Let me start off with: ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!

Really, I'm highly satisfied with this. After playing the demo, I wasn't really sure about it. But after playing the playtests with multiplayer? It has become one of my favourite train simulation games! Do I recommend it to my friends and even Social Media followers? YES!! And here's why:

The playtests gave me an idea of what to expect. And boy oh boy, did I look forward to drive the Polish Pendolino that we were getting teased during that time! Of course, Pendolino was the very first train I drove in multiplayer as soon as the Early Access release was here.

Seriously, I'm very picky when it comes to train simulation games. And no doubt I've been having a great time playing this game. Meeting friends in-game, sometimes by surprise while driving a train?! You have no idea how awesome that feels. Or maybe you do! I do everything from flashing the loco lights, turning ON and OFF the cab lights, honking the horns, all things to just greet people on the way. I wish there was a way to make our avatars to wave at each other. In fact, people have seen to find a way to greet each other such as jumping repeatedly. :D No doubt, an absolutely fantastic experience. Have you even noticed that sometimes you can even hear train station announcements?! And they're not even random, they ARE announcing information about the exact trains. Even most station passenger information boards work ( there's still some bugs here and there on that regard ). What about overtaking a friend's train because his train was slower than my Pendolino?! Epic.

Sure, single player still needs improvements. I've already read that the devs are planning on introducing a save game feature which is definitely needed for single player mode. But honestly, with an epic gameplay we get on Multiplayer? I don't really care about single player here so much. It was something I was missing on my favourite train simulation games anyway.

Trains variety: For a release, I think this is pretty good. Some people complain that there isn't too much variety. I disagree - we've got the classic EP07 / EU07, Traxx MS2, Pesa EMUs, Newag Dragon and Polish Pendolino. And of course a rather good variety of rolling stock to pull with the locomotives.

Bugs: there's definitely some bugs, but knowing how the devs are keen to listen to feedback and keep on improving the game ( they even worked on Christmas 2022 and put out updates for us during that time!! ), I'm sure most bugs will be fixed in the meantime.

My personal wishes for this game, besides the avatar waiving gesture, are as follows:

- route expansion DLCs ( I do look forward to drive down to Kraków or even to Bohumín! )
- more locomotives ( Vectron please! But to keep that classic Polish train tradition, I think the game needs EN57s and at least an EP09 to drive with the EC trains faster )
- possibility to see your whole train schedule
- possibility to know your train weight and length information
- possibility to spawn in MP sessions as a guest to just roam around the map freely
- possibility to board trains as passengers... maybe also some sort of conductor feature at some point?
- preview of information in regards to server restarts ( although currently this has been improved, it is still unclear when are the servers due to restart and it is a bit annoying that you can't really continue the journey you were doing before )
- slightly more random train timetables
- introduction of ETCS ( and other safety systems as required )
- introduction of actually loaded freight into the wagons

And besides these wishes, the only thing I can look forward to is the SDK and mod support. I'm sure the community will find ways to improve and add content into the game. I also wish you could consider on allowing people to create their own servers and eventually also allow servers with custom-built routes / modded routes.

THANK YOU DEVS for your hard work. What a fantastic game so far. I really want to see SimRail grow and improve. Keep it up!

PS: And now off I go to bed, after my first complete journey from Warsaw to Katowice with an EC hauled by an EP07. Started at around midnight my time. It is currently almost 5 am. :D It took long but man, it was FUN!!!

Let me start off with: ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Really, I'm highly satisfied with this. After playing the demo, I wasn't really sure about it. But after playing the playtests with multiplayer? It has become one of my favourite train simulation games! Do I recommend it to my friends and even Social Media followers? YES!! And here's why: The playtests gave me an idea of what to expect. And boy oh boy, did I look forward to drive the Polish Pendolino that we were getting teased during that time! Of course, Pendolino was the very first train I drove in multiplayer as soon as the Early Access release was here. Seriously, I'm very picky when it comes to train simulation games. And no doubt I've been having a great time playing this game. Meeting friends in-game, sometimes by surprise while driving a train?! You have no idea how awesome that feels. Or maybe you do! I do everything from flashing the loco lights, turning ON and OFF the cab lights, honking the horns, all things to just greet people on the way. I wish there was a way to make our avatars to wave at each other. In fact, people have seen to find a way to greet each other such as jumping repeatedly. :D No doubt, an absolutely fantastic experience. Have you even noticed that sometimes you can even hear train station announcements?! And they're not even random, they ARE announcing information about the exact trains. Even most station passenger information boards work ( there's still some bugs here and there on that regard ). What about overtaking a friend's train because his train was slower than my Pendolino?! Epic. Sure, single player still needs improvements. I've already read that the devs are planning on introducing a save game feature which is definitely needed for single player mode. But honestly, with an epic gameplay we get on Multiplayer? I don't really care about single player here so much. It was something I was missing on my favourite train simulation games anyway. Trains variety: For a release, I think this is pretty good. Some people complain that there isn't too much variety. I disagree - we've got the classic EP07 / EU07, Traxx MS2, Pesa EMUs, Newag Dragon and Polish Pendolino. And of course a rather good variety of rolling stock to pull with the locomotives. Bugs: there's definitely some bugs, but knowing how the devs are keen to listen to feedback and keep on improving the game ( they even worked on Christmas 2022 and put out updates for us during that time!! ), I'm sure most bugs will be fixed in the meantime. My personal wishes for this game, besides the avatar waiving gesture, are as follows: - route expansion DLCs ( I do look forward to drive down to Kraków or even to Bohumín! ) - more locomotives ( Vectron please! But to keep that classic Polish train tradition, I think the game needs EN57s and at least an EP09 to drive with the EC trains faster ) - possibility to see your whole train schedule - possibility to know your train weight and length information - possibility to spawn in MP sessions as a guest to just roam around the map freely - possibility to board trains as passengers... maybe also some sort of conductor feature at some point? - preview of information in regards to server restarts ( although currently this has been improved, it is still unclear when are the servers due to restart and it is a bit annoying that you can't really continue the journey you were doing before ) - slightly more random train timetables - introduction of ETCS ( and other safety systems as required ) - introduction of actually loaded freight into the wagons And besides these wishes, the only thing I can look forward to is the SDK and mod support. I'm sure the community will find ways to improve and add content into the game. I also wish you could consider on allowing people to create their own servers and eventually also allow servers with custom-built routes / modded routes. THANK YOU DEVS for your hard work. What a fantastic game so far. I really want to see SimRail grow and improve. Keep it up! PS: And now off I go to bed, after my first complete journey from Warsaw to Katowice with an EC hauled by an EP07. Started at around midnight my time. It is currently almost 5 am. :D It took long but man, it was FUN!!!