



In order to use older routes originally designed for MSTS, though, access to the underlying MSTS route and train object libraries is still needed Regarding realism and presentation (new content is beginning to appear for it that is too complex to work in MSTS). There are a few commercial train sims that don't use MSTS content and are not compatible with MSTS routes.There's also a open source simulator that runs well in current Windows, and can run most MSTS-based content and routes though moving in different directions Officially, it's unsupported in Windows after XP. Of Windows (especially after 7) - it can't be just installed with any expectation of working correctly, even if the old CDs (especially Disk 2) can be read, and necessary updates are no longer available - and simply doesn't work with certain combinations of MSTS itself (if you have a copy) requires heroic measures to run in modern versions That huge collection of community-developed add-on content for MSTS will never be duplicated in newer train sims, much like with Flight Sim, and some are true works of art. Requires getting either a used copy or a pirated copy. That requires that one have MSTS installed, of course. MSTS provides, in effect, a standard library of objects and trains that are used in add-on content. Most) of the free ones make use of some objects in the default routes. Many add-on routes have been developed, and many (arguably, It was the firstĪnd still, as a single program, most successful train simulator game, partly due to timing and partly to its relatively open attitude toward re-use of scenery and train objects in add-on content. Microsoft Train Simulator (MSTS) has been off the market for nearly a decade (since the Activision release disappeared) and closing in on two since MS itself stopped selling it, but it's still the basis for an active enthusiast community.
