Diesel Railcar Simulator
Lapioware · 2018 · Simulation, Trains, Driving, Realistic, Sandbox
PC
Very Positive94% · 349
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About Diesel Railcar Simulator
Take the controls of a variety of diesel railcars and locomotives, each representing an integral part of Britain's Railways in the 1960s. With over 150 miles of track to explore, wide range of train services and advanced physics simulation, Diesel Railcar Simulator is a great choice for trainsim enthusiasts.
Driving
- Customise your driving experience to suit your needs: either drive the train fully manually with optional helpful HUD guides, or activate the 'simple controls' mode for easy six-key driving.
- Drive using a keyboard, a gamepad, or use your mouse to control the interactive in-cab controls.
- Alternatively, hand the controls over to the AI, relax and watch the computer drive the train from any viewpoint, or change trains to view any currently active service.
Realism
- Physics are simulated in detail: individual components of the transmission are replicated to ensure realistic behaviour. The suspension of each vehicle is also modelled to make it bounce and sway over uneven trackwork.
- Sounds are mostly authentic: many of the most prominent sounds used in game are recordings of the real trains.
- Computer-driven AI trains occasionally make human-like mistakes like running late or misjudging braking at stations.
Gameplay
- Each route features a full daytime timetable with every service being drivable. Choose from hundreds of Inter-City, semifast, stopping, freight, rescue and empty coaching stock train services.
- Upon completing a service, your driving style and timekeeping are evaluated. Try the same run again to reach a higher score by braking more accurately or driving more economically, but stay alert: the signal that was green on the previous run might be red this time, due to a late-running AI train.
- The career mode ties individual runs together into a coherent experience with a good balance of randomisation and player choice.
- Unlock a variety of achievements to discover all the different styles of playing the simulator.
Trains
- Four British Railways diesel railcar classes with manual gearboxes: 112, 117, 122 and 126
- Class 127 railcar with torque converters (no need to change gears)
- Locomotives: Classes 03, 37 and 40
- A variety of passenger coaches and goods wagons
- More trains available on the Steam Workshop
Routes
- Choose from three routes totalling over 150 miles of track, each with their own unique feel:
- North Landen: a 4-track main line with express and stopping trains racing each other during the busiest hours of the day
- Westfords: a warm valley route with city centres connected by two alternative main lines and suburban branches at each end
- Mountain Pass: a double track through line with a single line section meandering over hilly, rugged landscape with challenging gradients
- More routes available on the Steam Workshop
Modding
- With the game's built-in train, route and timetable editors and Steam Workshop support, Diesel Railcar Simulator is the perfect game for modding:
- Train editor: create new liveries and trains using your own custom 3D-models and the built-in library of assets. Also includes an integrated vehicle body modelling tool which can be used without prior modelling experience
- Route Editor: create brand new routes using built-in assets, custom imported ones or create your own inside the editor
- Timetable editor: bring your route to life with busy traffic around the clock
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
[i]Diesel Railcar Simulator[/i] is exactly its title: a diesel railcar driving simulator. Its primary focus is on British diesel multiple-units and diesel locomotives around the turn of the 60s. I'd like to impress upon readers this game is [i]not[/i] an immersive simulator, not in the truest sense. [i]DRS[/i] shares most in common with traditional rail vehicle simulators, not so much with immersive sandbox titles like [i]Derail Valley[/i]. Pick an engine and a timetable to run from the main menu, and [i]DRS[/i] starts you on the line in a vehicle ready to be hot-started. The short is I adore [i]Diesel Railcar Simulator[/i]. The game gets its sauce by authentically representing the experience of driving and riding these railcars. There's definitely a mechanical or physical feel to it all; the player is in charge of manually shifting the gearbox as well as working the pneumatic brake essentially by opening a valve and lapping it to set a desired brake force. The bogies can be observed recoiling at every undulation in the railroad, and the camera in the cab shakes to give a sense of the forces traveling up from the wheels. This sort of thing is what [i]Diesel Railcar Simulator[/i]…
Charming and straightforward train simulator with a surprising amount of built in tutorialization and hints to make learning the game a lot easier. Great cameras and sense of speed. Didn't know how much I liked diesel railcars and their funny transmissions until playing this game.
First I am playing DRS on a Linux Mint 22.2 system, and running Proton 10.0-4 (latest). I'd been following the game for quite some time and I see a lot of potential in the games progression from EA to full. There is a lot of repetition of the routes (meaning you do the sames things more than one time), but I believe this is getting players used to driving the rail network. Not a fan of the XP or over penalizing a player for making mistakes, but it is what it is. I think a better solution is reputation and perhaps an economy that gives a player better opportunities to advance in the game. The scoring system falls into the arcade world. On the simulation side it's quite good actually. It's not on the levels of say SimRail, but for what DRS is programmed to do in simulation it's good. There is a career mode that was added so you can take it a step further than just single runs, and adds a lot. There is an editor, but it's not all that intuitive as I am learned (and tried for myself), but coming from Trainz 22 PE that's kind of what I thought the editor would be like in DRS. Though my opinions on what I think isn't necessary in the game doesn't diminish that it is s…
Its a cool sim, I thought it was actually far more in-depth than I was anticipating with the sounds and controls but there is one glaring issue and that is there are no headlights despite there being different times of day as well as tunnels with actual darkness. I know its a one man team or whatever but lights aren't hard to add and are a rather important part of trains. Overall its a nice cost effective experience with a decent world to drive around and admire but if you want headlights evidently you'll have to go to rolling line, train sim world, or trainz to satisfy that simple desire.
This is a good game. Not perfect, but I've put enough time into it to justify the price four times over.
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