What changed in Train Simulator Classic in 2024

New SD70ACe units in nostalgic liveries for freight runs and railfan enjoyment.

Includes five locomotives in classic Rail Blue livery, with additional scenarios for Weardale & Teesdale route.

Drive the world-famous A1 Tornado along various routes including the East Coast Main Line.

Increased discount for 6-month subscriptions to -17%.

Control classic German steam traction with new scenarios for the West Rhine route.

Drive SD70ACe locomotives in 'fallen flag' liveries celebrating various railroad companies.

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Discounts of up to 80% on various routes and locomotives during the Steam Summer Sale.

Train Simulator Classic 2024 is now available with a collection of routes across five countries and over 450 km of rails.

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A modern rework of the Train Simulator menu music released for the 15th Anniversary.

Discounts on popular add-ons including Peninsula Corridor (-80%) and Ruhr-Sieg (-50%).

The Chatham Main Line: London Victoria & Blackfriars - Dover & Ramsgate route is free to download for one week.

Special stream featuring gameplay and a competition giveaway on June 12.

A new route from RSSLO exploring the east side of Austria has been released.

A new routes collection featuring five countries has been released.

The core simulator has been updated with performance improvements.

An optional Rail Subscription has been launched, including the base game and 39 DLC.

Updates to tools and new command line options have been added.

A range of fixes and updates have been implemented to improve user experience.

A new scenario pack featuring challenging railroading during the Burlington Northern era has been released.

A modern electric multiple unit from RSSLO has been released, featuring a four-car setup.

A patch was released for the Feather River Canyon Enhanced route, including scenery fixes and loco updates.

Added command line option '-DisableSilverLining' to fully disable Silver Lining.

Cached mapping of names to controls to speed up sound control lookup.

Fast sound update optimisations have been implemented but are disabled by default due to triggering failures.

The FPS limit now defaults to 60fps and is enforced during menus and pause screens.

New launcher app to fix launching the same build on graphical or resolution change.

Initialisation of the 'Current Consist' to zero/null on startup to mitigate crash during signal script initialisation.

Mitigation for various crashes due to null pointers or use of uninitialized variables.

Fix for crash in loading of Lingbao to Mianchi Scenario 3 and other scenarios that include reversing sections.

Added a new log filter 'Script Performance' to provide performance hints via logmate.

Change animation vector/array to use a case-insensitive key.

Mitigation for serialization crash during texture load, the most common crash in build v75.6a.x64.

Implemented a fix for SilverLining stars not being visible at nighttime.

Support for 64-bit addressing in all custom heaps in the x64 build.

Increased hash table size for sound proxies to speed up searches.

Added '-ShowScriptTiming' and '-ShowAverageTiming' command line options for developers.

Reverted change that could make node deletion on pathing failure more unstable.

Fix for assert in STL when decrementing an iterator at the beginning of a list.

Workaround for screen resolution drop down in settings dialogue running off screen.

Includes various fixes and updates to improve user experience.

Train Simulator Classic 2024 includes five authentic routes and 12 locomotives.

A new subscription model includes the base game and 39 DLC add-ons.

The patch includes performance improvements and updates to tools.

Increased the size of the heap used for loading geometry in 64-bit mode from 1 GB to 2 GB.

Upgraded several tools to 64-bit and added 64-bit binaries for Blueprint Editor 2 and associated command line tools.

Steam Workshop download loop now exits when all active downloads are completed.

Added an early out for headlight flare rendering.

Potential fix for a crash caused by a ray cast calculation going off the end of a vertex buffer.

Fix for a situation where a D3D 'Device Not Reset' error can occur without first getting a 'Device Lost' error.

Fix for crash in headlight destructor, the 5th most common crash in v75.8a.x64.

Code to prevent crash from the dispatcher upon freeing up the same node twice on routing failure.

Fixed an STL assert failure in Debug build that could cause a crash in release builds.

Includes new scenarios for the 15th Anniversary and three additional iconic locomotives.

Implemented a fix for the 64-bit build failing to start with some Intel GPUs on Windows 11.

Updated to Silver Lining 6.42 to fix D3D device lost error on screen sleep.

Additional logging to aid debugging D3D error.

Deluxe Edition adds three locomotives and exclusive scenarios including the Pennsylvania Railroad Class GG1.

New subscription model includes the base game and curated routes and locomotives.

Explore five countries with popular routes including North Wales Coast Line, NEC Washington DC, and more.

Free update at launch includes performance improvements and fixes from the recent Public Beta.

DT4 made fully operable and adds eight new scenarios to the route.

New arrival featuring the Empire State Express No. 999 from Machine Rail for Train Simulator Classic.

Includes a selection of fixes and minor scenery and animation improvements.

Features performance updates and new tools for developers to show performance impact.

Includes updated sounds, scripts, cab texture updates, LZB implementation, a new ‘Cityjet’ livery, and bug fixes.

A recreation of the legendary Rio Grande Tennessee Pass from Milepost Simulations.

New feature providing route recommendations for UK collection starters.

A powerful freight loco nicknamed ‘Harmony’ with scenarios for South West China High Speed and Longhai Railway.

An epic German urban loop from Virtual Tracks.

New gameplay scenarios for Saluda Grade from High Iron.

Includes fixes and new tools for developers to optimize content performance.

Refresh of existing guide articles for Deutsche Bahn, German, and Chinese features.

Updates released for HXD1, DF11G, South Western Expressways, and Just Trains Common Library.

The Ringbahn Berlin Circle route is now available for Train Simulator Classic, featuring modern S-Bahn lines and detailed recreations of the area.

Update to work on fixes for some common crashes identified in the previous Beta update.

Celebration with an updated hobby feature on Dovetail Live and a new Chinese Bundle.

New freight options for German routes.

Bundle includes multiple routes and locos with a 40% discount.

New picturesque central Austrian route released.

New passenger diesel locomotive added.

New extended version of the popular US freight route with upgraded scenery, locos, and rolling stock.

Annual event revealing upcoming releases on the Dovetail Direct stream.

An extended and detail-rich edition of the Feather River Canyon route is now available, featuring new locomotives and scenarios.

Route speed limits have been set authentically to the 1970s era, with improved signaling and operational signage.

Route speed limits set to reflect the 1970s era for realistic operations.

A new 34-mile addition to the route includes famous landmarks and enhanced scenery.

Includes ten new realistic career scenarios based on Western Pacific operations.

Five types of Western Pacific diesel locomotives and 16 types of freight equipment added.

Sixteen types of freight equipment appropriate to the line and era have been added.

Includes a new section between Quincy Junction and Portola with landmarks like Clio Trestle.

Expanded and enhanced edition of the Feather River Canyon Route launching on 15 February.

Includes five types of Western Pacific diesel locomotives and an all-new Burlington Northern EMD GP35.

Includes end-to-end operations and a free-roam scenario for the new route.

Enhanced signaling and fully equipped with lineside operational signage.

Richly detailed scenery with new custom-built stations and structures.

Save up to 75% on Train Simulator Classic and various add-ons including recent releases.

Annual event featuring discounts on DLC, live streams, giveaways, and previews of upcoming releases.

Announcement of an enhanced edition of Feather River Canyon with new locomotives and scenarios, releasing on 15 February.

Five nights of rail simulation streaming with previews and rewards for viewers.

Includes major fixes on issues relating to how Train Simulator allocates memory.

A new route that takes you through breathtaking scenery to the highest peak of the Harz mountains in Northern Germany.

Detailed recreation of ‘the toaster’, otherwise known as the Amtrak AEM-7.

Includes the DB Fas 126 with remote shunting and various wagon packs.

Featuring Norfolk Southern and Deutsche Bahn operators with available add-ons.