Class 166 Notches

When driving the 166? What is the right way to take power? Is it each notch at a time ?

or 3 5 7 ?

 

Pull away on notch 3 to get speed up once at 10mph you can then start stepping up the other notches.

 

I tend to stick with the 3-5-7 technique for the 166. At 3mph I go into notch 5, then at 8 - 10mph I go into notch 7. It's quite a sluggish DMU but it's physics feel authentic.

I remember in the original GWE, the Class 166 had notoriously unrealistic physics and was like a rocket. These days its been altered feels very authentic to drive, so quite the transformation!

 

From talking to real drivers, most get to notch 7 pretty fast. 166’s are very sluggish

 

I've heard from somewhere (I think Dad Rail had a guest one time) that you go notch 4 to start, when the wheels start turning move to notch 6, then at 5mph go to notch 7. I believe something about a governer which caps the notch at 6 anyway below that speed was mentioned.

I imagine it doesn't matter too much so 3-5-7 should be an acceptable driving style for other drivers not featured on Dad Rail.



Found it! If you go to 49:06 it's mentioned


Man I miss the old TSW2 HUD!