1st – 12th February 2024
It’s time to celebrate! 2024’s Festival of Rail kicks off today for an exciting 12 days of action on Train Sim World, Train Simulator Classic and beyond!
We have plenty to talk about in this article, including:
- TSW Add-on Sale – Now Live on the Steam Store until 12th February.
- West Somerset Railway: Remastered – Now Available! Livestream tonight at 19:00 UTC
- Winter Core Update pt 2 and Formation Designer – Coming Soon!
- Full Livestream Schedule between 8th – 12th February
- DOVETAIL DIRECT, 19:00 UTC on Sunday 11th February
View the Festival of Rail Steam Sales Page.
Half Price TSW4: Deluxe Edition on PlayStation
Train Sim World 4: Deluxe Edition is 50% off over on the PlayStation Store until 14th February, with a further 5% discount for PS Plus members.
CATAN – Console Edition is also available at 50% off on PlayStation during this period.
West Somerset Railway: Remastered – Out Now!
England’s longest heritage railway gets a full revamp from today with a FREE UPDATE for players of this route and Train Sim World 4. You can read all the details, including a deep dive of the new timetable in our dedicated article or watch the livestream tonight at 19:00 UTC on YouTube and Twitch with Matt, Joe and Liam.
If you don’t yet own this scenic, Somerset route Add-on you can grab it now with a huge 80% off in the Festival of Rail Sale on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2375862/Train_Sim_World_4_West_Somerset_Railway_Route_AddOn/
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A highlight of the updated route is the new Steam Gala timetable, which requires a host of additional content to activate loads of service layers. Many of these are now on sale!
Winter Core Update – the next release
If you read this morning’s West Somerset Railway article, you’ll have seen we’ve also let you know a little more about what’s happening with the next part of our Winter Core update, which is due next week.
We’ll provide a full Patch Notes list with the update, but to whet your collective whistles, here are some highlights which we’re currently testing and hope to release:
- Improved PIS Brightness for more visibility and readability in day/night
- Multiple Free Roam fixes for locos that weren’t able to move after spawning
- Scoring adjustments so achieving a Platinum medal is more in line with expectations
- Added option to disable Traction Lock icon in the Minimal HUD
Formation Designer – Open Beta
Alongside next week’s update, we’ll be offering Steam players the opportunity to try out and feed back on perhaps the most exciting of our upcoming Core updates, Formation Designer. However, we’ll be doing it a little differently to normal.
Formation Designer will allow you to assemble your own consists and formations for use in Scenario Planner and Free roam. This will increase customisation options to create the perfect Scenario and remove the need to spawn different preset formations into the world and rearrange them manually (although that can be quite fun in itself). In its final release, Formation Designer will also allow for your created consists and combinations to be shared via Creators Club, similar to Livery Designer and Scenario Planner.
Because of the sheer number of permutations and options players will be able to combine, testing every possible option is very challenging – so, rather than hold the update any longer, we’re looking for your help. We’ll open up a bespoke feedback forum with details on how you can get involved with the beta, and you can let us know what you think. What you enjoy, what you don’t enjoy, any issues you encounter and any combinations of rolling stock which are proving challenging. Please note: this beta is only available for Steam players. For players of other platforms, we’ll release Formation Designer when we’ve had a chance to review initial beta feedback, and we’re happy it’s ready.
We want it to be a cornerstone of player creativity going forward, so want to bring you into the fold as we shape it up for full release. More details to come next week, but we thank you all in advance – we can’t wait to see what you think!
Festival of Rail Livestream Schedule
From 8th – 12th February we have a packed schedule of streaming content on Train Sim World and Train Simulator Classic across YouTube and Twitch, including from some our Ambassadors like The British Ace, MegaSim and TrainSimulatorDriver. The DTG Team will also be showcasing route and locomotives from Train Sim World 4 and Add-on content.
Make sure you’re following us on socials to get the latest news of when streams are going live!
Dovetail Direct: Spring 2024 – Sunday 11th February 2024
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To conclude our Festival of Rail event this year we have a Dovetail Direct on Sunday 11th February at 19:00 UTC, which will show more details on revealed teasers as well as announce new content coming for:
- Train Sim World 4
- Train Simulator Classic
- City Transport Simulator: Trams
- CATAN – Console Edition
This will replace our monthly Roadmap update.
Make sure you set a reminder for when the event goes live to get the latest news!
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