I am poised, ready to purchase a Raildriver controller, and would like to seek comment from current users.
I note other threads indicating happy owners, and also note that there are software drivers that will work for my Windows 7 installation of TRS2006 (and for 2010, which I am considering upgrading to also), so I am pretty sure it will work OK.
I am, however, concerned whether the very large cost (especially when including freight to New Zealand, and a likely 15% tax I will have to pay on receipt) is value for money. For that cost (around 10 times the purchase cost of the Trainz software) I am hoping for something really robust, reliable and solid – is this true? What is it made of, is it metal, or light plastic? Has anyone had one break? Do the switches and levers stay firm and rigid after lots of use? Is there anyone with a bad story to relate?
A technical question also – I see the unit includes 28 programmable buttons. The downloaded manual instructs on how to programme these for Kuju, but not for Trainz. It does provide a label template for Trainz, implying they do work – but are they user configurable? A notable omission in the Trainz key legend list is decouple – I take it you still need to use the mouse for that?
I would appreciate detailed comment from users.
I note other threads indicating happy owners, and also note that there are software drivers that will work for my Windows 7 installation of TRS2006 (and for 2010, which I am considering upgrading to also), so I am pretty sure it will work OK.
I am, however, concerned whether the very large cost (especially when including freight to New Zealand, and a likely 15% tax I will have to pay on receipt) is value for money. For that cost (around 10 times the purchase cost of the Trainz software) I am hoping for something really robust, reliable and solid – is this true? What is it made of, is it metal, or light plastic? Has anyone had one break? Do the switches and levers stay firm and rigid after lots of use? Is there anyone with a bad story to relate?
A technical question also – I see the unit includes 28 programmable buttons. The downloaded manual instructs on how to programme these for Kuju, but not for Trainz. It does provide a label template for Trainz, implying they do work – but are they user configurable? A notable omission in the Trainz key legend list is decouple – I take it you still need to use the mouse for that?
I would appreciate detailed comment from users.