Railworks 3 is out

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Postby gojozoom » Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:44 am

Hi guys, I just thought I'd inform you thatRailworks 3 train simulator was released recently.

It looks pretty neat, especially with the new improvements (new graphics engine, updated light system, rain effect on windscreen, superelevation, etc)

Have a look at this video with them showing off the new features. The rain effect on the windscreen looks astonishing.

I'm not a huge train fan, but I had some fun with the earlier version. At $45NZD I think it's really cheap if you consider the quality they create. Most of the payware FSX addons cost more than that.

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Postby Ian Warren » Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:06 am

Dan .. come on to much time in that office .. TRAINS ? ... rolleyes.gif
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Postby gojozoom » Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:22 am

Yup, I blame my dad, he used to take us to a facility where the old steam engines were dismantled. I'll never forget the smell of the greasy oil around that place. It was a piece of history...
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Postby NZ255 » Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:45 pm

It's a free upgrade if you have a previous version
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Postby Ian Warren » Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:00 pm

Arrr HA ! .. Nick , a closet train junky aye biggrin.gif
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Postby NZ255 » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:41 pm

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Sep 29 2011,9:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Arrr HA ! .. Nick , a closet train junky aye biggrin.gif

Not really, I just like simulations.....believe what you want cool.gif
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Postby Ian Warren » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:57 pm

I keep thinking off Ralph Wiggin ... when he said you can 'Choo Choo Choose' me rolleyes.gif
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Postby cowpatz » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:59 pm

How does it compare to Trainz?
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Postby NZ255 » Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:02 pm

I originally got it because I wanted to create my local route. Waikanae - Wellington for something to do

I had Trainz (some old $10 copy of the warehouse) and found the route creator too simple/not powerful enough.

So I got railworks for 60 bucks...later that week marked down to half price angry.gif but I find the creator a bit strange, well I'd have to put in some time to get everything going.

There's not that much NZR stuff though so I don't use it that often.

Not that that really answers your question.
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Postby Yak52aholic » Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:40 pm

Just HAD to post in this thread after years of not being active on this forum...

In case you are wondering, there is a train sim cousin of NZFF, at tsnz.co.nz

I've been using Railworks since it came out (2009). Although haven't quite got the update working yet, was having download problems with steam, seems to be ok now.

*crawls back into train sim cave*

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Postby Ian Warren » Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:26 pm

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QUOTE (Yak52aholic @ Oct 6 2011,8:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
*crawls back into train sim cave*

Clunk .. all aboard ... winkyy.gif . .. Choo Choo Choo ... its a dusty dirty job but was the days before planes . Cough sad.gif
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Postby BigBird » Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:19 pm

Never tried my hand at a rail sim before... hmmmm, might just have to change that.
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