Open Rails Free Train Simulator
Latest version: open rails 1.3.1
The download DOES NOT include any content – no routes, trains, activities – just the Railway simulation program.
If you have any content or Microsoft Train Simulator already installed, then you can use the program for those routes and drive the trains straight away.
If not, then you will need to install some. However, You do not need Microsoft Train Simulator installed in order to use this software.
When Microsoft Train Simulator is installed, you can then safely make use of all the Microsoft Train Simulator content as it does not change any Microsoft Train Simulator files.
Most non-Microsoft Train Simulator routes, activities and rolling stock make use of some Microsoft Train Simulator content, usually sound files, textures and cab interiors.
If products designed for Microsoft Train Simulator are used on a PC with Open Rails but not Microsoft Train Simulator, then they are likely to work but some sounds and textures will be missing.
Such files will be listed with warnings in the Open Rails log file.
Give Open Rails a shot! It’s continuously being updated, but is also backwards-compatible with original MSTS content which was designed for much older computers.
It’s quite lightweight as a result, while still allowing for modern content to be developed.
Add-ons designed for Microsoft Train Simulator (MSTS) may rely on files from the Microsoft Train Simulator product. For instance:
- Routes provided with an Install.bat file that copies shapes and textures from the routes on the Microsoft Train Simulator CDs.
- Locomotives that re-use cabviews or sounds from the locomotives on the Microsoft Train Simulator CDs (see folder TRAINSET).
- Rolling stock that have sound management (SMS) files that refer to wave files from the Microsoft Train Simulator CDs
See Microsoft Train Simulator MSTS here
Official Official Website & Open Rails 1.3.1 download
Open Rails 1.3.1 download
works well on Windows PCs from Windows XP* onwards (including Windows 10). It does not work on Windows XBox, Windows Phone or non-Windows platforms.
* Windows XP requires Service Pack 3 (SP3)
