TRS2006 upgrade or not....
Hello gratton20, you asked the following question at the end of your post and I quote " do people think it is actually worth upgrading to Trainz 2006? I mean what does it actually do that 2004 does not? Or what does it do much better, or much worse? I really cant find a simple explanation around about the benefit if any of upgrading "
Well, it has the following 3 Demo routes built-in for you to watch and play with : Modula City 2004, PT Dresden to Nuernberg and the wonderful Maglev Project 2006. These routes alone, I personally think, will be worth the upgrade and also show what superb graphics TRS2006 has over its predecessors. If you have the time to search the forum for questions asked over the last 6 months or so, regarding the pros and cons of installing TRS2006, then do it, but I would suggest that if you upgrade in the future to Trainz Classics or beyond, having the experience and knowledge of using TRS2006 and CMP ( content manager plus ) would be a huge, huge advantage than going straight there from using TRS2004. I was sad to leave TRS2004 and Tafweb's Trainz Objects feature, but I don't regret upgrading to TRS2006 for one minute. Yes, there have been teething problems, the sound feature is erratic at times, the patch SP1 works for some but not for others, myself included and I don't use it any more, but the benefits of using TRS2006 far outweigh the negatives, as far as I am concerned. If you don't upgrade now you may be kicking yourself in the future....
Happy Trainzing, ex-railwayman..