Now I know that most TSW2 routes that have passenger and freight are dominated by passenger and freight have to give way, however freight services still kinda suck in the game. It’s just several services of driving from the same two destinations but at different times of day with different rolling stock. Now I know that it’s based off of real life but even for that they are still pretty bad. It’s not like a pair of perfect rolling stock in a perfectly active yard is going to be sitting there collecting dust until the heat death of the universe. Basically my point is that the freight services on most routes is very bland. Take Haupstrecke Rhein Ruhr for example, it’s literally the same route with the same signal and traffic layout copy and pasted. After awhile it becomes more fun to watch paint dry then redo the same service but at a different time of day or train. I think a missed opportunity was Schnelfarsrecker Köln. The BR 187 scenarios were perfect in showing how freight services could be with going to a variety of yards and changing cargo loads in between. Even the shunting is very bland as it’s usually either stabling, or just moving rolling stock with no purpose (still better then having it sit there, or nothing for that matter). Even America, a country where freight usually has priority, has bland freight, they put at least some effort that’s good enough for now, but Europe is where cracks really show in low effort services. Please don’t comment saying “they’re just trying to be realistic” or “it’s harder to do it than you think” because I’m perfectly aware of that, this is just my opinion.
