If you are crazy about trains, and always
wanted to have a real experience of the Indian railways from inside the cab,
then, here’s the perfect simulator for you.
The name is Indian Train Simulator. And it
is the real deal, unlike the other simulators which show one type of pictures
in the play store page, and a completely different thing when you install and
open it.
So, the game is pretty small.
In the game, you have different types of
locomotives, and coaches of the Indian Railways. Now, some of them are
pre-installed, but others have to be downloaded and installed from the app. All
of them are free till now.
There are basically two routes, one from
Chennai Central to Bangalore, and another one is from Mumbai to Ahmedabad. The
first route is pre-installed, but you have to install the second one.
All the download sizes inside the app are
relatively small.
Now, let’s go to the gameplay. You have 4
options here:
·
Career: Here, you have three
missions which you have to download, and then complete.
·
Play now: here, you will be
given a random task, and you have to complete that.
·
Express: In this, you can
choose to drive one of the many express trains listed here. This also contains
the Rajdhani, Shatabdi expess, etc.
·
And Custom: Here, you can
choose a random locomotive, a coach, and route, and then drive on it.
Once you have chosen the type, let’s get
into the gameplay.
The game tries to maintain the originality
of the locomotive, and inside the cab.
Sad part is that none of the gauges
actually work. You have the regulator in the right hand side, and in the left,
you have different toggles like headlamps, cabin light, horn, different camera
angles, and the emergency brake.
So, when you get the green light, you are
good to go, but when you get the red light, you will be seeing what’s in front
of you that is making the signal red.
Once you get going, you have to drive
carefully, obeying the speed limits, so that you do not lose points at the last
part.
You also have to brake gently so that the
comfort level does not get to low.
And once you reach the destination, you
will get your results, and your simulation will be successful.
So, that’s it.
Thanks for visiting.
Will see you next time..