That huge collection of community-developed add-on content for MSTS will never be duplicated in newer train sims, much like with Flight Sim, and some are true works of art. Requires getting either a used copy or a pirated copy.
That requires that one have MSTS installed, of course. MSTS provides, in effect, a standard library of objects and trains that are used in add-on content. Most) of the free ones make use of some objects in the default routes. Many add-on routes have been developed, and many (arguably, It was the firstĪnd still, as a single program, most successful train simulator game, partly due to timing and partly to its relatively open attitude toward re-use of scenery and train objects in add-on content.
Microsoft Train Simulator (MSTS) has been off the market for nearly a decade (since the Activision release disappeared) and closing in on two since MS itself stopped selling it, but it's still the basis for an active enthusiast community.
