The next update will be a small one focusing on optimisations and expanding controller support. After that there will two major updates to gameplay and scenery, but which one would you rather have first?
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Voting ends on 11th of April (new votes are still possible after that but will not count). You may vote even if you don't own the game. Up/down voting semantics do not reflect developer preference; they are just the technical means to conducting this poll.
What features are planned for the two updates?
Each update will take approximately 4-8 months to complete. The main features are outlined below, but the final set of features may be different:
Gameplay update
- Career mode
- Steam leaderboards
- Steam achievements
- Improved scoring
- Chaining services to make multiple runs with the same train in one session
- Conventional tutorials
Scenery update
- Better terrain textures
- Fields and dense forests
- Grass and bushes
- More realistic roads
- Better fences
- More house/building models
- More realistic and detailed track models
- Uneven track 3d-models to match rails to wheel movement
- Improved and more flexible bridge models
- Better station platforms, buildings and props
- Water (streams, river, lakes, seashore)
- Tunnels
What other new features and updates are planned for future?
Please see the first post in the updated development plan discussion thread for a wishlist, feature dependencies and prioritisation.