This? Or Train Life?

[Sininside]

Looking at both. This one definitely is more realistic. And I do like the 1:1 scale. However; Train Life has a much larger map and a bit better looking graphics. Have you played both? What are your thoughts and suggestions please?

[Cyber_Chupacabra]

Hi, I have both games and it's hard to even compare them. Train life is more like Euro Truck where you transport goods, level up and manage a train company with less realism (in my opinion way too easy physics) and scaled down map.

SimRail is on the other side of the spectrum, think Microsoft flight Sim - it's a simulator with 1:1 scale routes that are in fact bigger than Train Life, it's around 300 km that you travel real time. Game is focused on VERY realistic train and dispatcher operations.
There is no goal except ones you make for yourself learning the route and train.
Also big selling point for SimRail is definitely multiplayer. Trainlife does not have it.
Both games are good in what they're trying to do, just very different goals.

My tip is watch many available YT videos on both titles, it really depends on what are you like better in terms of type of a game.

[Voyager]

SimRail, is to train simulation as what Microsoft Flight Simulator or XPlane is to flight simulation. Basicaly you making your own fun, since for sim enthusiast driving or flying realistic machinery is a pleasure on it's own. Entertainment comes from realism, not from " what you do in the game ". It also has multiplayer with very nice and passionate community.

Train Life, is first and foremost a video game that happends to be simulator.

So I would say. SimRail is much better for sim enthusiast. Train Life might be better for average gamer.

[macli]

I am not an enthusiast, but I prefer realistic simulators. Train Life is horrible in this case - the trains work simply... wrong. Got both games, but I do not think I would ever come back to TL after buying SimRail.

[v199629]

The development of train life has been very slow this year and already seems half abandoned as the developer focus on another game Taxi Life

[Stringbean]

Originally posted by v199629:

The development of train life has been very slow this year and already seems half abandoned as the developer focus on another game Taxi Life

Oh dear,..that doesn't sound very good at all. Maybe I'll wait until the end of the year at Christmas to see how it goes.

[Cyber_Chupacabra]

A Taxi Life huh... you know I think its for the best, the concept they took will work much better in a taxi/car scenario rather than with trains.

[Sininside]

I ended up buying Train Life. And yep, after a while it's a bit boring. Nothing much to do other than level up each city. Which I'm 60% finished doing that. But I can't complain as I picked it up for like $10 only. And compared to this game, Poland apparently looks nothing like Poland in Train Life. So there ya go!