Dovetail Games Tsw May 2025 Roadmap Q & A Thread

When will filters and sorting be fixed? Without these, certain tasks in the game have become very difficult, including finding anything in Creators Club.

 

Link to Roadmap, please dtg_jan ?

 

Do you ever intend on fixing the core issues im not going name them all because you are well aware of what they are and the problems they cause.

 

Will the 430 replace the 423 on the Hanau branch of Frankfurt Fulda if you have it?

 

How are the investigations into the memory issues / blurred textues on Gen9 Consoles coming along? Are we close to fixing it, especially with another memory intenive route in Frankfurt S-Bahn coming up?

 

What's going on with Köln-Aachen new timetable for console and Epic Games?
How is optimisation coming on?
Any news on GWE remaster?
When GWE gets it upgrade will it be released to all players on all platforms from the start?
Any hints to steam making a come back?
Any hits to getting the southern region back?

 

Will there be a patch for no passengers spawning at London Euston on WCMLS ?

 

Hi team, what is the latest regarding the GWE Remastering ? Is it coming anytime soon ?

 

Will our have a release date on the new Santa Fe pack for the cajon pass

 

Any update on when the 158 might get a timetable for Fife Circle??

Apologies if this has already been discussed. I tried to look but seemed no news as of February. Cheers!

 

When will the new suspension will be available for the old routes loco sd70ace es44ac es44c4 sd40-2 and gp38-2 ac44cw

 

Will our have a release date for the new Japan route

 

I know it‘s a big task but are you aiming at gradually upgrading all pre TSW 3 routes to ToD 4? It would massively elevate the experience to have all trains be able to run on any line without the ugly light interference happening. (Note: Not necessarily a full remaster, first of all just the lighting)

 

I want to get an answer to a question that has been ignored by DTG for a long time.

Please comment on the plans of DTG and partners to implement the "suspension" function in old rolling stock.

Class 323 was the first to receive suspension in the training center. Why has it not been implemented on routes with 323 yet?

Is the Rivet team going to return to supporting their products, or should we accept that this will never be fixed?

Can I hope that old American routes will receive suspension support in the future?

 

Preempting the Roadmap a bit then but…
1. Further to what Matt told us a few weeks ago go, how much closer are we to resolving the many core issues, but in particular sound squelching and ongoing issues with “one unders” which are certainly still present on WCMLS at Harrow? Even when it stutters, the sound on SimRail of the EU07 and EN57 never distorts like the electric traction in TSW.
2. Will the Class 104, Tadami Line and ATS Manchester route just be kicked down the road again?
3. What if anything is in “in house” production as regards UK and North American content or are such items not going to be seen until whatever you do with the game in September, aka TSW6?

On a more general note (and not really expecting an answer), has the recent release of the Lodz route/extension for SimRail at a very competitive price (£11.99 when the introductory offer finishes) for what is an excellent quality DLC causing any discussion regarding your DLC pricing and quality control? In particular, referring to the poorly finished Cardiff Central and £30 for a route of less than 20 total miles…

 

Could you please add neutral zones to the track monitor? I'm tired of being caught by surprise.

 

Normally released at 16:00 fella

 

Any updates to the PC Mod Manager please?

 

1. Does DTG have any plans to fix the alerter issue for AI trains on the New York-Trenton route. Just about all the services have this bug. It's a long standing issue and a while back, DTG said it was fixed but it apparently is not fixed and alot of us are not happy that this bug still exists

2. Any plans to eliminate the red signal bug where trains are stalled preventing you from completing a service. This bug is in several routes including Harlem Line, New York-Trenton, LIRR commuter

3.Will TSW be optimized to allow quicker loading of mods. The more mods installed, the longer it takes TSW to load

4. Can the stutters ans microstutters across all routes be eliminated? Any work being done to address this issue?

5. Future plans for TSW?

6. Since many of the newer routes have multiple layers and increased traffic, will there be plans to revisit NYT and add freight services. I know this plan was scrapped but I think this route is still capable of featuring the conrail and CSX or Norfolk Southern freight services

 

What is progress of fixes and timelines for such things

 

Any word on blurry textures being sorted for Mildmay on consoles? I love the route but it’s so immersion breaking to have N64 textures after 5 minutes of play.

 

Will the BR 187 ever receive a conclusive fix update at this point?

 

Are there any chances gen8 consoles Profite of the new Cologne Aachen Timetable?

 

What news about blurred textures?

 

Any plans to fix performance on TSW on PC (Steam/Epic) and/or implement Vulkan API for better performance?

 

This will likely enter a substitution pool for it, like the 378 does on WCML south.

 

Is there any reason why the bug casting a shadow over a tunnel portal is still there? For example this happens at Offenbach Ost on the mainline tracks, leaving your train 2 times in a darkness like you would drive through a tunnel. Same happens on Dresden at the flying junction near Priestewitz. Is there more to it than it seems, because such immersion breaking stuff normaly gets fixed within some months?
If this is an issue with the engine, wouldnt it make sense to solve it to prevent it from appearing on future routes?

Edit: For a 2nd question, did the Br 430 receive new audio recordings? Same for the 423?

 

Lucazone from Skyhook mentioned that the Fife Circle timetable update had been passed on to dovetail for final testing. How are things developing in this phase and can we expect to see the update in the very near future?? It seems things have stagnated in the last few weeks...

 

Is it sustainable to keep releasing 'new' versions of TSW each year, thus increasing the number of versions of DLC and the amount of time/effort we have to put in to redownloading our ever-growing collection? There are now 4 versions of TSW2 routes on stores, 3 versions of TSW3 routes, and so on - surely at some point you are going to have to stop this and instead have a core version that you stick with and update (annually or whatever)?

 

Obviously you plan routes months in advance. What time of year do you create your internal roadmap for the year’s developments. How far in advance have you planned for?

 

If third parties do have a hand in making new DLCs can it be made obvious from day one so buyers can be informed instead of finding out late in the day?

 

Keep it simple the on foot issue with timetable is their fix in the works for it

 

Hi Matt and Alex

I’m looking forward to tonight’s roadmap stream and wanted to raise a few questions that have been on my mind—maybe others are wondering the same:

1. Köln–Aachen Update – Steam Only?
The recent update for the Köln–Aachen route seems to have launched exclusively on Steam. Could the team clarify why this update hasn’t been made available for consoles (PlayStation/Xbox)? Is it a timed exclusive, or are there technical or licensing hurdles? Console players would really appreciate some transparency here.


2. Future Add-ons & Development Plans
Recent roadmaps have shown fewer new content announcements. Is Dovetail Games currently shifting resources toward a potential TSW6, or is the add-on pace slowing for other reasons? Any details on what's coming next would be great.


3. Long-Term Support for TSW5
If TSW6 is indeed in the works, can we expect continued support and updates for TSW5 throughout the year?



Would love to hear more on this during the stream. Thanks for all your hard work and passion—just hoping we can get a clearer picture of what’s ahead!

Best regards,
Nick

 

What's the biggest changes if any after that survey that was for new features. Anything being worked on?

 

Has there been any progress of looking into the bug where all AI Class 350s display ‘not in service’ on their PIS when they are meant to display the final destination?

 

What's the ETA of this legendary patch for Mittenwaldbahn, which seems to be "in testing" since about March at this point?

How is the fixing of the "on foot" bug in the timetable coming along?

 

Is it fair to say that DTG has abandoned the US/Canadian freight arena as far as in-house route making is concerned?

Do you talk to railroads other than Class 1 about potential routes?

Why can't you build routes using existing stock and data from your past catalog, like Feather River, for example.?

Why can you not make gameplay packs like HIS is doing.

Are you delegating TSW route making to 3rd parties now and in the future?

 

- Just want to echo what others have already mentioned above about when the blurry textures issue is going to be finally fixed on console?
- And what about the video memory errors for routes such as Frankfurt-Fulda and now recently Mittenwaldbahn (specifically Series X) on console?
- How is optimisation going and how will this effect performance regarding the upcoming Frankfurt S-Bahn route on Gen 9 console?

 

As DTG have the GWR licence back, does that mean that some of, what where going to be, unbranded liveries in the GWE remaster will now be branded (i.e. the 387's)?

 

Xbox questions;

- Any progress on audio popping?
- Any active work on fixing z-fighting? (At least the tsw5 content, as previously stated)

 

One more from me...
No mention of Rivet on the Roadmap. So, have they been dropped as a third party partner or have they now become a proxy in house content developer and we will be seeing their efforts as part of the content for whatever happens in September?

 

No more route content from Rivet please.

Rivet advertise themselves as a dedicated team of skilled artists and developers with extensive experience creating top/tier simulation game content. Who are they trying to kid!!! They are unskilled amateurish artists who cannot create realistic routes.

No more Rivet routes in TSW please. They should spend their time correcting the multitude of mistakes and errors that they have made and always make.

 

That was the intent behind my question. Again we are never going to get it, but I would like some sort of statement from DTG as to just how many residual development (not marketing, community or admin) staff actually remain on the in house TSW team.

 

Could you clarify for us what the "UK Gameplay pack" is? is it related to the HST Farewell pack that Liam is making or is it something completely different?

 

With the GWR license back does that include First Great Western Blue?

 

Any update on fixing TSW5's Rail Driver over sensitivity issue that has has been there since the launch of TSW5?

 

what was the unnanounced UK route on the may roadmap?

 

Hope so……I timed my loading time over the weekend….9 minutes! I mean wtf?! This is like gaming in the 80’s with cassette loading!