What is your ultimate RW TS2012 wishlist?

[Natvander]

There's a few things I'd like to see.

Improved horn sounds. You should be able to hear the horn before you can see the train. At the moment the train is on the level crossing before you hear the full volume of the horn (if there's a local edit for this I'm all ears).

Improved physics. You shouldn't be able to jam the throttle at 100% or hit the brakes hard without some repercussions.

A search function in editor (search assets by keyword).

A much larger library of timetable rules.

I know there's more but I'm only on my first cup of coffee!

[bigvern]

Less UK routes...!
Agree an Indian route would be good, I've been reading trip reports on the IRCFA site again and something like Braghanza Ghats or maybe the metre gauge down through Choral Valley.
A Chinese route - how about the new line up to Tibet?
A Japanese Shinkansen route, I get withdrawal symptons no longer being able to play Densha de Go.
Something South American - the Central Peru up the zigzags perhaps.
More narrow gauge, more tramway systems (or transit).
In fact, just about any line that isn't another mundane, double track British route.

[NickG]

the route from Mumbai to Pune is pretty spectacular, you have the section out of mumbai, with the suburban emus, just wonder if railworks could handle the amount of passengers on the platform.
Then there is the Ghat section from Karjat up to Lonavala, where the main line expersses have to be banked up. lots of freight on the route as well, and the scenary is spectacular.
Loads of operational intrest

[jimmyshand]

Isn't it funny how we all have such wildy different wishes? My interest in railways is strictly territorial and does not extend outside of the UK. I've got less than zero interest in Indian railways or any other country for that matter whereas Vern for example craves them!! I think there are a couple of distinct types of railway enthusiasts, people who loves trains in general, any train, any route, any country and there are those that are interested specifically in what they know only. My main issue with RSC doing foreign routes is that they are not very realistic in so far as they are mostly guess work and approximation laced with lots of generic scenery. The UK stuff on the other hand is super accurate and realistic in comparisson due probably to the easy access to research material and data.

[Rockdoc2174]

I would basically buy British routes because that's what I'm familiar with but would always be interested in any route that's hard to drive. That's my basic criterion.

Keith

[bpbill]

Personally my wish list covers eras more than anything else.

More emphasis on transition era or before for me please

[paulz6]

the route from Mumbai to Pune is pretty spectacular, you have the section out of mumbai, with the suburban emus, just wonder if railworks could handle the amount of passengers on the platform.

Railworks can handle passengers on the roof, or beneath the train.

[Darpor]

Railworks can handle passengers on the roof, or beneath the train.

[NickG]

Well have seen people traveling on the roof under the pantographs

[theokus]

Real live colors.

[qrdriver]

How about being able to incorporate some degree of randomness in scenarios. I very rarely run scenerios because IMHO there is nothing that makes a railway simulation less realisic than driving a prewritten scenerio that does the same thing over and over and over and over....., after the first time I know what is going to happen at every sleeper and signal. That's not the way real railways run, even in my job driving suburban trains over the same half dozen routes every shift has something different enough to make it interesting. Things like different work for the pickup freight to do every trip (maybe leave more decisions up to me, I'd like to work out how to do a shunt rather than have the scenreio tell me), not passing the same AI train at the same place every time, late connections or other incidents to affect the running of your train.

I also agree with a previous post that said suggested maybe it's time to ditch the current Kuju code that was old when it started and seemingly has unfixable flaws and build TS2013 (or 14 or 15, it would be worth the wait) from scratch. How many years do you keep on making something backwards compatilbe and at the same time holding it back from real advancement.

[Natvander]

How about being able to incorporate some degree of randomness in scenarios.

Definitely. In 'that other simulator' I would have AI and user trains starting randomly up to 5 mins after their timetabled start time and random delays at each stop; and random weather events so one trip may be clear and sunny, the next stormy with low visibility.

[bigvern]

Isn't it funny how we all have such wildy different wishes? My interest in railways is strictly territorial and does not extend outside of the UK. I've got less than zero interest in Indian railways or any other country for that matter whereas Vern for example craves them!! I think there are a couple of distinct types of railway enthusiasts, people who loves trains in general, any train, any route, any country and there are those that are interested specifically in what they know only. My main issue with RSC doing foreign routes is that they are not very realistic in so far as they are mostly guess work and approximation laced with lots of generic scenery. The UK stuff on the other hand is super accurate and realistic in comparisson due probably to the easy access to research material and data.

Don't misunderstand, there are a few UK lines I would like to see - West Highland or Kyle, professionally done with appropriate motive power from the 60's/70'/80's. It's just the identikit southern England suburban route syndrome, the news that we might be getting London to Brighton left me cold. Simulation offers a medium by which we can experience that we could never hope to in real life. I could never see me and Mrs Vern visiting India - for one thing my stomach gets upset and I gag on anything stronger than a spaghetti bolognese so living on/smelling curry for two weeks is a bit of a no, no. However put a decent version of one of those routes into the simulator and I'll be in my element!

[USRailFan]

Routes

London to Brighton + 377 and 319
Channel Tunnel + Eurostar and Euroshuttle

Rolling Stock

Class 92
IC225 set
Class 90+DVT
Class 59 + bogie stone hoppers
GP38-2

Improvements

Make the level crossing sounds quieter
Stop suicide road vehicles
Create different levels of passengers on each station depending on the time/place etc....
Better headlights for night running so you can see a little further ahead.
Routes built with ''car marks'' on the platforms
New Deltic
New HST
New GEVO (the big US diesel)
New Black 5
Marooon livery added to the default Mk1s

[mjoliver1]

Simple...

A decent "Modern" engine for the game, that doesn't have any legacy Kuju code contained within it. Even with the 'Performance' updates, it's still not as fluid as it could be. (It's not my system.. )

Signalling whilst much improved could still be a lot better as you get spurious stuck signals when there is no reason for it.

etc, etc..

A brand new game would be best (Keep TS2012 and DLC in their current state, but fixed of course ) then those whom wish to stay with the current system can, and those who want to risk something 'better' has the choice whether or not to upgrade this time round

YES!