Currently the high beams of the ICE 3 are just increasing the brightness of the headlights light thats emitted to the outside, but on the ICE 1 the high beams are actually high beams, and I wish that it would be the same on the ICE 3. you can see that it only brightens it a bit up, but it's not actually high beam ICE 1's highbeams are way better since TSW3 is supposed to be better, why can't you think about upgrading the ICE 3 for KWGs release instead of just copy-pasting it?? it also leads to problems like the passenger information displays on the outside not working, and I don't think you want to fix these either.
Yes, you are right. The ICE 3 that we currently have on the Kassel - Würzburg high-speed line is not what it could be. The problem with the passenger information displays has plagued me since the release of the game. I also notice that the interior lighting information cannot be displayed properly on the MFD in the driver's cab. Just like about the high beams, I would say about the sound that it has great potential for improvement (I have opened a thread about this before). I think that a train that forms the basis for a TSW3 route cannot be up to the standard of TSW2. The ICE 3 has been a central element of the Train Sim World universe since the release of TSW 2 and is already present on so many routes that it definitely deserves a retread.
I highly believe DTG only listened to inside IRL recordings of the trains and used that to reproduce the sound that plays at 50+ km/h and completely ignored the outside sound, that's why that for example sounds absolutely horrible, and the sound from low to high at 7 km/h to 11 km/h should also start from lower, it sounds "childish" if you could say it that way. (sorry for complaining about everything lmao)
As I said, it would probably be the best to entirely revise the ICE 3. (Yes, it may seem a bit ungrateful if we complain about everything here, but that's what the suggestion forum also can be used for, doesn’t it? )
would be good for TSW4 if the rumors are true, or maybe for next year if DTG keeps releasing a new TSW every two years, but I doubt that this would happen honestly, it's not our fault, DTG reproduces the train sounds on their own and refuses to use irl sound recordings (I read that somewhere but you can hear it anyways) but then tell me why do soundmodders manage to deliver godlike mods? and why always the community that makes everything better?
Tsg was responsible for doing the sound mixing and he could only use what he had which were really old recordings. Can't really go out and record sounds in details these days since the rules are stricter so can only work with what is availabe. Also explained how he is on a budget/time, so he can't make it as detailed as possible otherwise it would take years. Doesn't automatically make him a terrible sound engineer though since he has some well done projects. So the sounds are real life recordings like a majority of trains in game, but implemented poorly. Some trains sound good, some don't
I know that TSG is responsible for the sounds for the ICE 3 and I assume that it should not be impossible to have other people, I am talking about DTG's audio team, do a sound upgrade for the ICE 3. This is not meant to be a criticism of TSG, it is certainly not easy as an individual to create a highly realistic sound in a short time, I understand that. Nevertheless, I think that the ICE 3 deserves a sound update, among other updates.
