Microsoft Train Sim 2 Announced.

[CaptainChuck]

<>Thats right! MSTS2 IS coming. And heres the proof!

http://www.microsoft.com/games/trainsimulator/

Cheers!

Charles H.

PAVR VP 

[blade]

i was so excited to read on their website that the new trains simulator was announced but to my dismay it won't be released until next year,i have the first one but i am getting bored of playing it,now i can't wait to get my hands on the rail simulator from kuju entertainment the same folks who bought us microsoft train simulator and by the looks of it ,it is very interesting game.if you like to find out more and order your copy (i am getting my copy at my local hobby shop,so i reccomend tring the hobby shop /computer/retailers first,to see if they have a copy)but for more information you can visit thier website at www.railsimulator.com. is now available for those who can't wait for the new version of microsoft train aimulator(i confess i am one of them)

[SchemerBob]

New European 'BLS' route announced with renders:
http://www.tsinsider.com/en-US/WorkInProgress/Pages/BLSLocoStockRenders.aspx

Looking good!

[railroadnut675]

This is great

NOW WHERE IS THE CSX TRAIN!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Not three days no, Nothing THAT big. You would be lucky to hit 20 mph average per hour.

Personally my record is Seattle to Boston inside of four days or about 90 hours despite two breakdowns with a semi.

If you go to Fileplanet or Fileshack and download any number of Demo programs you will see for yourself at no charge a typical railroad game in the first person.

Here is a short fraps capture of a recent Demo:

 http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/5185/combedownpulljp8.flv

This one needs to be saved to your machine and then opened with a Flash Player. This Demo was the EA's recent Railroads Sim that they are working on.

One flash player I have used with good luck is this:

 http://www.wimpyplayer.com/products/wimpy_standalone_flv_player.html

Both windows and Mac can use this player. Just create a folder to save your Flash Video to and you will need Winzip for windows to open the Wimpy player.

It isnt the best quality. Maybe one day the web hosters will allow the videos to be DVD quality, but aint found one yet. All want to use flash to save bandwidth.

[Anonymous]

So the way i am understanding it is i can drive a train from new york to san fransico and it would take 3 days in real time to do it.

[Anonymous]

How big?

Well, how about dozens of miles similar to FSX? In FSX you could take off from KBWI in a 737 and get to KLIT in real time and computer space. If You had 24 hours to spare to sit at the computer you might wanna fly a 747 from Sydey Austrailia to LAX.

Some war games had servers where the battle space is more than 25 miles on each side of the box and up to a few thousand feet in height.

They said they are going to replicate the Horseshoe Curve. They mean it. All of it is going to be on your machine for you to travel in for example.

There was a shuttle flight a few years back that mapped the earth in 3D with a error of about 2 meters or so in all three dimensions. That made pretty good games possible. More accurate mapping down to feet or less in error are saved for the Military.

 

If you drove a train through Horseshoe often enough, slowly enough you remember what the terrain looks like. Sooner or later if you ever physically travel to Horseshoe, you will know down to the kilometer or less where everything is located.

[Anonymous]

So is it a game where you just drive around or do you get money and how big is the area you dirve in?  is there steam engins?

[Anonymous]

Question.  Is the game take up a lot of space on your computer.  What exactly do you do in the game.

You are inside the locomotive cab and are to drive a train.

Today's computers are quite beefy and have space. Just dont get caught with a cheap store bought box with inadequate hardware.

I prefer to build my own machines and not buy retail. If that comment makes me a snob and aloof... so be it.

[Anonymous]

Question.  Is the game take up a lot of space on your computer.  What exactly do you do in the game.

[ironarmadillo]

You don't need an X-BOX 360 for HD display.  I've run Trainz, MSTS and Rail Simulator all on a 65-inch HD TV by jacking a PC with an HDMI output into it.  Just adjust the screen resolution through Control Panel/Display for a true widescreen resolution and play away.

[arkansasrailfan]

I looked at the designer profiles and holy crap, Rick Shelby is on the team!?!?
I can't wait for the addons, and I it's supposed to come out next year instead of this year.

[SchemerBob]

Just looked on the MSTS2 site and they've got a bunch of new articles and things on their homepage. They also have a video of the game, but I couldn't get it to work. It's looking good, though, better with each update!

[SchemerBob]

What do you think?

http://videogames.yahoo.com/pc/videos/

 

[chefjavier]

What do you think?

http://videogames.yahoo.com/pc/videos/