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Thanks for the links, I've just discovered Mashinky [1], which looks like OpenTTD with amazing graphics. So cool! [1]: https://store.steampowered.com/app/59896

Thanks for the links, I've just discovered Mashinky [1], which looks like OpenTTD with amazing graphics. So cool! [1]: https://store.steampowered.com/app/598960/Mashinky/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/598960/Mashinky/

febusravenga 2y ago
Oh no, I always envisioned and drewamed about 3d extension of TTD like this. Someone finally did it. I'm doomed.
rob74 2y ago
Whoa... this game looks realistic at first glance, with locomotives and carriages modeled on real-world counterparts, but when watching the demo video, the railfan in me immediately starts screaming "No! This is all wrong!" - the track grades are much too steep, the curves much too tight, and that one scene where two freight trains almost collide and then one of them stops dead with a few meters distance to the other one - that's not how it works! I mean, of course you can build a less realistic simulation game, I think in this case it's just the disconnect between the extremely realistic-looking trains behaving in an extremely unrealistic way that bothers me...
- brnt 2y ago
  That's what I liked about Transport Fever: grading track correctly is important, hard, and expensive!
- nkrisc 2y ago
  To be fair it describes itself as board game-like gameplay. The visuals are pretty but it doesn’t sound like it’s trying to be a simulator, very much a game first.
- iamhamm 2y ago
  Run8 by Run8 Studios is what you want. I just busted 4 coupler knuckles during a boring meeting because I didn't watch my slack coming off while accelerating up a +0.10 grade :) www.run8studios.com And if you want to peak train nerd like me: raildriver.com
  - solardev 2y ago
    > And if you want to peak train nerd like me: raildriver.com This... is amazing!!
- bionade24 2y ago
  Transport Fever 2 has a strong modding community doing virtual model railroading. There are plenty of mods improving vehicle stock, physics and procedures. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1066780/images/ https://steamcommunity.com/app/1066780/images/ https://www.transportfever.net/ https://www.transportfever.net/
  - solardev 2y ago
    That's really cool! Is it a deeper simulation than games like Cities Skylines?
    - papertokyo 2y ago
      The gameplay is focused on logistics, so those aspects have a lot more control. I particularly enjoy that in conjunction with the model railway aesthetics. - You build roads and railways, and stations for passengers and cargo (road/rail/air/sea) - You set up 'lines' to connect various stations, and you can specify what and how much gets loaded/unloaded at every station (or whether vehicles on that line stop there at all), and how long vehicles should wait for their cargo - You buy each vehicle and assign it to a line, and in the case of trains you also buy each component e.g. locomotives, passenger cars, stake cars, hoppers depending on what your line needs to transport The cities grow by themselves based on the passenger transport links with other cities and the level of goods supply. There's no zoning, building water pipes, schools, or anything like that. Just the minutiae of getting things from A to B via C to pick up some more things destined for Y and Z.
    - denkmoon 2y ago
      The economic simulation is incredibly shallow sadly. It's a fun game and excellent creation sandbox but it's not remotely challenging or engaging outside of playing model trains. imo.

febusravenga 2y ago

Oh no, I always envisioned and drewamed about 3d extension of TTD like this. Someone finally did it. I'm doomed.

rob74 2y ago

Whoa... this game looks realistic at first glance, with locomotives and carriages modeled on real-world counterparts, but when watching the demo video, the railfan in me immediately starts screaming "No! This is all wrong!" - the track grades are much too steep, the curves much too tight, and that one scene where two freight trains almost collide and then one of them stops dead with a few meters distance to the other one - that's not how it works! I mean, of course you can build a less realistic simulation game, I think in this case it's just the disconnect between the extremely realistic-looking trains behaving in an extremely unrealistic way that bothers me...

brnt 2y ago
That's what I liked about Transport Fever: grading track correctly is important, hard, and expensive!
nkrisc 2y ago
To be fair it describes itself as board game-like gameplay. The visuals are pretty but it doesn’t sound like it’s trying to be a simulator, very much a game first.
iamhamm 2y ago
Run8 by Run8 Studios is what you want. I just busted 4 coupler knuckles during a boring meeting because I didn't watch my slack coming off while accelerating up a +0.10 grade :) www.run8studios.com And if you want to peak train nerd like me: raildriver.com
- solardev 2y ago
  > And if you want to peak train nerd like me: raildriver.com This... is amazing!!
bionade24 2y ago
Transport Fever 2 has a strong modding community doing virtual model railroading. There are plenty of mods improving vehicle stock, physics and procedures. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1066780/images/ https://steamcommunity.com/app/1066780/images/ https://www.transportfever.net/ https://www.transportfever.net/
- solardev 2y ago
  That's really cool! Is it a deeper simulation than games like Cities Skylines?
  - papertokyo 2y ago
    The gameplay is focused on logistics, so those aspects have a lot more control. I particularly enjoy that in conjunction with the model railway aesthetics. - You build roads and railways, and stations for passengers and cargo (road/rail/air/sea) - You set up 'lines' to connect various stations, and you can specify what and how much gets loaded/unloaded at every station (or whether vehicles on that line stop there at all), and how long vehicles should wait for their cargo - You buy each vehicle and assign it to a line, and in the case of trains you also buy each component e.g. locomotives, passenger cars, stake cars, hoppers depending on what your line needs to transport The cities grow by themselves based on the passenger transport links with other cities and the level of goods supply. There's no zoning, building water pipes, schools, or anything like that. Just the minutiae of getting things from A to B via C to pick up some more things destined for Y and Z.
  - denkmoon 2y ago
    The economic simulation is incredibly shallow sadly. It's a fun game and excellent creation sandbox but it's not remotely challenging or engaging outside of playing model trains. imo.