TS Marketplace

[Potter]

Hi all, am new to this game. What do 'TS Marketplace' DLCs mean? What can I do in game when I buy them?

[Cat]

The Marketplace sells rolling stock, reskins, scenarios and scenery packs.

For reskins you need to have the base pack, the product info will tell you that. everything else works out of the box. It is a good source for quality extra rolling stock made by 3rd party developers.

[Mountainman]

TS Marketplace items are made by third party developers (so not DTG, the developer and publisher of TS). Usually, you will get what is listed in the store description of each item. This can be everything from additional liveries for certain locos, to coaches, wagons and locos or scenery items for route creation. Most of the time, these locos/wagons/liveries/items don't come bundled with scenarios, so you either have to make your own scenarios for it, download some scenarios from the workshop (or somewhere else) or use them in free roam or quick drive modes.

There are also some scenario packs. If you're interested in one of these, carefully read the requirements on the store page, as they always need other DLC to work correctly.

EDIT: Cat was a bit faster typing this down...

[Potter]

Alright, thanks Cat & Mountainman. Also, what are some must have or popular DLCs? Did a study of all of them, they seem good so I couldn't really decide, haha

[Mountainman]

From Marketplace or in general?

Basically it always depends on what you like. You said, you would be new to TS, so I would recommend you play the game for several hours and then decide for yourself, what you like the most:
- American trains
- british trains
- german/austrian/swiss trains
- japanese trains
- chinese trains
- others

Also an important factor is what you like most: steam trains, diesel trains or electric trains?
Do you like more commuter, freight, high speed services or shunting? Modern day or past times?

You see, there's a lot of variation, so it really depends on what you like most.

[Potter]

Originally posted by Mountainman:

From Marketplace or in general?

Basically it always depends on what you like. You said, you would be new to TS, so I would recommend you play the game for several hours and then decide for yourself, what you like the most:
- American trains
- british trains
- german/austrian/swiss trains
- japanese trains
- chinese trains
- others

Also an important factor is what you like most: steam trains, diesel trains or electric trains?
Do you like more commuter, freight, high speed services or shunting? Modern day or past times?

You see, there's a lot of variation, so it really depends on what you like most.

Thank you very much for these helpful tips! Will do.