Idea: Split Routes And Locos

Discussion in 'TSW General Discussion' started by PeteW, Jul 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM.

  1. PeteW

    PeteW Active Member

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    Watching the Manchester Commuter route videos at the moment. Its clear to me that this route benefits greatly from gaining layers from 4 or 5 other DLC to get various locos/wagons layered in. I personally like to see a busy/realistic route. But there is no way I'm going to shell out for all 5 DLC to get that. So I won't end up buying MAC until it becomes much much cheaper.
    My suggestion is that DTG should split any route DLC into two - the loco and the route itself and price accordingly. This would mean as a pro, I could then buy the 4/5 locos for a reasonable price to layer onto MAC without WCML etc. This means I would buy new routes on release (I never do now). The Con point is makes it less clear that for a new route DLC e.g. ScotRail Express, you would need to buy the route and the 385 DLC in order to get anything useful. But should be easy enough to make it clear on purchase.
    Obviously this is already possible technically as loco dlc already exist.
    I am certainly not the only one who does not want quiet stations such as Glasgow Central etc. So allowing a collection of locos to be built up might alleviate this complaint.
    See what others think.

    Pete
     

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