ROUTES BEING TOO CLEAN Something many people have and will continue to notice that the route building tends to look wrong and when I say this I mean it looks too nice for example all the stations look like they were built yesterday and they are all really clean, which as I'm sure you all know is not correct. The same could be said about the track Ballast and track itself because there is no litter on the track at stations which is completely wrong (I saw a Beachball on the track at Sheffield on Saturday) and its never simulated when there is new track ballast/track so its all the same colour despite it often changing. I would also like to see the ballast have a new texture so that it looks higher quality and more 3D however I am willing to sacrifice this if it means that a higher resolution will make my game go bad. Something else we consistently never see is grass and foliage in and around the track which would help elevate the experience another thing I have noticed is that we never see flowers out and about like buttercups in the fields which I think could help make routes all the more beautiful. ROUTE MAPS AND IN GAME TIMETABLES/POSTERS Recently we have seen in Birmingham Cross City line, authentic route maps and timetables and I would love to see this in more routes because it enhances the stations and helps make you feel like you are really there however we have yet to see this with posters. POORLY MADE SCENERY something you will unfortunately find with many routes is scenery objects that look disgraceful because not much effort has been put in at many places across the route such as this: and this: or this in the 323: besides the lack of an OHLE warning sign here the rest of the train is immaculate however it is now slightly out of date because of a change made recently to the logos on the 323s that says (323 30 years and still going strong) MORE DLCS FOR 1 ROUTE OR AREA I would like DTG and other Devs to start expanding out of 1 specific area with more routes and DLCs like with SEHS which has been extended and received and will continue to receive more add ons so I would like DTG to focus on specific areas such as the East Midlands I would like to see routes from Derby-Sheffield, and London St Pancras-Bedford then Bedford-Corby and Leicester as well as the 156, 153, 222, and the Buffered HST Power Cars that EMT got from Grand Central.
Fantastic idea as with imminent midland mainline release opportunities galore for multiple hubs/routes for example now Nottingham in route you could effectively recreate all routes from Nottingham with appropriate licensing same for others like Derby n Leicester
I think the issue some people have with creating multiple routes in a single area back to back means there isn't a lot of variety since there's more to the uk than just one area for example. That's what happened with only creating southern uk 3rd rail routes with electrostars. Players were calling for routes from everywhere else. In terms of route building, it's quite time consuming to manually search every single asset for every single mile to see if it's made perfectly. Autogen along with manual building is used but checking the whole route manually and changing it could take too long. Reminder that deadlines exist
well I see what you mean about focussing in one area but what I mean is they go back to an old route and make another DLC that's near it in real life. then that way people that want routes that are closer together will be happy and those that want routes in other places won't be complaining that its the 300th time they have seen a route in that one area
I know deadlines exist but if a route has a while to go or needs improvements then delay the release this ensures devs aren't slacking and not rushing and in fact players have been happy to see that DLCs have been delayed because it means that they aren't releasing routes in horrible states
