Route Too Many Of German And British Routes

Discussion in 'Suggestions' started by attuma#5254, Oct 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM.

  1. attuma#5254

    attuma#5254 Active Member

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    They are good route suggestions but there are too many UK and DE routes,
    why just don't look out to more countries, you know what it is the Netherlands made his fiirst
    debut with zwolle - Groningen The Dutch Railways also has a nice appearance in train stations landscapes,
    which also has more Dutch Routes are being worked with France Spain Italy Belguim and so on. that is your
    variation by just bringing UK and DE routes just think of something else because life does not just turn to United Kingdom and Germany, if we are talking about wheels over the rails in a train or freight is transported Passengers are transported that interests me pretty little, it's just overflows from Germany routes and british routes, so it believes that the latter is being desperately done at the right suggestions when it comes to UK or DE, live with the rest of the world...
     
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  2. eMAyTeeTee

    eMAyTeeTee Well-Known Member

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    Maybe because the majority of users here are UK or Germany based. It's kind of hard for someone to put together a suggestion for a route they know very little about, and most people in general probably like to suggest routes that they have some sort of connection to.
     
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  3. Yassine

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    That's exactly right! You said it all.

    They focus too much on the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States, when there are lots of other countries to discover that are much better for a lot of people.

    They've added so many lines and trains in these three countries that in the three new lines in each starter set, you can see that they're recycling trains. Always the same ones, of course! Except for the three trains in the deluxe editions, but those are from the same family as other existing trains, such as the two trains from the United States and Germany this year on TSW6.

    They are still trying to explore new countries, such as the Netherlands, Japan, Portugal and the Czech Republic, but why not develop the excellent France they started with the LGV Méditerranée! Why not explore Portugal's neighbour, Spain, instead? Why not Italy and Belgium, as you said?

    Personally, I have a dream: a totally exotic country for the licence, like a country in Africa or South America! Why not Morocco ;)
     
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  4. attuma#5254

    attuma#5254 Active Member

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    Thanks
    someone who agrees with me for once
     
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  5. OldVern

    OldVern Well-Known Member

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    Although I’m British, starting to get fed up with the preponderance of UK routes, particularly as so many are very similar.

    If DTG want me to keep buying DLC they need to spread their wings, licensing permitting. Let’s get into Scandinavia, Italy, Eastern Europe, Australia/New Zealand, South America. If the politics eventually permit it, Russia. Look at China and India too.
     
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  6. Wivenswold

    Wivenswold Well-Known Member

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    TSC and TSW have always been focused mainly on the UK (where DTG are based), Germany and the USA.

    It is safe to say that DTG follow the money like all good businesses. While we'll never know for certain what sells and what doesn't, you can pretty much assume that their releases reflect what makes them a profit. Modern and GB/D/USA content. They test the market with releases in other countries and I agree that it would be nice to see content from other countries but it very much depends on where developers are based. UK-based developers will generally research and build UK routes, DTG's German route-builders usually premier new German routes on the streams.

    So I would say that the issue is that there aren't enough developers in other countries.

    I would also urge those who want to see routes in other parts of the world to put together a detailed and compelling case for a specific route in the Suggestion thread that's a reasonable size for TSW and has a busy-enough service for the Timetable.

    Or go one better, have a play with the editor and see if you can become a developer of routes and traction in your own country. That way everyone wins.
     
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  7. sophieclarke1983

    sophieclarke1983 Well-Known Member

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    Well with all due respect like it or not dtg are uk based and uk will always feature people carping about uk routes won’t change that period
     
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  8. ---DMY---

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    Eh ouais tonton, on est là pour faire entendre nos voix ! :D

    It's understandable that people tend to go toward what made them railfans, hence the BR blue era passion.
    I myself was at pain to leave the old french stock when switching from MSTS to Railworks once. Then I discovered the British railways. And now I love them ! Even prefer them over contemporary French railways.
    There's nothing like the sleeper creeping through the WHL !
    Plus, don't forget the W in TSW !
     
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  9. Concorde9289

    Concorde9289 Well-Known Member

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    I definitely don't want less UK routes, but there are definitely some other countries that'd be amazing in TSW.

    Switzerland has 3 routes, 2 of which are narrow gauge lines and the 1 standard gauge line we have is quite a poor attempt. There's so much potential in the Swiss railway network, from the Zurich S-Bahn to their own Pendolino trains.

    I'd also love more Dutch routes, because the one line we do have is probably one of the least interesting lines in the country, even if it is well made.

    Canada also has one route, and while there are gorgeous landscapes in Canada such as the Rocky mountains, the route that's been provided is a dead-straight peice of track through flat terrain, and the most interesting feature of that line, Go Transit, is nowhere to be seen. A freight line through the rockies might well be the only North American freight route I'd actually buy.
     
  10. meredydd

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    its not so much less UK routes for me, its the routes we got for the UK need to be better implemented, for example I want the Cardiff City DLC to be expanded into the Valleys so they can extend the runs. They not even used the whole of the Cardiff City Network, they missed Lanishan and Lisvane along the route. I gave my suggestion of what they can do and thats to go all the way up the valleys with atleast one Valley line. I think we can all get what we want,with more worldwide routes whilst also adding British routes. They have not added a lot of the London network routes in and many of them have good views.
     
  11. jesper2805

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    This is kind of a matter of who you ask, I think! I’d guess that if you ask a French person, it’s probably correct, but if you ask a German, the answer would be incorrect so yeah, what do you expect? Exactly, they cater to the largest group, and I get that, it makes sense, right?! It’s one of those “you wouldn’t expect it” things, isn’t it?!
     

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