To coincide with the release of Train Sim World 2020, we shall be releasing an update to Train Sim World for all existing players.

Please see the full changelist below:

Core

Character Outfit Viewer – When you create a new in-game profile, you can view your character in the multiple outfits which are supplied with each route.

Renamed some game modes:
- Tutorials have been renamed to Training
- Service Mode has been renamed to Timetable
- Collectables have been renamed to Jobs
More “at-a-glance” information has been added to the ‘Route Selection’ section and are then taken to the main menu, on the right-hand side you will see an info panel which informs you of progress of completing X number of:

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Diorama Selector – From the main menus, the user can now select from two available dioramas to display in the background. The selection includes:
Depot/Shed
Rural Station

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A new look for the Training, Scenarios and Timetable menus
New Debrief Screen which includes a graph which shows how well you maintained your speed vs the speed limit. A table is also shown with a breakdown of your stops, due time, actual time and stop accuracy

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Improved the representation of subtitles
Improved the Schedule Info Display:
- Available on the pause menu or in-game
- Displays a much clearer outline of completed and upcoming tasks, including due times, actual times and Action Points earned

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On the pause menu, we’ve also improved the “Message Log” showing all messages relayed to the player whilst driving
Added ‘Journeys’:
More than 24 hours of sequential gameplay for Peninsula Corridor, Main-Spessart Bahn, Northern Trans-Pennine, Long Island Rail Road, Great Western Express and CSX Heavy Haul
- Strings together existing training modules, scenarios and a curated selection of services with defined weather and other parameters
- Enables players to simply keep clicking next and explore everything a route has to offer

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Palette change – The UI has been changed to Green throughout
Improved menu flow, for example combining the locomotive and weather selection screens

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New Game Introduction added
New Route Introductions added to Peninsula Corridor, Main-Spessart Bahn, Northern Trans-Pennine, Long Island Rail Road and Great Western Express
Completely reworked scoring system:
- Action Points (AP) are indicated in the upper right of the screen when playing a scenario, training module or timetabled service and is an award of points for completing certain activities and get added to your XP and count toward your character profile level
Medals are now awarded for completing training modules, scenarios or services on Peninsula Corridor, Main-Spessart Bahn and Northern Trans-Pennine, Long Island Rail Road and Great Western Express and are shown in the main menu next to the gameplay mode name. The medal you are awarded is based on the AP score obtained. If the top-level medal has not been awarded, the user can replay and try to beat their previous score. The medals on offer are:
Resolved an issue whereby the "Car Collector" achievement /trophy was unattainable
Revisions to audio occlusion engine to reduce instances of outside-world occlusion failing to be applied when inside rolling stock
Resolved an issue whereby AI driver avatars could be missing at the start of services, scenarios and training modules
Optimisations to route audio content to reduce instances where platform memory limits may have been hit during gameplay
Optimisations to core engine task scheduling to improve CPU performance
Updates and fixes to localisation across the core content and routes

Main-Spessart Bahn

Resolved instances where the Destination Board in the DB BR 146.2 failed to restore its state when resuming saved games
Improved the texture resolution on some of the DB BR 146.2 displays for console platforms
Resolved instances where the Destination Board in the DoStos failed to restore their state when resuming saved games
Improved the texture resolution on some of the DoSto displays on console platforms
Resolved an issue whereby SIFA would be non-operable on the DoStos
Resolved an issue whereby SIFA would be non-operable on the DB BR 185.2
Resolved an issue whereby DB BR 185.2 MU cabling would clip through rolling stock
Improved crowd ambient audio across the route
Resolved an issue whereby incorrect clothing could be applied to passenger models
Resolved an issue whereby reloading ‘Saturday Circuit’, after completing the ‘Change Ends’ task, would stop subsequent task prompts

Northern Trans-Pennine

Resolved an issue whereby passenger doors could be opened whilst the BR Class 101 is moving
Resolved an issue whereby the player avatar could t-pose whilst seated in the conductor or guard seats of the BR Class 101
Resolved an issue whereby the light indicator panel and marker light indicators would fail to illuminate on application of the “test light” switch in the BR Class 101
Resolved an issue whereby the light indicator panel would be functional without the control circuit key being set in the BR Class 101
Ambient road traffic added to route
Revisions to audio occlusion engine to reduce instances of outside-world occlusion failing to be applied when inside rolling stock
Optimised lighting content at Leeds, Manchester and Huddersfield stations to reduce instances where platform memory limits may have been hit during gameplay
Banner repeaters across the route are now lit at night
Applied various collision improvements across the route to prevent players accessing out-of-bounds play errors

Long Island Rail Road

Improved the texture resolution on some of the M7 surfaces for console platforms
Resolved an issue whereby tunnel audio occlusion was being incorrectly applied
Resolved an issue whereby the 12B signal at Queens would fail to show the correct aspect
Resolved an issue whereby some of the station pillar models at Penn station would flicker
Resolved an issue whereby Penn tunnel would fail to stream in correctly
Improved passenger navigation at New Hyde Park station
Resolved an issue whereby foliage across the route could flicker
Resolved station stop timings so that they match the player’s performance and avoids conflict with AI at the end which was forcing the player to be late in the ‘Change at Jamaica’ scenario

Northeast Corridor New York

Resolved an issue whereby the ACS-64 speedometer displayed overall vehicle speed and not the loco’s wheel speed
Resolved an instance where one of the route collectables was unobtainable
Resolved an issue whereby Penn tunnel would fail to stream in correctly

CSX Heavy Haul

Swapped the positions of Brake Pressure and Throttle objectives so that the player must wait for the brakes to charge before applying throttle in the ‘Clear Cut’ scenario
Optimisations to the performance of freight car rolling stock

Great Western Express

Improved sky cloud visuals
Resolved player being able to fail a station stop in the ‘Down the Line’ scenario, if they didn’t commence passenger loading immediately upon stopping at the platform.

GP40-2

Updated traction engine modelling to latest physics engine

The update will start to roll out automatically from 3PM BST on August 15th, specific download time may depend on your region. Download size will vary per platform and will depend on how much content you own.

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Challenges

Every month, we will be setting a target for you to collectively take part in, and if the set goal is reached or exceeded, we will release a reward for everyone to download!