Train Simulator: West Somerset Railway Route Add-On
Twenty miles of Somerset branch line where your whole job is judging brake application against a timetable. Slow, fussy, and weirdly absorbing if that clicks.
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For Train Simulator veterans who want a compact line to drill stopping accuracy on. Not a starting point.
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About Train Simulator: West Somerset Railway Route Add-On
The defining mechanic here is the brake, and everything else bends around it. West Somerset gives you roughly 20 miles of heritage running with short platforms, gentle gradients and stopping patterns tight enough that a two-second late application means you overshoot and blow the timing for the rest of the run. There is no top speed to chase. The decision loop is entirely about reading distance markers, feathering the steam brake, and learning where each station wants you to start slowing. Steam locomotives make that harder in the good way, because you are also managing the fire and the regulator while you plan the stop. Who it is for: existing Train Simulator owners who want a short, repeatable line to drill precision driving on, not newcomers hoping a route add-on will teach them the sim. The tutorial burden sits entirely on the base game, which is a real problem if you have not already learned the controls elsewhere. Scenario Editor and Steam Workshop support extend the lifespan well past the shipped scenarios, and that mod pipeline is honestly the strongest argument for the purchase. Outside that niche, twenty miles of branch line is a thin proposition.
Strategy & simulation
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Minimum
- Processor
- 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo (3.2 GHz Core 2 Duo recommended), AMD Athlon MP (multiprocessor variant or comparable processors)
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Graphics
- 512 MB with Pixel Shade…
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Game Info
- Developer
- Dovetail Games
- Publisher
- Dovetail Games - Trains
- Release Date
- Nov 14, 2013
