Geoff, I'm not a tube driver, however I do shunt Class 66s, and when doing so in the dark, as Matt said, I drive with the Cab light off, as driving with it on reduces viability and I get a nice reflection of my high vis clothes (and ugly mug) in the window 😂

Cab light off Geoff, every time. When its on you see a constant reflection of yourself, most off putting.

To answer the question, I drive with the cab lights off, although some of my colleagues prefer to have the lights on. Reflection in the front windscreen is a problem in the tunnels when the cab is fully lit (at least it is on my line, with the 95's), and with the lights off I get the added advantage of being able to spot any suspicious shadows before entering a lit platform, not to mention it makes monitoring the closed door visuals (the pilot light) much easier. And in case anyone is wondering, yes, I know where all the buttons and switches are in the dark :) Things not often modeled in simulators: when leaving a tunnel after nearly an hour underground, you get into the habit of turning the cab light on as soon as you can see daylight to get your eyes accustomed to the sudden brightness, even on overcast days. That prevents being temporarily blinded. Love your videos, hope to see you on my line soon :)

Next episode- least used station on the TSW2 Bakerloo line

"Playing the PlayStation version", Geoff says... Holding what looks to me to be an Xbox controller?

why is matt not wearing his cat ear headset

I wouldn't think that Geoff would do TSW2.

"Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover ever" Me: *Shows this video*

Funnily enough, I was on the Bakerloo Line and the Ryde pier Line yesterday. And have just played on the Bakerloo Line at home in Oxfordshire. Got to say, much thanks for the enthusiasm from Geoff and the wonderfull products from Dovetail Games, much, much appreatied! Thank you and very good work from both parties!!!!

Was expecting Geoff to have a full train sim in his house

The attention to detail on this line is really interesting, even the passenger lights flicker when there is a break in the circuit.

Geoff, you are bang on with this. Good shout man, nice to see you notice TSW2 - much more than the Bakerloo Line but lovely to have

It's such a great game. Love that you finally made a video of this!

I'll have to get one of these...ironic that history's repeating itself "real-train wise," the Bakerloo had the oldest stock on the system with the 1938 Stock in the 70's and 80's, when the '72 Stock was still relatively new...now the '72 Stock's the oldest, again on the Bakerloo!! Re: the '38 Stock on the IoW, I hope they can keep going until January with just 2 trains, they were back to hourly over there yesterday with one broken down out of service. They all got shipped over there in 1988/89 in NSE livery, it's only since privatiseation that they've found their way back into LT red, via that wonderfully garish "dinosaur" livery!!

If ever there was a time for Virtual All The Stations...

Oh man - that looks awesome. Used to catch the Bakerloo all the time when I lived in London until moving back to NZ a couple of year ago and now I have to get this game. And a console to play it on...

Ooh, Isle of Wight in addition to the Bakerloo Line! That means Geoff can drive the IoW train and then one day finally get to ride it for real! :D

Cool video. I've really enjoyed playing Train Sim World 2 and Train Sim World 2020. The detail in the game is stunning. :)

For so long I’ve wanted this and finally I’ve got it!

World of Subways 3 lets you ride the circle line and the hammersmith bit. The game has been out for years and the detail looks equally as good.

Geoff plays a game... Didnt think id ever see this.

thanks for posting this video, otherwise I would have no idea this game existed :) added to tonights main activity line, I hope they will do Picadilly eventually,

Hi Geoff, i'm watching your video's now for a month and i love it! You're one of the most interesting youtuber!

Mate thank you so much for making this video this is exactly what I needed now I might get isle of white and the tsw2 thank you so much

Geoff: I try it on their PlayStation in the office! **Sees Xbox controller** **Hides muffled laughter**

Great feature Geoff, I’m not a player of video games but I enjoyed your interview all the same.

I played the first TSW game having been a driver out of Manchester Victoria just after the time it was set(Redbank closed while I was in training) I was amazed how the game really captured the experience the developers did a wonderful job. If I may add I went on to have a pretty unique career working on the railway not just in the UK and would like to answer the real world application question that was asked, this platform could unquestionably be used to train road learning especially around major stations with multiple combinations of routes the issue when you road learn live so to speak is you can spend ages training somewhere(I remember going up to Preston to do so and the first "live" train I ran into the station was through a combination of signaling I had not seen once while road learning, plus there is no "dead" time)

Another brilliant video! I really enjoyed this :)

thanks for this, i started getting gaming with MS Train Sim then dovetail's Rail Sim and now TSW. great to play train sim to calm down after stressful day

Train Sim isn't really my thing but I've got so say, its great the enthusiasm these guys have for the making the finished product.

Most tube drivers drive with the cab light off, I don’t often see them drive with the light on. Usually when I’ve gotten a lift in the cab the Train Op puts the light on so we can see each other whilst we talk. I’ve only had three TO’s drive with the light off with me in the cab.

I started playing Train sim world 2020 (Called Train sim world at that point) back in 2018. I have been water a London underground line since I started playing. I played the east coast way when it came out and it was the closest thing to it yet. And then I saw the trailer for Train sim world 2 and there was a tube train in it!!!!!

oml yes! we been waiting for this vid for months!

I just love train simulators. You can drive any train around the world without leaving home. Really makes you appreciate trains and those who drive them to get you to your destination even more

Ah, the Minecraft pig controller - my wife has one to play Xbox with the kids! Very interesting video - the work that goes into something like this is incredible!

Geoff x TSW2 = the best possible video on the KZfaq algorithm

Really need the entire underground as a game in this kind of detail.

This looks fun. I've had the Japanese train simulator BVE for some time, on Windows and LInux. I have the Northern Line route, and stopping at stations is definitely the hardest skill to master. The level of detail in this is amazing. I'm going to have a decision to make, Steam on Linux on my workstation or Win8.1 on my laptop.

I really hope they add the Piccadilly Line in the future!

Geoff your face when he told you about the Isle of Wight train was priceless.

Wow Geoff, genuinely didn't expect you to play this! Great video :D

It’s a great sim. Got it for xBox One. Dovetail did a great job on the detail and the game experience. From the riders perspective, I’d love to see a little movement of the carriages to get the feel that you are riding. Would love to see this expand to either the Piccadilly line or Central Line

This was a really good episode Geoff! I like that you managed to get a interview with Math. I play TSW 2 on my PC and like it quite much and I am an ex train driver (in Switzerland), and I can confirm that TSW is probably the most realistic in terms of driving experience I've ever seen. TS2020 I also have, and this might be better from a pure graphical point of view, considering the vast selection of routes available, but in dynamics I think TSW is better.

Would be nice if Dovetail would support the RailDriver USB accessory on PC, add in a sprinkle of VR and then you would have truly an immersive experience! :) Great video Geoff!

Amazing video ❤ Love the Bakerloo Line woohoo ❤

OMG NO WAY NO WONDER I SAW U IN THE STREAM

I have this. Its really good fun. Although its a little bit buggy when you're scenario involves finishing a service and going to a shed, and you still have passengers onboard the tube train you're driving! XD But hey, no game is ever perfect.

"We pitch this as a game" Literally *Sim* in the name of the game

I might have to buy this, I like the Bakerloo line as it's not too far away from where I live and it smells as a Tube line should.

Very interesting and enjoyable video Geoff.

Love this. Need to hold of a copy to have a play now. x

Brilliant game, looking forward to the HS1 DLC

Awsome Sauce! i hope you could do a livestream on this game soon!

West Coast Main Line at Queens Park, Geoff 😀

Ah Chatham Station. Commuted in the 80's from there to Cannon Street. Memories.

It's a pity you didn't meet Sam. He is a character 😂

I'm not a tube train driver but I have been on the old stock many years ago and the drivers drive with the lights off and the sounds are spot on

Still find it insane that Train Sim 2021 total DLC cost is like £10k, no joke.

Love the look of this already

Have this game for Xbox, constantly play it

Train World Simulator 2. Yes. 😂

TSW2 was what really got me into trains

It’s a great game. Only negative is that they have missed out the automatic train announcements, which is a massive part of the experience I feel. The very best/realistic tube sim to date for me is World of Subways - Circle Line. This Bakerloo one does comes a close second. I hope they do the Piccadilly next, Uxbridge to Cockfosters - that’s a healthy length of a line!

there's a few other underground routes, world of subways 3 is one we covered on our channel with the circle line, we also drove the waterloo and city line in openbve

I've always wanted you to do this :D

Light on or light off, bit like socks on or socks off! ;)

Now the Picc. I would be very interested if that came out. I have a friend who drives on the Picc and would love to hear what she had to say about it. Great work.

Looks so clean haha

TSW is gr8 with the feature of being able to walk along the coaches inside and choose what seat to sit on 😀👍. Also walking from coach to coach and opening and shutting the doors is really gr8 . I hope TSW will add more routes as time goes on, like the scottish routes .

Hopefully the Picadilly line will come as a payware addon!

Great video, I’ve just bought the Isle Of Wight line. However, I am still confused if you’ve been there or not!

This was a cool interview tho, these are questions i would of asked also

Years ago, when employed at a research institute I worked on a train sim made by students for Dutch operator NS. Programming parts of the route editor, guilty for trains on Texel ;) This game is way more advanced. Tried it today but currently have no useable game machine ;( must be lots of fun.

Hi, Geoff nice video! I have always been a big fan of your channel and trains. I've always wanted to meet you!

Love the Channel 👍

Thank u for this interview I didn't know dovetail games is a European train sim developer and I play both train sim world and train sim world 2

I’m more into Train Simulator (2021) the latest version than Train Sim World 2 but it was a lovely interview indeed.

I play and love this game!!

That's Matt! Used to do TS stuff at model railway shows.

I completely missed this back then and just found it for free in the Epic Game Store. I hope it was a succes despite that though because this seems lovely! Will definitely play it tonight and see how it 'feels'. If I play it enough, I'll make sure to get some DLC :)

Train simulation is amazing it will grow and increase to be the best

The Bakerloo Line comes out on the West Coast Mainline

Great!

I can't wait to get this game since I love the 1st one

Yes and coming this week barely a week after The Isle Of Wight Add-on is another add-on this time on DB's Hauptstrecke route between Munich and Augsburg.

Great video love tsw2

Shared to a friend of mine who is a Tube Driver :D

I did work experience at Morden in 2004. The drivers I spoke to all said that they preferred to run with the can lights off, purely on the basis that they're able to see the signals properly

Nice video mate

I love what dovetail does. They just need to focus a bit more on fixing bugs. Quite often their games are quite bug ridden. However they do fix them in time. I think they are small so this does make sense. Niche market however so sad. I hope one day they make a version of their sim that is completely compatible with VR and steam locos. Would be nice to actually have to turn valves and grab a shovel and fire a boiler.

Well that's different. Lovely video.

Been waiting for this

The new off the rails and livery designer opens anything up. Remember in secrets of the Elizabeth line you mentioned purple trains being introduced on the IOW...

All of us drivers drive with the lights off weather it be tube or mainline. Also the Isle of Wight trains are the wrong way round. The A end points towards the pier and the D end towards Shanklin

I have this game I love it!

Geoff needs a let's play series

Geoff: And in between playing the PlayStation version.... Also Geoff: Playing the Xbox version (if you pause the video at just the right moment you can see he's using an Xbox controller)

I have this game, definitely recommend, worth the money (isle of wight island line came out for it today too, with 1938 stock)!

Finally Geoff get his hand on TSW2. You might be surprised how much of a following this game has.

This would be so cool in VR 😮😮