UniverseMan
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I just recently got the Trains Simulator 2 and 3 apps for iPad, and I really wish I could like them. There are just a lot of issues.
In Trainz Simulator 2, I can forgive problems more, since it’s free (unless you want Amtrak or other add-ons). With the newer version, however, I am a bit more disappointed.
Firstly, the older, free app, while clunky and outdated, is fairly consistently functional. While the newer app may have theoretically better graphics or something, it lacks almost any of the useful features of the old app. Firstly, the graphic performance is terrible in the new app. For some reason, the whole thing is a bit pixelated, and it’s tough to read signs until you are passing them. Also, the usability features used in the old app to make up for deficiencies in the touch screen medium, importantly, resources to allow you to know what’s ahead, like the yellow and red speed limit drop indications, are gone in the newer, more expensive app. This makes it more of a guessing game than anything, as you have no time to react. The new app crashes quite a bit, and the super liner cars, in particular, have strange lighting glitches at all times. Also gone in the new app is the settings menu. There are no settings. The graphics feel slightly less dated in the new app, but the performance is undeniably terrible. The menus are also weird, listing objects next to trains next to routes next to sessions, when it seems like they all ought to be more separate. Lastly, the shop is more limited than the previous app, and it’s still quite outdated, also omitting a search feature, for some inexplicable reason.
I sincerely would hope that there are some serious improvements made to this sad piece of wasted potential, since it could be so much more than it is. It seems I simply paid money for a downgrade from a free app, which is unacceptable.
I might as well also add that the controls in Trainz Simulator 3, while an improvement over the previous app, are still a bit small and close enough to the bottom of the screen that it’s hard to use them precisely.
In Trainz Simulator 2, I can forgive problems more, since it’s free (unless you want Amtrak or other add-ons). With the newer version, however, I am a bit more disappointed.
Firstly, the older, free app, while clunky and outdated, is fairly consistently functional. While the newer app may have theoretically better graphics or something, it lacks almost any of the useful features of the old app. Firstly, the graphic performance is terrible in the new app. For some reason, the whole thing is a bit pixelated, and it’s tough to read signs until you are passing them. Also, the usability features used in the old app to make up for deficiencies in the touch screen medium, importantly, resources to allow you to know what’s ahead, like the yellow and red speed limit drop indications, are gone in the newer, more expensive app. This makes it more of a guessing game than anything, as you have no time to react. The new app crashes quite a bit, and the super liner cars, in particular, have strange lighting glitches at all times. Also gone in the new app is the settings menu. There are no settings. The graphics feel slightly less dated in the new app, but the performance is undeniably terrible. The menus are also weird, listing objects next to trains next to routes next to sessions, when it seems like they all ought to be more separate. Lastly, the shop is more limited than the previous app, and it’s still quite outdated, also omitting a search feature, for some inexplicable reason.
I sincerely would hope that there are some serious improvements made to this sad piece of wasted potential, since it could be so much more than it is. It seems I simply paid money for a downgrade from a free app, which is unacceptable.
I might as well also add that the controls in Trainz Simulator 3, while an improvement over the previous app, are still a bit small and close enough to the bottom of the screen that it’s hard to use them precisely.
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