Out Now Tsw5: Gameplay Packs - Out Now!

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  1. dtg_jan

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    Add more gameplay to the core routes in Train Sim World 5 with more rolling stock, more services and some Holiday cheer. Gameplay Add-on Bundles are available now on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S!

    What Are Gameplay Packs?
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    Gameplay Packs are focussed on bringing additional services and Scenarios to specific routes in your collection. This can sometimes be new wagons, carriages and locomotives, or additional gameplay using existing trains in Train Sim World for a specific route.

    In previous Train Sim World titles, this has been represented by the New Journeys Add-ons and Loco Add-on Bundles.

    What Are the Packs for Train Sim World 5?
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    For Train Sim World 5, there are 3 gameplay packs that add services to the game’s three core routes for 9th Generation Console and PC players. These can be purchased separately for $5.99/£4.99/€5.99, or as a Gameplay Add-on Bundle for $13.99/£11.99/€13.99.

    As an important note, these gameplay packs will only release for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via Steam and Epic.

    The packs are:

    • Metrolink Holiday Train Pack for San Bernardino Line
    • HKA Bogie Hopper Wagon Pack for West Coast Main Line (South)
    • DB BR 111 & n-Wagen Pack for Frankfurt - Fulda

    Metrolink Holiday Train Pack

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    Light up Los Angeles and delight passengers during the holidays with additional services and Scenarios along the San Bernardino Line. Climb aboard Metrolink’s F125 locomotive and its Rotem passenger cars, all adorned with festive lights to bring holiday spirit through California!

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    The F125 forms a regular part of the Metrolink fleet along with the Rotem cab car that leads the return journey in this push-pull formation. Though older units typically run the holiday services in winter, this gameplay pack represents what modern diesel power would look like fully dressed up for festive fun. Metrolink themselves plan to use the F125 on forthcoming Holiday Train services in real-life.

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    3 additional services are added to the San Bernardino Line Weekend schedule. These run from LA Union to Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Cucamonga to Covina and Covina to LA Union.
    3 new Scenarios are also included. Alternatively, you can use Free Roam to take the Holiday Train along other routes in your collection, such as Antelope Valley Line.

    HKA Bogie Hopper Wagon Pack
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    For West Coast Main Line South, the addition of the HKA Bogie Hopper Wagon allows for more variety in freight movements beyond the Intermodal trains included in the route. They will come with updated Suspension physics seen in other Train Sim World 5 wagons and locomotives.

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    Originally built as JMA wagons in 1995, the classification was changed to HKA in 2009 to mark their change from being coal wagons to aggregate wagons – they were also fitted with track-friendly bogies for easier rolling around corners.

    The entire fleet of HKA wagons operates on the aggregate flows of DB Cargo UK, and many of them operate in fittingly red DB colours, as per their introduction to Train Sim World in Great Western Express. However, as many as a third of the wagons still retain the weathered tones of National Power, their initial and long-defunct owner.

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    These branded wagons bring additional freight services to the West Coast Main Line timetable, along with 3 additional Scenarios for that route.

    They can also be used in Free Roam, Formation Designer and Scenario Planner to facilitate their use across other UK route Add-ons in your collection.

    Free Starter Pack players can also make use of these Wagons using Free Roam in Training Center with the TC Class 66.

    Note: this pack includes just the HKA Bogie Hopper Wagon and not a variant of the Class 66.

    DB BR 111 & n-Wagen Pack
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    Swap out classic traction between Frankfurt and Fulda with the DB BR 111 and compatible n-Wagen cab car.

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    The BR 111 (previously seen in the Salzburg – Rosenheim route Add-on) has been a regular feature on Germany’s railway network since the 1970s on both S-Bahn and InterCity services. It utilises a tap changer control system with both manual and semi-automatic input, bringing a different style of operation to that seen on contemporary locomotives.

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    Also included is the retro n-Wagen (previously seen in the Bremen – Oldenburg route Add-on), a single-deck fleet of passenger coaches complete with Karlsruher Kopf cab car.

    On the Frankfurt – Fulda route, this locomotive functions with the older n-Wagen set and its cab car for a different style of service as part of an alternative timetable, replacing the BR 114 and more modern BR 146 & Dostos on RB and RE services. 3 new Scenarios are also included.

    What if I don’t own Train Sim World 5’s core routes?
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    Though not a requirement, we recommend that you own the respective core routes before purchasing the Gameplay Packs. These routes are:
    • San Bernardino Line: Los Angeles – San Bernardino
    • West Coast Main Line: London Euston – Milton Keynes
    • Frankfurt – Fulda: Kinzigtalbahn
    If you’ve come into Train Sim World 5 via the Free Starter Pack, then the three core routes can be purchased separately, or by purchasing one of three core bundles: Train Sim World 5: Standard, Deluxe or Special Edition.

    You can then add more gameplay to these routes by purchasing the Gameplay Packs.
     
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  2. DJsnapattack

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    3 months after release and the WCMLs is still unfinished, with tons of services missing from the Timetable... but don't worry you can spend even more money now whilst you wait.......

    This leaves a bad taste.

    Should have delayed the gameplay pack until you fixed WCMLs, it's another Fife Circle all over again.
     
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  3. Rutgerski

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    On a system above the recommended specs I get 10-15 FPS leaving and entering Frankfurt Hbf and Hanau on 1080p, so yeah I'm not investing in this route until DTS does something about it.
     
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    Quick question: dtg_jan what time (Germany) will the packs drop on steam today?
     
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    wtf are you on about. the update for WCMLs was released yesterday
     
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    Hi. Just a quick question. The 111 n-wagen pack on FTF separate timetable is not supposed to layer in Flixtrain. Correct?

    BTW: love the 111 with the newer pantographs. Looks so much sleeker.
     
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    Oooh, not seen that National Power logo since I was a kid and they sponsored my dad's team.
     
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    Shows how little you know. wtf
     
  10. dasbrotnap#4017

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    kann ich die BR 111 auch auf anderen strecken wie dresden riesa fahren oder nur frankfurt fulda?
     
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    It all depends... ;)
     
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    Can I also drive the BR 111 on other routes such as Dresden Riesa or only Frankfurt Fulda?

    In free roam, l would think you can!
     
  13. vendys#6021

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    I don't have any freight trains, or Vectrons, in the BR111 timetable.
    What is it?

    EDIT: The Salzburg - Rosenheim map is now required to launch freight services
     
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    MY X BOX has not updated the WCML,s yet..series X
     
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    In timetable mode it is showing playable substutions for: Haupstrecke Munchen - Ausburg, Haupstrecke Rhein-Ruhr, Main-Spessart Bahn, Nahverkehr Dresden, Rhein-Ruhr Osten and Schnellfahrstrecke Koln.
     
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  16. Good to see DTG starting the process of dropping last gen consoles
     
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  17. Kim1087

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    Steam is only offering the packs individually, How can I buy the bundle?
    scratch that, steam' s now offering the bundles :love:
     
  18. MJCKP

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    I have the new gameplay pack but the Metrolink holiday train and the BR 111 aren't appearing for me anywhere.

    I don't currently have San Bernardino or Frankfurt - Fulda, but the Steam page says they are recommended but not required.

    If this is intentional, could the Steam page description be updated? Thanks
     
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  19. marcsharp2

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    I've purchased the UK wagon set today. For £4.99 it's not bad value.
     
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  20. dasbrotnap#4017

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    [ZITAT="MJCKP, Beitrag: 941911, Mitglied: 42905"]Ich habe das neue Gameplay-Paket, aber der Metrolink-Ferienzug und die BR 111 werden mir nirgends angezeigt.

    Ich habe derzeit weder San Bernardino noch Frankfurt – Fulda, aber auf der Steam-Seite steht, dass sie empfohlen, aber nicht erforderlich sind.

    Wenn das beabsichtigt ist, könnte die Beschreibung der Steam-Seite aktualisiert werden? Danke[/QUOTE]bei mir sagt es erforderlicher inhalt also du brauchst wirklich diese routen
     
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  22. MJCKP

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    I am just curious if the post is mistaken, or the pack requiring the routes is the mistake
     
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    Does anyone else does not have the conductor mode on german pack?
     
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    I have checked, unfortunately they do not appear anywhere
     
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    Yeah, checked too, not appearing in-game at all in any form, not even to place it manually.
     
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    I only got the German one, but so far - driving the n-wagen is a nice challenge, it still has the same bugs (the destination board keeps resetting to empty, brake sound loops).
    Plus the dispatcher is awful as ever, with my RE train being constantly routed before an ICE2 service all the way from Langenselbold to Schlüchtern, with a bonus layover at Bad Soden, where I still got the priority.

    Currently I'm waiting 15 minutes in Schlüchtern watching all the ICEs and ICs that were stuck behind me for the last 30 minutes
     
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  28. operator#7940

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    Well the trains are there yes. If you want the San Bernadino Christmas route... you need San Bernadino yes.
    It's a bit like having a livery but not the train to put it on otherwise.
    It does say in the description quite clearly that you can use the train by itself on other routes in "Free Roam".... or on San Bernadino line if you have it.
    Same with the wagons and 111.
    It would be weird otherwise.
     
  29. mike.duncan

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    Okay, so this is bull$#!+ right? You would think a non-shifty company would actually tell their customers that the new edition of the game they just released was going to have some content that wouldn't be available on some consoles, wouldn't you? Oh, but I'm sure that since these versions of the game would receive less support that it would at least be sold for a lower price, right? Or, and wait for it, Dovetail could be a shifty company acting shifty. And those Fs may as well be Ts. I am disappoint.
     
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    They did.... frequently.
     
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    It's been said many times actually.
    The same thing happened with previous consoles. When the new ones came out, companies stopped making content for the older stuff.
    DTG has been making content for both for over 4 years now, and you can play all the older content still.
    I'm honestly surprised your system has lasted this long.
     
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    Can someone explain why Salzburg-Rosenheim is suddenly needed for freight services? I thought one of the purposes of the DB BR 111 pack was to give players without Salzburg-Rosenheim access to it… but now you need that route to have a somewhat realistic driving experience with freight in the timetable.
     
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    bei mir sagt es erforderlicher inhalt also du brauchst wirklich diese routen[/QUOTE]
    Englisch please.
     
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    Well the pack for Frankfurt have many bugs so many waht the hell do the beta tester from DTG?
     
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    Ah is that what it is? Got me confused since freight is shown in the layers list, but said I didn’t own it.

    I assume the reasoning for this is that since the 111 is an older unit, DTG decided to “backdate” the timetable by removing the modern Vectron locomotives. However, since the DB Vectron was the only freight locomotive included with the route, that meant that freight couldn’t be part of the base timetable.

    Annoyed that DTG didn’t tell us about this beforehand. Requiring their newest (and therefore most expensive) German route to get freight trains on a timetable for a $6 USD gameplay pack is ridiculous. Dare I say, I almost feel scammed since they didn’t tell us this would be the case?
     
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    And without the Railpool Vectron pack you don't have the Eanos cars... and with that the DLC layers, and then you still have the Vectrons back there... a bit bizarre
     
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    But it's a separate time table, right. So you could just play the original one if you want to run Vectron freight.
     
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    I'm really not quite sure what you mean. I've been playing the WCMLs today and the upgraded timetable is definitely there. I did a run with the new 5-car 710 and I encountered a prototypically busy service pattern on the DC lines, more than there were previously.
     
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    Seen the (second) update about FTF too being needed for its gameplay pack. Granted, for the scenarios, duh.
    But for the rolling stock to be available? You are a joke. No, not "this is a joke", you are a joke.
     
  41. macanchips#4509

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    Problem is I just want to see freight service in 111 timetable like it feel weird to not see any freight service that use to have
     
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    Picked up the HKAs and although the blurb didn't mention it, they appear in Livery Designer, but already coloured in tatty NP livery, and they cannot be over painted. Are they meant to be paintable?
     
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    I thought the BR111 would be a good deal, since I don't already have Salzburg. But if I need Salzburg anyway to get freight, then I'll just wait for a sale :)
     
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    Wow bought this bundle not realizing the christmas train only had 3 services and its during the day wow, what a let down, Then i load WCML to do some of the unloading loading services i heard of and cant find them. I move over the Fluda and i have no freight. Only really bought for the 111 but got the full bundle because of their decoy pricing. Now im just regretting the overall purchase. Note the actual news article i read before buying doesn't say Salzburg – Rosenheim is required to have any freight.
     
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  45. 14trainfan2029

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    I'm not too gutted about the christmas train as soon we are going to have the F59PHR so both San Bernadino and Antelope Valley are going to have even more gameplay.
     
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    I also love the WCML wagons as it is going to create more gameplay. I have been on the WCML between Euston and Crewe and back in real life and it is arguably one or my favourite mainline in the UK.
     
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    Ich habe den dirigentenmodus auch nicht . Obwohl beim Deutschen Game Pack steht das er auch mit der 111 dabei sein soll
     
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    Conductor Mode in german

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    Hab ich nicht Conductor Mode bei 111 bin n Wagen . in der Beschreibung beim runterladen steht
    das Conductor Mode vorhanden sein soll
    111 Frankfurt Fulda n Wagen
    Warum ist er dann nicht vorhanden
     
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    Englisch please
     
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