With DTG apparenty abandoning TSC, some 3rd parties have already closed their shop. Some commercial developers, some freeware devs like Michael Stephan who has been around since MSTS Given it is now winter in the southern hemisphere, is there any news from Diesel Workshop and Machine Rail? I've checked their web pages and no news has been posted for like 6 months already. Also, Searchlight Simulations has been very quiet for quite some time already too. I assume there still is a market for quality DLC. I for one am very pleased with my purchases from the afore mentioned.
Milepost Simulations has a new USA route coming out called Green River - Kemmerer. They said that it would be sent to DTG to check over by the end of July. Milepost Simulations FB page. (2) Facebook
Searchlight Simulations have been working on various projects which have been time consuming. They have said that they are still working on TSC releases.(info from RWA forum)..
Milepost routes are 'more of the same' single track running through sparsely populated areas with little operational challenge and the provided rolling stock is only so-so. Diesel Workshop and Machine Rail rolling stock has good price-quality and fills some nice gaps in our USA rosters. UK and Germany will be well served for a few more years I suppose given their large player base. But ChrisTrains, SimExpress etc serving much smaller markets with quality DLC might soon find themselves without a viable market without a steady stream of new routes from freeware developers. Wait and see what surfaces to market I suppose.
Diesel Workshop is developing a GP9 and Searchlight Simulations is coming out with Soo and Milwaukee Road SD40's.
