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The Rails are Yours in Train Sim World 5! Take on new challenges and new roles as you master the tracks and trains of iconic cities across 3 new routes. Immerse yourself in the ultimate rail hobby and embark on your next journey.

Train Sim World® 5 is a simulation, adventure and trains game developed by Dovetail Games and published by Dovetail Games - TSW.
Released on September 17th 2024 is available only on Windows in 8 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish and Italian.

It has received 3,289 reviews of which 2,621 were positive and 668 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 34.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Train Sim World® 5 into these genres:

Simulation Adventure Trains First-Person Immersive Sim Automobile Sim Realistic Driving Transportation Atmospheric Relaxing Family Friendly Physics Singleplayer Open World Story Rich Agriculture

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: 64-bit Windows 8.1, 10 or Windows 11
Processor: Intel Core i5-4690 @ 3.5 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X @ 3.7 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 460 with 2 GB VRAM or more
DirectX: Version 10
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 35 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
Additional Notes: Requires mouse and keyboard or Xbox Controller

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April 2025

The sim is pretty decent, graphics are really good, and the ideas around the premise of the game is very good. However, something feels missing - I don't feel very immersed into it like I did when it was Train Simulator 2014 or whatever the year was. I feel there needs to be a true career mode, management mode for business tycoons like myself, and more of an open world in a sense especially for routes with Amtrak that go from coast to coast.. I mean for the USA, there's hardly any routes.... we need places like Chicago, Philadelphia, and others. I would like to have routes where I can travel through at least 5 states, spend more time driving the trains for freight and passengers. Tutorials are fantastic though, very informative and helpful for newcomers. Also, where are the countries with the best trains in the world, like Japan? They don't exist? Japan has the best rail system and train in the entire world, let's put it in the game.

March 2025

Pros: I've played for 40 hours and tried many UK and German trains. I really like how much depth this game has, especially with all the systems like AWS, PZB, SIFA, LZB, etc. I highly recommend this game to anyone, even if they are not a train fan. For new players, I strongly suggest using all these real protection systems—AWS, SIFA, and PZB—as they completely change the game experience." Cons: The only downside might be that the DLCs are so expensive—it's really crazy. This game doesn't have any competitors, which might be the reason. Also, as a developer, I understand that creating physics and mapping/routes for even one train takes a lot of effort, but still, each DLC costs as much as a full AAA game, which doesn’t seem fair. :O

March 2025

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☑ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☑ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10

Nov. 2024

Love the game overall, however, the following enduring frustrations apply: 1 The failure to ensure that all electric trains function on all electric routes regardless of country (as they do in train sim classic) 2 The absence of AI traffic in Free Roam mode (again, a failing avoided by TSW classic) 3 An abiding over-reliance on tree-lined rail routes which, I suspect, occurs mainly to obscure the lack of modelling detail in the environment 4 The failure of leaves to fall from trees even in the depths of a British winter. After late November not a single leaf should remain 5 The absence of people (on bridges, balconies, bicycles, in lanes, in fields, on farms, on country paths etc) 6 The absence - on stations - of elderly people, children, pushchairs, wheelchairs, people with bikes, groups of people, people in uniform, people carrying things....) 7 Levitating cars, trucks and even trees. The San Bernardino route is almost unplayable because of the sloppy freeway modelling. Take a lesson from German routes - the cars move perfectly 8 The absence of station names on the HUD oncoming line (again unlike TSW classic). A pity because it makes learning the routes harder and identifying station names a chore. Also place names can be evocative and interesting 9 Termination of game after SPAD should be optional 10 All routes are too short Sorry to be so negative but I love this game and want it to be a more accurate simulation.

Sept. 2024

Being completely honest if it was not for the West Coast mainline and Avanti 390 train I most probably would not have bought this game! Just that one route made me pre-purchase it! I feel like the game seems to run a lot better! (Maybe this will vary when I do different routes). My main focus is to play the modern UK routes, as I’m not a huge fan of old style pacer trains, or steam trains. It is also virtually impossible to buy every single route or train DLC, firstly do Dovetail I think we are all millionaires? And do they realise how much storage this would also take?? My suggested improvements 1) stop bringing out a brand-new game every year 2) make DLC’s slightly cheaper 3) make certain train stations that are generally busy irl look busier in-game 4) automatic training announcements by default 5) passengers talking between themselves rather than just a silent train 6) Guard Mode: Help wheelchair users, make announcements, be able to see easily distance to the next station 7) I want to see passengers actually get off the train at the end of a service! Too many times you either start a service or take a train to a depot with passengers on which is just lazy from Dovetail and completely unrealistic Apart from the above comments, I am already enjoying this game a lot more than I did when I purchased TSW3 & 4!

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34.99€

7.7

2,621

668

Online players

1,274

Developer

Dovetail Games

Publisher

Dovetail Games - TSW

Release 17 Sep 2024

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