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Rail Simulator (PC DVD) | 
| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
New (13) Used (2) from £11.50
Avg. Customer Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 1451
Platform: Windows Vista
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5030930052461
ASIN: B000RO37VI
Release Date: October 12, 2007
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| Customer Reviews: Read 40 more reviews...
 WHY? September 20, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Over a period of time I have kept putting it off and putting it off but, eventually and with some trepidation(see some of the other reviews)I finally bought the Rail Simulator.
I wish I hadn't!
The manual was anything but helpful, the game(?)was appalling, the sounds dreadful. It was almost impossible to find advice and guidance and in the 3.8 GB of space it takes up the makers could have done much, much better. Then to play the game one has to keep the disc in all the time one is playing!.
That is a definite no-no.
So, when my patience was exhausted yet another real hurt came when I was trying to uninstall - it takes nearly an hour!!
What a total waste of money.
I have bought far more superior rail simulation games for under a fiver elsewhere.
 NOT what you are probably expecting.. September 11, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Which in my case, was a 'driveable' simulator - but also, more importantly, something with which I could create my own 'virtual railway; - almost like a lifelike online trainset. The demo seemed very promising... however sadly the purchased version falls very, very short of what I had expected...
Firstly, the interface in extrememly clunky and not at all intuitive.
The 'tools' are poorly organised and ridiculously difficult to use. I was expecting something along the lines of the early Rollercoaster Tycoon or the excellent Railroad Tycoon series, but this is not even on the same planet! Unless you're an unemployed or retired computer expert you'll soon run out of patience. The tools stick constantly, buildings and objects are unbelievably difficult to position and align, views jump and lurch regularly and the program suffers from frequent crashes, (I run a quad drive pc with over 500gb hd & 4mb ram). To cap it all, the 'manual' is about as much use as a chocolate teapot. Online 'help' is also almost non-existent, apart from a few basic instructional videos (where everything amazingly works perfectly), and a forum seemingly populated entirely by; well, no-one actually.
Ultimately, you get the feeling that somewhere a bunch of geeks have got together and spent a long long time creating a dreadful product from a great idea. Now, if only someone like the creator of Railroad Tycoon could get hold of it and do it properly...
In summary, AVOID at all costs - you WILL be disappointed.
 Great August 3, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The controls are easy and the graphics are cool but there are not a lot of steam trains. There are a lot of diesels and less steam engine. It is not easy to make your own set. The set which are already made are good.
 Get's better with age July 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Brilliant experience - especially the free roam facility. A lot of on line help available when registered with the web site.
A note to get the best out of this simulator,Good speakers (Logitech,Creative 5:1 set up at least),a Sound Blaster Extreme Audio Card and a PHYS X graphics hardware is essential. Also make sure that you have the most recent patches installed (MK 2 patch due out soon). All the official simulator add-ons are worth while.
If you like train spotting, this will take you back to the days when the HST 125 trains ruled supreme on the York - Newcaste route.
Although the Instructions are minimal in paper form, explore the ONline forum for further helpful tips - including the links to UTube
The best part of the game for me is in free roam, driving an HST out of Reading towards Paddington; just watch,listen and enjoy the sensation of opening up the throttle past the first 125mph speed restriction sign. Incredibly I reached 136mph! - without derailing it! Fantastic!
Poor at best July 16, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this game when it first arrived, for much more than it is now and it still isn't finished. It is littered in bugs and inaccuracies. Trying to make new routes is nearly impossible, and not helped by a lack of any proper manuals. The software provided is so poor, many Train Sim fans have reverted to making their own 3rd party software, which comes with even less support and you end up copying files all over your hard drive and downloading extra DLL files just to make a hill.
Don't waste your money. Wait for Train Simulator 2 in 2009.
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