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Tommok
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:50 pm
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Can anyone tell me if 'Train simulator' is worth buying???????? I herd 'train simulator' is by far the best....
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Tom
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NSWRTM123
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:59 pm
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If you want to become bored by not being able to run multiple trains at once without going into a scenario and not be able to create your own maps, then go for it.
Don't Make 'em like they used to
3801 limited and NSWRTM Forever
Alcos Rule!!!!!
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Tommok
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:41 pm
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i just ordered it, thats what I want, as if i were a train driver not hobbyist styles sick man thanks.
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KRviator
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:50 am
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Your "best" Train Sim, in my opinion as both a Driver and simmer, is TRS2006, or whatever the latest incarnation of that one is.
MSTS is old, and very clunky. TRS200^ and above offer so much more flexibility in what you can do. And they come with Australian rollingstock, signals, scenery and stuff like that as part of the default software. 
It also has a practical purpose. Like when you're trying to learn a new road at work. You can build it in the sim, put in your signals, braking markers, level crossings and gradients and then drive over it and have your train behave more or less like it would in the real world.
Works wonders for me learning the route Sydney-Broadmeadow, or Port Waratah-Werris Creek.
Trainee Driver, Pacific National
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nutbagg
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:46 am
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| KRviator wrote: | Your "best" Train Sim, in my opinion as both a Driver and simmer, is TRS2006, or whatever the latest incarnation of that one is.
MSTS is old, and very clunky. TRS200^ and above offer so much more flexibility in what you can do. And they come with Australian rollingstock, signals, scenery and stuff like that as part of the default software.
It also has a practical purpose. Like when you're trying to learn a new road at work. You can build it in the sim, put in your signals, braking markers, level crossings and gradients and then drive over it and have your train behave more or less like it would in the real world.
Works wonders for me learning the route Sydney-Broadmeadow, or Port Waratah-Werris Creek. |
Hope you don't work to Perth or Darwin then!
Mate, if that loco pulls as hard as you do, it'd move anything.
I'd still rather have an ALCo.
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KRviator
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:46 am
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Wish I did. Wouldn't have to worry about the gradients then, it's all flat. 
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:18 am
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| KRviator wrote: | Your "best" Train Sim, in my opinion as both a Driver and simmer, is TRS2006, or whatever the latest incarnation of that one is.
MSTS is old, and very clunky. TRS200^ and above offer so much more flexibility in what you can do. And they come with Australian rollingstock, signals, scenery and stuff like that as part of the default software.
It also has a practical purpose. Like when you're trying to learn a new road at work. You can build it in the sim, put in your signals, braking markers, level crossings and gradients and then drive over it and have your train behave more or less like it would in the real world.
Works wonders for me learning the route Sydney-Broadmeadow, or Port Waratah-Werris Creek. |
Hi All,
I have both MSTS and Trainz 2006 and I'm more of a fan of Trainz than MSTS. The Aussie content is there with Trainz from the basic pack where MSTS you need to add the Aussie add-ons. I have most of the trains that I want with Trainz, NR's, 81's, 82's Sydney double deck L, R & S sets and also M bugs too. With MSTS I have the add-on packs but never look at them. I found Trainz the easiest when building "layouts" or routes and if you have a creative mind, then limits are only as big as your hard drive.
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