Poor performance

[🚦AlphaDiode🚦]

*sigh*. I was really looking forward to this one. But alas just like always with these train sims, sustained high fps (60 or above) is just a pipe dream. I'm getting dips in the 30s and 40s on a pretty well spec'd PC even on medium. And I'm struggling to hit 60. Everything just feels really sluggish. Just thought I'd pass along my experience for anyone considering purchasing.

i5-3770k @ 4.5Ghz
16GB RAM
Samung EVO 1TB SSD
Zotac 1070 ti graphics card
2560 x 1080 Gsync monitor

[Stars-N-Stripes]

as expected, thanks for the warning know to avoid this after regretting trainz new era. They need a new engine instead of continuing to try to milk the current one. Thanks

[GOobERdOod]

wow, not the best news. Thanks for posting.

Are you playing the final release version?

[🚦AlphaDiode🚦]

The graphics look fantastic I will say that. I am playing the final release version just downloaded from Auranz.

[MikaKpk]

Please try out going to Trainz Settings -> Dev -> Compatability mode and select "maximise performance". Please note that this will cause issues with older content but if you don't plan to use older stuff this might give you a boost.

Also I think the issues might come from your processor, a 3rd gen i5 is rather old already and might reach its limit before the 1070 really kicks in.

In general though, be warned. As you said "as always with those train sims", exactly, train simulators are not a kind of game that relies on high framerates as much as esport games do, in fact 30 - 60 FPS is a common rate that train sims run at and one that usually doesn't cause any problems with the gameplay. If you want to try and lock to either 60 or 30 FPS try the "Vertical sync" setting as well,.

[Etny2k]

Have you tried setting fixed refresh in the nvidia control panel for this exe? Worth a shot, many games lately running bad with gsync.

[🚦AlphaDiode🚦]

I'll check both suggestions and report back. Thanks guys.

[Grumpka]

I'm hoping an i7 6700k, gtx1080, ssd drives, 32GB ram, I'd hit some impressive frame rates! If not, like to know just what setup will????

[MoonCrystal]

Poor perf for me too. (I have it from the website not steam but it's the same game), I5 6500 4 cores, 16 GB RAM, GTX 1060 GB.

Small tip : Hit F5 to disable the HUD that causes stutters in the game for now...The problem is not the FPS that fluctuates yes like other sims but the constant stutters the game has whatever you do. Disable the HUD help a few but that's not enough.

I have it for days and tried many differents settings without a real result. It's playable but with a lot of jitters/stutters when the train is moving whatever the setting you change (Or put all the settings to low ? not a solution for me I can have better performances with others sims (trains or not) so why not this one ?

[Oz Gaming]

Game is running nice and smooth for me. No lagging or stuttering at all. It's the smoothest running version of Trainz I've had.
High Settings


Intel i7 4790k
16GB ram
GTX1050ti 417.35 driver
Windows 10 (1809)

[Mich-666]

Just turn off turffx, guys, it's just another power-hungry nvdia gimmick like hairworks.

Other than that, with this setting, even lower specs can run it pretty fast so you may as well try it too if fps is your biggest issue (I always like to find the best balance instead, don't care about framerate much)

Shadow quality: Low
Shadow resolution: 2048
Shaders: Ultra
Texture details: set based on your graphic card memory
Post-processing: Low or High
Water: High
Grass: Clutter
AA: 4x

Also SSD is must for these types of games as the engine needs to stream a lot of assets into memory pretty fast else pretty ugly stuttering happens.

[thilliam]

You can check your hardware against the benchmark tool and set your performance sliders as per the "Gaming Ratings" suggestions.
http://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php/Help:Performance_Configurator

[Troll]

Hello. And why are the recommended settings only for configuration on Intel and Nvidia systems? in my opinion, the game is absolutely not adapted for AMD and Radeon.

[Schoki]

I agree, with amd the performance is bad.

[Mirabilis]

Performance is patchy across the board. I'm using a 1070 with an i7 processor and performance is pretty shocking. I would guess its poor optimisation rather than weak hardware that's to blame.

As for train sims in general, I'm getting excellent frame rates on Train Sim World with top settings. There's no reason why a train sim should have low frame rates if you use acceptable hardware. So if Trainz 2019 is giving poor frame rates its because of the poor code optimisation, not the hardware you're using.

You could argue that Trainz has an overly amibitious scenery - creating a whole world that can be viewed from a birds-eye view is fine if users can run it, but I expect most can't. Train Sim World only renders the stuff you can actually see from a drivers perspective which needs hardware requirements that are a lot easier to deal with.

For those of you struggling with frame rates, I found that if I dropped the render distance and kept water quality on low you can manage okay. Don't bother running it on a laptop. Come to think of it, don't bother running any game on a laptop.

[MoonCrystal]

Originally posted by thilliam:

You can check your hardware against the benchmark tool and set your performance sliders as per the "Gaming Ratings" suggestions.
http://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php/Help:Performance_Configurator

Already tried this and it doesn't get rid of stutters/jitters. Don't forget that we (players) have already reported a jitter issue with the HUD on (on the official forum).

@KittyKat : I think the cpu could be the trick. Got an I5 without hyperthread and I think it doens't help neither.

But as said above, I can have some other sims runs pretty fine on my rig. I don't say that it's 100 % perfect but it's better than TRS 2019.

Each time, whatever the game, it's the same thing, it's never the game or its engine, it's always the player's hardware that are in cause. Yes may be for some but may be we can think that the game/sim is not optimized as it should be too no ? mainly when they can play games smoothly that require more power.

With the same rig I can play UE 4 sim games engine based almost maxed out with some frames drops sometime but WITHOUT STUTTERS/JITTERS each meter the train/car/whatever move along. With TRS 19 whatever the settings I put, sutters/jitters are here. Without the HUD it's better but not perfect.

So yes may be my rig is "medium" if you want too, but there is definitively something to do with the game too and its permanent jitters/stutters in driver mode. In this game I can have a pretty descent FPS, the problem is for me the constant stutters/jitters it has.