![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a case of ‘here’s what you need to do and here’s how you need to do it’. Essentially, TS Academy does the same as the training stages of most video games. That’s why this year we introduced TS Academy as a one-stop destination for people who are new to Train Simulator. We’ve always been committed to responding to the needs of our core consumers but we realised that we also needed to start attending to the needs of newcomers too. When it came to designing the software update to TS 2015 (which went out free to all existing users on 18th September this year), our focus from the start was on new players. Drive a 280km/h German ICE train out of Munich or run a stopping commuter train into New York the choice is yours. It’s a rare combination of the pleasant feeling of being in charge, while at the same time having the power of choice over what you’re in charge of. If you’re into mighty machines, it’s hard not to be excited at the prospect of sitting in the engineer’s seat of a BNSF ES44AC, and hearing the air brakes hiss and the 4,400-horsepower diesel engine behind you pounding away as it gets 60 fully-laden coal wagons on the move. There’s a certain ‘big boys’ toys’ element to it too. I may never ride through the Alps to Munich, and I will certainly never travel through the hills of 1950s Pennsylvania, but in Train Simulator I have been able to enjoy these, and many more great railway journeys. Then to people like me, it’s about escapism, taking pleasure in completing an undemanding midnight journey down to Gatwick with the last train of the night, or effortlessly rounding bends between the snowy peaks of Montana at the controls of the classic Empire Builder with the winter sun peeping through. To others it’s about realism and getting as close to real train driving operations as possible. To some it’s a digital hobby, like those users who crack open the world editor and build routes or write scenarios instead of driving trains every time they load up the software. One of the great things about Train Simulator is its ability to offer different things to different people. With TS 2015 now available on Steam, it seems the perfect time to look at it with fresh eyes and talk a bit about what the game offers for those who are completely new to the series. We have been developing and publishing Train Simulator (formerly under the ‘ RailWorks’ title) since early 2009, and every month we see a large number of new players enter the world of Train Simulator. Please Note: This was written by Simon Sauntson from Dovetail Games. Articles // 29th Oct 2014 - 9 years ago // By GameGrin Train Simulator 2015 Guest Article ![]()
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