Railroad X

As much as I want to judge a game based on its actual content and gameplay, I simply can't for this title. Why? Because it crashes at launch, every single time. I'm not alone in this issue, a quick check of the forums shows a thread with several people reporting. If I had to say based on the screenshots alone I's aay think about it. It certainly looks good, it looks better than Railworks and Trainz, but those two titles (and a host of others not on Steam) have the massive advantage of being playable. So, currently, as of right now it's not worth it. If it gets fixed I'll actually check out the game's content, the furthest I've got is an error screen on launch so far If you've read this far, go grab a cookie or a sandwich and thank ya If you want the short version, look up at the top. Not recommended.. It should say Not Recommended....YET Because when this gets fixed I have a feeling it may well turn out to be a sleeper gem of a simulator...but for now save your money and wait fo...

After a couple of houres building my track I will say this game is not too bad but not that user friendly. And the game contents is limited. I guest they want us to buy for more. seriously $11 for a couple of more trains? and everything is europe base so nothing in there for north america. If you already own Train Simulator 2012 you don't need that one. same game

Good value, since it's the super version. Ive followed EEP for the last 5 years, knowing it would eventually evolve to be quite interesting. No,its not easy to learn. Ive always enjoyed piecing track together in real life, Ive done severall layouts in the real world, HO,,,027,,,N,,,,,,Trainz seems a bit too easy, and the Microsoft TS program gets boring very quickly...and this seems be more along the lines of demanding careful planning,,and FEELS more like a model railroad,,,planning carefully, measuring radii, etc. Getting an understanding of the basics of trackwork is interesting,,I was pleasently suprised by several features, driving inside the train, etc, sparks upon breaking in the steamers,,,lots of nice touches,,,....There tons of little surprises along the way,,,this program has been evolving for years and will continue to grow and improve,,,the difference between, X and the older versions I remember from several years ago is astronomical,,,I noticed suddenly,,an example,, s...

I'd recommend this for more of the creative people of the train simming community, the people who like to build and automate routes as I haven't seen any other simulator work the way railroad X does with the various contact points. I find the forums very nice, friendly, very responsive and kind, and I always get healthy responses from my opinions, a brilliant place to find advice. The game itself, I find to have a very narrow field of view, quite large interface. I wouldn't, however, recommend this to the people who just want to "drive trains" as this is more of a "creative tool" rather then a simulator. Sure there are bugs and sometimes, crashes but non-the-less, for what it is, it's currently the best creative tool currently out there which has an adjustable work table. I find the only Achilles heel heel to this, is that it's a railroad modeller's program, because I find this program to have real potential. I haven't really seen any other simulator let you be able to control an...

Have Trainz 2012, MS Train Simulator and RW Train Sim. This nicely fits in as a train sim which can hold its own. Positives: Significant amount of options regarding content, editing, multi-layered complexity. Animated individuals are the best even better than Railworks. Why? Because they employ collision detection and move nicely around other characters although they will go through objects. Not like Railworks which go through things and other characters. Also more animation on them like the woman who is using her cellphone. Nice touch! Great range of trains and rolling stock. For example I like the TGV. None of the current Train players have any TGV trains included in the content. And as varied as they are. So if some of you are whining about some cost issues keep in mind the trains and stock beats hands down the trains and stock in Trainz or Railworks. Both of these latter you'll have to buy separately comparable stock if they exist or buy a ticket (Auran's Trainz) to download the...

Well they updated this game this morning. 10/06/2014 It looks good But only seen the demo just started a new layout. Time will tell.

With a learning curve steeper than the Navy's Nuclear Power Program this is an excellent model railroad design tool. This is not a 'train game'. If you want to spend the time learning how to use this to help build your dream layout then 'yes', I recommend this program on that basis. If you want to drive trains and play railroad scenarios I recommend DTG's TS 2015. I have close to 250 hrs in that game and it is the best train sim currently available. Avoid at all costs the one with the 'z', it's terrible.

In all honesty, Hornby Virtual Railways is far better. The UI for this game is clunky, with poor tooltips and long-winded readme. For someone who just wants to get stuck in and have fun creating and designing, and eventually running a railway, this isn't the game for you. After just 1/2 hour I was so ridiculously frustrated with how things worked; I haven't played it since. Overall a waste of money. [u]14/06/202[/u] I decided to give this game another chance, but that was promptly shattered. Each time I tried to load up the game, the splash screen would appear, then I would get black screens on each of my three monitors, followed by no-signal errors on each. Only alt-tabbing to another open application would render one of the screens any use, and at that it's not even the main screen. Completely unimpressed and so this game will go back to the uninstalled pile.

It's a very good train simulator Much work still needs to be done on translating from the German text used in the simulator to English. Tried to buy some tools from the EEP Shopping website, but the Click and Buy merchant app continued to state that my password was weak and would not let me proceed although it had already taken my credit card details. According to reviews on the Net of Click and Buy, which I subsequently read, I will need to monitor my bank account very closely from now on. The 10.1 patch has not yet been released in the English version although it has been out in German for a while. I imported a very large layout to act as a guide for laying my own track. The size of the imported bmp file limited the number of pixels I that could specify, which resulted in a very grainy, unusable template. In today's age of 64-bit computing and virtual RAM, this limitation seems needless. In conclusion - a purchase that should have been postponed until the quality of the soft...

It worked for me when I bought the game at release - now after some updates it starts and returns to desktop immediately. I seem to be the only one to occur this problem so that's not why I don't recommend it. It's more because a) everything costs money and b) the devs seem to hate Steam. Let me go into detail: [h1]a)[/h1] You want to get modding tools or plugins? Pay! You want to make your modded content available for everyone? You are not allowed to share them unless your content has been approved by the devs to be sold on their store. You need help with the game not running? Call a hotline and pay! [h1]b)[/h1] A not that small part of Steam's existence is due to the convenience of having everything in one place and most stuff is automated. Not with Railroad X though, as you are greeted by an installer interface once you install, uninstall or verify your content (it even wants to remove the game when you want to verify content). Not a big deal but it adds to my argument. Next thi...