It's Choo-Choo-True! Thomas the Tank Engine Is Coming to Train Sim World 5 on PS5, PS4 | Push Square

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What good is a railway sim without Thomas and Friends? Well, to be fair, we’d never actually considered the Mattel franchise coming to Train Sim World 5, but that’s exactly what developer Dovetail is plotting for the new year.

This slightly different add-on pack will be a narrative-based experience featuring Thomas, Diesel, and the Troublesome Trucks. So, while it’ll still unfold on-rails, you can look forward to a slightly different escapade should you decide to snap this up.

In the interview video below, Mattel’s senior creative executive producer Ian McCue shares a little about his role working on Thomas and Friends, while Train Sim World executive producer Matt Peddlesden digs into a few details about what we can expect from the update:

Has this convinced you to give Train Sim World 5 a spin at all? Will you choo-choo-choose this expansion pack? Let us know in the comments section below.

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I'm not by any means going to play it as I'm not interested in trains really in the slightest. However, as a kid who grew up watching Thomas the Tank Engine, this is a really cool update and it's good to see Thomas & Friends still getting love these days.

Classic Thomas the Tank Engine means a great deal to me, so this is really cool to see. It's so odd to see him in a video game not as a fan-made mod.

The holiday sale price and my contractual obligation to buy train related things as a toddler dad has finally pushed this out of my wishlist and into my cart.

@Amnesiac Glad I'm not the only one! Since a Santa express the other weekend my toddler has been absolutely train crazy

I wonder if you’ll hear his mate screaming from within the walled up