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Title: Train Simulator: South Wales Coastal Route Add-On
Genre: Simulation
Developer:
Dovetail Games
Publisher:
Dovetail Games - Trains
Franchise:
Train Simulator
Release Date: 7 Apr, 2016
Minimum:
English,French,Italian,German,Polish,Russian
train simulator south wales coastal route add-on. train simulator south wales coastal bristol - swansea route add-on
Routes that are about 40 miles in length are either done well, or they're done badly. Fortunately, this one has been done well, and I do reccomend it.
First of all, the length- It's just over 40 miles in length. If you're looking for a long run, this isn't it, but it's not what you'd call short either. Therefore, it's a little more bearable if you're a person looking to build your own sessions, in comparison to some of the routes which are exceptionally long, which are great to drive along but can be a pain to edit sessions on. However, the inclusion of the Severn Tunnel crossing is both good and bad. Yes there have been long tunnels on routes before; look at the Settle and Carlisle railway, but it feels like you're spending a lot of time under the Severn, and maybe brings into question whether they could have made the route a little longer. I wouldn't say the inclusion of it a bad thing; in fact I think I it was worthwhile, it just feels a little forced, and that you lose a decent amount of scenery because of it.
The facilities- There are plenty of sidings at specific locations, meaning plenty of scope for shunting round large trains of modern freight rolling stock. There are a good number of stations, and there are a decent number of stubs for other lines.
The locos and rolling stock- There is a decent number of rolling stock you get here. Most importantly is the Class 175 DMU, which is exclusive to this route. The 175 is great being a relatively fast DMU that can do stopping services or semi-fast services. The sounds are alright; it's not the main draw of the 175, but at least they aren't butchered. Then there is the Class 70 (Already a standalone DLC item I believe), which has an excellent amount of power for towing the heavyweight modern freight rolling stock that come with this route. If you don't yet have the Class 70, get it with this route rather than getting the standalone. Then obviously is the GWR Class 43 HST. The new livery looks stunning, and there is some updates to the sounds. The only problem is with the GWR HST is the fact I believe they were aiming for a two-tone horn using the space bar and B key, and only one tone is functional.
But as an added bonus, I'll talk about the Arriva Train Wales DMUs addon here. If you buy this route, get it with this addon, it's not much more than just the route, and it comes with a pair of solid DMUs that add massively to this route. Both have got simplified throttle appearance, showing the stage rather than the actual throttle amount, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, and they have both got separate buttons for both tones of the horn, as well as operational Driver to Guard buzzer on the C key. The main thing is, don't buy it separate to the route, get it as part of the twin pack.
Overall, 8\/10 for the standalone route, 8.5\/10 if you get the twin pack. It's only \u00a32 more and you get to bolster the amount of liveries you have for the 158.. HIGHLY IMPRESSED, well DTG you have finally done it, you have finally done something i thought you would do and that is impress me.
This route is TOP NOTCH the level of detail and care gone into it is sublime, cardiff central looks perfect including platform 8 actually being completed when its not even completed in real life until december :P.
only gripe cardiff canton looks od compared to the real deal.
plenty of content from the included 70, hst and 175 and for an extra \u00a32 the 143 and 15
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