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Well, thanks to Grix's overwhelming generosity, I am the owner of Microsoft Train Simulator.
2 discs, took 26 minutes to install.
Ran through the tutorial and, no word of a lie, fell asleep.
So, is it any good?
Well...it's not terrible.
The graphics are incredible, The Swiss Alps recreated in stunning detail, Tokyo, Scotland etc.
Some of the exterior views are quite good.
Being a passenger sucks, you can look around and see out of the windows.
Driving? Well, a 12 minute tutorial to tell you to release the brakes, apply the throttle and some other levers.
uh-huh, thanks for that.
I did the passenger tutorial, collected passengers and finished the mission.
Rating at the end?
I broke the speed limit for a total of 9 minutes, subjected the passengers to "unacceptable levels of jostling" was "4mins 35 seconds late for 2 stations" and I failed because I smashed into the end of the station instead of stopping.
I want to say I hate this game. God knows I've hounded it for ages, but...I don't hate it.
It's not brilliant, it won't keep me up for months...but it's...well...nice.
relaxing, no guns, no enemies.
I don't know, maybe I am getting old after all.
I'm off to see meh woman, but I'll be playing it more tomorrow night, to see what it's like in a proper game.
(Ok, feel free to taunt and mock me, god knows I would)
2 discs, took 26 minutes to install.
Ran through the tutorial and, no word of a lie, fell asleep.
So, is it any good?
Well...it's not terrible.
The graphics are incredible, The Swiss Alps recreated in stunning detail, Tokyo, Scotland etc.
Some of the exterior views are quite good.
Being a passenger sucks, you can look around and see out of the windows.
Driving? Well, a 12 minute tutorial to tell you to release the brakes, apply the throttle and some other levers.
uh-huh, thanks for that.
I did the passenger tutorial, collected passengers and finished the mission.
Rating at the end?
I broke the speed limit for a total of 9 minutes, subjected the passengers to "unacceptable levels of jostling" was "4mins 35 seconds late for 2 stations" and I failed because I smashed into the end of the station instead of stopping.
I want to say I hate this game. God knows I've hounded it for ages, but...I don't hate it.
It's not brilliant, it won't keep me up for months...but it's...well...nice.
relaxing, no guns, no enemies.
I don't know, maybe I am getting old after all.
I'm off to see meh woman, but I'll be playing it more tomorrow night, to see what it's like in a proper game.
(Ok, feel free to taunt and mock me, god knows I would)
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Oi, this thread is about Train Sims.
You want to be all geeky, go to the web forum.
You want to be all geeky, go to the web forum.
I'm missing this "generation" because Intel messed up the memory thingy... and I just can't be bothered, to put it simply.
I need some ram though, animating gets so slow when it takes about 20 seconds to render a 30th of a second...
I need some ram though, animating gets so slow when it takes about 20 seconds to render a 30th of a second...
Check out www.novatech.co.uk. They do pc parts really cheap.
I know. I can afford a 550mhz but after that I need a new mobo.
That AMD is the problem...
Sorry, did someone just mention sequel?!?!?!
YH: Voodoo 5, 96mb RAM, AMD K-62 333mhz. Pitiful. Even at 640/480 and lowest graphics possible I can still only muster 20fps!
YH: Voodoo 5, 96mb RAM, AMD K-62 333mhz. Pitiful. Even at 640/480 and lowest graphics possible I can still only muster 20fps!
BO!
Big up tha train massive!
Notice how Goatboy is biting his lip, desperate to say how much he loved the game, but can't for fear of losing his rep?
:)
:)
Turbonutter wrote:
> I got UT today! Pitiful graphics, but playable.
What spec is your machine?
> I got UT today! Pitiful graphics, but playable.
What spec is your machine?
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