If that’s something that interests you, then maybe you should pick up this game to find out more about these fascinating machines, because the models and parts are very realistic. Fun fact: The wheels of modern diesel engines are not driven by the engine and a transmission like a car, but robust electric motors that are powered by the diesel engine. Some components are shared amongst the different train styles, such as the main trucks, also known as a bogie, which houses all the axles and electric motors of both electric and diesel trains. As you progress through the jobs, you’ll move from the diesel freight locomotives to electric commuter trains, and finally to the old workhorse of America, steam engines. These jobs start as simple as changing hydraulic brake lines and advance to more complicated tasks like tearing down diesel engines cylinders or stripping the drive system down to just the truck frame in order to repair and reassemble. Train Mechanic Simulator is a linear game which presents you with a set of jobs that will get more complex as gameplay progresses. If you’ve played any of the previous 'Mechanic Simulator' games, then most of the game mechanics will be nothing new to you. I’m personally praying to the simulations gods that one day we’ll have one giant simulation ecosystem where these are all tied together. The titles are a dream come true for those of us who grew up tearing apart machines and appliances and who want to get our hands dirty without having to move around thousands of points worth of wheels and axles to do it. This is a genre that I’ve been hoping would be resurrected for many years and each one of these games seems to build on each other. The earlier games were innovative and filled a void in my gaming life that I’ve had since playing Street Rod, a DOS game in the early 90s, and Gearhead Garage in 1999. Train Mechanic Simulator is built on a very similar (if not the same) engine as previous PlayWay Simulation titles such as Farm, Truck, and Car Mechanic Simulator. Train Mechanic Simulator was in Steam's top thirty in global sales and is firmly seated in popular new releases after launch. This is Si7's first title, but they’re standing on the shoulders of giants.

One of those titles is Train Mechanic Simulator, developed by Si7 Studio. PlayWay, a Polish company, has forty-four development teams at their disposal and sixty-six games currently in development. The publisher PlayWay is an absolute juggernaut in the simulation space.

You need to be faithful to the simulation itself to provide immersion and realism, while balancing the fact that most tasks in the real world are repetitive, tedious, and don’t necessarily make for a fun game.

The world of simulation games is a tricky business.

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