EX-Railroader Tries Run 8 Train Simulator - Fitzgerald Sub Operations

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Жыл бұрын

We're back and we're finally trying Run 8 Train Simulator. As some of you may know, I am an ex-railroader and we see exactly how things compare to the real life Fitzgerald Sub.
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@drewharman1690 Жыл бұрын

Since PTC came about they took about all the fun out of running! They do t want you stretch braking or anything like that dynamic first then air! Worked for NS for 8 years and walked away in 2021! Wish it was the same railroad I grew up watching in the early 2000s

@johngreenstone5245 Жыл бұрын

Shoot, I guess I didn't adjust the 70ACes enough; I knocked them down some for Update06 but I see they still got pretty hot.

@spurgaming5400 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they seem a little on the spicey side. Thinking back on it, AC units were never ever a concern and with DC units we didn't care LOL.

@tropicalties3806 10 ай бұрын

Very informative. I could listen to these all day. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

@spurgaming5400 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! I"m really glad people enjoy!

@SeanMurrellRTS Жыл бұрын

Very nice video. Haven't got past Woodland just yet but it looks great. Well done Jason!

@KerboOnYT Жыл бұрын

Nice info and video, thanks for the stories. Also 100% agree on graphics not making for a good game 25:50

@spurgaming5400 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've always felt very strongly about that. I've played a lot of games with really low-end graphics that were incredibly entertaining and immersive and then I've played games with the best graphics that I hated.

@leaf8122 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed the video. Love the commentary.

@spurgaming5400 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Leaf! I really appreciate that!

@StalkerActualGaming Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Been waiting for you to do this one brother! So basically I need to reinstall Run8, got it! 😆 Looking forward to the “How to set up Run8” video 😂

@spurgaming5400 Жыл бұрын

Stalker! I didn't know you had Run 8! Sure, I can do a setup video or anything else you might be having trouble with.

@darrenberkey7017 8 ай бұрын

As a PC gamer of more than 30+ years, I fully agree that graphics don't necessarily make a great game, and I think many young gamers these days are too spoiled with "next gen" graphics engines and the ridiculous "need" for more than 60 fps at 4K. However, I do enjoy realistic graphics as much as the next person, so I will also say that that graphical improvements can make a great game even better. 😉 Thanks for the video! I haven't gotten into Run 8 yet, but this kind of content really helps with my information gathering process on making the decision to buy it.

@spurgaming5400 8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed and you're absolutely right! To me amazing graphics is the icing on a good cake.

@jaredklock8754 12 күн бұрын

I know you said route era is 2002-2003, I run modern still. 🤣

@BenjaminEsposti Жыл бұрын

Cool pic of that B36-7! Thanks for the absolute wall of information. I can say without a doubt, you definitely knew your stuff back then. It's a shame the way they are doing things now. Some of it I get, but other things are just sucky...

@spurgaming5400 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! A little story about that pic with the B36. That was a 10,000 ton phosphate train with the B36-7 in the lead along with the two SD40-2s. That B36 was soo slippery pulling all that tonnage at slow speeds that we basically only made it 30 miles into our 201 mile trip before we went dead lol. We went up our first little grade at 4 mph which was never really an issue with any other train.

@BenjaminEsposti Жыл бұрын

@@spurgaming5400 I bet the TE/loading profile is different than on those SD's, am I right? You gotta have locomotives that are well "matched" otherwise one just does all the work. At least it didn't catch fire! (Or, is that just a Dash-x/AC4400CW thing?)

@ClothTiger Ай бұрын

Great video. At 10:40, shouldn't that signal on the right track be red? EDIT: Ooooh, dwarf says red, so we go by that as it's a siding?

@spurgaming5400 Ай бұрын

Thanks! Yes the dwarf governs the siding, the tall signal with the blue light (doll arm) governs the main. The doll arm signifies that there is another track between the signal and the track governed by the signal. Hope that makes sense...

@ClothTiger Ай бұрын

@@spurgaming5400 Makes sense, thank you. :)

@dylanroland3992 2 ай бұрын

Would love to run NS from Macon to Savannah

@spurgaming5400 2 ай бұрын

That would be a cool trip. I've always thought Macon to Jax would be nice.

@kobeshub433 Жыл бұрын

Great insight into the history of the fitz, subbed! Btw what truck sounds you using? 😄they sound really good

@StormHunter71 Жыл бұрын

Thank You Spur :)

@TravelingConductor Жыл бұрын

@Spur Gaming This is the guy you wanna talk to! Jason is the dev for all the SE routes on Run8.

@StormHunter71 11 ай бұрын

@@TravelingConductor Spur got me into Run8, there would have been no Hyrail without him

@fitzayadventures Жыл бұрын

We have to set 10 pounds and drag loads down hill for this brake health detector they have and I like it more than the old way with dynos for sure.

@spurgaming5400 Жыл бұрын

Right, I'm a big fan of using air in a sim setting on the Fitz, then on the west coast routes I wind up using dynos more on routes like Needles, etc. To me you just cant beat air when you need to transition to power quick. Thanks for the comment!

@THE_IRON_HORSE Жыл бұрын

I think they might be getting rid of psr, I've been seeing more trains that are shorter, more yard transfers ect so that's good

@spurgaming5400 Жыл бұрын

Hopefully so as I'm not a fan at all. Its all about that one-man crew. Since they couldn't reduce it back to one man, they just doubled the trains together and eliminated a whole crew.

@22jbwest Жыл бұрын

Hope you do more run8.

@spurgaming5400 Жыл бұрын

I'll be doing some more from time to time. Thanks for watching!

@StormHunter71 11 ай бұрын

did some art for Run8 is an understatement

@spurgaming5400 11 ай бұрын

Lol maybe.

@subjectc7505 Жыл бұрын

I'm more a military helicopter and airplane guy, but i have tried out some train simulators and it seems interesting and different.

@spurgaming5400 Жыл бұрын

I enjoy them. They are just a time investment almost always. Same as flying an airliner in a flight sim.

@subjectc7505 Жыл бұрын

@@spurgaming5400 it did took me a lot of time in train sim, mostly with the brakes and getting the train moving.

@killman369547 Жыл бұрын

@@subjectc7505 It's funny, for me getting the train moving and stopped hasn't been terribly hard. For me it's the "How do i get these cars where they need to be, the first time without too much BS" which is the hard part. The first time i ran L-CAL 0611 i missed Boron in Mojave by 2 whole sidings because i had no idea where TF i was supposed to go. That was a quit the game and try again moment.

@subjectc7505 Жыл бұрын

@@killman369547 I remember spending hours in train simulator trying to move the train 😂

@MerlinKernow75 Жыл бұрын

Looking that getting this game. Not just for the driving but for the controlling side of it aswell.

@spurgaming5400 Жыл бұрын

I've heard of a few people where dispatching is all that they do.

@JackFruh Жыл бұрын

This sim is great.

@kingofnothing8668 7 ай бұрын

Or you could be like me and forget to knock handbrakes off...at least it was a local lol. Have to ask, with the grades and "barely enough power" coal trains, how often would someone get a knuckle or stall on the hills?

@spurgaming5400 7 ай бұрын

Out of all the coal trains I caught, I had one that got a knuckle or stalled though I remember hearing plenty of guys that did. I guess I was lucky as all my trips were step on, step off. Plus the AC44s were still new back then and pulled really good. I remember catching some that still smelled like fresh paint inside.

@gschneck260 Жыл бұрын

Do you use a RailDriver? Your thoughts on it vs keyboard control please?

@RobertMossFishingandOutdoors Жыл бұрын

We're can I get my hands on those Truck sounds? Sounds amazing

@ernesttagliaboo6376 Жыл бұрын

Love American Trains!💪🇺🇸❤️😊

@spurgaming5400 Жыл бұрын

I am too! They were super fun to work on and amazing at the amount of weight they could move.

@ernesttagliaboo6376 Жыл бұрын

@@spurgaming5400 I saw in Facebook a Video where this US Train Burns but still Work! 💪🇺🇸❤️ Here in Germany 🇩🇪 in my Town near Hannover, is often ab American 🇺🇸 Diesel Train, he is really loud but very pretty!❤️😊🙌

@jeffryb 9 ай бұрын

Doll arm?

@spurgaming5400 9 ай бұрын

It's the little blue light, on an arm, off to the side of some of the signals. It means a track intervenes between the signal and the track governed by the signal.

@MrBonger88 Жыл бұрын

How does this compare against Train Sim World 3?

@KerboOnYT Жыл бұрын

Apples and oranges. Run 8 is a railroad simulator focused on realism and TSW is a pretty game

@spurgaming5400 Жыл бұрын

I've never played Train Sim World 3 so I honestly can't say but I was big into MSTS and then played Railworks back in the day and I can honestly say it's the closest thing to what it was like by far. One of the things lacking to me about the whole experience is just the lack of motion in the cab. Like at times it could be really bouncy and rough. Sometimes a lot of lateral side to side motion as well. SD50s were really bad about that lateral motion for whatever reason. Sometimes they would get to bouncing side to side and you would think they were never going to stop.

@KerboOnYT Жыл бұрын

@@spurgaming5400 I'm not sure which game you're talking about for lack of motion but note that Run 8 has cab motion and the amount is controlled by the Sea Sickness multiplier under the Sim-Options menu

@damderrick 8 ай бұрын

I have a question to all the run8 community. I'm new to the sim, going on 3 months. I bought the Fitz and Waycross subs 2 weeks ago and went over to the Hyrail website to install the cumulative 3 route update. After that the A Line shows up and loads with all the assets, tracks graphics, ect. Fully functional and operational. AI trains run through and everything. After the hyrail update I then performed the run8 updater app and some additional files installed. Is this normal? I mean I'm not complaining, that's $40 bucks saved. Just wondering if anyone else came across this. Enjoy your videos as well, very informative to a noob like me.