I’ve really not enjoyed any of the scenarios on Boston Sprinter. I’ve completed 4 out of 5 so far. I haven’t done the one we’re you assemble the F40PH-3C train as I somehow SPAD - pretty sure there was no red signal though. I played them all with safety systems on. The safety systems don’t work properly. You can’t acknowledge ATC/ACSES in the F40PH-3C or the Cab Car using the PS5 controller (although sometimes it will work). ACSES drops to 0mph too often during the reversing loop or even on the Stoughton Branch causing an immediate emergency brake application. The route is called Boston Sprinter. In none of the scenarios can you even get above 100mph without ATC/ACSES slowing you right down. Most of the time you’re at 30-45mph with safety systems on. The cab car is barely audible. No track or wheel flange sounds at all. Very boring experience. ACSES in the F40PH-3C and Cab Car will drop in speed but there is no audible warning most of the time to let you know. You just see the red in the speedometer and must react to that. Not one scenario did I finish anywhere near on time although I still got gold medals.
Agree with everything you’ve listed. ACSES I’m confident is completely broken, coupled with the pre-determined red signals that only clear once you arrive at a station and close your doors, you pretty much have a 150mph line that runs at 30-45mph 75% of the time, frankly when I’m allowed to do 60mph I feel like I’m doing a high speed run. The F40 not acknowledging ACSES is weird for me too, sometimes working and sometimes not. CabCars in general I find to be my least favourite units in TSW, mostly because the sounds are terrible in them, one way or another. It’s a shame because the route itself is really spectacular on PS5, it would just be great if every run wasn’t plagued with static red signals, or if ACSES didn’t slow you down to 30mph over 5 miles away from said signal.
