Trainz is not realistic.

[agathosdaimon]

On the topic of realistic sims, there is also Open Rails, which lets you run easily most of the content and expansions for Microsoft train simulator, and there was a more complex version of Trainz released in the form of the Protrain Perfect and Protrain Perfect 2, though these are largely German routes and trains - like Zusi3.

Zusi 3 I have tried to play and I like it and it's difficulty but elements still trip me up , like how one simply can elect to drive a train - I had to wait hours in one scenario before the train I was allowed to drive actually showed up on the route

 

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[Vern]

On the topic of realistic sims, there is also Open Rails, which lets you run easily most of the content and expansions for Microsoft train simulator, and there was a more complex version of Trainz released in the form of the Protrain Perfect and Protrain Perfect 2, though these are largely German routes and trains - like Zusi3.

Zusi 3 I have tried to play and I like it and it's difficulty but elements still trip me up , like how one simply can elect to drive a train - I had to wait hours in one scenario before the train I was allowed to drive actually showed up on the route

I haven't tried Zusi 3 yet (too expensive for my taste) but in Zusi 2 you could fast forward with F11 (I think) to your train start time.

 

[agathosdaimon]

yeah - i think i later learnt to do that, - found the fast forward key then when i did get to drive the piece of track i was on seemed to only be like a couple of kms and in a straight line, - i am sure there are better routes in the game, i was just unlucky and too unfamiliar with it then. whats hard about zusi3 also is that last time i played it, there are not onscreen descriptions of the buttons and levers, which made things quite dire for someone like myself who likes to just dive in a try things