A-Train is back, and better than ever. The biggest and best city builder, transport simulation game returns with a host of new features.
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A-Train 9 has had many major upgrades to the feature set and game play options over the years, with this version, Japan Rail Simulator, being the new pinnacle of the game.
The biggest and best city builder, transport simulation game returns with a host of new features.
Drive a train! Actually step inside the cab and take control.
New control options.
Speed restricted track ensure your trains arrive when they are supposed to
Vehicle groups give you the vision you need to control up to 200 trains
New track layout options. The offset X junction, very handy for your marshaling yards and control of the entrance to sprawling muti-platform stations
New road flexibility. City blocks and roads that run at 45 degrees to add greater flexibility to your cities and allow more realistic city-scapes to be built.
With more trains, buildings and track side objects than ever!
The new version of A-Train has a stack of new features that focus on the two most important aspects of game play: realism and control.
Enhanced Realism
A-Train is about creating working, profitable cities built around a strong transport network. Over the years we have seen our players create some fantastic cities, the scale and scope of which is staggering.
Whether it is the painstaking re-creation of 100 km² real-life cities, or imaginative sprawling utopias, A-Train has always allowed the player to use their imagination. The latest version increases the scale and scope of the game 100%. Twice as many vehicles can be placed on landscapes with twice as many art assets. More road and track-side features with new levels of flexibility in the way that road and rail are built.
The player can now use these tools to create more realistic and involved cities either from real-life or from their imagination. This extra realism is balanced by some great new control options which work at both the individual vehicle level and the management control level of the game.
Become the Driver
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to actually drive one of your trains? To actually experience the challenges the engineers may face in keeping to the speed limit, providing a comfortable ride, and delivering the goods and passengers on time? Well, in A-Train 9 V4 Japan Rail Simulator, it's now possible to step on the footplate and take control. Either from the first-person engineers point of view, or from a bird’s-eye 3rd person viewpoint, experience your cities like never before.
It’s not just trains. Jump on board a car or boat and see your creations from whole new perspectives. Ever wondered what it would be like to be a citizen or a worker in your city? While now you can find out.
Double the Vehicles
Doubling the number of vehicles in the game adds a massive amount of scope and scale to the game, and that brings with it its own challenges. It might be overwhelming to have 200 trains running simultaneously. Understanding what they are all doing and how to optimize their timetables and routes with so much going on would be a challenge for anyone.
Plan Your Routes
A-Train 9 V4 Japan Rail Simulator adds new features that bring you control from the transport planner level.
It's now possible to sort and filter your vehicles by type and group them into color-coded teams. How you use these features is up to the player. You may want to group your trains by the routes they travel, or perhaps separate them into long distance and commuter trains. It might certainly be a good idea to color code passenger and freight trains separately, but that choice is yours and with the filter and sort options it’s very easy to set up.
The control is there, and the choices are yours. Experiment and develop your own system using the new tools provided, and then see at a glance how your network is operating.
Precise Layout Control
The new version of A-Train offers more control than ever. Track laying has been improved, trains can now have their own custom consist and speed settings, land can be raised and flattened within the game itself (at a cost).
It's your world, creating the perfect rail and road transport system has never been more satisfying.
Assets to Create Realistic Environments
Hundreds of new art assets are included in the game. From roadside elements such as post boxes and bus stands right up to suspension bridges, landmarks airports. You can now create detailed and interesting worlds alive with detail.
Realistic or Model Scaling
Massive areas of land to expand in to. View it all in 4K resolution (with a suitable monitor) and decide whether you want to use the new 1:1 scale modelling in the game which adds a new level of realism. Whether it's the big image or the fine details, A-Train 9 V4 Japan Rail Simulator has scale covered.
KOMODO – Here To Support You
KOMODO brings a new level of support to the worldwide release of A-Train. With effort spent on localization before launch and our commitment to continue to support the game with updates, and improvements after launch, you can feel confident that this is the definitive version of A-Train.
More Than 40 New Trains!
The world of A-Train moves up a step with the introduction of our free DLC pack.
Adding more than 40 new trains, you can now create worlds more diverse than ever. Each train has its own strengths and weaknesses.
Should you choose the slow powerful work-horse capable of pulling large numbers of carriages over long distances economically? Or is the light nimble local commuter the right tool for the job?
Did We Mention – This is Free?
This huge update is completely free to existing owners of the game! It will be added to your Steam account automatically on release day.
Highlights from this DLC include:
303 Series Commuter
A passenger friendly local commuter built to cope with a shortage of trains. Cheap to operate
415-1500 Series
A light stainless steel engine designed for passenger comfort
485 Krishima
With re-introduced green livery. The work horse of the Nippo Main Line
721 Commuter
Efficient and temperature regulated. A short stop sprinter for the busy Sapporo suburbs
883 “Renewal” Livery
A tilting EMU. Handling sharp curves and rapid but comfortable acceleration and deceleration are the strong points of this light, fun vehicle.
A-Train 9 V4 Japan Rail Simulator is the latest and greatest version of the game, having all the benefits of all previous versions and these great new features added here.
Whether you are new to the game, or a returning player, there has never been a better time to ride the A-Train.
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Bought this game back in 2016 and its been a while since I played this game until recently. Its very similar to the Transport Fever/Train Fever games I am used to. That said. This game is all Japanese and it represents the Trains, Trams, Buses, Ships and Trucks. So what's it all about? Well you are put in charge of running the infrastructure to make sure that it earns a profit and that public transport has a sustainable future. Your input very much influences everything from trains running on time and expansion to lines. You can even start from scratch if you want and the game comes with a freeware train pack add-on. Note, if you a Windows 10 user like me, you will need to use the lowest settings otherwise the game will crash on bootup. Pros: You can build your transport network from scratch Design routes and places Good selection of included trains and vehicles/vessels The included scenarios/scenes are a good start if you don't like building everything from scratch Decent BGM music Good graphics Cons: The interface can be awkward to work out at first No mod support No Steam Workshop support No Multiplayer Prone to crashing in Windows 10 Price is expensive when compared to other Transport Management titles available on Steam. Overall Rating: 6/10.
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Crashes and doesn't work on modern Windows gaming machines even in compatability mode or with settings turned to minimum. Avoid.
I loved the classic 90's a-train. Charming isometric tile graphics. A complex but understandable economy. But the 3d A-train games have really been a nightmare. Absolutely no explanation for what each building does or what conditions it likes for profitability. Simple charming 2d graphics replaced with clunky low-detail 3d models. And it feels like the interface has somehow only gotten worse since the 1993. I wanted so badly to like this game, I wanted a modern take on a-train that scratched the same itch of seeing cities grow organically around your stations, but a-train 9 lacks both charm and good mechanics.
遊戲無法執行 求助無門 花冤枉錢 不值得
VERY steep learning curve in this game. It will be super frustrating at first but once you understand the economics and flow of the game play loop, it can be very rewarding watching your little cities grow. Remember the stock market is your friend, buy anything below $5 hold and watch to sell for quick cash. Build slowly if you try to expand to quickly you will go bankrupt. UI needs improvement and the game can ONLY run with LOW RES textures on a modern PC. The config tool in the launcher is your friend. Also read the manual and watch some you-tube gamer, it will help alot. Good luck and i hope you make your train station of your dreams! Expensive but worth it if you stick with it.
Zunächst mal: ich tu mir sehr schwer damit hier einen Haken bei "Empfohlen" oder "Nicht empfohlen". Das hat vorrangig damit zu tun dass es das Spiel in unterschiedlichen Versionen mit unterschiedlichem Inhalt gibt. Auf dem europäischen Markt ist das hier die aktuelle Version. Diese entspricht der japanischen 4.0 abzüglich der japanischen Züge. Mittlerweile sind es einige mehr geworden, ich glaube 60-80 Züge müssten es sein, was aber immer noch kein Vergleich zur Originalversion mit über 200 Zügen ist. Das fällt insbesondere bei der sehr mickrigen Auswahl an Güterzügen auf, es sind ganze 3, wovon einer total verbuggt ist. Auch gibt es keine einzige Tram und nur eine einzige U-Bahn. Das ist auch das größte Manko dieser Version. Ansonsten ist anscheinend alles drin was beim Original dabei war, also alle Gebäude etc. Wer Neueinsteiger in die Reihe ist und dem die Züge genügen kann hier zugreifen. Wer schon mal A-Train 9 1.0 (Bahngigant / Train Giant) hatte, der sollte es sich gut überlegen. Hier würde ich eher direkt die japanische Version (mittlerweile 5.0 mit Drehscheiben, Zugflügelungen, Umsetzen der Lok etc) Version empfehlen und dann einen Sprach-Patch zu installieren. Ob diese neue Version jemals nach Europa kommt ist nicht bekannt, aber klar ist wenn sie kommt wird sie auch um die Züge beschnitten sein. Zum Spiel selbst, und das ist bei allen Versionen gleich, ist genügend gesagt worden in den Rezensionen. Die ganzen negativen Reviews kommen daher dass der Einstieg ins Spiel nicht leicht ist. Es ist eines der komplexesten Spiele in dem Bereich, und da ist ein Cities Skylines oder Transport Fever wirklich Kinderspielzeug dagegen. Die A-Train Reihe ist was für Enthusiasten ,die viele Stunden im Micromanagement und Finetuning verbringen möchten. Wer das nicht mag oder sich nicht mit einem Spiel auseinandersetzen möchte, der sollte andere Spiele spielen. Wer neu einsteigt wird ohne vorher das Online Manual genaustens studiert zu haben und ohne sich ein paar Tutorials reingezogen zu haben gnadenlos die ersten 50 Stunden im Spiel vom Pleitegeier eingeholt. Das hat aber A-Train auch schon immer ausgezeichnet, wärhend andere Spiele jegliche Tiefe mittlerweile vermissen lassen mit faulen Ausreden der Entwickler a la "Fahrpläne sind nicht möglich wegen der Zeitskalierung" - Ach wirklich? Siehe AT9 oder CIM2. Wenn man will ist vieles möglich. Ich für mich bin aber aus den genannten Gründen bei AT 9 V5, wem aber deutlich weniger Züge reichen und wer auf Rangieren, Flügeln und Umsetzen verzichten kann, der kann hier sehr viele Stunden verbringen.
・東海、東日本、私鉄各社の車両がないので物足りない そもそも車両が50個ぐらいしかない →A9v1の日本語版のほうが多いまである ・英語わかんないと厳しい ・セールで2000円買って体験版として遊ぶのならいい ・東海パックやV5が適用できない。 modであるLOT、PET動作せず(メモリは特定した)
I remember playing the original A-Train on my Amiga 500 as a Teenager. It didnt lose any of it's charm. It has in some aspects more depth than many city builders and a nice economical aspect where you can do Investensts in Real Estate or Stocks or just use your money to developpe your rail network and the city. I keep coming back to it and hope that one day there will ba an A-Train 10.
언어의 장벽이나 하는 방법은 둘쨰치고 이 버전은 풀버전이 아닌 염가판이다. 그런데도 6만원에 마스터판에 비해 없는 열차가 많다보니까 스팀판은 안사는게 낫다. 환불했었음.
After the latest update of game, my antivirus program detected a virus inside the game update patch file. And I can not play the game anymore. I could not solve the problem even I tried to reinstall all game from my pc and installing again. And I've also tried to reach the developer and the publisher but could not have any respond. Dear developer and publisher, would you please give some feedback for this issue? I really love to play this game. Thank you.
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