Train Simulator Users

Anonymous

Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 6:40 PM

Does anyone here use MS Train Simulator? How good do you think you are?

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jchnhtfd

Member since
January 2001
From: US
1,537 posts

Posted by jchnhtfd on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 6:51 PM

I do, and I used to drive the real thing... I enjoy it, but I find it more difficult than the full size! I'd say I was no better than fair...

Jamie

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Willy2

Member since
January 2002
From: Omaha, Nebraska
1,920 posts

Posted by Willy2 on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 7:52 PM

I use Train Simulator and find it very fun. I am also quite good at it.

Willy

Willy

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kschmidt

Member since
April 2001
From: US
590 posts

Posted by kschmidt on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 8:41 PM

I have Train Simluator. I enjoy using it and think I am pretty good at it. However there appears to be some kind of challenge in the statement "How good do you think you are ?" Just wondering

Keith

Keith Schmidt KC9LHK You don’t bring nothin with you here and you can’t nothin back, I ain’t never seen a hearse with a luggage rack. George Strait Check out Flickr Train Photo Page

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Anonymous

Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 8:51 PM

There is no challenge. I'm not an expert in this game either. But i did make some changes to my game.

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Puckdropper

Member since
December 2002
From: US
725 posts

Posted by Puckdropper on Tuesday, September 30, 2003 11:31 PM

I don't have MSTS, as I can't see spending the money on software. Free is a good thing. I have BVE, and it's pretty cool when you actually figure out how to run it.

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tree68

Member since
December 2001
From: Northern New York
25,011 posts

Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, October 1, 2003 7:54 AM

I'm just getting started and know I have a lot to learn. I plan on picking up the console that's out now, which will help alleviate memorizing keys (a problem with Flight Simulator, too) and may help my train handling.

I found and installed a "TimeSaver" for MSTS which I love, especially after installing the patch for the front coupler. I have yet to complete either of the supplied scenarios...

Larry Whistling
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There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...

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eolafan

Member since
December 2001
From: Aurora, IL
4,515 posts

Posted by eolafan on Thursday, October 2, 2003 4:13 PM

For what it's worth, I used to work for the company (Link Simulation Systems Division of Singer Co.) that made the very first simulator used for training engineers. We put together an SD45 simulator for training that was an exact duplicate of the Sd45 cab and we had a camera mounted on the nose of a real unit and took video (actually 16 mm film at that time) of all the divisions of SP (the buyers of this machine) so they could use it to train engineers of all divisions. This was the one and only loco simulator we ever built, but I tried to sell EMD these things as an "add on" to their loco sales and even traveled to LaGrange but found them uninterested at the time (don't think they ever did it with anybody else either)..perhaps if they had taken me up on the idea they would have had an edge of sorts over GE. Jim in Aurora, IL

Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim)

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