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It’s an interesting discussion. Looking at the images, if I pick almost any criterion, the TSC version looks better - yet I prefer the overall...

Thanks, corrected. I appear to have inadvertently triggered a JT v Skyhook debate, morphing into TSC v TSW. Apologies…

Based on the stream, my impression is positive. There’ll always be details which are good or bad, but the overall feel of the route, in my view,...

Most of the above, to be honest! They were versatile locos, used on passenger and freight work. They were fairly restricted geographically, to...

But what can a Jubilee + 10 achieve up that bank in real life? Surely that’s the question, not what it could achieve in TSW2. I completely agree...

It’s thirty quid for route and trains. If you want everything to be perfect to that level of detail, you’d need to pay a hundred times that - but...

I’m not a fan of the concept of things having to be unlocked as I’d much rather dive straight into Timetable Mode and learn as I go then have to...

This is the key to the issue, for me. I actually don’t find the Jubilee loses boiler pressure too quickly. You have to drive it in a weird way...

Agreed. Personally I’d have preferred Sheffield, for the longer run, but I recognise opinion would be split - and that would have been quite a few...

That’s my fear. I’ve no interest in the 222, so it would be really annoying if we didn’t get the HSTs on Sheffield services in order to leave a...

I agree having Nottingham is good, but for 75% of the way Leicester - Nottingham and Leicester - Derby are the same route - they’re not side by...

I really hope so, as they often had HSTs deputising on them. I have a feeling they’re going to be left out, but hopefully I’m wrong.

Yes, I think the proportion of trains in the timetable they are able to include will be higher than any route for some time. I’m assuming all...

Just out of interest, what bugs is Cross City plagued with? I play it a lot and never come across any. I noticed a few minor ones at the start,...

I’m in two minds whether this is a ‘day one’ purchase for me or not. Although the era is more recent than usually interests me, the HST and 158...

Agreed. Sadly they’ve spoilt this particular add-on by giving it an unrealistic 5-coach load, so I haven’t bought it, but the principle of add-ons...

That's the problem with giving just 5 coaches to a powerful steam locomotive designed to haul 10-12 coaches.

I know it’s a railtour. Railtours don’t run with 5 coaches for the reasons Redbus explains. Actually, if it was set in the days when steam was...

Jasper, can you tell us why the train only has 5 coaches, please? Many of us aren’t buying it for that reason. Any chance of changing it to...

The other thing I’d say is that the ride quality on a 158 is about the best I’ve ever experienced on a DMU. You can better it on hauled stock -...

The 5 coach rake shown in the pictures in the roadmap completely puts me off - I won’t be buying it if that’s how it’s released. Rail tours run...

I remember before the scrubber blocks were fitted, in autumn they used to run hybrid 158s and 156s - half of a 158 paired with half of a 156 - so...

The lack of manuals never really bothers me as I wouldn’t read them anyway. If there’s anything I can’t work out for myself, I just google it. I...

1. Class 101. Tricky to learn to drive but extremely satisfying once you get the hang of it. I love the fact that you can make infinite tiny...

According to the video description this is a 159/1 - which is a 158 converted to a 159. The conversion did not include uprating of the prime mover...

The 101 and 31 are both great. This mod allows you to use the 31 on passenger services on NTP. They used to substitute for 45s/47s occasionally in...

The problem is, polls can be really useful in certain contexts, but when they’re activated some of the polls posted just seem to achieve nothing...

Like most others, I'd love to see it go to Manchester, but that's not going to happen. An extension to Derby to allow the fast trains to be driven...

Absolutely superb! I've just completed a run from Redditch to Litchfield TV. Just about managed to keep time, but really had to work it hard and...

It's intriguing really how much of the Midland Railway route from Chinley to Ambergate is still open. A former mainline, carrying express...

I’d recommend the route - even if we don’t get a mod to be able to run 101s. The 323 is well recreated, and the route itself is also to a high...

From a personal point of view I enjoy the 323 so I’m pleased to have it, but setting the route in a transition era would have allowed us to have a...

I’m finding I have more steam that I know what to do with on SoS now. I spend a lot of my time finding ways to deliberately waste steam, to...

Interesting to hear that, Kev. Were you a Driver or a Guard? What do you think of the TSW route, as someone who’s worked it in real life?

It's a fair point, Matt. The only thing I would say is it's probably more difficult for people to be overly-demanding if you make a route set in...

I gave this a go, and it feels as if there's real potential there. There are certain moments where it feels pretty poor. The final few yards when...

Just adding my voice to the call for the ability to create timetabled stops with times in scenario planner. I don't use scenario planner at all at...

I think we could hardly make more noise! Half the threads on the forum seem to be full of people puzzling over why only modern UK routes are being...

The apparent intention only to make modern routes is a big step backwards which will see many - including me - seek alternatives to TSW. It's not...

I watched the stream hoping that the small Driver’s window would be less of an issue than I’d imagined. Unfortunately it had the opposite effect....

You can do so on TSW2 using one of ‘Alex’s Mini Substitution Mods’:...

I play it regularly in TSW3 and it works as well as it ever has - the occasional incorrect signal sequences are the only problem I experience, and...

A timetable upgrade for NTP would be great, but it would have to be combined with fixing the signalling. You frequently get incorrect signal...

Agreed, I think this would be a good development. Running with cab doors open was common in real life, and on stock with non-interlocked doors...

I’m not aware of that on Cathcart but it sounds like a typo when inputting the schedule. Generally speaking the input schedules are much less...

Oddly I find the DTG red looks much more red in external view than from the cab. When driving I have to have the external camera set up facing...

If you leave it in gear you’ll find you need more brake to bring the train to a stand. Try coming in with about 15 inches of vacuum on the gauge...

Agreed - I did some comparisons based on that timetable and there’s a thread about it here:...

That’s one of the things I dislike the most about Cross-City (which is otherwise a good route on the whole). The rapid loading means it’s...