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Here are a few other train titles that may be of interest:
SimRail - The Railway Simulator Zusi 3 Hobby LOTUS-Simulator Trainsim World 3 by Run 8 Studios Railway Empire Transport Fever 2 Anno 1800 Zompiercer Anyone who can't find a train-related title that they like in that mess probably doesn't really like trains. :Kaleun_Salute: |
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I know some earlier Train Sim titles, namely Berlin Subway, Microsoft Train Simulator (old...), World of Subways: London Underground, World of Siubways: Berlin Line 7, the German Railway series addons for Microsoft Train Simulator, some of the Pro Train addons.
There were two or three more, earlier verisons of the titles that doing at the market today, but I never got hooked on those long ago titles. None gets even close to Derail Valley. Omsi and Omsi 2 are the predecessors of LOTUS. LOTUS imo is a faling prject: too long, too late, to expensive, and looking to backwardly again, and wantign too much with too little ressriuces and developers. Its in the works since many, many years, and still does not convince, sorry. They simply want to do more here than they can deliver: the project is way too big for their team size. I have stopped following it long time ago already, check it just once a year or so. And am disappointed every time. Omsi 1+2 however were very good for what they were, even if their groahcis were ten years otudated already at their release dates. I am an Omsi fan. Problem is: Lotus does not look really significantly better than Omsi... And then for that outdated looks those hilarious price tags. No, this way is no way. |
I have OMSI 2 with DLC, and that is a nice title. I didn't even know that LOTUS was its successor. I have a couple of friends who like LOTUS, but I know what you mean about the development.
OMSI 2 took quite a few years to come up to where it is. It's a good title, but by the time that they brought it to its current level, the graphics and such were very out of date. That development team seems to have two modes, slow and slower. :Kaleun_Salute: |
Microsoft Train simulator was my all time favorite.
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The graphcis of OMSI 2 were those of OMSI 1. The developer were two men only. These two were school friends and travelled from and to school in former West Berlin - with he bus line depicted in Omsi 1. I know that line too, and the busses, I know their sounds and looks, I lived there, I experienced them live. Superb recreation. SUPERB. Most realistic recreation of original sounds I ever experienced in any driving sim. OMSI 2 had an addon for the Berlin line X10, which was my favourite to drive, a very long line. Two thirds of its track I know myself, too. (I lived in W-Berlin in all the 80s). OMSI1'S grpahcis already were otudated by tne years when it was released. OMSI 2 some years later brought no improvements on graphics. But that was okay, for the system envertehless allowed atmosphere and immersion, nice cnage of mood with the chnbages in lught and weather. I have many very good memories of Omsi 1 and 2. But I find it not acceptbale to release one day a hopelessly overpriced game that then has graphics that lack behind by two decades. This and the slow pace of LOTUS is why I have turned my back on it. I cannot see this ever becoming an economically successful project. It will always remain to be a niché project for enthusiasts and hobbyists. The Hamburg addon for OMSI 2 also is very good. Anyhow, back to Derail Valley. |
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Which one of these games would you suggest? |
Finally...!! :yeah: The release date for the so-called Simulator-Update has been announced, it is June 30th.
This is what in my view represents more or less the release of the complete full game, and it features all what the videos I posted teased over the past months. Note that the reduced early customer price has ended already two weeks ago. |
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Besie the actual videos by Squirrel, he did a small series of videos some weeks ago, base dcon the staus of thegame just ebfore hte huge update in ten days. If you are new to Dderail Valley, this is the good way to start familiarizing yourself with what the game is.
Note that since quite some time now the game is no more VR-exclusively, but got added a 2D interface. I never checked it, but from all I read and see it seems to work very good, and it has done its share to make this game much more populare, since obviously the majority of players do not have VR headsets yet, but the game itself is very good anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsJ3z22gUsQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx7SD93KfMY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rebtPAlSiE |
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This is THE dream locomotive of my childhood, since I got it in blue colour for my first (and only) model railway for chritsmas when I was 6 or 7 years old. Whenever I think "locomotive", this visual design and these looks are what immediately springs to my mind. I will love this one.
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ONLY THREE DAYS!!! :Kaleun_Binocular: |
One and a half day! :Kaleun_Cheers:
This loco seems like a lot of fun, with "DRAMA" written all over it. The interaction of gearbox and throttle is absolutely - well, I have no idea what it is like, but it certainly is a bit on the crazy side of things. :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY6vYX3cmq4 |
T minus 90 minutes until download !
To shorten that time, a last update video by Squirrel, on the steam loco. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiGYzlmzoGU |
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