For Update 4 we have optimized a lot to get better performance. We hope that your PC systems will also benefit from this new update. In addition, we redesigned the physics of driving and vehicle sound systems to enhance the feeling of driving a large vehicle and make it more believable. Both of these changes, optimization and physics of driving, have been implemented based on your requests. Thus, we are looking forward to your feedback.



Please note that you can adjust the tilt of the vehicles in the options menu, see screenshot.

Nevertheless, we advise you to be careful at first to get used to the new behaviour of vehicle physics. Professional bus drivers in real life make it seem easy to drive buses, but the control of these large vehicles also requires a lot of skill, sensitivity and anticipatory driving around curves, serpentines and bottlenecks without any problems in our simulator too.

Detailed information can be found in the Changelog below.


How to install the beta version of the update?

Quite easily:

1. In your Library, you click with the right mouse button on the entry of the "Tourist Bus Simulator"
   
2. In the drop-menu, you click on the entry "Properties"
   
3. In the window "Fernbus Simulator - Properties" you select the tab "BETAS"
   
4. In the field "Select the beta you would like to opt into:" select the entry "beta-"
   
5. Now you can close the window and the beta version of the update should download right away
   
6. After downloading the update you can start the Tourist Bus Simulator via the "PLAY" button
   
7. In the main menu should now be the corresponding version number of the beta version of the update and you can test the update

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Changelog - 1.4.27190

- Optimized performance
- MAN Lion's Coach: Revised driving physics and sound system
- MAN Lion's Coach C: Revised driving physics and sound system
- Fixed a bug in the calculation of air resistance
- Backward rolling in neutral (N) fixed
- Force calculation of the wheels on edges like curbs fixed
- Shifting the gear transmission has been updated
- Some vegetation imposter materials updated for an improved visual look and better performance
- Fixed MAN Lion's Coach C not appearing as parking bus
- The radio in MAN Lion's Coaches now fades out correctly the further you get away from the vehicle.
- New advanced audio options for volume levels of engine, turn signals, retarders, announcements, etc. added



- Maximum volume of turn signals increased
- In certain circumstances, passengers complained about a supposedly inactive WIFI
- The distance calculation in the tachograph has been corrected
- Added option to disable the visibility of the steering wheel
- Busses are pumping/jumping/bouncy
- A/C supposedly too cold when driving out of a bus stop
- Mouse Control (Middle Mouse Button) usability updated and some minor bugs fixed
- Street lanterns and AI car lights turn their lights on too late in the night, and vice versa
- Very rare traffic manager bug causing the performance to drop significantly and permanently for the duration of the current session
- Light flares of certain light sources seen through the vehicle's windshield are not being displayed correctly
- Misc. level art and vegetation fixes
- and other minor fixes
- Preparations for DLC MAN Lion's Intercity

DLC Neoplan Skyliner
- Revised driving physics and sound system

DLC ComfortClass HD
- Revised driving physics and sound system
- Dashboard display fixed
- Stop Brake On/Off do not work properly

DLC VDL Futura FHD2
- Revised driving physics and sound system
- Bodywork can now get dirty
- Gearshift can now be controlled via hotkeys
- Passengers on certain seats can now be counted correctly after a rest
- Fixed warning sounds with the luggage hatches open
- Fixed collision of the player with the vehicle's doors
- Animation of the driver's window fixed
- Timing of the sounds of both two doors when closing fixed


Changelog 1.4.27300

- Passengers not boarding the vehicles has been fixed


Changelog 1.4.27331

- Korean localisation fixed
- Japanese localisation added
- Added option to disable TrackIR or other Headtracking devices (only visible if a Headtracking device is connected)


Changelog 1.4.27365

- Preparations for new features
- Minor fixes


Changelog 1.4.28015

- Multi-Display added as BETA feature, see Tutorial: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1861878438
- Vehicles now throw spray on wet roads and dust on terrains
- Evaluation of the air conditioning fixed
- World lighting system revised
- Radar control flash should now be visible through the front window of the player vehicles
- Brake system revised: stronger braking force and full braking with double tab of the hotkey
- Preparations for DLC MAN Lion's Intercity
- Finnish localisation added

On the 13th of August, our Fernbus Simulator and ALL its DLC will be available for -35 % on Steam.

This is the best opportunity to purchase the Simulator and a few DLC after Update 21 successfully improved driving physics and optimised performance.

Don't forget: Vehicle DLC's are compatible with Fernbus Simulator AND Tourist Bus Simulator.


The sale is supposed to begin at 10:00 am Seattle time. That's about 18:00 UTC+2 in Germany. And it will last for 24h.

Some of you have already been asking when the next update for Tourist Bus Simulator will be ready. Update 21 for Fernbus Simulator has been already released last Friday. So, now we have the time to focus on the update of Tourist Bus Simulator.

And the BETA of update 4 for Tourist Bus Simulator is scheduled for public testing this week.

Update 4 for the Tourist Bus Simulator, as well as Update 21 of the Fernbus Simulator, focuses on optimizing performance and updating the driving physics of all buses.

We're currently recording a new Dev Diary which will be released along the coming weeks.



So, stay tuned and don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel TML Studios TV and hit that notification bell if you want to know exactly when the next dev diary hits the channel.

In the meantime, you can write your guesses below what the Dev Diary is going to be about.

The optimizations for the upcoming update are almost complete and we have already updated the driving physics of the VDL Futura FHD2's.



You can soon convince yourself of the new driving experience of your buses. The public beta of the next update is about to start soon.

In the meantime, we have also revised the driving physics of the ComfortClasses.



Thanks to the feedback from our closed-beta testers, we're making a few changes to all of the rebuilt drive physics of the buses, but by and large, the new driving physics and improved performance are already convincing. So we look forward to the feedback from the entire community as soon as we release the next update to the public beta test.

The main focus of the upcoming update will be the optimization of performance. However, we're also updating the driving physics of all busses in the games, both Fernbus Simulator, and Tourist Bus Simulator.



We've already updated the MAN Lion's Coaches driving physics and now we've completed the update of the Neoplan Skyliner too.

For the next update of Tourist Bus Sim, there will also be new audio options. So, you can adjust the sound volume of the engine, the indicators and much more.



Anything missing in the new audio options? You can tell us in the comments below.

We thought we share some news bits with you guys as the next updates for Fernbus Sim and Tourist Bus Sim are taking a bit longer than expected - but hey, that's, unfortunately, the usual case if your digging for performance improvements, they're like rare nuggets of gold. So far we've been able to stabilize the overall performance and improve it slightly. We'll keep on digging until we find the motherload.



Anyway, we read the forums here on Steam and Facebook and know that some of you still aren't completely satisfied with the driving physics. That's why we're beginning to overhaul our driving physics vehicle by vehicle for the next update. Of course, we've started with the MAN Lion's Coach.

Stay tuned for more Infos.

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