Tram Sim: Console Edition – Review

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Simulation games cover a wide area of genres but public transport is one area I’ve always enjoyed carrying passengers from one station to the next has seen me invest hundreds of hours into Train Sim World, Bus Simulator 21 and Fernbus Coach Simulator and that’s just in the last few years, so when a new game pops up, promising the on-track simplicity of trains, with the inner-city bustle of buses, it’s only natural I was first in the queue for Tran Sim.

With Tran Sim: Console Edition you have the two main locations of Vienna and Munich, Vienna feels very much the primary location which absorbed the majority of time and attention, but Munich is a suitable alternative. There’s a handful of trams included from the old E, the newer Flexity and 4 variations of the ULF which roamed the streets of Vienna between the two aforementioned units, finally there’s the R2.2b from Munich There’s not a gigantic difference between each unit, and once you’ve got used to one, it won’t take long to acclimatise to another due to them mostly all proving quite easy and relaxing to drive.

You’ll deffinitely want to work through the few tutorials, because it can be a little confusing of how to start, which position to turn the key to and what VA, VB mean when you’re trying to decide the direction of travel.

After the first hour or so, and working through the initial frustration of getting things up and running, the game falls into a pleasing rhythm, the left stick is used to accelerate and break, then as you pull up to a station you can hit X to unlock doors, and when you hear the buzzer to confirm doors are closed and secure, re-lock the doors with X, slap RT to chime the bell and alert your passengers you’re on the move before pulling away to