TSW3: Peak Forest; Route Add-on – Review

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Train Sim World 3 continues to lay the tracks towards the ultimate railway simulation and the latest addition is Peak Forest, covering the Peak District in England, from Ambergate to Chinley – Buxton. Purists might be a little confused as the majority of that route has been defunct since 1968, but like the Spirit of Steam released last year, this route add-on further explores the steam era from the early 1960’s.

In Peak Forest, you’ll find a total of 6 scenario’s, with a range of difficulty, offering 2 each of 2/5, 3/5 and 4/5 difficulty levels. Unlike many route-add-on’s, you’re going to need a little more than a single evening to work through all of the scenarios as 5 last between 50 and 80 minutes, with the 6 coming in at over 2 hours. There’s also 30 guided route experiences spread across 10 chapters, 110 timetabled routes and three training modules, giving this route add-on one of the largest content counts when all areas are taken into consideration.

There are 3 included locomotives, with the LMS Fowler, LMS Jubilee and LMS Stanier all well represented, those enjoying collecting all of the route tasks might be disappointed to hear there’s only 60 rather than the more standard 100, but it’s a blessing in disguise, due to all stations being authentic to the 60’s, they’re a little more sparse than modern stations, so squeezing in too many route tasks, would have made it feel cluttered and unrealistic.

You’ll still need to find 20 lunches to eat, 15 route maps to replace, 15 sets of suitcases that need tidying up and 10 coal piles that need bagging up. These are well spread out across over 25 locations including sidings, sheds, and stations.

Regardless of which side of Train Sim World you’re approaching from,