Trainz
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Trainz is a railroad simulation developed by the Australian company N3V Games (originally Auran) for Microsoft Windows, later also for Mac OS X, comparable to the Microsoft Train Simulator. While the original version, simply called Trainz, as well as the later Ultimate Trainz Collection (UTC) were still designed as a virtual model railway, the more recent Trainz Railroad Simulator (TRS) or Trainz Simulator (TS) can simulate the complete railway operation.
Version Overview
- Trainz (2001)
- Ultimate Trainz Collection (UTC) (2002)
- Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004 (TRS/TRS2004)
- Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006 (TRS2006) - international
- Protrain Perfect (PTP) - German version of TRS2006 with German routes
- Trainz 2007 (New german version of TRS2006)
- Trainz Driver Edition
- Trainz Simulator 2009: World Builder Edition (TS2009)
- Trainz Simulator 2010: Engineers Edition (TS2010)
- ProTrain Perfect 2 (PTP2) - reduced version of TS2010 with German routes
- Trainz Simulator 12 (TS12)
- Trainz a new Era (TANE).
Trainz and UTC
In Trainz and UTC, simple signals control the operation, the player can control the train with a rotary switch similar to the one on the transformer of a model train or with the controls located in the driver's cab. In addition, the trains can be put into autopilot mode, where the computer takes control. It is possible to select the driver's cab view, a chaser view, the view from fixed camera positions along the track or also a freely controllable view in the terrain.
The editor (Surveyor) as an important element of the program in all versions is already present since the original version. With it, new installations (also called maps) can be created or existing ones modified.
UTC introduced the first scenarios in which the player is given a specific task.
