I love this game. It has some issues I would agree (not a real speed "feel", gameplay gets laggy on most maps no matter your hardware, ability to eat way to many hours), but it more than makes up for those issues and more with the surveryor alone (the surveryor is what they call the building overlay. You can play for six months with the content that comes with the game, and their are huge amounts of addon routes and cars and engines available on the download station through auran.com.
The longer you play with it the more you realize you could do with it. As an example I live in northern Mi (USA), and I have built myself most of the tracks in the state (excluding the upper peninsula). Then you find the download station and realize there are most routes and sessions than you could ever drive, ranging from beginner to simply evil in difficulty, and taking anywhere from a few minutes to a full day in drivetime.
I am happy to have this game on steam where it kept up to date, common links all in one spot(again updated for me), and is mine for the forseeable future no matter which computer I manage to kill.
Oh and once you get a handle on how the portals work give me a shout. Drive right from your coal mine through a tunnel and come out where ever you want (other maps, turned around, different location on same map, community maps).

Anyway I highly recommend this title even over the dovetail games title just released. From what I've read 2015 is a pretty much reskinned copy of this game anyway.

i love this series of train games. its the best train series

Despite the graphics engine the game is very good, cause of the variety of routes, vehicles (engines or not), very good HUD, easy to operate editor, tones of freeware and logical price payware.
If you are train enthusiast you are going to love it, if you just like playing with simulators, its the best choice for sure and if you just like to play driving games compared to Train simulator 2014 it has lower quality graphics but way more routes, locomotives and the DCC mode (easy to operate mode, no hard times with the realistic things) and all of this without the DLCs, plus it is way more cheap than ts 2014 (DLCs).
I strongly recommend this game!

I hate trying to review "mixed" games.

This game is good if your really into trains, setting up your own routes, playing multiplayer, or just wating time.

Pro:
Multiplayer
Scenarios
Set up your own routes
Often in bundles for under $5
Go find the download station

Con:
LAG
Multiplayer can have very low (sub 20) frame rates on modern systems
No steam cards
No Workshop .... Seriously? This is exactly the type of game the workshop was made for
If your not into trains big time it will be boring as hell


VERY VERY CON:
The price and the DLC price.
OK so this game is 90%+ 2010 so the additional cost would be, relatively, minimal.
The DLCs do cost to develop but we're talking almost $200 for everything (not on sale)
This is a $15 -$20 game (half that if you have 2010) and the DLCs should be in the $5 to $10 range.
I guess it's cheaper than setting up a H-O track in your basement, but still this is NOT a $200 game.





Overall:
If your into trains and don't have 2010 get the game when it's on sale and find the download station.
Avoid if your actually paying full price.



So thumbs up or down .... STEAM WE NEED A SIDEWAYS THUMB!
Thumbs up, but only if your into trains and can get this on sale.

I've loved Trainz a lot. Being a young 12 year old autistic boy who loves trains, and this game series, I've expected a lot from this game. I recommend it for the credit and detail, but the one thing that's wrong with this game is that it lacks content. In it's previous release, "TRS2010:EE", 2010 probably had dozens of steam locomotives from all over the globe, THIS only has 3 steam engines... and they're all from the U.S! I understand you can use Content Manager to add engines, but only train tenders showed up, and not the actual locos. It basically never worked! The Steam add-ons are pretty cool though. It's basically 2010, but without the good stuff.

A very good game! Good for driving trains, and you can even build your own routes, if that's your thing. The multiplayer can be very laggy, but other than that, a good buy! :)

very enjoyable but there still needs to be a huge fix for the preformance (frames, rendering and detail render), overall a fun game

I recommend this game, but with serious caveats. First of all, this is going to appeal to two very specific kinds of people:

1. Those people who want to get into hyper-detailed train simulations.

2. Those people who just like driving trains around, probably with their kids.

I fall into the second camp, so I can't speak to the first camp at all. I've spent my time with the game playing with my four year old son, just kind of driving around, trying not to exceed the speed limit, trying to stop at the stations, and looking at the scenery and inside the cars.

The graphics are dated, but things like the skies and the countryside are beautiful in their way. There is a sense of verisimilitude that I really like, and the fact that the trains are fully animated throughout all their pieces is a big plus. I'm able to show my son various parts of trains up close while they're working, and he's gotten a much better sense of how trains work than through some other explanations or even riding on them (he loves trains).

The controls are mildly awkward, the constant trouble with speeding or slowing too much is annoying, and the sense of speed of the train is... not very fast. Slowing down is like stopping a truck full of bricks, it just doesn't want to happen. Warning on when an actual platform that I care about is coming up would be nice, although via the map I was able to figure out more about it.

If you disable Hardware Transform and Lighting or don't use DirectX, expect interminable lag as you pan around. With those on, it was very smooth for me.

We have yet to complete any of the runs, and don't really care. We just hop into one and drive around, trying not to break the rules long enough that it will let us actually play. I bought this on some sort of extreme discount, and at that price (maybe $5?) this was absolutely and positively worth it. We've spent a couple of hours having a blast with it, and we'll likely spend several more.

Would I play this on my own, without my son? No. I'd find it pretty frustrating if I was actually trying to complete goals. But then again, I'm not squarely in the target audience for the adult side of this game. Be sure and check out reviews from folks like that if you are.

The game comes with a ton of trains right from the start and a good amount of routes to drive them on from all over the world.

I love this game a LOT. It's amazing! Although it may be an old version of trainz but it still pays it price. I love it so much. Downloading from websites is a bit tedious but Auran has thousands of content available to download. I enjoy this game. Great game from my country too!