Rail Simulator

List Price: $9.99 Discount Price: $8.96

Features:

• Drive 8 great trains of today and yesteryear in this customizable railway simulation
• Travel over 1900 km of track on faithfully reproduced UK and continental routes
• Create and share new content with powerful, user-friendly editors
• Expand your rail world with a range of professional add-ons
• Simple, family-friendly interface delivers an authentic railway experience

Customer Reviews:

For my Son [Posted on 2008-06-29]
I have a younger son who wanted to play with trains but we did not have any room for a setup. At the simple level, he only needs three keys to to play and the number pad to change the views. So for us, this is great. Good family fun. Worth the special price Amazon had it up for (9.99).

Scenario's Lacking [Posted on 2008-07-14]
After reading some of the positive reviews, I just had to write. While I think the overall mechanics of the game are sound, I got board with this game. There are only 2 or 3 scenarios where you're doing any switching. Otherwise, you're taking a load from point A to point B. The big excitement? Watching your speed.

This would have been a great game had it included more scenarios with switching operations. I don't have the time nor do I want to learn how to be a developer and write my own scenarios.

This reminds me of a carnival game where you pay XX amount for the first prize, which isn't much. You keep paying and paying to get a bigger prize. In this case, your paying money to other developers to provide more game enrichment.

Too bad... it had possibilities...

Bob O. in WI

Oh so realistic [Posted on 2008-08-28]
I have a passion for trains. I love playing this game because it is so realistic. I can run so many different trains and chose engines and cars and layout and scenery. It has great graphics.

rail simulatro [Posted on 2008-09-05]
Unless you have a game system that is in excess of all the recommended requirements don't bother with this software. It eats up the memory and needs the fastest system you can afford. It could be good if you want to take the time, but its requires a true gaming computer to run right.

Memory hog, no fun [Posted on 2008-09-08]
After taking forever to load, Rail Simulator never worked properly on our PC. My sons proclaimed it a dud. It's already become Tag Sale fodder in our house.

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