Microsoft Train Simulator ; The best rail game ever

Microsoft Train Simulator ; The best rail game ever

Microsoft Train Simulator (abbreviated to MSTS) is a train simulator for Microsoft Windows, released in July 2001 and developed by UK-based Kuju Entertainment.

The simulation allows players to operate a train on various routes in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Players need to stop and start the train, couple wagons, using the computer mouse, keyboard or a hardware addition such as Rail driver to operate the controls. Sound effects are enabled.

The game features mod support as routes, trains, cargoes, scenery, etc. are abundant in the game. The installment of the mods is quite tricky since they have to be loaded into set files like Routes for Routes and Trainset for Trains, rollingstock, consists, etc.

Over 500 mods were created for the game and are mostly hosted on large community sites. Additionally, MSTS BIN, a community mod that aimed to add features and fix old MSTS bugs has since been released.