted for the release window, and something...

Exactly. As per my own response to this above. I can tell you for sure that compartmentalised development is the way of the industry. It's...

It's great that you enjoy it, but the developer has already acknowledged it has a plethora of issues and that they already have fixes in the...

The FPS are consistent, but do you still have stuttering/juddering? This is what I've seen on YouTube streams: 60FPS on the frame counter, but...

I'm very clearly critical of DTG, myself. But the post you're replying to essentially lays out how every development studio works, with different...

I hope not. They really don't need a new product number on the end to fix its issues, and doing so, in my view, would be an insult to the users...

I guess I'll never understand that business model, when some games will have patches several times in one week, releasing individual or small...

See, for me this should have been patched a day or so after release. Mind boggling that a glaring absence like this (which I easily noticed during...

Have they patched in the missing section of river yet?

Many games have issues on release, but it seems that TSW has more than most. The difference with better development teams (and publishers) is that...

The only route I'm going to buy, so far, and even then in a sale, is Niddertalbahn. High quality is everything.

Except the price is set by the publisher, i.e. DTG, so it's unfair to dig into Jane from Skyhook on the price, and so this request is misdirected.

Well, they didn't make those games, they published them. But it shows an eye for quality, and/or ensuring the final product is of a high[er]...

I almost bought it at the last discounted price. I'm glad I held off, now.

But a licence isn't just issued without limitations. They might have held a time- and route-limited licence. I don't know if that's the case with...

Source: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/focus-entertainment-acquires-train-simulator-dev-dovetail-games "The management team are the...

With the lingering scepticism over this acquisition, I have to say again I think it's going to be a positive thing. Too early to say what will...

Cause of my endless frustrations. What do you mean colour clash is a bad thing?

Something in a trailer I saw gave me the impression that's exactly what I'd be getting with TSW... I can't remember where I saw that. But when I...

I'm getting all misty eyed, recollecting the Spectrum vs Commodore days in the school playground... EDIT: And I've just this second remembered...

Ditto. It was nice to see Niddertalbahn introducing randomness with the crossing failures. It would be great to have random failure events,...

Console players absolutely aren't less critical. I'm not sure where this misconception has come from that console players will just buy and play...

The new owners aren't a focus group; the name of their business is Focus Entertainment – very different

To be honest, though, most games are developed by different studios when porting over to other platforms, not the original development team, even...

Yes, they did.

Ah, I think Focus used to be the publisher, but not any more.

But Farming Simulator is published by Focus, so it's their game and the finished product and its quality is their responsibility.

Okay, I'll refer to my post above again: the DTG manager staying in his position means little. Focus are the new publisher, therefore they own the...

Oh, I'm fully aware this point is likely a delusion lol

As I said in my post above, DTG's management remaining the same has nothing to do with the outcome of the product now. Focus will be running the...

To be honest, I think this will be a very good thing. Focus are definitely interested in quality. They publish the Plague Tale games. Hugely...

To be honest, they could go one step better and go cheaper. I don't think any DLC should cost the same as a full game, personally.

It wouldn't make a lot of sense to move to a new engine. That would be far too costly. There's nothing wrong with the engine they have, only the...

To clear up a misconception noted in this thread, just because the DTG leadership remains the same, doesn't mean Focus will be almost a bystander...

Yes, I was literally about to say there were definitely bugs in the "good old days". I often managed to find them as a player. And some were game...

This route should be held up to the spotlight as the benchmark DTG need to aim for. It should be the other way around, with DTG leading the pack –...

I cannot believe they are even doing another steam route without first getting SOS right. And if Peak Forest gets it right, they'd better go back...

You can't. It doesn't include standard display options.

Maybe so, but I still don't think it's going to achieve much if anything to be worth messing with hardware in the BIOS. Give it a go by all means,...

It isn't worth the hassle or the risk. You have to mess around in the BIOS, effectively overclocking your RAM with manual adjustments, and...

Conversely, the developer can try some optimisation techniques, as it should be.

I feel sorry for anyone running off a HDD, then, because my installation has always been on a M.2 and stutters and pauses are noticeable enough.

I would say that it's more of a developer not knowing how to, or not allocating time and resource to, optimising the engine with native code....

Doesn't it just. The sky gives a real sense of distance across the desert.

Sliders would be good generally, for personal adjustments – but they wouldn't be the answer to this issue, because the lighting, and how it...

To support this, if I'd been completely happy with TSW, I wouldn't be here, and I don't bother with reviewing games anyway. The only reason I...

I was criticizing a certain aspect of the game, not rubbishing the entire game. I'm enjoying it very much, albeit wishing they would improve the...

Good idea. Although, to be honest, the only way I can see most scenery on any route is to switch to an external view and zoom the camera out....

Yes, I'm aware, but as you say, not all members of TSG. There must be talent they aren't tapping into. Maybe they've already tried to strike up a...