PC How To Finish Mastery?

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  1. ctlee#2068

    ctlee#2068 Active Member

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    Is it a bug?

    By the way, which high-quality routes do you recommend?
    I bought Deluxe Edition (4 routes).
    I don't like Cajon. I suspect all freight train are boring.
    Maybe only the scenery can make me happy, especially the complicated "road" in city.
    Maybe YT cab view or google map is better, but it's hard to observe terrain as free camera.
    I hope railroad switch in DLC is correct.
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    (Kassel - Würzburg)
     
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    Inkar Well-Known Member

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    Just repeat the "Last Stop" scenario and it should unlock the next tier.

    If you like passenger routes I recommend you the Rush Hour routes. London - Brighton and Riesa - Dresden are great. Boston - Providence still needs some improvements for the timetable, but I'm confident Cactusjuice will get it sorted sooner or later.
     
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    rennekton#1349 Well-Known Member

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    There's soo many routes. Depends on what you like.

    Even though you said you don't like freight, Oakville is nice if you like going really fast. You can go up to 60mph on that route.

    The best uk route is Brighton mainline. Even better with certain layers so it will get expensive. There's a sale coming up though so you could benefit off of that. The layers include sehs which you already have, great western express and the 313 dlc for east coastway (need both). That gives you a total of 1400+ services.

    Bakerloo is also great if you like driving in a dark, cramped subway for half your run. It recently got a brand new timetable with 600+ services.

    Br blue routes are great. Tvl with dlc and ntp with heavy freight pack. Diesel legends for gwe also good.

    Other uk routes I like include iow 2022 version, bcc (only 1 emu but good), cathcart circle

    In terms of us routes, peninsula corridor is a really great route. There are some timetable issues that is getting sorted but the route itself is great. By default you get the f40ph-2cat which uses manually lapped braking and the gp38-2. There is soo much service variety. You get your local all stop services. You get your limited stop services that only stop at certain stations and it can change from service to service where you stop at. You get express services that stop even less. You get depot moves and deadheads. Freight runs are all unique. Journey times for the f40 can range from anywhere between 1hr to 1hr 45min. The mp15 dlc adds interesting and unique services such as rescuing a failed train or moving freight cars. The mp36 subs into certain services and it overtakes the f40 at certain stops.

    Boston Providence and acela dlc are really great.

    Harlem line is okay too.

    Most German routes are great. Rro with the g6 is great. Dra is good for the service variety. Hrr with the 101 dlc is good. Dcz is scenic, challenging and has a tilting train. Hma, ska with the new journeys 423, bro, etc. The good thing about German dlc is that they layer and sub into each other making each and every one of them feel busier.
     
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    ctlee#2068 Active Member

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    Why is "Last Stop"?
    Do I need repeat "hoo dares wins" and "off the grid"? So tired... I had played a few days ago.
    There is an error in "hoo dares wins": Driver don't switch direction when he back.

    I do not dislike freight, but DTG broke it.
    I suspect high speed is also boring like Kassel - Würzburg.
    "You have the longest route and the longest boring tunnel. I really don't understand who would want this?" said by other.
    I also don't like dark tunnel.

    Brighton and Dresden, each have two DLC. Why do not merge like SEHS?
    I'm worried it will be upgrade to tsw3 but not free upgrade.
    Maybe DTG will sell German Super Bundle as US Super Bundle.
    Most likely no discount for old customers. May I have to wait patiently?

    Besides SEHS, is there any TSW3 DLC successful?
     
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    rennekton#1349 Well-Known Member

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    You've got several things wrong.

    Just cuz one high speed route is bad doesn't mean all is bad. Not every route is skw and not every route has a really long tunnel. Hma, ska, lgv is not all tunnels. Skw just happens to be mostly tunnels and that's real life. If you don't like dark tunnel, don't buy it. But don't complain about it in the forums and assume everyone hates it. And if something is broken, then give detailed feedback on it rather than just saying it's broken

    Sehs isn't a merge with anything. It's an extension of the same dlc that required extensive work. Timetable had to be remade from scratch. New track had to built. New signalling was implemented. The old tracks got brand new custom catenary. Scenery was updated. Mergers can't happen at all in tsw. It's too complicated. Imagine having to rebuild a timetable that has over 4000 services by hand to accommodate multiple routes. How about the memory requirements. It would cause crashing if bml merged with ecw. And you would need 3 separate timetables and the game would have to know exactly what you have and change timetables accordingly.

    The two dresdens are set in different eras. 2012 vs current day so can't merge.

    Also what's broken about freight? I've had no issues so you'll need to elaborate.

    Read above for the recommendations
     
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    junior hornet Well-Known Member

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    I’m not a fan of freight either (I have the route only because I have the Game Pass version) but I can recommend using Scenario Planner to stick a passenger express on Cajon Pass and enjoy the scenery. It’s lovely.
     
  7. ctlee#2068

    ctlee#2068 Active Member

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    I think SKW is low-cost product. The only advantage is AFB & LZB, but other German router have too.
    Will anyone buy SKW alone? If you could choose four freely, would you choose SKW?
    Like US Super Bundle, a lot of bad product with "cheap" price.

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    Will the above be fixed? Will the stutter...

    ok. I will buy Dresden - Riesa.
     
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    ctlee#2068 Active Member

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    Why don't DTG create it?
    I bought Loco Bundle, and be confused why F7 no passenger.
    I think Cajon yard switching is not working as real world. Or is that US style?
     
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    rennekton#1349 Well-Known Member

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    Make sure you watch YouTube videos and reviews too to decide whether you actually want to buy it.

    And in terms of no passenger content is cuz it's a lot of work for very little gameplay. Dtg has to build a brand new passenger set. The only gameplay you get is 2 services for the route since it's long distance so there aren't that many services in real life. It could also add 2 services to other routes but it's still little gameplay for the price we will have to pay.

    Also, not everything in the us super bundle is a bad product. Boston and Acela are actually pretty good. Only Trenton and the up heritage pack are poor. But it's your opinion so won't argue with you

    And what do you mean, cajon switching not working as real world? You will have to provide more details since we don't understand what you are talking about
     
  10. ctlee#2068

    ctlee#2068 Active Member

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    DTG created F7(two car: A&B) but didn't create any passenger. It's strange.
    Some F7 senario are fictional, Others said. Why don't crate fictional passenger?

    I am poor at English. "Cajon switching"...
    When I push or pull , I would run shortest path, and save time.
    But the game force me to stop far, and very close to the signal. Speed limit 24 or 16 kmh.
    I think it's unreasonable. I don't know that is real?
    Anyway I don't want to play this again. I "work" hard only for finishing prize, not fun.
    There is no "hump". It's better to buy other routers.
    If your compute VGA is not strong as US loco, lag & stutter will kill you.
    Watching YT & ad don't let you know the "truth". I bought TSW3, and came here to fix problems, stutter, shadowDis., ugly graphy...
     
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    ctlee#2068 Active Member

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    Record of mastery losed. I waste time repeating.
    I decided to give up forever.
    Thanks DTG for letting me play freely. I don't have to worry about any prize.
     
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    Ruhr-Sieg Nord and Tees Valley Line remain among my favourite routes. They're often discounted because they're older routes. Both routes offer a nice variety of services.

    US freight is quite different than European freight.

    Tharandter Rampe and West Somerset Railway are quite scenic routes.

    I recorded quite a few different routes from cab view, without commentary. Feel free to browse through the videos if you want an impression of what a route looks like before you make any purchases. https://www.youtube.com/@purno1854
     
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