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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | If you love trains, then Trainz Engineers Edition Deluxe for PC is for you! Starting with the interface which has been thoroughly overhauled to provide a more user-friendly and intuitive interface. Along with the usability improvements, content creators can also create their own menu items for their routes and sessions. Along with speed improvements to get you moving faster than ever, a large variety of upgraded content and many graphic enhancements, Trainz Simulator 2010 features: SpeedTree - Highly detailed trees breathe new life into the routes and bring the rail sim environments to life. New and upgraded routes are available with upgraded content specific to TS2010 and including SpeedTree throughout. Developed specifically to run in 'Native' mode, these provide the best Trainz experience ever. If you are not sure where to start, then check out the new tutorials. Among the topics included are: DCC Control, Industries, Junctions, Signalling, CAB Control of Diesel, Electric and Steam Trains, Passenger Stations and more. The Trainz interface has been thoroughly overhauled to provide a more user-friendly and intuitive interface. Along with the usability improvements, content creators can also create their own menu items for their routes and sessions. Backwards compatible with TS2009 content - Trainz Simulator 2010 will work out of the box with all content created for TS2009. New routes, more details, faster trains and a better interface: | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Package Length: | 11.3 inches | | Package Width: | 8.0 inches | | Package Height: | 3.5 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.4 pounds | | Release Date: | September 20, 2010 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 18 reviews |
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| | Game Information | | Platform: | Windows Vista / Windows XP | | Media: | DVD-ROM | | Item Quantity: | 1 |
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| | Features | Trainz Simulator 2010: Engineers Edition Deluxe makes your creations more life-like than ever. New features include a layer tool, a customizable menu system, the ability to switch between seasons, and many new and improved routes.Drive steam, diesel and electric trains, and trams, boats and cars and explore several new and upgraded routes in TS2010Use all three of the Trainz game modules: Driver, Surveyor and Railyard Includes SpeedTree to create amazing realistic vegetationEnjoy a more intuitive and user-friendly interface in TS2010 and create your own menu items for your routes and sessions!Works with all TS2009: World Builder Edition content New layer tool in Surveyor similar to what's found in popular graphics software.
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32 of 32 found the following review helpful:
 Best Railroad Simulator I know of Dec 09, 2010
By A. H. Ahlberg
"perpetual tyro"
I have used Trainz since the 2006 incarnation and while it has some rough edges and somewhat arcane maintenance and updating issues, the behavior of the basic simulator and the richness of detail in the included railroad layouts is superb. This is easily the most accurately detailed Railroad simulator out there today. You can operate as either a real railroad engineer with nearly complete behavioral fidelity on both electric and steam trains or as a model railroader using a basic DCC potentiometer-like control. The rolling stock is highly detailed. The factories at which you load or deliver goods are detailed and animated to give a real operational feel to the tasks you are performing. The game comes with a great set of railroad system maps which are representative of the cottage industry that exists supporting this product. There are people out there going to great lengths to provide highly detailed working railroad layouts for this engine and some of the best are included in this edition, from backwoods narrow gauge working railroads to High Speed futuristic passenger railroads.
I think what I love the most is the freight railroads because of the planning you have to do to put together a set of consists from multiple sources and then deliver those goods to multiple destinations having to work out not only all the switching to put your loads together but also the ordering of the consists for delivery. It can be challenging to get the cars in the right order and the cab pointed in the right direction to accomplish a "scenario." The game comes with a number of layouts (Routes) each of which can contain multiple planned scenarios that will vary in difficulty. And, of course, you can create your own scenarios or just drive around exploring the detailed countryside.
I've used the Microsoft product and while enjoyable it is not as richly detailed or complex in operation as Trainz. And the Auran software folks have done a good job improving the product over time such that they never intentionally make your previous customizations obsolete - the product has been great for maintaining backward compatibility through multiple generations.
And this latest incarnation has the best tree simulations! The trees are articulate - they bend and twist as if in the wind. Much better than previous generations and competitor products. I think the scaling of the trees may be off (too large) in some of the layouts but overall the fact that the trees are not static as you drive by or look around helps with the authentic feel of this simulation.
PROs: Richly detailed, highly authentic looking and acting, with multiple layouts. Well-supported by 3rd party vendors and an active user community supported by Auran, the game manufacturer, to give you the ability to operate a massive model railroad or simulate working on a real one.
CONs: The Content Manager used to update and add layouts and components to the simulator has always seemed to be a bit arcane to me. I've slowly gotten used to it and I like the new automated update notification - but the fact that the Update notification occurs outside the Content Manager just seems to make the content management process seem even more arcane. The good news is that you don't have to do any of it for the game to work! Another con is the deliberately slowed down feed of updates. Auran wants you to subscribe to priority download service to get full high speed access - it's not mandatory but without it your downloads will be slow - on the order of 30kbits/second or somewhere close to that. I can't fault them too much for that because I imagine that a high fidelity railroad simulator like this doesn't have the business volume to support a simulator as refined and accurate as this.
Summary: If you really like detail in a railroad simulator or are a model railroading buff who never had the time build the layout you really wanted then you'll love this simulator. You'll get some layouts in this that are more richly detailed and operational than any model railroad I've ever seen. And if you're looking to see what it's like to manage 100s of tons of metal in motion and have to deal with conflicting traffic on busy mainlines and in complex switchyards then this is the simulator for you! It gets better and better every year - in large part due to the loyal users who keep adding content to what is a great railroad simulation engine!
21 of 22 found the following review helpful:
RD_Tarkus Dec 03, 2010
By Richard Dlugosz
"RD_Tarkus"
I have Trainz version 2004, 2006, 2009 and now 2010. There have been improvements with each version, as you would expect.
Trainz 2010 seems to run more smoothly and the code has apparently been reworked for faster operation. The new trees for scenery add more realistic operation. Many industries are automated with moving vehicles, loads and unloads, etc.
You can design your own world as you think it should be, recreate a railroad that currently exists or one from any period in history, scale it to real world or any modeling scale like N, HO, O, etc.
There are more than 100,000 items (locos, cars, buildings, etc) you can download free from what is called Download Station. Other providers offer free or payware to improve your designs.
You can also use commercial applications to create your own 3D buildings and equipment from a telephone booth street signs to the most sophisticated locomotive.
If you cannot afford commercial software, you can use free applications like Blender.
One drawback I find still frustrating is in the content. Some of the items downloaded may not function properly, have missing parts, or show errors because they were designed for a previous version. This requires you to repair the configure text files, graphics files or fix other errors if you want the item to work. There is still no detailed instruction manual on the download, repair and creation of content. There is a lot of information on previous versions on the Internet that can help, but it does not reflect the new features or those features removed. Seems like ALL the instruction manuals show be written BEFORE a product is released.
That said, Trainz 2010 comes with thousands of locos, train cars, scenery, buildings, track, tunnels and much more to keep you busy without ever downloading a single item.
Overall, this product is well worth purchasing, especially if you want to run trains exactly as you would in the real world, design and build your own scale model layout or just have fun with trains.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Very good simulator Apr 23, 2011
By Jenny Wilson
Overall, I'm very pleased with Trainz Simulator. Yes, it has a few issues, but what software doesn't? The minor issues certainly haven't taken away from my enjoyment. I have gone through many of the built-in scenarios, and haven't run into any show-stoppers. Every red signal I have encountered was red for a reason. Either another train is coming, or a switch needs to be changed. N3V Games very actively updates the software. I believe they have released 3 service packs from Trainz 2010, and they have also just released Trainz 12...a new release of the Trainz software. There is also a very active community forum, which is very helpful and friendly.
No, Trainz isn't "laptop friendly". It needs quite a bit of horsepower in both the CPU and video card to run well. I'm using a Core i5-750 CPU, 8GB of RAM and a nVidia GTS 250 video card, and it runs very smoothly. It will fun fine on somewhat less hardware than I have, but almost all laptops have anemic video cards that can not handle this sort of high-end graphics.
Finally, I would like to emphasize that Trainz is a simulator, not a game. There is really no ultimate goal. The enjoyment comes from hooking up cars, hauling them where they need to go and unloading them. To some that is tedium. To me it is very enjoyable.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
You cant stop a TRAIN! Love it Apr 03, 2011
By Parkhiker
I have always been in a love fantasy with trains. I grew up in a home about 4 houses from the New York Central tracks and spent many many hours walking to the tracks and waiting for one of the many steam trains to come puffing along. Eventually this turned into diesels which I enjoyed almost as much.
Had many trains layouts as a kid but now I can recreate so much more on my computer/
It is a lot of fun and easy to get hooked to the game.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Trainz Simulator 2010- Deluxe Sep 11, 2011
By mickeysix@aol.com
Alot of fun,for me. It is really nice to sort of be in a position where its almost like I am driving the so many different kinds of trains.
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