[Announcement] FS Trains: North America

I’d think about buying something like this if I could watch trains derail from the air. It means train operations would be accurate. :laughing:

“Live Train Traffic. Everyone told me it was impossible. Happy to prove them all wrong.”
There is this post on reddit for which I assume Steven is the author.

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If you have the post can you link it here thanks

Live Train Traffic. Everyone told me it was impossible. Happy to prove them all wrong. : r/MicrosoftFlightSim (reddit.com)

The circumstantial evidence is strong on that one. It’d be a very safe bet for your money that is the same Steve.

The vid on Reddit looks amazing, makes me want to break my no shopping before MSFS 2024 rule and go train spotting!

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Im a real life vfr pilot since 1992 and a flight simmer since FS 2 on my commodore 64. I just flew my black square Bonanza from parralell 42’s awesome cheat river flyin to Washington D.C. following the railway line like we did before GPSin real life. With FS Trains it was spactacular. I flew nap of the earth and spotted 8 trains snaking threw the mountains of west virginia as the tracks took me on a wild ride along river banks and into small towns. The trains were awesome to see and they were a variety of types. It was fantastic. Combined with the free “We love VFR” addon that gives you towers and smoking smoke stacks, and the free mamudesign marinas that put boats at the docks (both free at flightsim.to) the experience was first rate with zero hit on frames. FS Trains is a must have for those who love low level vfr flying and im thoroughly impressed. 8 trains spotted in one hour was nothing short of spactacular. Well done!

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I have had FS Trains for awhile now. But I really have not gone train spotting. I just bought it as another way to add a little more realism. The other day I was just flying a little Cessna around the area where I fly for real. I was doing some VFR navigation and pattern work. I finally noticed a train. This is very cool! It was rolling along the tracks where I have seen trains when actually flying in that area. That put me in the “App Recommended” category. Great job.

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when the update is coming?

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Just saw a train going around Horseshoe Curve! Very cool!

As soon as possible. I can’t give exact dates because unforeseen things happen and it slips back. For example the latest build I submitted is crashing in marketplace testing, but not locally… frustrating to debug and probably pushes it back another two weeks.

Marketplace injection process is such a pain and slow

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please reconsider distributing on other platforms too

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1000% agree. That’s the only thing stopping me from purchasing it.

Apologies if this has been asked before (guessing it has been) but is this coming to FS 2024? If so, I could be tempted to buy it when the new sim launches.

Yes it is coming to 2024. 2024 version has some upgrades too such as 3D tracks & bridges.

RE selling on other stores: I hear you guys, am exploring options.

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Good to hear :slightly_smiling_face:

From what I understand default trains in FS24 aren’t coming any time soon so I think there could be lots of potential here.

Any thoughts on providing a kind of train traffic slider for less or more powerful systems? Personally I think it would be great to decide the level of traffic myself.