This is a new project our studio has been working on over the past six months. It’s designed for the PC versions of TSW and TS — we hope you like it! Why You'll Love It: Full-Metal Build This thing is solid — made entirely of metal for that premium, durable feel you can trust for years of simming. Three Independent Levers with Smooth Damping Throttle, brake, and idle — each with satisfying mechanical resistance to bring you closer to the real train-driving experience. Compact but Heavy Roughly the size of a keyboard, but weighs 5kg — so it stays firmly in place no matter how intense your session gets.
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That looks amazing! My Raildriver has served me well for 20 years, but I'd would love to upgrade to something like this.
Definitely interested, when do you expect it to be released? Also the music on your video is terrible!
You can already buy this controller. Have a look at your website. https://www.simworkshop.net/de/products/tsc-x-train-simulator-controller
Just finished my review of your new train controller! Great job on the product, and I’ve gotta say, the customer service has been AMAZING. Big props to the team for both the build and the support. Here’s the video if anyone wants to check it out.
I just tried to order one but the only country it would let me select at the address screen was china.
Thanks for the review, it feels like a solid product that just needs to do liiittle bit more product testing before it's ready, but once the material problems you mentioned are solved, I'm almost surely getting one. So manufacturer, please keep us updated on what changes you are applying
I wonder how this would get on with tap changer controls? Be interested to see the feedback from the first customers.
Thank you for the review, it was very useful. I’m on the fence - it sounds better than the RailDriver (which I have had for years) - but it’s still a lot of money so I’m going to give it some thought. Please do let us know about how it works with tap-changers, as that’s an essential for me. The RailDriver now works well with tap-changes (and it’s very satisfying driving them with a controller).
Here’s a quick demo using the tap changer controls! There’s strong resistance, and it holds steady at every level, even when the input difference between taps is really small. Thought I’d attach a video to show you in action!
It looks nice and sturdy, and seems well worth the money for its build quality. By looks and presumed operation, I prefer the rotary lever console shown in another thread more. Though it is less compact already. The SimHogger US vertical control stand replica is almost USD 1000 complete as a kit, with probably another $500 or so in shipping, taxes and customs duty. It looks rather nice, properly assembled and painted, but 3D printed plastic doesn't seem to have the same 'feel' as those more sturdy vertical or horizontal levers shown here. Plus like already mentioned, a controller should be usable for steam, Diesel and electric traction of all kinds. So notches, escutcheon plates, mechanical resistance should be removable/adjustable in the ideal controller. Then there is the problem of interfacing to all the different games, sims with their various serial, USB or even proprietary ports and protocols.
