This year marks the landmark 100-year anniversary of the ‘Big Four’. To celebrate this momentous occasion that has shaped British railway history over the past century we’ve launched some new bundles for Train Simulator Classic, created some collection guide articles to help you find ‘Big Four’ add-ons and planned a RFTV stream for tonight. Read on to find out more.
New ‘Big Four’ Bundles
In January 1923, following the Railways Act, UK rail history was made with the formation of Great Western Railway (GWR), London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) and Southern Railway (SR). Designed to consolidate the fragmented industry and improve efficiency. This led to iconic locomotives and journeys all over the country. You can experience this with some new bundles onn the Steam Store, each including x2 routes and x5 locomotives with a 25% off complete my collection discount.
LNER Centenary Bundle
Features ECML and Weardale & Teesdale routes. Locomotives included are Flying Scotsman Centenary, LNER A2, LNER Class V2, LNER Peppercorn K1 and LNER Raven Q6.
Features Western Lines of Scotland and Settle to Carlise routes. Locomotives included are LMS Rebuilt Patriot Class, Class 3F ‘Jinty’, LMS Stanier Class 8F, LMS Stanier Class 5 and LMS Coronation Class.
Features Falmouth Branch Line and Riviera Line in the Fifties routes. Locomotives included are GWR Small Prairies, GWR Pannier Tank, GWR Class 14XX, GWR Large Prairies and the GWR Saint Class.
Features Welsh Marches and West Somerset Railway routes. Locomotives included are BR Rebuilt West Country, Merchant Navy Class, N15 King Arthur, SR Schools Class and Southern S15.
Looking for more ‘Big Four’ action in Train Simulator Classic? There are many routes available running up to the modern era, a wide range of classic era locomotives, Marketplace packs adding more liveries or coaches, and many more. You can build the collection you want, this really is your ultimate railway hobby! To help with finding relevant add-ons we’re setting up specific Collection articles for each of the ‘Big Four’. These will be over on Dovetail Live and the first of these covering GWR can be found here. LNER, LMS and SR to follow later in the week.
Railfan TV Stream
You can join Jamie on Railfan TV tonight as we take a look at some of the ‘Big Four’ add-ons available in Train Simulator Classic. Watch live from 7PM UTC as he steps onto the footplate of some iconic steam locomotives in honour of this centenary anniversary. You can follow along on our official streaming channels. Links: YouTube / Twitch
What is your favourite ‘Big Four’ add-on in Train Simulator Classic? Have you been visiting any preserved railways this Summer to see a British rail icon? Planning your own ‘Big Four’ railtour? Let us know in the comments.
Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure - Mjeno
Dear Crew,
Thank you all very much for the continued support and feedback you've provided ever since the Between Horizons demo went live in early April.
As of today, the demo is no longer available until a completely revamped version goes live. We've made this decision because the demo was no longer a good representation of the game in its current state. In fact, it never really captured the more open-ended investigation gameplay that the full version of Between Horizons will offer.
We want to fix that in the reworked demo, but we cannot provide a release date for it yet. There have already been countless additions, fixes, and upgrades to the game, a lot of them based on your invaluable feedback. However, that doesn't automatically mean that there is a release-ready slice of gameplay fit for a demo.
Between Horizons is still coming out later this year, and it's possible that the new demo won't go live much earlier than the full game. In the meantime, stay tuned for announcements right here on Steam. For more frequent updates about Between Horizons and all our endeavors, best follow us on Twitter!
Hey folks! I'm excited to announce that the first release candidate build for controller support is now available on the beta branch!
You can access it using the code flgamepad123 through the BETAS tab in the game's properties within your Steam library.
I would greatly appreciate it if you could give it a try with a controller or on your Steam Deck and provide feedback. Implementing controller support is new to me, and as someone who doesn't use gamepads extensively, I'd love to hear about any user experience issues you encounter while playing the game with a controller.
I've extensively tested it with an old Logitech gamepad featuring Xbox glyphs. I'm also curious to know if a PlayStation controller would work well, with all the in-game glyphs updated accordingly.
Don't forget to wishlist the game to receive notifications when the full controller support feature becomes available to all players. Or grab it while it's 50% off for the Steam Summer sale! Thanks in advance for your help!
I'm happy to announce that Roto Force, a game I've been working on for some years now, will finally release this summer July 18th! Spread the word, get excited, wishlist the game, do what you need to do!
For this occasion the demo has also been updated to reflect the current state of the game. As always, reporting any crashes you encounter helps me prevent them from happening, also eager to hear about any options or settings you might be missing. (PS: there was a short period where there was a crash in the tutorial of the demo, so if the game crashed on you, try again it should be fixed now.)
Galactic Giveaway! 30x Steam keys (10x Mainly at rest, 10x Disharmonia, 10x Image). The keys will be dropped on 24th June 2023 into Discord channel Keys on our Galactic Discord Server!´
Galactic Rules: 1) Follow our Instagram 2) Join our Galactic Discord 3) Take your key until you can! 4) Have a Galactic day!
May your flowers bloom bright and your seedlings be hardy.
Talk to you soon, Jenny
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Galactic Giveaway! 30x Steam keys (10x Mainly at rest, 10x Disharmonia, 10x Image). The keys will be dropped on 24th June 2023 into Discord channel Keys on our Galactic Discord Server!´
Galactic Rules: 1) Follow our Instagram 2) Join our Galactic Discord 3) Take your key until you can! 4) Have a Galactic day!