Consoles Trend: Very Skeptical

I mean away from the testing process these are good news. Love to hear that they are working on a fix and not just the new release of SBahn Frankfurt will profit on that its also good news for the blurry textures.

 

Dont know if it helps at all, but nvidias latest drivers are worse than garbage on the 12gb 3080, installed them this morning, lost 8 to 12 fps on most routes and stuttering like every 3 to 8 seconds, rolled back to my previous drivers (which are about 4 generations back after a full DDU wipe, 572.60 i beleave) so just be aware folks, its not always TSW thats the problem.

 

Well I think I see where the problem lies Matt.

 

Well I mean, you are testing for Xbox on pc. And on ps5. There’s differences between them all.

As I mentioned a few posts back, MSFS had the same issue with marketplace adding crashing the game on console as all the testing was not done on the actual console so errors slipped through the net.

Im not being facetious here, my job is to user test software and we always have to do it in the right conditions so we can solve it properly.

 

Ah sorry I misunderstood Matt, apologies.

 

Just out of curiosity Matt, while rummaging around with screen resolutIon, Lossless Scaling, Nvidia Upscaling and dreaming about a new PC or at least better GPU… Are the optimisation measures you’re looking at likely to benefit PC users too?

 

Thanks Matt. In the meantime as stated elsewhere 1440p is giving a much more palatable frame rate. I gave up on Lossless scaling as I couldn’t see how to force Window Borderless into anything other than native 4K resolution. Leaving Nvidia scaling to play around with from a 1440p or even 1080p game out.

Easier than convincing the wife now really is the time I need that new PC!

 

aw man, my PC is finally showing its age... it wont even run the new DOOM ... I am happy it can run TSW as well as it can... I am already prepared for some lower FPS for the new Frankfurt route (as I dont have the money for new PC , even this one back in 2017 took me almost 3yrs to pay off lol)

 

The funds not an issue here, getting the notion past the wife is. She has taken to being a bit minimalistic these days as regards hardware (from wanting to upgrade to the latest and greatest TV or BluRay player every couple of years a while back) and she is of the view, if it's not broken it doesn't need replacing. And she has already said, accidentally tipping a cup of tea in the case doesn't count!

Other option is to pop a slightly better GPU in there but for practical purposes that's going to be a RTX3050 as the maximum my 450w PSU can drive. But the caveat there is probably not a massive increase in performance and it's £180 that could be spent towards the new PC.

 

best advice i can give you mate is stay away from the __50 series of cards there just an expensive mistake, go for __60 series as a minimum, the only thing __50 series are good for is HTPCs or servers, your phone probably has more 3d chops than them

 

Maybe...

 

God I'm so old i actually remember using those at home LOL

 

Matt i have an idea about Frankfurt Fulda Memory, Can you make only the Vectron from DB and Railpool as Freight loco, that you Remove the different locos Like the 155, 182 or 185 from the List to Save memory

 

Classic example: paid streaming services, which used to be commercial free (that was the attraction), now stuffing their bandwidth with annoying ads and demanding premium prices to get back to what used to be the base experience

 

Amazon by far the worst as you pay for Prime then have to pay on top if you want ad free. Actually stopped watching Wheel Of Time as the two minute interruptions ruined the flow. Well that and it completely butchered the story from Robert Jordan's excellent books!

 

I am on PS5, and I have never had issues with TSW5, with all the routes I have.
Around 14 ones.
Even with the Frankfurt - Fulda.
No issues arriving Frankfurt.
Note: Most of the times lately, I run this route with "Free Roam" trains.
Then adding another one. Mostly long freights, with the Vectron.
Considering is long, and includes lot of trains of all types, like IC, ICE 3 and 1, Dostos, BR 143, etc.
Even planes!

Only issue I experience sometimes, is when taking pictures, ... I am expelled from the train!
But I found a solution for that... .I always drive it with SIFA.
Then the train will stop ahead.
So its time for a short walk!

But graphically everything is fine, with no blurred textures.

Of course this new S-Bahn route, is larger and it has more trains.
But frankly speaking, after seeing YT videos, it seems it is a bit "boring" after some driving.
The BR 430 looks very nice and modern.

So in my opinion... it does not worth it.
I will wait for another interesting routes DTG, that be possible run with PS5.

 

Yes, we felt we had to pay the ( admittedly nominal ) $3.26 per month, because neither the wife nor I can bear to watch any TV that includes ads. But we weren't happy about it. Same with a couple of other streamers we have.