PC Latest Sales Thread

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  1. Daytona

    Daytona Active Member

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    Know of a sale ? Post it here.
    Please don't post anything else.
    Having checked, there's no restriction on mentioning any third parties.
    A good wishlist manager is isthereanydeal.com who can notify you when a product sells for below your target price. Please support comparison sites who have alerted you to deals by posting their affiliate links.
    Check the reliability and trustworthiness of retailers on trustpilot.com
    The largest discounts occur during the fortnight long summer & winter sales, occurring around the end of June and during Christmas.

    Forecast date for the next Steam sale -
    https://steamdb.info/sales/history/

    DLC compatibility with various game engine versions
    The game engine is upgraded every one to two years. The extent to which previous DLC can take advantage of the new features is detailed here -
    https://dovetailgames.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/80001072374
    Purchasing previous variants of the game unlocks DLC for all subsequent versions at less cost, due to the larger discounts on offer.

    Non portable DLC
    The following DLC only run with the game engine they were developed for; they cannot run on other versions of the game engine -

    TSW1 only -
    Amtrak SW1000R
    CSX GP40-2
    NEC: New York

    TSW2 only -
    New Journeys Expansion
     
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  2. Daytona

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    End of summer sales at GamersGate & GamesPlanet - 29 August to 5th September

    Picked up Heavy Freight for £5.41. I love the Northern Trans-Pennines, it was a brilliant way to kick off TSW and the Heavy Freight pack is the icing on the cake AFAIC. I have limited interest in the other routes although I'm enjoying Main-Spessart Bahn and using PZB so I may well pick up the other German routes and locos.
     
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    Gamesplanet often do further price cuts for a single day during their sales, so it might be worth keeping a closer eye on the prices if you're interested.
     
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    Thanks for that Daytona, just added Heavy Freight pack also.
     
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    I’m assuming that when the Northern Trans Pennine route is updated and transferred as preserved content into TSW2, the Heavy Freight pack will go with it. Not sure how these things work TBH.
     
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    Look at the roadmap:

    In Production
    • [Preserved Collection] GDD-L5 03 - BR Heavy Freight Pack
    • [Preserved Collection] GDF-R5 01 - Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester – Leeds
    • ...
     
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  7. Daytona

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    Steam Halloween Sale
    Thu 29th to Mon 2nd 18:00
    20-50% discount
     
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    Be careful though, some dlc are cheaper for tsw2020 than for Tsw2!
     
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  11. Daytona

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    The Fall Sale is currently going on steam and I'm thinking about getting HMA (Hauptstrecke Munich-Augsburg) for it's current 15% discount to complete my German route collecting. Do you guys think the discount could be higher during the x-mas sale next month or should I just pick it up?
     
  13. georgerobbo1997

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    Hi guys,

    Am I right in thinking that if I buy the currently on sale deluxe version of 2020 at £20 with all the add-ons will I be able to claim the add-ons in TSW2 or is there some clause? Seems a great deal.

    Apologies if this is a dumb question

    Thanks in advance

    Edit: I currently don't own either
     
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    You’re absolutely correct, except you’ll need to buy TSW2 too.
     
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    That's great thanks for your help!
     
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  16. Daytona

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    Steam Winter Sale
    22nd Dec - 18:00GMT 5th Jan
    10-70% discount
     
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    No doubt why they're moving them so cheap.
     
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    Luna Sale 11-15th
     
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    Not much discount on offer - only around 20 - 25% on my wishlist items.
     
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    DTG Spring Sale
    19-26 April
     
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    TS and TSW2 spring sale now on. Grab yourself a bargain. Only a brief selection of products though.

    I think this is a prelude to a sale during Steam Golden week at the end of the month. We shall see.
     
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    Waiting for Diesel legends to go on sale so I can pick it up. its the only thing missing from my collection at this time.
     
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    Oh god no, poor wallet - bought everything on sale :>
     
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    Interesting promo, the difference between TSW and TS looks much smaller than I thought graphically, almost missed the transition between them!
     
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    Bit uninspiring, TBH. was hoping to pick up ECW at half price but not even among the items, that I can see. Will wait until Steam sale goes live.
     
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    New sale today - Midweek madness from 25 may to 28 may. Nice discounts.
     
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    Best post of the week! :love:
     
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    This is a cross-post, having already been accidentally posted in a similar sales thread under "General Discussion", which turned out to be under TS2012 (and not TSW), and I have been suitably self-punished for that evil transgression. This cross-post could incur further wrath (and further self-punishment), but, I thought it would be nice and useful to encourage anyone out there to get started in Train Sim World, if they haven't already, by saying this:

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    For anyone reading this, and new to Train Sim World (including porawit who asked about this a few days ago), an initial purchase of Train Sim World 2020 (right now) for £9.99 will get you:

    - Great Western Express (UK) (express (125), commuter and freight)
    - Long Island Rail Road (US) (commuter)
    - Main Spessart Bahn (Germany) (express, regional and freight)
    - Northern Trans Pennine (UK) (express, regional and freight)

    And then a purchase of Train Sim World 2 for £11.24 will get you:

    - Sand Patch Grade (US) (freight)
    - Bakerloo Line (UK) (London metro)
    - Koln Aachen (Germany) (high speed and regional)

    Buying the Train Sim World 2020 routes will grant you those routes in Train Sim World 2 as well...... so you would get seven routes in all (including about x15 locos/trains) , for £21.23 in total.

    This is an incredibly good pack to get started in Train Sim World, with a great variety of trains (diesels, electrics, high speed, underground, etc...)..... for a very good price. Links are here:

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/530070/Train_Sim_World_2020/

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/1282590/Train_Sim_World_2/

    If you are new, and you want to buy more DLC content, and you buy TSW 2020 first (recommended), then buy the DLC for TSW 2020 (and you will get them for TSW 2 as well).
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  33. CowBoyWolf

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    Still buying TSW1 will give you SPG on PC
     
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  35. Daytona

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    The sales might be a good time for an SSD, for those interested in reducing windows/game/route/tile load times. It's established tech, so prices are tumbling. This one's well reviewed -
    https://uk.crucial.com/ssd/p5-plus/ct500p5pssd8
     
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    I'm assuming the Steam sale will kick off at 1700 GMT (UTC) today?
     
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    At 1800 UTC (DST already ended both in Europe and North America).
     
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    Steam Autumn Sale
    Starts today 24th Nov at 18:00 GMT until 18:00 GMT December 1st
     
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    Well that's some pretty stingy discounts so far. 20% off Cane Creek and Cathcart Circle which were the two routes I was looking at (along with Omsi 2 which is only 30% off). May hang fire for a couple of days and see if the offers improve.
     
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    I agree! DTG are getting super stingy with their sales, the last few, including this one are rubbish, 20% off for some items that were 35% and higher on previous sales. Definitely not jumping into anything until these sales become actual sales.
     
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    That's not going to happen. You'll have to wait till Christmas.
     
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    I agree. Totally underwhelming. Think I'll hold off on picking anything up this year.
     
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    What's going on with DTG sales? On Epic, London Commuter is 40% off, while stuff on Steam is only 20% off? Let me guess what the excuse will be: Steam doesn't allow higher sales?
     
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    Can’t be an excuse when previous sales (from quite a while ago now), had higher sales.

    I am as well very curious as to why the sales of late have been so underwhelming?

    In South Africa the prices for DTGs DLC are cheaper in comparison to what you guys in Europe and US are paying, around R175, which is around £8. With our health insurance we get points for doing exercise, which in turn I can get R80 (£3.77) steam vouches. I am an avid cyclist, so I complete my goal weekly and get points to get the vouches, I then wait for items to go on sale at around that price and then use the vouches to pick them up, so I hardly pay for TSW DLCs, and when I do it’s a few rands (£0.cents), so there is no way I’m buying anything until these sales get back to that point, as to be honest, I don’t want to spend my money on DTG products when I don’t have to.
     
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    In the end I just plumped for OMSI 2 and will spend the rest of the evening figuring how to start the bus and get it on a route!
     
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    Clearly not because Ruhr Seig Nord is 50% off...
     
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    OMSI comes with a very comprehensive manual, and most buses come with at least a quick-start guide. However, in short:
    On most buses, E turns on the ignition, then hold M until the engine starts. Some buses you need to press E two or three times to start the engine (simulating turning a key, E turns it one way and M turns it the other).
     
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    Most of the TSW2 routes (ie not preserved collection) are 40% off in the Epic store, which makes the Steam sale doubly disappointing. Even though I own the EGS version I don't want my DLC split across them. Sad times, was looking forward to picking up some new DLC tonight :(
     
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    The even odder thing is that some stuff isn't even discounted on Epic (top) whereas it is on Steam (bottom):
    upload_2021-11-24_19-7-59.png
     
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    Disappointing sale. Even for the older stuff the discounts are quite low. This makes the decision easy, I will not try complete my collection and wait for better times.
     
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