TSX or Legacy Which do you prefer?

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TSX or Legacy Which do you prefer?

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There is no doubt there are some nice features in RW 3 under TSX as opposed to legacy operation. But, performance issues aside, am I alone in feeling that the colour and shadow mix is better in legacy. At present I tend to use legacy for brighter days and TSX for dismal and wet.
What do you guys think?
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Re: TSX or Legacy Which do you prefer?

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TSX all the way for me. I just think it makes everything look more realistic.


PS By the way, that is my opinion, I don't expect everbody to share it.
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davejc64 wrote:
PS By the way, that is my opinion, I don't expect everbody to share it. :roll:
I completely disagree with you, it's TSX all the way for me, especially when full shadows are active, you can really feel the atmosphere on some routes.

Hold on, I did agree with you! :wink:
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Running with TSX off for the most part. Still need to do some tweaking to get TSX running well on my machine. Either way though it is a considerable improvement over what was on offer in RW2
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Darpor wrote:
davejc64 wrote:
PS By the way, that is my opinion, I don't expect everbody to share it. :roll:
I completely disagree with you, it's TSX all the way for me, especially when full shadows are active, you can really feel the atmosphere on some routes.

Hold on, I did agree with you! :wink:
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I have to admit, at the low in game settings I run at, performance wise they are both pretty much the same. I find Legacy mode is basically TSX mode without added rain drops on windows, headlights and different colour distant terrain.

TSX it is for me.
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Re: TSX or Legacy Which do you prefer?

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TSX for what I feel is the extra immersion... and really liking the extras (e.g., shadows, nicer water in the rivers/lakes/streams, and the weather of course) on the non-tweaked routes like Ohio Steel. Looking foward to the re-worked versions of the dlc locos that have collected (mainly the Canadian bits, and the UK steam which I adore).

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Though I still think RW3 could be better optimized, after a bit of tweaking of various settings to find a good balance of Performance and Visual-quailty, I now prefer TSX mode on. I really like some of the new lighting and weather effects with some scenarios. The Cab-sway effect introduced with RW3 is really neat too.
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Haven't even tried legacy so TSX all the way for me too.
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Like rabid, haven't tried Legacy mode at all, since TSX works fine with some fiddling with settings.

Love the mode though, just makes me think what a difference mods do to Fallout 3 & New vegas with new higher quality textures.

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I like to say yes to TSX, IF we can enjoy the game in full glory... one day.
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Re: TSX or Legacy Which do you prefer?

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Sometimes, Legacy Mode is the only way to get acceptable performance on a given route using some given hardware (of which I own a very wide variety). Then it is invaluable.

However, I definitely prefer TSX mode. There are still some glitches and performance problems, but they are largely manageable on a fairly new PC...

...except on NEC, which I still haven't found an acceptable solution for, even with a brand-new, high-end PC which I built only a week ago. The mind doth boggle as to what kind of monster RSC tested that on. Regardless of hardware, Legacy Mode is currently the way to go for that route.
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Re: TSX or Legacy Which do you prefer?

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Either would be good...

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Re: TSX or Legacy Which do you prefer?

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I'm very new round here but it was the new TSX setting that made me get back into this hobby. Im running on quite an old gaming rig with a GTX 275 for graphics and get between 15-30 fps (capped at 30) which i find acceptable but not great with most settings on high or highest including shadows. I get occasional stutters coming into cities but my HD is over 5 years old and very full so no complaints. Hopefully when i can get a new rig a nice solid state HD will help load items in faster. I'm slowly collecting DLC and enjoying it very much. I did briefly try without TSX but felt the world very flat and lifeless so am very much sticking with TSX.

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