How about giving us more variety with the Class 31, Class 33 and Class 45? Just make them Livery Designer compatible or, if this isn't possible, create 2 or 3 extra liveries to go with the ONE that we have at the moment. If the modders can make a couple of liveries for the existing models then I'm sure that DTG could do better?
The 37 is crying out for various versions and liveries - not least BR Blue and a 37/4 in Regional Railways livery. 33 and 40 both need the sounds improving and of course a Blue 33. (Also Blue 31 for that matter). HST we need a retro version with Paxman Valenta sounds.
They have. They just call it “Expert”. I hope we do get more expert loco’s down the road WITH updated more realistic sounds.
The base 31 is BR blue already I agree though, especially the 37 as it really is dated (even moreso than the 45) and while I'm not the biggest fan of 33s (scrap them all I say, usually very loudly whilst I'm squatting underneath one trying to hook the vac-bags together on buckeye stock) I do think the in-game one could do with a little refresh and a new coat of paint, ideally into something BR Blue. Defo right on the HST front too
Would love the 31, 45 and 47 to be updated to include working headcode boxes like on the 52. All could be used on DLoGW and NTP as well. I dont see older BR locos being covered right now with the boom in modern DLCs but maybe further down the line.
Unfortunately they usually just include the improved versions of locos in new DLCs and make you pay for it, instead of porting the fixes and improvements back to the original loco.
Yes to all of this. The Class 37 sounds and exhaust dynamics are so poor compared to the TSC Armstrong Powerhouse version. Ive said this before, but if DTG released that version I would pay £20-£30 for it no problem.
The most obvious one to remaster is the 66 surely? As "boring" as it is, it's been the basis of freight in this country since the early 00s until just about now. Although ngl I'd find the 37 much more fun.
I wasn't asking for an expert version I was just wondering if DTG could quickly make extra liveried versions of what we already have just to get more variety in the game. For example a green Peak. It doesn't have to be perfect. Just slap a green livery on it with the BR emblem and "bingo" we have something extra for Peak Forest. Ditto a green CL31 (or any of the many liveries these have carried). Or maybe a blue CL33? We can't easily add liveries to these locos........but DTG can.
I assume you were being facetious but in fact the BR101 Expert did start out as a remaster of sorts, but then it turned into a full fledged DLC with an extra vehicle and probably 2-3x the dev hours spent as compared to the original DLC (I wasn't involved with the original, but if I compare then time it has taken me in DLCs I did setup & Simugraph for, like the RP/FT Vectron, that seems about right). Point being, calling any Expert DLC a remaster might be stretching the definition of "remaster" a bit too far
I wasn’t being facetious lol. It’s just the way I kind of see it but I understand what you’re saying too. And I do agree with you. I do apologise if you felt I was being harsh. I wasn’t meaning to come across like that. Just my wording lol.
Most of the diesels are okay, I think the 31 and 40 for example have held up quite well. The sounds on the 45s aren't brilliant, sometimes at certain throttle positions I've noticed it goes almost silent. I'd love to see backdated versions of most of the BR diesels someday, I think it would be interesting to see the 86, 31 & 45 with their original headcode blinds for an early 70s look.
Especially the MK3s... TGS (both GWE and EMT) give us a guards interior for proper guard mode (the latter has the interior modeled but cant access it). And GWE's TF to have the one end's gangway doors to be openable (because i cant use it aside from having to place it in 1 end but cant do multiple at the same time without having the train to be fully walkthroughable).
