Whatever Happened To Simtrack Class 104 Pack

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  1. elarthur

    elarthur Well-Known Member

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    After the longest time with no new information, it would be very nice to finally find out what happened to Simtrack Studios Class 104 pack for Peak Forest. My assumption is that it was cancelled for one of any number of reasons but it would be nice to be informed that it should no longer be expected. A little bit of clarity would be appreciated after "having the carrot dangled " so to speak. This is all working on the assumption that I didn't miss a announcement at some point previously.
     
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  2. OldVern

    OldVern Well-Known Member

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    +1. Really need to ping Matt or one of the CM's over this. For months we have clung to the hope this will be coming to revitalise PFR. Basically the patient seems to have had the life support turned off months ago, but the doctor has yet to come round and pronounce it dead.
     
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  3. elarthur

    elarthur Well-Known Member

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    Just a little bit of prospective customer courtesy wouldn't go amiss. Otherwise they run the risk of customers having zero faith in any future announcements from them. If it were my company, I would take the opportunity to do good PR to keep prospective customers in what is a fairly niche market.
     
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  4. Trainiac

    Trainiac Well-Known Member

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    Perhaps they bit off more than they could chew with all the content they announced, we know they’re still around as they did the scenarios for Preston - Carlisle and the Br 194 pack, maybe that’s all they’re comfortable doing at the moment.
     
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    The last things we heard about it was in February when one the devs said it was an active project but going a lot slower than they would like, and then in the April roadmap:
    It hasn't been officially cancelled, so it is possible they are improving their skills first, but it likely isn't coming in the next few months
     
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    jack#9468 Well-Known Member

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    Clearly they announced it too early.
     
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    …more like they’ve been TOLD to concentrate on other projects & forget about the Peak Forest add-ons, winds me up something terrible as many people will have purchased this route in the belief that it was being upgraded. Don’t DTG think they have a moral obligation to follow through on what they announced/advertised. No way to run a railway !!
     
  8. tootyhoot

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    They have a habit of doing that, the same with Tadami Line which was announced for TSW5, they need to manage expectations better and ask tougher questions of their 3rd party devs. it’s seems filling out the roadmap with items that won’t actually be delivered in that year is more important.
     
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  9. Crosstie

    Crosstie Well-Known Member

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    That's what makes me skeptical of the dlc announced In the " take a ticket " segment.

    Announced for TSW6 but some might be for TSW7.

    And wasn't Tadami announced for TSW4?
     
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  10. joffonon#1689

    joffonon#1689 Well-Known Member

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    No need to start a new thread on this, there's another one from a few days ago that's on page 1 of this forum: https://forums.dovetailgames.com/th...4-and-peak-forest-expansion-pack.93366/unread
     
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    Surely they must realise like there’s a ton of us who have a interest in the class 104 and just waiting to buy it so I really fail to see why they keep up this silence
     
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    Doing the scenarios for the 805 as well it seems.
     
  14. OldVern

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    Seems to me the 104 has been dropped or at least triaged for more lucrative work, then.
     

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