Dovetail Direct Summer 2024: What was revealed?
If you missed the event, quite a few things were covered in a condensed hour-long keynote. These included:
Train Sim World 5: Available for pre-order and releasing September 17th
- West Coast Main Line, Frankfurt – Fulda & San Bernardino Line
- Conductor Mode, Route Hopping, Fast Travel & Upgraded Live Map
- Deluxe Edition which includes Avanti West Coast Pendolino, FlixTrain Vectron & Cajon Pass (with Route Hopping).
- Deluxe / Special Edition pre-order includes 5-day Early Access from 12th September
- Free-to-play starter pack available for 30 days from launch
Also announced: 6x Future Train Sim World route Add-ons
Train Sim World VR: New York, a brand-new experience for Meta Quest players available to Wishlist now
Train Sim World Tycoon, a brand-new experience on the Roblox platform developed by Talewind
An update on City Transport Simulator: Tram, developed by ViewApp
That’s quite a lot of stuff! Read on for a summary of each of these exciting releases.
We kicked off with the full announcement of Train Sim World 5, coming to PC, PlayStation and Xbox Platforms on September 17th, with pre-order players of Deluxe and Special Editions able to gain Early Access 5 days early from September 12th.
Train Sim World 5 brings 3 new routes into the franchise along with new trains, new operators and new features, including bringing Conductor Mode as a full game mode! A summary of new features can be found further down this article.
Routes and Locomotive Summary
The new route and locomotive content includes:
- San Bernardino Line: Los Angeles to San Bernardino
- Metrolink MP36 locomotive
- West Coast Main Line: London Euston to Milton Keynes
- Class 350/1 & Class 377/2 EMUs
- Frankfurt to Fulda: Kinzigtalbahn
- DB BR 411 ICE-T, BR 114 And DB BR 193 Vectron
Plus additional locomotives seen in previous Train Sim World Add-ons such as the Class 66, DB BR 146 and Metrolink F125
Deluxe / Special Edition players will also be able to operate:
- Avanti West Coast Class 390 Pendolino EMU
- FlixTrain BR 193 Vectron and Talbot Coaches
- Cajon Pass, enabling Route Hopping (more on that later) at San Bernardino
Plus 5 additional back catalogue routes (Special Edition only)
We’ll be going into more detail on each of the routes and locomotives, including detail on the timetables, layering and more in articles, Dev Diaries and social media content published between now and release, so stay tuned!
New Features
As well as the new routes and locomotives, players of Train Sim World 5 will be able to take advantage of new and improved features, with some significantly developing the way in which sessions can be played across new and existing Train Sim World content.
New and improved features include:
- NEW Conductor Mode, on new Core routes and future route Add-ons
- NEW Route Hopping, between routes that share a common location
- Including support for selected back catalogue route Add-ons
- NEW Fast Travel, allowing immediate travel within a route
- NEW Digital Screen Accessibility on relevant trains
- UPDATED Live Map, with icons, legend and train service information
- UPDATED UI and Menus
- UPDATED Photo Mode, including live weather / time of day changes
- UPDATED Track Shadow Rendering
- UPDATED Creators Club Tools
- UPDATED Training Center
- Including unbranded BR 146 + Dostos
Subsequent articles, videos and preview streams will do into more detail about some of these features.
Pricing
Train Sim World 5: Standard Edition = £39.99/€44.99/$49.99
Train Sim World 5: Deluxe Edition = £59.99/€74.99/$74.99
Train Sim World 5: Special Edition = £104.99/€119.99/$119.99
Pre-order and Loyalty Incentives
You can pre-order Train Sim World 5 now and take advantage of incentives and loyalty discounts across various platforms!
2x Decal Packs and 5-day Early Access when pre-ordering Train Sim World 5: Deluxe or Special Editions are available across all platforms.
On Steam:
- 10% Loyalty Discount on Standard, Deluxe and Special Editions for owners of TSW4, TSW3, TSW2 or TSW 2020 available for 4-weeks from today.
- Players must be logged in to see the discount available.
All loyalty and pre-order discounts will expire when Train Sim World 5 launches on 17th September.
Compatible Content
Players will be able to continue playing their existing routes and loco Add-ons by downloading TSW5 Compatible versions of them. We have more details on the roll-out of Compatible content in our FAQs.
Free Starter Pack – Available from Launch
Train Sim World 5 also brings a host of new and improved features into the core game, which will be available FOR FREE to players in the form of a new Free Starter Pack, available from launch day through different ways to players of each platform.
Train Sim World 5: Free Starter Pack will feature an updated version of the Training Center route, along with unbranded versions of the Class 66, 8F Steam Locomotive, Class 323 and BR 146 + Dostos
As well as having the potential to bring new players into Train Sim World for the first time, this option also allows existing players to upgrade to the latest core game for free.
The Free Starter Pack will only be available for 30 days from release, until 17th October 2024.
Train Sim World 5: Standard Edition which includes all the new features and the 3 new core routes, will also be available for free to Xbox Game Pass players from launch day.
Future Train Sim World route Add-ons
As part of the big Train Sim World 5 announcement, we also decided to reveal the names of 6 route Add-ons currently being worked on for release over the coming months. Whether you’re keen for a new country, the next Just Trains route, or even another Remastered route Add-on, we have you covered.
The 6 route reveals were:
- MBTA Commuter: Boston - Framingham/Worcester Line
- West Coast Main Line: Preston – Carlisle, developed by Just Trains
- Spoorlijn Zwolle – Groningen
- Cardiff City Network
- Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn: Mannheim - Kaiserslautern
- GWE Remastered, which will be available for free to players of Train Sim World 5 that own the original GWE route Add-on
Stay tuned for our Roadmap articles and streams which will go into more detail on these releases! Part One of two mammoth Roadmap articles will be released tomorrow on Wednesday 21st August, focusing on the core routes, new trains and future roadmap for TSW5, with Part Two coming a day later on Thursday 22nd August to take you through the entire range of new features in-depth, and a check-in with our third-party partners.
You can also join Alex and Matt for the Train Sim World Roadmap Livestream on August 22nd at 18:00 UTC / 19:00 BST on YouTube and Twitch.
Train Sim World VR: New York, Wishlist now on Meta Quest
Our second new title reveal was the first standalone Train Sim World VR experience to come to Meta Quest.
Train Sim World VR: New York, developed in partnership with Just Add Water, gives Meta Quest owners the chance to play a version of Train Sim World’s Harlem Line route as an immersive VR experience.
You’ll be able to immerse yourself in the cab of the M3A and M7A trains and accelerate above the streets of Park Avenue and through the Woodlawn suburbs, as well as navigate stations on-foot and feel the detail of this 24-mile line.
Explore Meta Quest exclusive features, chill out in your New York apartment and see all your reports and training manuals, shelves filled with Railwayana collectibles, all while the Harlem Line rumbles by your city window view.
You can Wishlist this now on the Meta Store! We’ll be give much more information on this as we get closer to release.
Train Sim World: Tycoon – coming to Roblox
As first hinted at earlier in the year, Talewind have been working on bringing an engaging Train Sim World experience into the Roblox universe: Train Sim World Tycoon.
Talewind are mixing the joy of driving in Train Sim World with a genre that Roblox players love: the Tycoon. They’ll build and run their own stations, and then drive trains around a charming world that’s shared with friends.
The world we’re building is full of charm and character, so there’s always something to see out of your train window, and always something to aim for on the horizon.
There are also characters to work in your station, ride on your trains, and run stations of their own — and all of them absolutely love trains!
This is a world of people who love trains, for people who love trains. And we can’t wait for you to see it. We will have more to share on this very soon.
Train Sim World Tycoon content shown is work in progress & subject to change. Train visuals not final.
City Transport Simulator: Tram Update
We, along with developer ViewApp also gave an update on City Transport Simulator: Tram, which released for Early Access on Steam and Epic earlier this year.
Daniel at ViewApp was excited to announce the biggest update yet – version 0.3!
This latest update includes:
- The ability to advance to Level 50 (the highest) and finish Career Mode
- A NEW free map expansion, extending the northern tram network with two new stations.
- NEW Type D Tram from Vienna, available immediately in Sandbox Mode or from Level 40 in Career Mode
- 10 new livery options and new operation icons.
If you're a Train Sim World fan, there was also trains news! ViewApp have partnered with Deutsche Bahn to introduce real, licensed trains to the main station in Tramau, enhancing the realism in City Transport Simulator: Tram. With a railway running through the heart of the city, you'll see these trains in action throughout all your ring lines, adding an extra layer of authenticity to your transport network.
You can find out more by following developer ViewApp on socials:
Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok.
Phew! Still breathing? Need to sit down? We know we certainly do. Rest assured that we will begin to provide much more information on all these exciting, forthcoming releases over the coming days, weeks and months, starting with the Train Sim World Roadmap (Parts One & Two) published August 21st and 22nd.
If you have any burning questions, check out our handy FAQs!
And if you can’t wait to become part of the action, remember that you can pre-order Train Sim World 5 now on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Epic Games Store, and Steam.
Deluxe / Special Edition players can pre-order now to get 5-day Early Access and will receive the Avanti West Coast Class 390 Pendolino, FlixTrain Vectron and Cajon Pass to enable Route Hopping from San Bernardino.
Special Edition players will also receive additional back catalogue route Add-ons.
You can also Wishlist Train Sim World VR: New York on the Meta Store!
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