TramSim: Console Version Evaluation (PS5)

Whereas we’d have most well-liked the sights and sounds from Blackpool’s Pleasure Seashore via to Bispham, we suppose Vienna’s iconic tram line comes a detailed second. TramSim: Console Version is a scrappy locomotive title trying to broaden on the success of Practice Sim World 3, and whereas it lacks the TLC of Dovetail’s flagship simulation, it’s definitely profitable at embedding you in its beautiful surroundings.

We’ve by no means visited the Austrian capital – if the developer wish to invite us over for analysis functions, we’ll fortunately pack a bag instantly – however we spent slightly little bit of time taking a look at YouTube reference movies, and there’s no query this launch options some exceptional consideration to element. Regardless of by no means setting foot within the metropolis, we have been ready to pick a lot of real-life landmarks and buildings, purely as a result of we’d seen them within the recreation.

Exterior of the startup process – which you’ll decide to skip in most modes – working the trams is extremely simple, and that makes the gameplay lots breezier than a few of the routes in Practice Sim World 3. However some cumbersome management elements may be infuriating, and we wished higher effort would have been made to actually tune the title to consoles – it looks like going again to a simulator from a decade in the past, when builders hadn’t fairly grasped the idea of a standard recreation pad.

Whereas there are some extra particular situations with predetermined objectives and goals, you’ll get most of your enjoyment simply driving the tram round. A second route impressed by Munich provides some much-needed selection, though you do get the sense that the developer spent the vast majority of its time and finances on Vienna, as that is clearly the extra detailed of the 2 places.

Whereas there’s a mild sense of development enabled by an XP system, the sport usually feels fairly hands-off by way of steering or route. We loved studying the operation of the trams and even the signalling system, however as soon as we’d pushed each routes a handful of occasions, we didn’t really feel massively compelled to do it once more. By comparability, Practice Sim World 3 – with its medals, collectibles, and deeper situations – feels much more moreish, and thus we’d solely actually advocate TramSim: Console Version when you’re comfy with setting your individual guidelines and rewards.