Upcoming Release Köln - Aachen Timetable Update - Coming Next Week!

Ah man, I am really looking forward to this, please bring it to PS5 soon.

 

It looks amazing

 

Glad to see the original BR 101 being used for additional layers.

 

I'm not. I would really hope they would move on from the legacy 101 and use the better one with the proper stock. Really devalues the expensive Expert dlc when you can only use it on a few routes.

 

Doesn't the expert BR 101 substitute for the original BR 101? That keeps the value of both DLCs.

 

PC-only??? Wtf????

DTG doing timed platform exclusives now?

Further devaluing their console product.

This is 100% a choice DTG made to annoy their players once again- they could have just shut up about it until it was ready to release for all platforms.

Why do this?

If they're bailing on consoles for TSW6, they should just come clean about it.

 

So how long are we looking at "at a later date"
This sounds like going back to the old "it will release on PC first then a few months later to console" from a few years ago. Is this what we are due to expect for every release now.
Sorry not happy.

Hentis.

 

Not if it's like any of the other recent timetables. Also even if it would this still has two problems:
1. you need the legacy 101 to use the Expert 101
2. the timetables don't include the cabcar and trains unrealistically run in sandwich or without it

 

I get the feeling my PS5 is gonna struggle with this one

 

Probably because they know it's a blurry mess. But I agree, not good.

 

Before the memory issues are sorted it probably will be blurry on console anyway and would take the fun out of it. Doesn’t surprise me that it’s PC only for now. My enthusiasm for this (and Frankfurt S-Bahn) has been put on ice until the core is properly fixed.

 

Calm down, console player - you will also get an update, just a little later

 

When the later issue releases for consoles, will this be available for xbox one users as well?

I hope DTG will answer this question please.

 

I play mostly on Steam so take your elite PC master race bs somewhere else.

I just want DTG to admit they've borked their codebase so badly they can't even figure out, let alone fix, the memory leak issue that's killing the console version of the game right now.

PS5 and Series X have plenty of memory and bandwidth, this is just amateur hour nonsense.

Added to screw ups big and small since AT LEAST the TSW5 launch.

I really don't get people defending this tbh.

 

Oh dear oh dear…… back to the old ways it seems, not a good look, sounds to me there’s too many problems with it to release at the same time

 

Sounds like the substitution system could really use an upgrade to offer more flexibility.

Personally I don't want to buy the expert 101 because I'm not going to use all the extra features (and thus not willing to pay for them). I'm very happy with the original 101, so I'd like to keep using that one.

 

Its a passion project. Nothing DTG can do something about. If Joe thinks it needs time for consoles then its probably better to wait.
Its a miracle that this even comes to Gen 8 looking at the 4000 services.
After all Tsw is a game for PC, downgraded to an additional console version to reach that audience.
To complain about this in this article is nonsense.

 

Why would DTG use a 3rd party loco than the one they made on one of their routes. They want their 101 to sell more, it is a business.

Since they would probably have to pay TSG to use it.

 

Happy reading this while driving home from work, passing at Eilendorf

 

I was waiting for this update, since it was announced!

But now, being "launched" only for PC, and console players have to wait, it is disappointing.
I am on PS5.
Despite of that considering is an "individual project" of one DTG member, I can understand and accept some delay for console.

I just wonder if weather will be upgraded too?!
I mean 3D clouds, and other weather effects will be included, as in the lastest routes.

Looking at the picture, shown at the beginning, it seems there will be flying birds too... Note: East Coast West route have them.!
Please notice there is a plane shown at the top left corner. It seems to be a Boeing 747.
DTG will have problems with Airbus, as they are using their planes, since Frankfurt - Fulda route!

 

Why only on Steam and not epic games?

 

What's next then, Joethefish?

 

Steam only after 1.5 years of waiting for a timetable update. It's really sad what this game has turned into.

 

Then why not wait and release it all at once?

If that was the case, nobody would be complaining, and we'd all be talking about all the cool new stuff coming to the route. I honestly stopped reading about the layers because i just couldn't understand the marketing strategy here.

It's a free update- if it was paid, i could sorta see if they were desperate for the revenue. But DTG chose to split the playerbase on this one for.....reasons?

Imo this is giving them advance cover for when the console versions end up not materializing ever.

I will happily admit i'm wrong if/when they finally show.

But, purposely aggravating 2/3 of your playerbase is poor business imo, and hurts the franchise for everyone. Despite the victory laps the console-haters are determined to take.

 

Yeah, as it is now, it seems to be the usual case of "this will come at a later date" then never actually happening.

 

Why the hell do we console players have to wait while steam that already gets better sales gets it soon?

 

I can't wait to play it on PS5

 

May be... - I guess - they are offering this important upgrade ( a free one! do not forget) about route services, due to the complexity, of checking and programming all services.
I believe this will not be easy.
So probably there will be some (several) issues to fix at the beginning. Which is reasonable!.

Then if the one person in charge - please remember this is not a DTG team release!- launch all platforms at the same time, ... they will have to face several issues of different type, and they have to fix them asap, as PS, Xbox and PC will have their own ones.
Which I believe it will be a nightmare!.

I prefer to wait until everything works rights for each platform vs all together causing more problems and issues.

 

We’ve been waiting for this new timetable for such a long time, it really wouldn’t have been a big problem to work on it for a few more weeks and then release it on all platforms simultaneously. Now they’ve angered a huge portion of the player base for seemingly no reason.

It really does seem like PC is actively being prioritized during QA/beta testing and console players are being made to wait longer as a result. To be clear, this should not be happening for such a big game nowadays. Perhaps it should’ve been communicated differently to avoid the negative reactions… it’s a complex timetable so PC players are doing the “beta testing” so it’s more polished for the console release.

Anyways, I’ll personally be busy enough during May and I hope the update arrives on consoles eventually (and not months later). I think it’s good that they’ve used the normal DB BR 101, by the way. The expert loco is a niche product that is much more expensive, and I assume it takes a lot more work to set these up in the timetable as well (more time to prepare the loco at the beginning of a service etc.). Thus, it really makes sense to use the ordinary 101 – which itself is a very good loco DLC and has an affordable price – and then allow TSG to work on a separate expert timetable in their own time, if they want to do that.

 

Just a small correction: The AI service in Cologne is an RE12, not an RB12.

 

Console (and Epic ) players are entitled to an official explanation for this Steam only initial release. It leaves them in limbo, not knowing when they can expect the update.

 

I think the Expert 101 is a performance killer on consoles and would likely cause issues with the new timetable for now.

 

I hope we get a ToD 4 update for the route in the process as well. It would be much better for the layers from newer routes. I might be wrong here but it seemed to me that the update of West Somerset Railway to TSW 5 standards for the Thomas DLC was also done quite easily…

 

Really disappointed that it's only coming for PC for now, but I'm sure it'll be worth the wait when it releases on console. This and GWR are the two upcoming releases I am most looking forward to. Probably the delay is for the best though if DTG are facing blurring issues etc.

 

A staggered release even for current gen consoles doesn’t bode well, but these are pretty powerful consoles so I feel like this is more of a TSW optimisation problem rather than anything else right?

 

Yea exactly as happened to peak forest and the 104 being removed off map

 

Have a word with yourself fella!

 

Dude what?? Epic is delayed too! And you only care about your consoles?

 

It's not coming for PC, I am a PC Player and have to wait for the Epic release.

 

Dude, stop with the console theories. Epic players, which are PC PLAYERS have to go through this [EDIT - Jan - Language] of a release schedule

 

As an Xbox player, I don’t mind waiting a little longer to make sure it’s right. It’s a FREE update after all.

 

This is true. Lots of people have been saying that they should stop releasing things and sort out the texture issues. Maybe that's what they are doing. Especially as, like you say, it's free. So no deadlines in terms of sales etc.

 

At lest we can try it via using a ps4 versions on ps5 how it looks I've downloaded the ps4 version and just required dlc to play it. It will probably run smoother on ps5 over the actual ps4 version but that will be interesting to see. Yes it's bad that steam users get it only, for once something isn't just pc excessive it's technically steam excessive depending how the ps4 version runs like. Hopefully GWE will not be like this

 

No need to be patronising like that when without us you wouldn’t be able to play this game

 

They probably care more about the console delay because consoles make up the majority of the tsw playerbase and therefore the majority of players will be negatively affected

 

It's coming for some PC players then. 2 console platforms - support for 0 of those. 2 PC platforms - support for 1 of those.

Really it should all release at the same time, though perhaps having it on steam first could be good if DTG act on bug reports.

 

Its quite simple why a PC before console release is better to releasing it all at once.
Issues with the TT can be reported by PC players so console players will receive a much more optimized TT so they wont need to wait 2 months for patches so it gets fixed. Additionaly the TT could lead to major performance issues which a PC could handle better than a console and so on Joe still has the option to make changes for better performance. If the TT would need to be shortend in AI services so Performance will stay on its level then this decission is also the better way.
Im quite sure this or another good reason is behind this decission.