Train Sim World 5
TSW5: Gameplay Packs - Out Now!
Add more gameplay to the core routes in Train Sim World 5 with more rolling stock, more services and some Holiday cheer. Gameplay Add-on Bundles are out now!
We also have an update regarding the West Coast Main Line: London Euston - Milton Keynes improvements, which is live on all platforms.
What Are Gameplay Packs?
Gameplay Packs are focussed on bringing additional services and Scenarios to specific routes in your collection. This can sometimes be new wagons, carriages and locomotives, or additional gameplay using existing trains in Train Sim World for a specific route.
In previous Train Sim World titles, this has been represented by the New Journeys Add-ons and Loco Add-on Bundles.
What Are the Packs for Train Sim World 5?
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For Train Sim World 5, there are 3 gameplay packs that add services to the game’s three core routes for 9th Generation Console and PC players. These can be purchased separately for $5.99/£4.99/€5.99, or as a Gameplay Add-on Bundle for $13.99/£11.99/€13.99.
As an important note, these gameplay packs are only available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via Steam and Epic.
The packs are:
- Metrolink Holiday Train Pack for San Bernardino Line
- HKA Bogie Hopper Wagon Pack for West Coast Main Line (South)
- DB BR 111 & n-Wagen Pack for Frankfurt - Fulda
Metrolink Holiday Train Pack
Light up Los Angeles and delight passengers during the holidays with additional services and Scenarios along the San Bernardino Line. Climb aboard Metrolink’s F125 locomotive and its Rotem passenger cars, all adorned with festive lights to bring holiday spirit through California!
The F125 forms a regular part of the Metrolink fleet along with the Rotem cab car that leads the return journey in this push-pull formation. Though older units typically run the holiday services in winter, this gameplay pack represents what modern diesel power would look like fully dressed up for festive fun. Metrolink themselves plan to use the F125 on forthcoming Holiday Train services in real-life.
3 additional services are added to the San Bernardino Line Weekend schedule. These run from LA Union to Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Cucamonga to Covina and Covina to LA Union.
3 new Scenarios are also included. Alternatively, you can use Free Roam to take the Holiday Train along other routes in your collection, such as Antelope Valley Line.
HKA Bogie Hopper Wagon Pack
For West Coast Main Line South, the addition of the HKA Bogie Hopper Wagon allows for more variety in freight movements beyond the Intermodal trains included in the route. They will come with updated Suspension physics seen in other Train Sim World 5 wagons and locomotives.
Originally built as JMA wagons in 1995, the classification was changed to HKA in 2009 to mark their change from being coal wagons to aggregate wagons – they were also fitted with track-friendly bogies for easier rolling around corners.
The entire fleet of HKA wagons operates on the aggregate flows of DB Cargo UK, and many of them operate in fittingly red DB colours, as per their introduction to Train Sim World in Great Western Express. However, as many as a third of the wagons still retain the weathered tones of National Power, their initial and long-defunct owner.
These branded wagons bring additional freight services to the West Coast Main Line timetable, along with 3 additional Scenarios for that route.
They can also be used in Free Roam, Formation Designer and Scenario Planner to facilitate their use across other UK route Add-ons in your collection.
Free Starter Pack players can also make use of these Wagons using Free Roam in Training Center with the TC Class 66.
Note: this pack includes just the HKA Bogie Hopper Wagon and not a variant of the Class 66.
DB BR 111 & n-Wagen Pack
Swap out classic traction between Frankfurt and Fulda with the DB BR 111 and compatible n-Wagen cab car.
The BR 111 (previously seen in the Salzburg – Rosenheim route Add-on) has been a regular feature on Germany’s railway network since the 1970s on both S-Bahn and InterCity services. It utilises a tap changer control system with both manual and semi-automatic input, bringing a different style of operation to that seen on contemporary locomotives.
Also included is the retro n-Wagen (previously seen in the Bremen – Oldenburg route Add-on), a single-deck fleet of passenger coaches complete with Karlsruher Kopf cab car.
On the Frankfurt – Fulda route, this locomotive functions with the older n-Wagen set and its cab car for a different style of service as part of an alternative timetable, replacing the BR 114 and more modern BR 146 & Dostos on RB and RE services. 3 new Scenarios are also included.
What if I don’t own Train Sim World 5’s core routes?
Though not a requirement, we recommend that you own the respective core routes before purchasing the Gameplay Packs. These routes are:
- San Bernardino Line: Los Angeles – San Bernardino
- West Coast Main Line: London Euston – Milton Keynes
- Frankfurt – Fulda: Kinzigtalbahn
If you’ve come into Train Sim World 5 via the Free Starter Pack, then the three core routes can be purchased separately, or by purchasing one of three core bundles: Train Sim World 5: Standard, Deluxe or Special Edition.
You can then add more gameplay to these routes by purchasing the Gameplay Packs.
WCML: London Euston - Milton Keynes Improvements
Live on All Platforms
We’re excited to announce that the West Coast Main Line: London Euston – Milton Keynes Improvements is live on all platforms.
If you’re hearing about this for the first time, here’s what you can expect from the update:
Gameplay Improvements
- Added new suspension physics to the Class 350
Scenery Improvements
- Scenery enhancements along the route, including distant and track side scenery
- Updated water materials
- Added 710 stop markers
- Added PIS to the platform ramps at Euston
- Added static engineering works message to concourse screen
- Added disused Primrose Hill station. Now a starting point for freight.
- Added disused Brent Sidings
- Added Willesden 'F' sidings as playable area
- Added blue glow to Wembley arches
- Added rusty rail ends
- Fixed light sources not having ToD 4 emissive values
- Fixed light baking at Primrose Hill tunnel
- Removed foliage overlapping tracks
- Removed excessive light sources around original Bakerloo section to help performance
- Terrain and foliage colour correcting (Tree LOD's match model colour, grass matches scenery objects grass etc)
And these are the services you will find in the updated timetable:
- Over 800 new services added. Bringing the total to 2056, with 981 playable services.
- Freight fully reworked with multiple layers, unloading, shunting and correct speeds/pathing.
- New freight layers (New TSW5 Gameplay pack, HOA, FKA, and TEA wagons)
- Fully reworked London Overground and London Underground services (Credit to Fawx for layers, and additional support, testing and research by Vieon).
- Avanti West Coast Class 390 layers (& Class 390's timed for 125mph)
- Class 710 – Test Runs (January/May)
- Fixes to incorrect/missing service numbers and portal destinations linked
Thank you for sharing your feedback and waiting patiently on our progress for this update.
Since our last announcement, we’ve made small amendments in the new timetable that removes some freight, static and rail tour layers. These changes are to help support healthy performance levels, as our testing revealed a large impact for players with high-end systems, so we’ve made this change to ensure the experience with this new update is the best it can be.
Using the Layer Selector feature, you will be able to toggle on and off specific layers to fine tune your experience and help maintain performance. Currently, for players on gen9 platforms, you may encounter some memory limitations (which can impact certain textures appearing in a lower resolution) when all of the new additional layers are enabled at once. We recommend only enabling layers you wish to experience first and toggling additional ones afterwards.
Please note: Whilst the Train Sim World 5 Gameplay bundle/packs are for PC and Gen 9 consoles only, the WCML improvements are live on all platforms (Xbox One and PS4). Gen 8 platforms will make the most of all the new scenery features but will only get additional service layers for the Avanti West Coast Class 390 on the list timetable above.
Our teams will continue to review possibilities of bringing these additional layers back into the updated timetable and are constantly working to improve performance across all platforms. Thank you for your patience, we hope you enjoy the new gameplay and scenery updates coming to West Coast Main Line.
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