What Tsw Release Do You Think Was The Best?

As the title suggests, I was thinking about which tsw game in the franchise had the best released, and was the most favored. For me, my personal favorite was tsw 2 because of boston sprinter, and the fact that it had the rush hour update. Whats your favorite?

 

As I only play U.S content probably TSW2 or 4, Boston Sprinter as you stated is excellent because of the timetable and busyness. It was very good when it released, the whole Rush hour was a very good DLC they did and I wish they did more like it. TSW4 also came with the photo mode and better rain effects. Antelope valley is a decent route as long as you don’t look to far out into the distance. Personally, I think TSW4 is what TSW3 should have been..

 

The original TSW, featuring Sand Patch Grade, followed, in 2nd place by TSW2, with the three Rush Hour routes, flawed though they may have been.

 

700, Straight forward, because its a nice train, imo and the sounds are nice , good scenarios at it was worth that wait

 

TSW, followed by TSW2... you get the idea..

 

Definitely TSW2.

 

i think the great western express dlc is good but they should expand it to the basingstoke line

 

As yes, a time traveller.

Train sim World 700 featuring the: London-Brimingham HS2 route (based on an upcoming project), Riesa-Dresden remastered and generic US freight routes 658. Deluxe includes complex Barking-Romford Line.

 

For me it was 3, first TSW I preorded. I got into TSW2 during rush hour.

 

I think the question relates to the best version of the core programme rather than individual DLC.

It really is hard to say as TSW1 was essentially the prototype. TSW2 had the dreadful dark shadows over everything. TSW3 reversed that by washing everything out, then TSW4 added in at least the possibility of editing content etc.

 

TSW2 brought the most ambitious route: London Commuter.

TSW3 brought an extended SEHS and added a bunch of DLC to it. By far the route with the most variety.

 

I would still say TSW 2.5 a/k/a Rush Hour; it really counts more than 3 as a "new" iteration, given the upgrade to a new engine version. I think that summer '21, the time of Rush Hour and the adoption of Londonmidland's skyboxes, was about the best TSW has been.

 

huh

 

The question was the best GAME release:

So 2020, 2, 3 and 4.

I know it's rude but I couldn't help myself making a joke.

 

TSW2

 

Oh Of Course, nice one mate, you got me...

 

Probably TSW2 or 4, bugs aside I feel like those are what brung the biggest changes to the franchise.

 

TSW2 seems to me the most stable.

 

Everyone feels like ts tsw2 and i cant blame em, Alot of good things came that time

 

TSW2 had a good release. It had really good variety of base routes - Heavy Freight (SPG) High Speed (SKA) and Commuter (BKL). To an extent this was the only game we really got this. tsw3 was Two high speed routes (one had a commuter section but with it being marketed around HS1 it's more high speed then commuter) and a heavy freight. TSW4 had two commuters and a high speed. And TSW 2020 I honesty forgot its base routes.

Aswell as that it was probably the only new game that made sense - especially TSW 2.5

 

The base routes in TSW2 were probably the most logical, even though Bakerloo wasn't personally the best choice of route. The rush hour routes were a good release even if DTG did overpromise when announcing them slightly. TSW3 and TSW4 feel a bit unnecessary as having a separate game for the purpose of sales (not for a core upgrade as was supposedly necessary with TSW2) is a bit naughty. A big summer DLC release like rush hour would have been better than having to repackage and rerelease the entire game with all the subsequent problems that have come with that. Then again it that approach may be what's needed to pay their wages so we can get more content.

Some of the oldest routes are the better quality releases - SPG, GWE, RSN etc. Even better if they received upgrades and re-released as base routes for future TSW iterations. SEHS is a great route because it had a second chance, even though its still an odd mish-mash of lines. Would anyone else be interested in older routes having upgrades as part of a base package or would you rather just get new routes and leave the older routes as they are?

 

FRRRRRRRRR

 

I started playing shortly after TSW2 came out. It was a huge step because it brought stuff like high speed, underground, the HUD and control scheme we still have today etc. Very groundbreaking compared to the stuff we‘ve gotten since, it transitioned TSW from a niche series to the accessible franchise we have today (for players and developers). It also had a two-year release cycle with the rush hour update half-way through, which is a development rhythm I‘ve missed dearly ever since.

 

Not a bad set of them: commuter (LIRR), heavy freight (SPG), combined regional passenger and light freight (MSB), and combined HST and commuter/regional with a bit of light freight (GWE)

 

TSW2 era, from release to post Rush Hour.

 

The game itself probably TSW2, however the thing that stopped me buying it was the poor, poor DLC which came with the base.

 

TSW2 Rush Hour for me. The three routes constantly get high marks on favourite route polls, and 2 of 3 have been updated to TOD4 with added loco DLCs. They put the core routes as an optional upgrade, which is what many of us prefer. Yes the launch was a bit of a mess, but the routes were worth the wait.

 

I would still be playing only TSW2 if it weren't for the newer releases behind the paywalls

 

TSW2 and then Rush Hour after that. Neither 3 or 4 was really exciting to me and I feel that 4 should have had more bug fixes by now than it actually has.

I still find TSW has routes that are too short with too little stock. While it looks pretty and might have a better physics engine, it’s still 2nd place behind TSC for me.

 

I can't wait for the biggest improvement/ features sold by DTG for TSW5

 

TSW2, although TSW2020 deluxe came with some great stuff.
TSW3 was a mad rush of broken releases which I'm picking up cheap(and hopefully better) now.
TSW4 I ain't got yet so can't properly judge, but I have no urge to buy.

 

Maybe I’m in the minority here but for me, it’s TSW4. I only ever play US DLC and have only ran Metrolink AVL on it. I’d consider that DTGs best US DLC they’ve released, or a very close second to the NEC, even with the flaws Metrolink has. That’s saying something for the rest of the US DLC out there.

I’d put TSW2020 in second, personally, based on the Caltrain Peninsula. For what we had at the time, I thought it was very good. It was pretty broken on the versions that came after it, especially TSW2. I never bothered with TSW3 and only got TSW4 because of the Metrolink DLC which, as I said above, I’m overall satisfied although it definitely needs some bug fixes.

 

TSW2

 

TSW2020. Best UI (looking way more professional than the tile based UI now). Selected locos showing up in 3D behind you, you didn't get kicked to the main menu after running a service but stayed in that route's menu, and a nice UI background music (TSW4's music is pretty depressing if you ask me).

Every following iteration introduced more and more bugs up to the point where I'm not interested in that game anymore.

 

100% on the money. The TSW3/4 UI has always made me shake my head in wonder at how blind DTG must be to think it was a good idea / user friendly. Such an ugly unattractive menu and in the case of TSW3 the grey highlight colour was pathetic at best. Also I guess I'm not the only person that finds the TSW4 music to be a depressing mess. Rather than making you want to drive a train it's more useful as a sedative to help you fall asleep.

 

Probably TSW2 honestly, It felt like a genuine breath of fresh air from TSW1.

With TSW3 and TSW4, it just kinda felt mid. Like it didn't really do anything new aside from the Snow and Volumetric Skies I guess. But my focus usually is on the train rather than the sky or the snow.

TSW4 did add the vectron, albeit on the deluxe edition, a locomotive I've wanted since TSW1. Despite it being genuinely the best locomotive I've driven in TSW, it's only one thing.

Maybe my mind will change in the future, but things are seeming a bit... meh for now.

 

TSW4 is what TSW3 should have been.

 

TSW3 felt the most like a new game, so I guess I'd say that. TSW2 was ruined by not having all the old routes at release, and TSW4 should have been a free update. I'd still be playing TSW3 if it weren't for ECML and the MML update.

 

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I swear, and add the goblin line to that list as well cos i like that routes as well

 

I like TSW2 the most for routes as it had the BML and LU bakerloo line. The realism is best though in TSW4

 

TSW2. Sand Patch Grade is fantastic in this edition.

 

TSW4 so far. Don't want to miss any of the new features anymore. In addition TSW4 brought the first Austrian route.

 

TSW2 is more flawed than 3/4 right now, cause they are the same game, it has the same and more issues what TSW3/4 got patches for.

but in terms of release, TSW2 made the most difference, it seemed more justified as an iteration over 3/4

 

Yes, for instance for me (PS5) the "crashing rate" went significantly down in TSW3 and 4 compared to TSW2. TSW2 had quite a lot of crashes, TSW3/4 hardly any (apart from the broken update some months ago).

 

I do not like the routes included in TSW4. I bought the game yesterday and I am planning on waiting for the Goblin Line

 

Sherman Hill with the impressive SD70ACe and the longest northamerican trains in the game.

 

Sherman Hill is fantastic.

 

TSW 2, and it's not even close, it's been a race to the bottom ever since.

 

We need much more of that routes with 100+car trains.