Friday 23 September 2022 02:41 AM PETER HOSKIN reviews Train Sim World 3 and Return To Monkey Island  trends now

Friday 23 September 2022 02:41 AM PETER HOSKIN reviews Train Sim World 3 and Return To Monkey Island  trends now
Friday 23 September 2022 02:41 AM PETER HOSKIN reviews Train Sim World 3 and Return To Monkey Island  trends now

Friday 23 September 2022 02:41 AM PETER HOSKIN reviews Train Sim World 3 and Return To Monkey Island  trends now

Train Sim World 3 (PlayStation, Xbox, PC, £39.99)

Verdict: Love and carriage

Rating: **** 

I'm unfamiliar with this world they call Train Sim World 3. I didn't play either of the first two games, and I'm only into trains as much as the next person who gives a passing smile to big, chugging machines going past them at high speeds.

So what is there here for me? A lot, it turns out. Within minutes, I was stood in front of not just any train but the train that I use in my commutes from and to South London. The same livery. The same naff upholstery. The same iffy smells, almost.

Rather than unfamiliarity, Train Sim World 3 is actually full of the joy of recognition. The aim of the game is to take digital trains along real-life routes — the south-east corner of Britain, the dusty freight-lines of California, the super-speeds of the German network — all from the driver's chair.

Peter Hoskin: The aim of the game is to take digital trains along real-life routes — the south-east corner of Britain, the dusty freight-lines of California, the super-speeds of the German network — all from the driver’s chair

Peter Hoskin: The aim of the game is to take digital trains along real-life routes — the south-east corner of Britain, the dusty freight-lines of California, the super-speeds of the German network — all from the driver's chair

But, really, this is about the sound the passenger doors make when you shut them from your cabin, or the sight of rainfall streaming from your front window. It's one of the purest simulations I've ever encountered.

It helps that Train Sim World 3 is beautiful. Not beautiful in the photorealistic, Call Of Duty sense — there are plenty of times when the graphics are a bit buggy — but in the sense that the game knows how to paint big (and often threatening) skies above your head. It gets the colours and the feelings spot on.

And it helps, too, that it is all so welcoming. Everything

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