A bit late to the party here but I see that the new, to me, DRM system and subscription based access that M3V introduced has changed the entire mindset of Trainz.
I am old school I stopped using Microsoft Office when Office 360 was launched, I have stopped using TKS and I will stop using Trainz if this drive to subscription service remains.
I bought T:ANE the other day to solve an issue with a DLC. I now wish I had bought T:ANE first and ignored TS2019 and all its pay-ware nonsense.
Anything these days is more focused on Upsell than they are on providing service especially when they can track your usage under the guise or DRM.
I don't even use a FCT anymore as the Russian sites, legal or not, are providing the service that the game producer should.
I am a pensioner, this is my hobby, I have time not money.
Payware be damned.............