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Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 5.6 hrs on record (1.4 hrs at review time)
Posted: 6 Sep, 2022 @ 4:22pm
Updated: 26 Sep, 2023 @ 3:28am

Update 2023

Instead of updating and increasing the sales of their simulator, they release add-ons for 30-40 euros each and a few months later release a new simulator (Again with Unreal Engine 4. They don't even use the new Unreal Engine technologies) with already fixed bugs and 1-2 new options for 70+ euros. Why!?!?!
- Just because they don't have competition they fool their players.

They destroyTrain Simulator 2012 (Train Simulator 20xx or Classic) because it had a workshop and an option for people to create mods, maps so the company wasn't making any money from it and in their new versions they removed those options.
This company doesn't even try to optimize their simulator, they will never release updates that aren't in the form of paid add-ons.

I love the trains, I love my work like a train engineer but this simulator is not like a real trains.

The challenges encountered while driving locomotives, trains are not present in the simulator because the developers do not try to include details. Even the stations are not detailed, where are the information boards, where are the people doing something, where are the inspectors who check the train and test the train's braking system before the train leaves the first station, why in the scenarios the locomotive is not driven to a depot after finishing work. Why can't we see the engine room and do manipulations, trains are not only controlled, sometimes stressful situations happen where important decisions are made, sometimes accidents happen on the road. Even the cars in the simulator can go through the train and crossing like ghosts (bug).
- TSW4 is not something new, same sh*t with some fixed bugs and little more stickers for creator hub. It's not Creator Hub (because we didn't have mods, maps/roads to make the "full game" more better), it's Painting Hub!

I want to buy TSW4 with everything but when I check the Twitch Streams... I got angry, because this simulator is almost the same like TSW3, TSW2, TSW1 (I have them too).

- The only reason I would possibly buy TSW4 is because of the PC Editor. To create my EU maps, much more detailed than what you are offering for money, and release it for free to all players.

I don't think the simulator is worth 50 euros.

First - Please make an option to turn off the Tutorials, if you're Train Engineer like me or you have Train Simulator 20xx, TSW, TSW2, TSW3 you don't need this tutorial in the game...
Is this the future of the simulator? After "Pre-order Deluxe Edition" you don't even get a discount on future DLCs, since the game's release, the developers have added 30 more DLCs, totaling €1384.43. In my opinion, this is not the long-awaited "train simulator", it's just another money laundering product...

For those who have been waiting for this simulator for a long time - get your wallets ready, this is just a graphically upgraded version of Train Sim World 2, nothing more!

Train Simulator 2012-20xx has a map editor, but there isn't one here yet. Isn't this supposed to be a new generation simulator building on its old predecessors, not just removing the good old features and creating something "new".
Just because a simulator has improved graphics and fixed bugs from the old TSW2 doesn't make it better.

The map is big, but somehow it still feels empty - where are the people, the traffic and the accidents on the road? I am a locomotive driver (train engineer) and as such I face many obstacles - road accidents with people, cars, animals and even breakdowns of locomotives (sometimes even minor repairs are required while in motion).

My rate is: 5/10 - Good

Full Review in my website [bg-gamer.com]
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4 Comments
Mr. Necrotic 7 Sep, 2022 @ 12:10pm 
It says 29-30 euros for DLC.
In my country it is a lot, especially when we get 400-500 euros per month salary. :dip:
[SSAFA]CUDGEdaveUK 7 Sep, 2022 @ 7:59am 
And 29 quid each for routes? They are having a laugh.Shove it.
Tanvaras 6 Sep, 2022 @ 11:19pm 
Dovetail games says it all..... horrid company, minimal viable product followed by heaps of over priced dlc's.