I swear you could count the amount of bolts and it will match up with the real thing. The visuals for the trains are commendable, with every detail represented in the game. Using Steam Workshop, there are an infinite amount of new trains and routes that can be downloaded.
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The free roam view can provide a view from any place in the environment, but is better used when the train is not in motion as the camera easily lags behind the speeding locomotive. With multiple camera views, you can get any angle of the train sthat you so desire – even a look inside passenger trains.
It’s quite useful as I found my enthusiasm for controlling a train to waver after I hit the 20-30 minute mark. A save system is in place for when you need to step away or get bored traveling across the midwest of the US. The length of the scenarios vary from short ten minutes rides to some that can take well over an hour. Heavy rain or snow can delay trains and forcing cancellations or re-routing, while wind can have adversarial effects on an otherwise comfortable ride. Weather plays a major factor on the scenarios that don’t have bright sunny days. Let’s just say derailing is not that hard to do. Speeding tended to be my biggest downfall, as it is quite easy to pick up speed and forget about the upcoming curve that requires the use of the brakes or risk derailing. Missing stops – happens more frequently than I would like to admit – being late, forgetting to pick up passengers and speeding all count against you. Upon completion, you are scored based on how efficiently you completed the tasks. Offering a huge collection of various scenarios from the London to Brighton line in England to the Amtrak lines in the United States, each with set tasks besides finishing the predetermined route. Whether you are pulling twenty or more freight cars or a tiny three car passenger train, speed and time are your biggest concern. Running the train, involves a multitude of levers and switches that must be used in unison as well as the precise moment. Although there are some technical issues that hinder the experience, you still get the authentic experience of what controlling a train entails. Train Simulator 2013 – as the name implies – was designed for train fanatics that want a true to life train simulation.
Giving me the chance to be one the behind the wheel…err levels that is of the same trains that I pay for a ticket for daily. Fast forward 20 years and instead of playing with toy trains, I now take an Amtrak owned commuter train into New York City five days a week. I was never able to comprehend the concept of the throttle and why it needed to be decreased going around bends, which resulted in the frequent derailing of my Santa Fe engine into the nearest building or off the train set table entirely. I can remember playing with the train set that my father built for me as if it was only yesterday. For all the little boys out there who dreamed about being in control of real life locomotive,Train Simulator 2013 allows that dream to come true.
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