We are excited that today the Train Fever USA DLC was officially released! The DLC is available for free and features a complete American game mode.
Equivalent to the original European game mode, the player starts in 1850 and experiences more than 150 years of railroad history. More than 50 realistic American vehicles including trains, buses, streetcars and trucks are included.
To make the American experience complete, landscape and towns are modified as well. Wild West stylized American towns spread in a desert landscape and wait for a transport tycoon to be connected to the world. Also, environment elements like trees, streets and the sky have been adapted.
All vehicles are realistic. Models and textures have been developed by using blueprints and photographs of the original vehicles. As a result, the USA DLC depicts quite a piece of American railroad and transportation history.
The USA DLC has been developed in close collaboration with the modding community. We are excited that modders have contributed more than 15 vehicles. It’s great to see such an active modding community. To further support modding activities, together with the release of the USA DLC modding support was significantly extended. Most important, mods can now be enabled and disabled in-game. Also, there are more modding possibilities now.
Because the modding system has been completely reworked, we highly recommend that all players who have installed mods should clean their game installation. To do so, please first delete the “C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonTrain Fever
es” folder and second run the “Verify” option in the Steam client (Steam Client -> Train Fever -> Properties -> Local Files -> Verify Integrity of Game Cache”).
Please find the announcement including a trailer and images here.
Train Fever is a railroad-focused business simulation game. In other words, it's a modern-day Transport Tycoon with procedural content and a sophisticated city simulation.
"It’s the year 1850, and there are great times ahead! Establish a transport company and be its manager. Build infrastructure such as railways and stations, purchase transportation vehicles and manage lines. Fulfill the people’s needs and watch cities evolve dynamically.
Train Fever runs on an engine specifically developed for this game. The engine has a great innovative scope and is specialized in procedural content and urban simulation. A key point is the fact that there is no grid that game objects have to be aligned to, allowing for a great degree of freedom.
Features
Randomly generated, modifiable terrain with realistic dimensions
Advanced passenger simulation
Dynamically simulated urban development
Procedurally generated buildings
No grid - that is, the game world is not limited to 90 (or 45) degree angles
Vehicles from more than 150 years of transportation history
Passenger and freight transport
Achievements and experience points
Detailed 3D graphics
Freely adjustable zoom factor
MINIMAL SETUP
OS: Ubuntu 12.10 or higher (64-bit)
Processor: Intel Core 2 DuoMemory: 2 GB RAM
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 8800 512 MB. ATI Radeon HD 3850 512 MBAdditional Notes: Proprietary graphics driver needed