

Not only does the menu promise tutorials, optional simplified controls, and scenarios in addition to just being able to free-play any route, the game also promises a career mode with progression-like goals. The next thing to notice upon entering the game is how much accessible 'Train Simulator 2014' wants to be over its predecessors. Of course, all that user DLC is staggering, so one needs to be choosy though the base game is hardly bereft of content. Those three extra routes are like the tip of an iceberg as there is a bevy of DLC available for the game that is backwards compatible and likely has been created by users using the editor and uploaded via the Steam Workshop.įor me, this means that the dozen or so train routes that I have taken in real life from areas like Germany and the UK are available to play and with the accurate engine and train to boot. Before jumping into a locomotive, there a number of things to take note of with regard to 'Train Simulator 2014.' The review copy provided by happened to be the Steam edition, which includes three additional routes over the standard version, Hamburg-Hanover, Donner Pass, and London-Faversham.
