train simulator 2016 steam edition account

Dovetail have announced they are working on an actual flight sim sequel, but that is still some way away and this isn’t it. Prepare3D is still for the ‘pro market’ and with licensing costs to match, and that’s where the FSX code will continue to evolve. This is not a true sequel, but more a ‘The DLC Shot First, Special Edition’. Dovetail can tweak but not alter the codebase radically. Dovetail have struck a deal with Microsoft to update the base code, but only in terms of recompiling it for some basic optimizations, some tweaks for the beloved Windows 8, Multiplayer updates for Steam (rest in pieces Gamespy) and the incorporation of Dovetails ‘add-on’ licensing DLC. So what is FSX Steam Edition? In summary it is the same sim (FSX and the Acceleration disks) we all know and love, but with a couple of tweaks to allow it to work on more modern computers.

For me personally, the price fell under the ‘Too lazy that I don’t want to walk down to the basement and get a disk’ must buy purchase category.

It sold like hot sausages in a dog shelter. Inquiring minds needed to know, but more importantly for the Steam Sale crowd, it was *really cheap*, so pretty much an insta-buy for anyone who could spell ‘plain’. Was it the same as the one we have on DVD’s already, would it be 64-bit, or DX-10 with better shaders, would it just be FSX but with really detailed trains on the ground? Is there now deeply unflattering Steam lipstick on our beloved fresh-faced FSX pig? Here’s the store page: This release caused quite a fair bit of confusion. The developer was still listed as Microsoft, but the publisher was Dovetail Games, or more commonly known as ‘The Train Simulator’ people.

In the lead up to the annual ‘Steam Winter (don’t say Christmas, whew, got away with it, close one) Sale’ Microsoft’s FSX appeared on sale for a pretty low price of around $5. How do you review a sim that’s been out since 2006? Well, you don’t, and this article talks about what FSX Steam Edition is and how it is different from the original FSX and FSX Acceleration releases.

Train simulator 2016 steam edition account