Train Simulator | Train Simulator by Microsoft Plus Add Ons

Train Simulator | One of Microsoft's Best Simulators Ever!

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Train Simulator

	Train Simulator Windows \| Microsoft, 2001 average customer review:based on 156 reviews view larger image
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Train Simulator by Microsoft Plus Add Ons

This simulator is about as close as you can get to driving a real train. I've been thoroughly enjoying it since February 2002. I'm a retired electrical engineer who has always loved trains. With this simulator, it's Activities, and Explorations, and it's Add-Ons, I've been driving passenger and freight trains in the Unites States, England, Austria, Germany and Japan. I've been the engineer on electric, diesel, and steam locomotives. These are thrilling and challenging experiences. The Simulator comes with an Engineer's Manual that is 91 pages long and cram packed full of information. I've printed it out and put it in a three ring binder for study and ready reference. I've created a second book which I call "Train Routes" wherein I place maps of the routes, including stations, mileposts, geographical elevations, with additional helpful details and yard drawings I have researched and created from the programs. These are all intended to help me operate the railroads. This is not a simple, easy to run simulation, but once you've learned it, it is incredibly interesting, challenging, and plain fun ... it's addictive.

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One of Microsoft's Best Simulators Ever!

This is a great simulator. Not only is it challenging, but enables you to have fun and experience the exitement of trains. This game will leave you and your family with many hours of fun train driving. I recommend this game for all ages.

Funny software witch requaires high-level hardware.

My grandfather was longtime train engineer driving either steam and diesel locomotives in Estonia (narrow gauge railways). I'm really true train fan. That's reason why I bought this simulator. But current software not only requires extremely quick computer, lots of hard drive space and ultra-performance video card. I found most important thing beeing amount of RAM memory - no less than 1GB to run trains smoothly. I have for example GF4ti4200 video adapter with 128 Mb of DDram and 1GB basic DDram and even can't use most high resolutions (over 1280x1024 px 32bit). Performance was improved totally when I upgraded RAM memory from 256Mb to 1Gb. Keep it in mind - is well-known thing, all simulators have very high requirements for computers to run.
Graphics look good, but I've seen many add-ons witch looked much better. Tools and editors are very complicated to work with and help is not easy to follow.
Resume: buy this software only if You have NEW COMPUTER WITH HIGH LEVEL COMPONENTS. Do not respect technical specifications given by Microsoft. You'll get interesting experience about railroading, but only with good stuff. With older machines You pay just for nothing, no fun. I'm also waiting for the new version of TrainSim with all bugfixes and improved features.

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Great Sim

I really enjoy playing this one. My son also loves it. We've become big rail fans ( needs more steam engines though).

We found several great websites with free engines and routes (Including a 'Thomas the tank engine' my son plays with)

Like being inside a real train

I think this game is terrific but still not "perfect"

Don't get me wrong... I'm a huge fan of trains and I'd loved to become a train engineer, but this game lacks a bit of entertainment.

What do I mean by "entertainment"? Well, once your train is rolling and all signs are clear then you can comfortably go to get a sandwich and a beverage and everything will be the same. And in those "hard" scenarios, all you gotta do is to speed up and brake from time to time...

Apart from that nuisance, the game is perfect... to drive a steam locomotive like the "flying scotsman" is awesome and thrilling.

The tutorial is excellent and lets you catch the basics on how to run a train.

I've added an expansion pack of the Eurochunnel and now you can be on the cabin of the TGV from Britain to the continent.

Good choice for train fans

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