Gwe Remaster: Appreciation And Discussion Thread

IOW2022

 

Cheers chaps. Ordered, downloaded and installed in prep for the GWE update. I always have to have a full list of DLC on my routes, don't like to have owt missing LOL

 

Fingers are itching to get this now. Obviously it can only come when it's ready and not before. The handful of screenshots currently available are incredible but I bet they only scratch the surface. Yet again, thanks DTG Liam .

 

As the Elizabeth Line has services to Reading ( class 345 ? ) this would be a chance to see its other west termini at Heathrow ( 3 terminals )

 

IOW22 is quite a nice jaunt in and of itself, I recommend giving it a quick go

 

Berninalinie is also a great route if you’re into Swiss stuff.

 

Heathrow will NOT be included in this remaster as this would instead be a extension which would require a full rebuild. Aside from that, Heathrow is not possible for licensing and possible security reasons. The Heathrow branch has been requested more times than I care to remember and although a popular choice, is highly unlikely unless Ferrovial (HAL owners) have a change of heart as this branch is under their jurisdiction. Sad but this is how it is with private companies unwilling to assist.

 

Happen I may go for spin, I say happen I may go for a spin, Fred

 

It’s… okay but are some anomalies with the signalling and the 484 is way over powered. You don’t need more than Notch 2 or 3 and you are pretty much insta hitting top speed. It also sounds nothing like a D78.

 

Not sure how powerful they are in reality but as for sound, it makes sense as the only bit that is original D78 is the body/frame. Practically everything else is new.

 

As they will only be glimpsed as AI at Ealing Broadway briefly, I guess the fidelity isn’t quite so important.

 

Why my first impression when I saw it was "reality and cartoon".

 

Can we get to Oxford as we do in TSC ?

 

Nope. It's not an extension, just a very good upgrade/facelift of what already exists

 

Some more screenshots would be so nice while we wait for release.

 

Yeah

 

Good evening everyone. I was wondering whether the remaster will feature the Class 345 and when the remaster will become availae

 

it's just a remaster, not a new route. In other words, identical to the old route, except with better textures and set-dressing. No extensions, no new track, no new rolling stock.

 

It's free for a reason. Free doesn't include new trains or track. Also no license so dtg can't create a modern version of the route

 

I know there’s a big difference between the 345s and 710s…. A shame a little off the rails action with a 710 wouldn’t work

 

Please fix the awful Z-fighting in the cab of the hst, on xbox.

 

DTG Liam Really looking forward to this remaster. Will any of the London Underground services be playable, as in the ones between Paddington and Westbourne Park which represent the Circle and Hammersmith and City Lines? As well as this, will the 387 services to Hayes and Harlington be playable? Thanks.

 

Thanks so much for the reply, really looking forward to this!

 

I have a question for https://forums.dovetailgames.com/members/22699/.
Will we be able to use the unbranded 387s from GWE remaster and make liveries on it using livery designer?

 

The 387s are from London commuter which had livery designer support so why wouldn't it?

 

I'm wondering if with this remaster, will the Thames Turbo services have their timings altered?
In the current iteration of the timetable, it's almost impossible to keep to timings since the class 166s had the physics altered back in the pres crew days.

 

The original timetable probably won't be changed, but the new timetable will hopefully have better timings. As far as I'm aware the timings are generated by editor itself so they should be accurate.

 

There are two ways to do timings: simulated or manual, following the real Working Timetable. I always use manual timings when building timetables, and build in padding for late trains to catch up at station stops: I set the load/unload instruction to 20 seconds, while the station stop itself is 30 seconds unless otherwise noted; on East Coastway some station stops are a minute or even longer, giving trains extra time to catch up if they're running behind.

Simulated timings expect you to run as perfectly as the AI, and unless you round up the time (which the editor can do automatically), are often too tight for players. But if you round up, everything takes longer than in real life, and you get conflicts between trains that the real timetable planners avoided for you...

 

Liam good evening! Please clarify whether the new timetable will include BR class 33 services? Is there a plan to introduce a new suspension feature to class 33?

 

Really looking forward to the remaster, love a HST. Great 387s are being layered in! Something that I've been upset about recently!

 

DTG Liam will you be able to open the cab windows on both the 165 and 166?

 

I know I'm not Liam.. (sorry!)
Anyway, I don't believe the windows will be openable, because (as far as I know) that would require a model change - so I doubt it will have happened, however.. I'd be very happy to be corrected here!

 

I mean... suspension is being added... that's not a quick job...

It is understandable if this hasn't been done though. A lot has happened for free already!

 

I think I caused a misunderstanding. I'm sorry if I did...

 

Well yeah, but I'd imagine the suspension would only need the bogies and wheels "remodelling" as such, whereas for the windows it would mean the actual train itself would have to be edited... I don't fully know how it all works to be honest, I'm just guessing in all honesty.
So please, don't get mad at me if I've got anything wrong...

 

Liam, do you have any plans to introduce suspension to West Somerset rolling stock?

 

I definitely need my bogies remodelling

 

Okay.. we did not need to know that, but thanks for sharing nevertheless!
(Just in case you don't actually know - the bogies are part of the wheels, what keeps them on sort of thing...)

 

It's a shame tbh but all of the other branch lines should be covered in my opinion especially up to Greenford, I don't even mind paying a little extra but sometimes the routes get boring very quickly sadly. However with more branch lines that are built in game it gives us more gameplay whenever we play "said" route

 

No wonder my nose hurts

 

can Liam or somebody else answer my question?

 

It was answered here ↓

 

The only reason the GWR 387 would be added separately to the livery editor is if the interior is different. However I think it's being left as is for now.

 

Is the interior different on the unbranded Heathrow Express 387s?