My understanding is - and I am happy to be corrected by someone more knowledgeable - that keeping the prior stop signals at danger and pulling...
The modern version has nothing of interest to me, but I play it in Diesel Legends with all the mods to remove OLE etc. In that state it has a nice...
Will there be any correction to the crazy sectional running times used in the timetable, please? They mean it’s impossible to keep time, which for...
It’s sad about the 465, because it’s a really good recreation of the unit in most respects, spoilt by unrealistic acceleration. If that were to be...
Newcastle to Edinburgh is 124 miles.
It doesn’t quite fit. Carlisle - Skipton is 86 miles, so they wouldn’t be able to claim 90 miles if it was that. Once beyond Skipton the next...
I remember one of the DTG people saying that in terms of requests for routes, WCML and ECML were miles ahead of anything else. The difficulty, of...
In that case definitely don’t allow anyone behind the wheel of a car. You can easily kill scores of people with one of those. With a scooter you’d...
It’s probably worth saying that in real life, if a train is passing through Manchester (Piccadilly - Oxford Rd - Deansgate or vice versa) and...
No. Fortunately in real life they don’t rely on having very few trains in the timetable and everything running on time, to cover up the fact that...
Yes, there are a few locations on NTP where this can happen. It’s quite infrequent (people can play the game for years without it happening) but...
Out of interest, Vern, what cut-off did you use on the TSW Jubilee out of Man Vic? My experience of the TSW Jubilee is that the power it can...
Thanks Joe. I really appreciate the response. However, the only route I’ve seen on which something close to the real timetable has been used is...
I agree, it can be difficult. I don’t know how they’d make it notched, though. Different forms of traction have different numbers of notches, so...
I suppose if the AI trains arrive at each station early and await time, it doesn’t really matter too much. The key is that the timings are...
But if they use the real life timetable, and the trains can’t keep to time, then the physics on the train are wrong. So they need to correct the...
Given the number of people who have raised this issue, I’d hope DTG will fix it soon. However, at the moment they’re doing the opposite -...
I grew up in South Yorkshire in the early 80s. At the weekend we’d get the 101 DMU on the Barnsley-Huddersfield line as far as Denby Dale or one...
No, one block isn’t normally kept clear. Sometimes in severe fog one block would be kept clear (known as ‘double block working’) because of the...
Agreed. It's just a fundamentally boring route. Low speed, low activity, no variety of traffic, stopping pattern, signal checks or anything else....
My understanding is that the real 1958 timetable times quoted in the first post are for Class 7 or 8 locomotives. So strictly for a Jubilee the...
Have the class 90s worked freight on the East coast? In my opinion the West coast is much more interesting then the East coast for AC traction,...
Drivers also counted rail joints to calculate their speed. The lengths of rail were a standard length, so the number of rail joints over a fixed...
It’s surprising what a difference exactly where you place your train makes to the signal aspects you see. I often drive schedules from the...
I’d love to see class 31 schedules on NTP, but I think the reason they don’t add more schedules is the issue they have with the signalling. If...
Great news. Well done to those at DTG who did this. Driving is so much more immersive using RailDriver.
It would certainly be a big step forward, but I haven’t seen any evidence of it so far. From what I’ve seen every run is still the same every time...
Yes, the NTP timings are for a 45 (2,500hp) or 47 (2,580hp). A 40 only has 2,000hp so you’d expect it to struggle on those timings. I find the...
It should be said that DTG did correct some of the timings on NTP, after feedback on them being unachievable, so maybe there's hope!
It’s just maddening. They have put SO much work into the route, the scenery, the trains, the sounds - and much of it is very good indeed. Then...
I've been enjoying Spirit of Steam, and the new challenge of trying to get the best out of the loco and manage the boiler pressure to have steam...
It's off-topic, I know, and not your core point, but I don't know of any railway which deliberately keeps trains moving slowly rather than...
To be honest, I think developers are in an impossible position on this. They’re going to get torn to shreds on forums whatever they do - that’s...
Thanks MRFS. I’d be interested to see a source for that information if you have one? (Not doubting what you say - just a subject I’m interested in).
Fast - but it’s an incorrect signal sequence either way. To be clear, the issue isn’t that there’s a multiple aspect signal protecting the home...
There's an incorrect signal sequence between Wavertree and Edge Hill on the Down. Double Yellow, followed by the Outer Home at clear, then the...
I totally agree with the OP. I’ve seen a suggestion on a couple of others threads that threads which criticise DTG get locked. I haven’t seen...
I do agree - the excellence of the 101 covers a multitude of sins, on more than one route. It’s little commented upon because it’s been available...
Hi Jasper Do we take it from this that you are not even doing bug fixes? So things like the stopping positions being in the wrong place so that...
For me it depends on exactly how inauthentic the stock in question is. So, for example, having the 101 on GWE Diesel Legends is OK. Of course, it...
The route has plenty of gradients. I think it’s a decent mix. I’m quoting from a previous post here but it still stands: The section from Crewe to...
I think it depends on where your interests lie. I have no interest in shunting, but generally find stopping trains more interesting than express...
A fantastic piece of work - thank you. I refunded the ‘38 stock (the only time I’ve ever done this for a TSW item) because of the complete silence...
Thank you! I’ll give it a go.
Agreed, Mr Pacer. How did you get the username changed, by the way? Mine was a result of a slight misunderstanding when signing up…
DTG added layers to salvage something from the route, and the layers are the main thing which makes the route enjoyable for many. It was the right...
Microsoft did produce a train simulator, and it was nowhere near as good as TSW. That's understandable, of course, as it was a different era, but...
I totally agree, the layers made the route. It’s an interesting and challenging drive with hauled stock or with the 101 - plenty of gradients,...
That would be a big step forward, particularly if realistic gauges (appropriate to the loco in question) could be displayed on the tablet/phone,...
Exactly, I suspect it’s impossible, so not a dig at DTG, but I guess it’s going to be necessary to move the camera. I realise, of course, that...
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