It's Christmas sale time at Amazon and just like before, there are various Train Simulator add-ons available at reduced prices with many even cheaper than buying via Steam! When you purchase from Amazon, they simply send you a code to activate
on Steam. As an affiliate, we also get a small percentage of the sale
which helps towards our website running costs. Here are a selection of
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As one of the bills were paid this morning I thought i'd have a look at some facts and figures surrounding DPSimulation. Please note that all statistics are only recordable since late 2014 when we restructured and changed our file hosting.
Since late 2014 we have.....
• had around 7.2 million hits to the DPSimulation website.
• uploaded just over 10gb (compressed) of free content.
• served 2.4 million downloads. (2,410,038 at the time of writing to be exact)
• file downloads have consisted of 167.6tb (terabytes!!) of data.
I have to confess that I was surprised by these figures, but I also see it as a testament to just how popular Train Simulator has become and how much it has grown.
I often take lots of screenshots for my own enjoyment but the majority rarely get shared. I am quite fond of this misty early scene though, so thought i'd share it.
Following the Twitch live stream and subsequent posting of the above video to Youtube (thankyou to Alan) last night, I thought I would address a couple things i've seen posted in response.
With a working title of North East England, this new route is something we have been working extremely hard on and as outlined in the video, is in an early stage of development and is scheduled for release in summer of 2018 at the earliest.
One thing to note from many responses is to clarify that this is not an extension of East Coast Main Line: North East. Although that route has been extremely popular with over 20,000 downloads/subscriptions over the workshop and website versions, the truth is that it was still effectively a rework of the original Rail Simulator Newcastle to York route and as such was still very inaccurate. Built long before things such as the Google Earth overlay were even conceived, the route was way out of line with real locations and therefore adding extensions or even adding simple things such as newer housing estates were troublesome and difficult. Couple that to a long standing request for super-elevation that was not achievable in the ECMLNE route, it was decided that it was not worth taking the route further.
I therefore decided to create this brand new route using all of the new tools and everything learned over a decade of building routes in Train Simulator and it's various incarnations. This allows me to create a faithfully accurate representation of my local area and use all of the latest tools and techniques available, and is intended to be my Train Simulator swansong.
In the video above, the section shown was between Thirsk and Hartlepool via Darlington, on a diverted Virgin XC service in 1999, meaning a portion of the much requested Durham Coast line has been added. More areas are already complete and will be shown in due course, with new sections being added every few weeks and populated with detailed scenery. Once complete, the route will resemble a large network covering much of the area and will have massive scope for scenarios. I have purposely not added large areas of track and have instead focused on adding core sections and fully completing them before moving on to the next. This means that no matter how far the route develops before release, no areas will be left without scenery and the route will be released in a completed state.
Keep an eye on this blog for more updates over the coming months about the route and be sure to keep an eye on Alan's Youtube and Twitch channels for more route updates and general Train Simulator content.
It's sale time on Amazon and there are many Train Simulator bargains to pick up, in many cases they are much cheaper than via Steam. When you purchase from Amazon, they simply send you a code to activate on Steam. As an affiliate, we also get a small percentage of the sale which helps towards our website running costs. Here are a selection of deals, Weardale is a steal!
