In this week's Roadmap our focus is on the suite of route upgrades the summer update will bring. Over the past year Adam and the Preservation Crew team have worked through a lot of our existing routes to improve their performance, fix outstanding issues and add extra functionality. Since some of the legacy Add-On routes for Train Sim World 2 date back several years they don't have all the features that might be found in a new release. The Preservation Crew gives us the opportunity to change that and breathe new life into familiar settings.
As part of the summer update West Somerset Railway, Main-Spessart Bahn and the Bakerloo line will be upgraded. This includes features such as passenger information screens, the ability to climb up to a platform from the track at any point, animated crossing gates and more. There are additional changes particular to individual routes that will be detailed in the update notes when it releases but they include the reintroduction of London Landmarks for console and speed limit triggers for Bakerloo Line.
Elsewhere in the Roadmap we've added the dedicated latest generation console releases, coming as part of the Rush Hour release later in the summer. Launching on both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S - These will be free to upgrade to if you already own Train Sim World 2 on the respective PlayStation 4 / Xbox One platforms.
We've also added both the Scenario Planner and Livery Designer upgrades to the In Planning section. Neither of these upgrades are due with Rush Hour but work has begun on defining what the second version of these releases will include. You've given us a great deal of excellent feedback on both tools and we know where the pain points and most obvious opportunities to improve them are.
Each of these three focal points in this Roadmap update have a lot more detail to them than is listed here and we want to discuss them further on the live stream. Unfortunately, this week's Roadmap coincides with 3 of the Roadmap regulars being unavailable so we're postponing the live stream by a week. This isn't entirely out of the ordinary. Many members of the team will take a few days off at this point in the year so that we can be at full speed after the launch of the big annual release.
If you have questions for the stream please post them on the Steam forum and we'll collate them before next week.
Key: ▲ Moved up ▼ Moved down ★ New listing ® Rush Hour
Upcoming
® [Fix] Bakerloo Line speed limits now trigger from front of train
® [Fix] Reinstate London landmarks for console on Bakerloo Line
★® [Improvement] West Somerset Railway preservation update
★® [Improvement] Bakerloo Line preservation update
★® [Improvement] Main-Spessart Bahn preservation update
® [Improvement] Add Platform Departure Boards to East Coastway
® [Improvement] [MSB] Upgraded track rendering (Main Spessart Bahn)
® [Improvement] [MSB] Added platform edge climb up functionality
® [Improvement] [MSB] Added Platform Departure Boards
® [Improvement] [MSB] Localisation improvements
® [Improvement] [MSB] Fixed holes in environment
In Production
® [Core] Train Sim World 2 summer update
® [Core] Train Sim World 2: Rush Hour
® [Core] Gradient profile pause screen
® [Core] Immersion controls 2.0
® [Core] TrackIR support
® [Core] Unreal Engine 4.26 upgrade
★® [Core] PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X release
[Core] Steam Update
® [Improvement] Passenger upgrade
[Ongoing] Standard download size reduction
[Ongoing] Memory use optimisation
[Ongoing] Add crossing gates to Preserved Collection
[Ongoing] Add Platform Departure Boards to Preserved Collection
[Ongoing] Add RailDriver support to Preserved Collection
[Ongoing] Full length of platform "climb up" function for Preserved Collection
[Ongoing] Livery Designer compatibility for Preserved Collection
[Ongoing] User guides and manuals
[Loco Add-On] GCC-L7 01 - Class 313 EMU (For East Coastway)
[Loco Add-On] GCC-L6 01 - Standard 1938 Tube Stock - Developed by Rivet Games
[Loco Add-On] DKK-L7 02 - DB BR 187 - Developed by Skyhook Games (For Schnellfahrstrecke Köln)
[Loco Add-On] DBB-L5 01 - DB BR 420 Electric Multiple Unit (Hauptstrecke München-Augsburg) - Developed by TSG
[Loco Add-On] DDD-L5 01 - DB BR 232 Diesel Locomotive (Ruhr-Sieg Nord) - Developed by TSG
[Loco Add-On] DGG-L6 02 - G6 (Rhein-Ruhr Osten) - Developed by TSG
® [Route Add-On] NBD-R7 01 Northeast Corridor: Boston - Providence with Amtrak ACS-64 and MBTA F40PH-3C
® [Route Add-On] GCC-R7 04 Brighton Main Line: London Victoria - Brighton with Southern BR Class 377/4 and Gatwick Express BR Class 387
® [Route Add-On] DBB-R7 06 Bahnstrecke Riesa - Dresden with DB BR 442, DB BR 143, DB BR 146.2, DB BR 363 in DB livery and BR 185.5 in MRCE black livery
In Planning
★ [Improvement] Scenario Planner 2.0
★ [Improvement] Livery Designer 2.0
[Route Add-On] GGD-R6 01 West Cornwall Local: Penzance - Truro & St Ives - with Class 150/2 - Developed By Rivet Games