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Master more machines and add exciting detailed locos to your collection with this incredible upcoming loco bundle, coming to Train Sim World 3 on the 4th of October!

**It’s been a long journey, but we’re happy to announce today that the Add-ons Manager has been released on console for Train Sim World 2 players. ** Initially, this was planned as a fix to issues surrounding the 64GB Add-ons limit for PlayStation 5 players - PS5 players were unable to see all of their downloaded add-ons when breaching 64GB worth of content. Our team have been working closely with Sony on this issue, who themselves had not seen any issues like this before, and we’ve been frequently providing progress updates in our Roadmaps. Solving this issue ultimately allows PS5 players to access all Train Sim World 2 add-ons without having to worry about the 64GB limit, and works by pre-loading routes and locomotives based on the content that players would choose to play. An added benefit to this was that memory usage may also drop slightly through the reduced ‘mounting’ of content during each session. After a phase of successful testing through our beta team, we believe that these memory improvements may possibly reduce (but not necessarily solve) the frequency of ‘Out of Memory’ crashes for players of 8th-generation consoles with lots of Add-ons installed, playing high-density routes. Whilst this isn’t intended to be a ‘silver bullet’ on the memory front (Xbox Series S players may not see any improvement, for example) it is a step in the right direction and we will continue to work on memory issues during subsequent testing and in future updates. We had previously stated that PC platforms would receive Add-ons Manager, but we saw negligible impact on the ‘Out of Memory’ errors, so didn’t want to overcomplicate things. As the majority of the work had been done on Train Sim World 2, we wanted to complete that in its entirety before porting the work onto Train Sim World 3 next. Now we’ve released on Train Sim World 2, Train Sim World 3 is our next focus, and we’ll provide an update on progress in October’s Roadmap, currently due on Thursday October 6th. This has been a long time coming, and we appreciate everyone’s patience as we’ve put together this solution for a complex issue. We hope this will provide a long-term, robust benefit for our console players. Please allow for 24 hours for the update to hit your console devices before contacting Dovetail Support, and let us know your feedback on our forums [http://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/train-sim-world-add-ons-manager-is-here.59837/]

Master the machine with our accessible guides!

We wanted to provide a quick update as to what we’re doing to improve Train Sim World 3 over the coming weeks and months.

Master the machine with our accessible guides!

Master the machine and battle the elements with Train Sim World 3, out now for Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Xbox Game Pass and Epic Games Store!

We have a huge Train Sim World 3 update, consisting of some of the improvements coming from Early Access weekend, and lots of Preserved Collection updates

Here is an extension from our article on Thursday, containing everything you need to know before Train Sim World 3 launches tomorrow (Tuesday). Who’s ready?

Want to play Train Sim World 3 early?

Early Access for Train Sim World 3 kicks off tomorrow (Friday, September 2nd), with launch hitting on Tuesday, September 6th. So we’ve collated as much as possible about both Early Access and Launch, from release times, to Progress Transfer.

Learn more about Progress Transfer for Train Sim World 3

Get ready to master the machine and battle the elements on September 6th with Train Sim World 3, available on Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Xbox Game Pass, and Epic Games Store.

In this deep dive we’re going granular in terms of detail, covering (almost) everything you can experience in the refreshed and expanded Garden of England!

Get ready to master the machine and battle the elements on September 6th with Train Sim World 3, available on Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Xbox Game Pass, and Epic Games Store.

Learn more about the all-new Training Center, UI changes, and what’s happening to all the add-ons you currently own for Train Sim World 2.

Seconds out, round two! This is part 2 of the first Train Sim World Roadmap to feature Train Sim World 3, coming September 6th

Welcome to the first Roadmap of the Train Sim World 3 era. Hop in, we’ve got plenty to share. We make no apologies for this being possibly the longest Roadmap you’re ever going to read.

The future of Train Sim World is coming. Get ready to master the machine and battle the elements on September 6th with Train Sim World 3, available on Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Xbox Game Pass and Epic Games Store.

We visited the East Lancs Railway and Bury Transport Museum to film a piece for BBC North West about Spirit of Steam. Whilst there, we explored the railway and museum. Here's what happened!

Experience a unique marvel of rail innovation, an Underground veteran turned Solent explorer.

Rivet Games’ Island Line 2022: BR Class 484 is coming July 19 for Xbox, PlayStation, Epic Games Store and is available to pre-order now on Steam with a 10% discount

Taking a step back in time and looking at his local area from an entirely new perspective Phil Cunliffe of BBC Manchester Evening News looked at Spirit of Steam as part of an exciting BBC Feature.

As we move into summer, we have a similarly British Summer surprise for you coming from Rivet Games – as part of this Roadmap, we’ve asked the team at Rivet to tell you a little more about it.

Rivet Games’ Island Line 2022: BR Class 484 is coming to Train Sim World 2, July 19 and also includes a modern-day version of the Isle of Wight: Ryde – Shanklin route.