Train Simulator 2013 Saitek ProFlight X-Plane: ATR 72 ... - Aerosoft

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a speed requires a lot of focus on the route, the
stops and the signs indicating the kilometres are
virtually flying by. If you are not sure, you can view
the map of the route (key “M”) which simplifies
the task to get the ICE to Leipzig.
From Leipzig to Saalfeld
The main line starting in Leipzig-Leutzsch is passing
through Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
At the beginning of the project it was established
as a long-distance connection between
Munich and Berlin.
This section of the route, which was used for
freight traffic in GDR times, is where most of the
freight tasks in PTP 2 take place.
Here, the powerful six-axle freight locomotive can
prove itself in front of a heavy brown coal train in
double heading as in former times. But the aforementioned
ICE trains, which cover this section
through Jena-Paradies and partly Naumburg, are
also very present.
Further new locomotives like the 189 and the series
152 are pulling freight- and regional trains. In
addition, Ludmilla takes over a trip. A total of 48
tasks want to be completed by the amateur train
driver.
From Saalfeld to Nurenberg
This track has a total of 49 tasks to offer. One varied
task provided me container train pulled by
series 294 arriving from Kulmbach. Currently, it is
parked in Hochstadt-Marktzeuln and the train driver
needs to take it to Lichtenfels where a change
of locomotives is scheduled to take place in the
shunting area.
The slightly weak 294 will be replaced by a 189.
The latter, driven by the user, shall take over the
further transport to Nuremberg Central Station.
The train controller gives the instructions in
a small window which need to be followed. This
demands precise working and monitoring of the
signals when you are shunting.
Pros and cons
Announcements provide atmosphere when you
are driving and the good thing about this is that
the original voices sweeten the train sim experience
in PTP 2. Train passengers know these voices
and connect the simulation with the real train.
A guard had a little slip of the tongue, so the user
has the impression that the guard really is in one
of the carriages, the special one for announcements
of the staff. On trips through Saxony and
Thuringia you temporarily hear a compatriot speaking
in Saxon dialect and the woman’s voice from
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