Train Simulator: Ruhr-Sieg Route Add-On DLC

I am very dissapointed in this addon. It is completly buggy, and the LZB/PZB causes me to brake due to bugs. Do not buy this addon.

found the route interesting, but as some people already said, it has some inexplicable bugs. first of all, the included BR52 locomotive is very different compared to the real thing (lack of detail too). Second, the Siegen Roundhouse cannot be accessed, that is, there is no way to enter the turntable to rotate. Third, the lane switches are buggy, as some tracks have the key and others do not (including for this reason that the Siegen Roundhouse cannot be accessed). And finally, which for me is one of the most annoying things, which takes up a lot of the player's time, is that you can only start at stations in Hagen, Finnentrop and Siegen, which for example, if you want to go to Siegen, you will have to crossing 104km which takes 1 hour, because to go to Siegen you can only start the departure in Hagen, instead of just putting it in a station closer, like the station of Siegen-Weidenau. Well, at least this route is pretty cheap, costing only R$17.99 (compared to some routes that cost an absurd R$75). Nice and interesting route, but I hope one day these damn bugs (which is one of the things that makes the route kinda bad) will be fixed. and no I don't recommend the route who cares a lot for details and such. Now if you don't mind that kind of thing, I recommend it, but I can't be sure you'll like it, because with all the bugs it has, I can't guarantee for sure if you'll find the route good and such.

this is actually very well the trains and line is very good sure there is lots of bends but otherwise this is better then other train lines because others would appear broken

This map is horrible. Everything from overhead wires turning sharply even when not on those powerline holders to the quality of stations to the fact that this map is [b] severely [/b] outdated. Let me start first with the quality of the stations in more detail. Funnily enough, I cant explain them in more detail because they dont have any. From clearly multiple stations overlapping as you can see this by the lines (e.g Altena) to barely any attempt to make the stations modern. The powerlines are also broken because they turn sharply in the air, [b] literally breaking the laws of physics. [/b] You can also only start from Hagen, Finnentrop and Siegen. This also uses almost the same rolling stock as the Düsseldorf - Köln line, which I also have a scathing review about. This map is so bad after finishing this review im refunding it and spending it on a better line. 1/10. F*cking cash grab.

I got this route supplied with the ICE Collection. Its a very well made route with areas where you can open up the power with these high speed trains. The route comes with a good range of non high speed trains and a nice selection of included scenarios. A great route worth a look if you are into German trains like I am and I would suggest getting this with the ICE Collection bundle as it is a good value for money pack.

I would definitley NOT recommend anyone buying this route. It is a route that looks to be made by a child. Lack of detail in the distance (hill on the right has trees hill on the left doesn't and yes i know about draw distance, this isn't the case) Random end of the line stop buffers in the middle of the side tracks Literally all of the junction switches missing on the main line and some side lines have the generic TS manual lever junction. No track tilt! and this is massive, it makes the actual speed limit to be 40Km/h lower then what it says the limit is (in effect it is between 50 and 100Km/h, mostly 60Km/h) Incredibly sharp gradient changes. It makes the train almost take off if it's going the speed limit and if you're going the normal speed limit it still feels like taking off. Overall the worst quality route i've seen in this game yet

This DLC is old, and it has low quality graphics. However, the route still offers a beautiful landscape and an joyful ride past all the stations.

Although this seems to be an older route, I did like it very much. I got this in a pack for very little money and since I like to have as much German routes as possible I wanted to have it in my collection. The scenery is very enjoyable. Some small glitches like floating grass polls in tunnels and tunnel seams not connecting perfectly. But nothing which put me off. One problem which may put people off is the fact that in the first career mode scenario the SIFA, AFB and PZB systems are not functioning. The locomotive is the BR101 you see in the pictures. When passing a yellow signal -indicating that the next main signal has a red signature- the call "Zugbeeinflussung" is made and you have to press Q to acknowledge it. That's a bit weird because that is the SIFA acknowledge key in some locomotives. And the "Zugbeeinflussung" call is made -correct me if I'm wrong- when the driver acknowledges, frees, or overrides a PZB-activated signal. So I did a quick drive from Hagen to Siegen using a BR101 which has all the systems enabled for sure to test whether it was the track or the locomotive. This time everything worked as I would expect. That choice to use a loco which has very basic functions as a default is a bit poorly made. As drivers want to do the career scenario's to get some points the developers should have thought about playability a bit more. Other then that, I really liked this route. It's advisable to do the full Hagen to Siegen run in quick drive mode and using a locomotive which supports all systems. It really gives the best appreciation of this route. One thing. When stopped in front of a red signal in quick drive mode, check ahead for manual switches. You have to switch them by yourself to change the signal's aspect. TFK

An old route full of bugs that never where adressed. Very disappointing. None of the included scenarios I've played was bug free. Get this only if you believe you can't live without it.

I am very, very disappointed with this DLC. First, I am sure that this map is merely the renamed version of the Hagen-Siegen map featured in Railworks that I played back in 2009. Back then I noticed that there are dozens of bugs that truly annoyed me: missing chunks of ballast under rails near bridges, overhead wires making sharp angles where they are not even connected to catenary, pedestrians walking off the platforms and hovering in the mid-air... I thought these were okay and the developers WOULD correct them. SIX YEARS has gone by but NOTHING changes. The map is still the 2009 Hagen-Siegen map and the bugs are still the 2009 Hagen-Siegen bugs. This shows the worst professionalism to allow the bugs to plague the map for these many years and to put this map for sale again without even an attempt of remedy. Second, the Class 143 locomotive is modelled horribly. The cab view ONLY includes the dash and the windscreen and if you rotate your view 120 degrees to your rear left you will see NO BACK WALL OR FLOOR and RAILS RIGHT BELOW YOUR SEAT, as if you are sitting behind an arcade racecar driving console! This is plain unbelievable. There are no sound effects for pressing any buttons. The audio of the horn does not respond to pressing the Space key (no matter how long you press the Space key, only a pre-recorded whistle of fixed length is played after you release the Space key). There are no headlight effects... The list can go really long. Third, if I am correct, the map does not support SIFA or PZB. The map inherit all old scenarios seen six years ago and has only two or three new. For me it is NOT nostalgia -- it looks more like collecting fast money with minimal effort, in an irresponsibly way. I know that for less than $20 this map is cheap, but considering that this map has almost nothing new in comparison with what it was six years ago, $17.99 sounds like a fraud, or a robbery, whatever you name it.