I love trains
Post trains in games; segments, mods, train games, etc
Very Hard mode: no simulators

sir please do not post trains this board is very sensitive on the topic thank you sir.

>>715469249 (OP)

Forever gotay

Trains?

>>715469249 (OP)
Zelda Spirit Tracks

>>715469249 (OP)
shut up selphie

>>715469249 (OP)
retard here. what's the appeal of train games?

i understand racing/trucking games since you actually have a wide range of control/direction and there's skill involved. but trains are literally on rails so how much skill is involved? i do admit trains look cool

I'm kind of addicted to A-Train 9 Ultimate, but after almost fucking 30 hours, I'm still on the first scenario, and the game has like 70 scenarios or something. I'll probably die of old age before I finish all the scenarios in the game.

>>715469715
Play Derail Valley and try having that opinion again

are transport fever or mashinky simulators
i guess so right

it doesn't actually move

I liked the train in Assassin's Creed Syndicate

>>715469437
npc hat?

>>715469979
no and that was never a thing, /v/ just believes anything that gets posted that they already agree with

>>715469249 (OP)
I love trains
Post trains in games; segments, mods, train games, etc
Very Hard mode: no simulators

>>715469715
I played one train sim game. The tutorials were fun, especially for the steam train (which was only available for the tutorial unless you bought one of its hundred DLC packages.) Actually playing the game a boring bunch of sitting around doing nothing at all. It did have a hard mode, where you had to push a button every 15 seconds to let the game know you were still sitting at the controls.

>>715469715
>but trains are literally on rails so how much skill is involved?
Simulators usually involve the entire operation of the train (as well as the railroad levers and things like that, in some cases).
For example, in Train Simulator, you can start from scratch with your locomotive, from turning on the engines to warming them up correctly, doing the right thing to apply pressure to the brakes, etc. The intention is to simulate all the controls, so you need to know the entire procedure from start to finish. There is also the part of connecting the cars, or when you use more than one engine, making them all work together correctly. You need to really know how to operate the machines to do these things, know where each control is, when to activate them, etc.
The part of driving the train itself is usually the simplest. Depending on the simulator, however, you will need to understand how to read the signals to maintain the correct speed and follow all procedures without committing any violations.

>>715470193
Mad pajeet rofl rofl rofl rofl!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol u mad. No I'm not at all original sorry

>There's a Jeet filming on the tracks. Speed up.

Chain in rail out

>>715470364
>>715469715
Then there are more arcade-style games like Densha de Go. There, things are pretty simple: you basically just accelerate and brake the train (and does basic things like opening and closing doors, honking the horn, turning the headlights on and off), but the challenge can be insane because the game demands perfection from you. From the speeds you reach during the journey to the timing of stopping at the station (you need to stop with 1 cm precision in distance and 1 second precision in time to get the best bonus). There is also a lot of technique involved because the game penalizes you if you don't brake correctly at the stations. Ideally, you should apply the brakes only once, without making any adjustments, and stop the train with centimeter precision on the platform. You need to know exactly when to start braking and at what speed to do so, without making "micro adjustments" , and then you get the maximum bonus, but only the most autistic players can do this with precision throughout the entire line.
Densha de go is a very entertaining game, even for those who are not particularly interested in trains, by the way.

>>715469492
hell yeah motherfucker

>>715469249 (OP)
you can ride the subway trains in gta 4
you can build huge train networks in satisfactory and factorio
you kill the final boss of hitman 3 on a train
you travel around on a train in metro exodus
that's all i got

Chargeman.exe of Battle Network 6

>>715471050
Finally, if anyone reading this is interested in playing Densha de Go, there is a newer version of the game for Switch and PS4, but it is only available in Japanese. You can play the game without knowing what's written, though. There's only one mode where you kind of have missions and you don't know what they are if you can't read, but even this mode you can kind of play because you usually complete the missions if you drive correctly.
The game is super fun, even on Switch where you can't see a damn thing because the resolution drops like crazy. The game can be quite difficult at times, though, so it's not exactly the relaxing experience it seems to be sometimes.

https://www.youtube.com/live/A2XvLJIIhYg?si=N-6UJm78G_aRAqdQ&t=155

I'm feeling intense deja-vu reading this thread.

I'm so offended someone do something please

train worm

>>715469249 (OP)

>>715471548
Last post...
For those who like using PCs and want to play Densha de Go (without emulating the old games), there is a modern indie game called Train Crew. It is clearly inspired by Densha de Go, but at the same time it is quite different. Train Crew is much more immersive because instead of responding to pop-ups, you have to really learn the rules of the fictional line where you "work", learn to read all the signs and so on. The experience is a little more "simulation" than arcade in this case, but without losing that casual thing, so anyone can play. The only real problem with this game is that the graphics are very limited, quite ugly at times, but when you're immersed in the game it's not really a problem.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1618290/TRAIN_CREW/

>>715469249 (OP)
Train levels are great. There's this one Gmod map that's just a train going through an endlessly looping countryside and I sometimes just load it up, sit in one of the fancier carriages and drink a beer while looking out of the window. If I had VR I'd use it for that.

>Factorio
>Start off thinking I won't bother with trains this time
>200 hours later
>Most planets have sprawling nuclear-powered railway systems
I just like trains too much.

get suplexed

>>715469715
as the other anon already said, Derail Valley will show you how involved driving a train can get

>>715473831
>>715473337
>>715472320
Who cares. Post more indians betting btfo by trains.

>>715473983
Stop being underage

>>715474029
>715473983 (You) #
Stop being underage

i was playing railway empire recently. its pretty good but very simplistic on the track building unlike openTTD

>>715469249 (OP)
I love trains too anon
Bethesda fallout games always annoyed me because the train tracks were always so bendy and humpy they'd never have been usable by the big ass trains they show around the place.

>>715469249 (OP)
Hi train autist, maybe you can answer a question I've had for a while now. How much control to the living trains in Thomas have over themselves? Are they slaves to the drivers inside them?

>>715469715
Because sometimes I just want to chugga chugga choo choo

>>715476243
Depends on the episode. In general they can accelerate and slow down on their own but can't apply brakes or move without coal.

>>715469249 (OP)
Railroader is my current favorite train game. It's more about managing the railroad rather than running one train but it's fun. Map is based on the real life Murphy Branch on the Southern Railroad. There's also tons of mods for additional rolling stock and it has online multiplayer. I started a save file with some friends and we all gave ourselves roles to do. Like, for example, one session I'd be doing the east bound freight. Friend 1 would be switching the interchange yard. Friend 3 would be dispatch. We'd be in a discord call just shooting the shit and running a fictional company. It's comfy as fuck even if your playing solo.

>>715476243
there is no one answer, it depends on what you’re talking about
it ranges from “drivers have full control; the trains are just anthropomorphised the same way people do with machines in real life” (the original books) to “trains have full control; drivers don’t exist” (magic railroad and the latest flash-animated shit

>*crashes*

>>715476243
In the original book series they have very little depending on the story. The books were written to be very accurate to real life operations (minus the talking trains) with several stories being based on real life events. The TV series didn't give a fuck about any of this.

Darkwatch remaster when?

>>715469249 (OP)
What's the appeal of trains in the first place? Fuck if I know. I just know I've got the train autism.

>>715480302
meant for >>715469715

>>715469384
POO

>/v/ doesn't like trains

metro exodus

How does /v/ do it? Even with all its' flaws, it still manages to maintain a level of quality far above the other media boards.

>>715473831
that looks comfy as hell

I liked the Thomas thread we had the other day

I love trains

>>715484912
i'm sorry, man
i like them, i think they're cool, i'm just not autistic about them. that part of my brain is reserved for cars and jets

>>715469249 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rulElJITIVY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WXQL_pJc2I

https://store.steampowered.com/app/352130/Locoland/
ok but how about a train RTS?

>>715469715
I just think they're neat.

well there's this fucker

>>715469249 (OP)
i like unrailed, but i have no friends to play it with

>>715485185
same