I don't disagree, but the market for flight simulator software is far larger than train simulators. Once third party developers have reached the...
Yes, if Manchester was at the same latitude in N America, it would be on the southern shores of Hudson Bay. The Gulf Stream really makes a...
Tom's (excellent) IC to Brighton works a treat, but when I subscribe to the Diesel Legends, it doesn't appear on FGW (neither do a couple of other...
As we've discussed often before, I'd be prepared to pay double for a significantly longer route, as (it seems) would many other users of these...
I have to say that 2.25x DLDSR makes a great improvement on my system, even with 'only' an RTX 2070, and doesn't reduce framerate. Can anyone...
I wonder if that's because of the move to LEDs. Lightbulbs will eventually fail and then (I guess) the loco has to be taken out of service for...
But sometimes the reverse (Munich-bound near Ulm) :) [IMG]
"After the first four years, the dirt doesn't get any worse." Quentin Crisp
Oversimplifying drastically, DX12 moves work from the CPU to the GPU. So if you have a fast graphics card and a (relatively) slow CPU, it can...
Performance difference between DX11 and DX12 depends on your hardware. (Very) basically DX12 moves more computation to the GPU, so if your GPU is...
If that was the front end of the train at the time of the incident, I'm amazed the driver wasn't (at least) seriously injured.
Most countries modify to some extent the names of foreign cities in their own language. The French speak of Londres and Edimbourg and nobody...
Mouth Shasta??? Curse you, autocorrect :)
The LMS had its own diesel shunters (built 1939-42), externally quite similar to a class 08, but diesel-electric rather than diesel-mechanical....
If you're in the cab, fair enough, but I often (when shunting) use exterior views (2 or 3), and then it's handy to check that you've set the...
I've got a similar spec to the OP (except an older 4790K 4GHz) - you don't say if you have a 4K screen, but I do and can run most routes at...
I'm very happy with this route (particularly as it's quite near where I grew up watching steam trains), but I think I may have to budget for a new...
That's an SR (designed, didn't appear before nationalisation), there was a temporary swap (to compare performance, as also happened with steam...
If you have a long train, it takes a long time (though not quite as long as in real life, some have said). Leave it for 10 minutes (have a...
Although the majority of the world's rail systems use right-hand running, the UK is far from unique, even in Europe. France, for example, uses...
The options change (slightly) depending on whether you've hit Esc mid-game or completed a journey/scenario. But that doesn't invalidate your point.
I agree with Crosstie that the in cab signalling now allows you to keep to time, without the slowdowns to 30 mph some miles before each station....
But they presumably ask how much you'll charge (or equivalently, how much effort will be needed). My conversations often (used to) run: Client:...
Where there's only one traction type, the letter is repeated, so GAA means British steam and no other traction type.
The Eagle was a British comic paper published 1950-69 (revived briefly in the 80s) and aimed at boys (those were sexist times ;)) aged about...
It will be interesting when steam comes to TSW (maybe in 2022 :)) - if there were a full-blown simulation of driving a steam locomotive, it would...
When the Preston-Carlisle electrification was taking place (early 70s), the WCML was closed at weekends and the Glasgow-London traffic was handled...
I accept that you wouldn't find such things on a 'pure' simulator. But if TSW was only bought by people who want a highly accurate simulator and...
Pedantically, the Metropolitan isn't a tube line, most of it is on the surface - and the part that isn't was constructed using 'cut and cover',...
Yep, a route for £2.50, that's a half of beer (or a supermarket pint :)).
JT are very good at continuing bug fixes on their products - e.g. service pack 6 came out last year for their Scottish East Coast Main Line and...
I always assumed 'Bill' was just a little in-joke from a 'solicitr', but perhaps he's a William - my real name isn't 'Quentin' :).
Indeed, but this is usually an 'end of scenario' case, where there's only a mile/km or two to run.
geloxo's 'trick' worked brilliantly on my system, eliminating the regular 'micro' stutters I was getting. Makes you wonder why Microsoft would...
Of course they could, but not necessarily Xmas 2021. :)
Sound advice from Leadcatcher, but if you SPAD and have forgotten to save, there's always the "return to last checkpoint" option (assuming you...
I've also had instances where, following a save/resume, the banking comms had stopped working and needed an off/on to reset it. Sometimes it's...
Incidentally, does anyone know exactly what the "0 MI" in the top left of the display is telling us? It appears to be related to distance...
For me, the only vital engine.ini tweak is the: [/Script/Engine.UserInterfaceSettings] ApplicationScale=0.500 to reduce the size of the HUD.
Yes. I've noticed (and made a bug report) that after loading a saved game, the banking comms link is (can be) broken and needs an off/on to reset...
Microsoft have made those games downloadable (free) apps rather than bundling them into the Windows installation.
I think another 'Save' bug may be contributing to this problem. I was running a consist with 'banking comms on' and the units were working...
I'm sure many people know this, but for a quick way to return to default engine.ini settings without losing all your careful past tuning, simply...
foliage.LODDistanceScale has a significant impact. Mine was set to 3 => 15 fps; comment it out, and it's back over 30fps, which I'm happy with.
Bought and downloaded at 2:30pm UK time. Tip for the introduction, don't do what I did and put it into notch 2 to start moving - the power lever...
For those not overly familiar with Sherman Hill, Trains magazine have a recent article here, including a map. (I don't think it's paywalled)
I run at 4k with Ultra settings at 100% screen size, plus a few tweaks to engine.ini, and my 2070 delivers ~40 fps, so your 3070 should be fine...
I don't have any inside knowledge, but given that it's another Dresden route, it would surely be a bizarre decision not to use the same team, as...
Hardly a game breaker, but I found this 'acrobat' busking at Gatwick rather amusing![ATTACH]
A new generation console (if you can find one!) will play the game quite happily without breaking the bank. But PC sims have always required...
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