Trainz Simulator 2009 gets 2,000 users in first week

Trainz Simulator 2009, which launched on the 27th November, 2008 and is the first version available as a digital download, received 2,000 registrations within the first week. Not a bad weeks work for the developer.

Here’s a summary of what’s new in TS2009:

• The largest ever collection of quality routes, locos, rolling stock and scenery.
• Twice the detail – trains, terrain and textures in higher resolution.
• Optimizations allow twice the scenery detail as well.
• New ground clutter and decals add gritty realism to your world.
• More tools in Surveyor to allow easier terrain deformation and track laying.
• Improved physics and easier re-configuration of locos and rolling stock.
• New user interface and Help system putting Trainz power into the hands of everyone.
• Improvements to Content Manager Plus to make organizing your content even easier.
• Embedded web browser allows more interaction, more information, more immersion.
• Trainz Exchange Community Portal for online chat, blogs, wikis and “scrapbooks”.
• Screenshot and video capture functions to help capture and share your experience.
• Enormous content update to ensure maximum compatibility between versions