Atomic Systems

The game comes with 5 completely made real-life tracks.

Maybe 1 of them is not completely made or real life ?

More marketing hype to try to get folks to buy Vista. If you read this from the Games for Windows web site http://www.gamesforwindows.com/games/RailSimulator/gamesDetail.aspx it is a little confusing as it states the min requirements ( probably needs to be taken with a pinch of salt ) are Vista OS b...

You can use FSx without an internet connection, But only for 30 minutes before it quits on you if you are not registered ! This & the fact that you can only install it on 1 PC and allows a maximum of 2 hardware upgrades to said computer before it refuses to run or be re-registered fairly sucks the ...

or they've walked out. That doesn't look to promising in terms of release date

Depends on the license agreement, which I'd like to see a copy of (download from site pls?) before I throw too many knives, but per copy royalties scaled to the sell price would be better than a fixed sum because it still allows the smaller commercial ventures to be viable, ie one doesn't have to st...

Now thats sound like a nifty device, a lot more interesting/appealing than the amBX carp...

Count me out too if there is any sort of spyware. It's way beyond just 'sneaky'. They need to be stopped. Not that EA would miss my measly AUD's converted to Euro's though...

The mind boggles ! Next it will be smoke generators too.

Does the sim support superelevation, This one is already answered: Yes "Superelevation is supported (track banking). " (See C1 of the FAQ) Can we mix electrified and non-electried tracks? Ditto from C8. "Are lines both with and without caternary supported in one route ? What about different gauges ...

Are these questions actually going to be answered and included in the FAQ section or is this thread a bit of fun? So you are saying if the questions are not included in the FAQ then this thread is not fun ? :o Seriously, the answer is yes. I'd like to see what folks want to know most while they wai...

Many today games didn't need "major re-write" to include new graphical features That's not a valid comparison. This thread is talking about D3D9 versus D3D10. In D3D10 the fixed function pipeline is gone. You have to roll your own shaders for _all_ the engine. Lots of work to just to port a graphic...

direct X 10 support in the form of an update Did you say KRS version II ??? As KRS I is being done using D3D9, it would be a major re-write to use D3D10. Not to mention Vista is not due until Q1 2007 and the first D3D10 cards are only just about to be released (D3D10 needs Vista) so will be a while...

Very impressive ! Please send my copy of KRS now

Btw is the Boissiere double a husband/wife ? That would be scary- my wife as game director telling me as a programmer what to program. But then again, someone who would tolerate train simulation topics at the dinner table - cool ...

I believe there is some sort of career mode you can follow

Can you elaborate where this info comes from ? Any details ?

I'd expect to title it as an advanced alpha.

Only quoting the source - from official website:

This is pre-Alpha code and we are fully aware that we have some way to go in the development cycle!