It has been a while since I updated Train Sim so I wanted to write a post about what I have been working on.  The main theme for the next update will be longer trains.  This means I will try to increase the number of cars for as many trains as possible.

The reason the trains were originally kept short was to make sure Train Sim performs well on slower devices.  The idea behind this tactic is that if the train is shorter the number of cars the GPU/CPU had to draw and move each frame would be reduced.

However longer trains is the feature that is the most requested by users (other then indian trains) so I decided to address this issue.  I am hoping that over the last year the number of slow/low memory devices have declined and the newer phones on the market will be able to handle these longer trains.  In order to make sure this is true I will probably only update the most popular trains, such as the Pendolino, Amtrak, TGV etc.  However if this update proves correct I will also increase car numbers for other trains as well.

Stay tuned for more news.