Trainz Driver Edition I think you can only "Drive" trains and not build routes...Is what this one is all about....I may be wrong but thats what it sounds like from here:
In this latest installment in the Trainz series, players can experience driving a locomotive through the eyes of an engineer. Trainz: Driver Edition features a special Driver Mode with ready-to-drive routes and real-world locomotives, as well as a Railyard Mode in which players can run long haul freight services and high-speed passenger runs. With 21 interactive scenarios, Trainz: Driver Edition will thrill the would-be locomotive engineer with the sights and sounds of a real railroad. The game also ships with comprehensive driving tutorials and a full 330-page manual in PDF format.
Providing a range of operating activities from Amtrak passenger services over the famous Marias Pass to historic narrow gauge mine and logging tours through breathtaking countrysides, Trainz: Driver Edition is sure to captivate railroad enthusiasts of all ages.
Your better off getting Trainz 2006 to work where you can do all that there and plus lots more as in build your own routes
I have placed an order for Trainz Driver Edition.
WCL you are correct, this sounds more akin to a version of MSTS of which I have about 40gb. MSTS has problems with frame freezes and occasional system crahes. It is getting long in the tooth, I believe Microsoft are working on a new TrainSim.
John Baker
I prefer the nearer to real life scenario where you are given a task (I just want to be the Engineer/driver) and left to get on with it.
I have Lionel to play trains with.