Product Description

Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006 sets new standards of realism and immersion in operating a virtual railroad. Run long haul freight services, high-speed passenger runs or challenging yard operations as you service a huge variety of interactive stations and industries. You'll manage every aspect of a train line and discover the joys of riding the rails. In-game tutorial shows players how to be a real railroad engineer - Drive diesel and steam trains, assign commodities to wagons, transfer drivers between trains, issue orders to drivers, couple and decouple wagons and much more New rules for session makers, for tighter control over player interactions Support for TrackIR Pro 3 - move your head and your view responds independently of the mouse Give your trains schedules with set tasks -- realistic operations like coupling and de-coupling

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7364 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: 2K Games
• Released on: 2006-03-06
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Windows XP
• Format: CD-ROM

Features

• Sit in the engineer's seat and become a virtual conductor with this fun game
• Drive 150+ types of locomotives over 100s of miles of stunning 3-D terrain
• Create dynamic environments easily with intuitive 3-D editing tools
• Accurate physics, tested and verified by professional train engineers
• Over 50,000 assets are available for free at the Download Station

From the Manufacturer
The latest installment in the Trainz franchise, Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006 brings the world of trains to the computer desktop and puts players in the engineer's seat. Virtual conductors can design rail systems using over 7,500 scenery objects and drive more than 150 types of locomotives over hundreds of miles of stunning 3-D terrain.

One of the most anticipated features of Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006 is Content Manager Plus, a new asset management utility that lets players easily access and organize files, download new content from the Download Station (which has over 50,000 assets), and even edit existing components. The Trainz tools and rules systems have been greatly improved to give players more flexibility than ever before in creating a personalized railroad adventure, and enhancements to the physics engine have significantly enhanced the driving experience. Embark on long-haul freight services, high-speed passenger runs, and challenging yard operations, all while servicing a huge variety of interactive stations and industries.

Features:

• More than 150 authentic, real-world locomotives
• Realistic controls for steam, diesel, and electric locomotives
• Accurate physics, tested and verified by professional train engineers
• Railroads with diversified commodities including coal, general goods, forest products, woodchips, containers, logs, and more
• Tell your drivers where to be at what time and run as many schedules as you like
• Create dynamic environments quickly and easily with intuitive 3-D editing tools
• Over 50,000 assets are available for free at the Download Station

Customer Reviews

I tried the Demo of this TRS2006 game on march-20-2008
And Wow!! I really like how the details look in this game and how it runs real good on my PC, My Computer has a intel P4 2.8 GHz chip, 512MB's of ram, an ATI Pro-98 video card with 128MB's of video ram. I'm going to get this full version simulator game. I had Microsoft train simulator before, but I like TRS2006 allot better, it looks and works great on my computer and is more fun to operate and watch. the Big Boy Steam Locomotive is allot of fun to watch it run in this Demo,it so cool! and the sounds of the Steam Locomotive are life like coming out of my Creative 2.1 100-watt speaker system that's plugged in to the PC mother board.

This game is addictive!
This is a simulator. If you like model trains you should love it. The tracks and trains on the disk are fine and the ones you can order to go with it are great. Almost all of the download able content has problems but most of them work, may have areas showing wireframe but still usable. You can even upload your favorite track for others to use if you so wish. I found myself sitting here "messing" with it for eight hours at one sitting so yes it is very addictive.

Wooo Hoooo!!!!
I love Train Sims,(Plane and Truck sims too!)But this one here is fun...
If you like to just drive the train, Go get Microsoft Train Sim., But if you want to just do your own thing,(Working the train yard,Choose your own loads,ect) Then Trainz is what you need. Plus its a Load and Leave.
No C.D. to hunt up if you want to play