Trainz
Trainz is a series of 3D train simulator video games. The simulators consist of route and session editors called Surveyor, and the Driver module, that loads a route and lets the player operate and watch the…
Trainz is a simulator developed by Auran Games, released 1 November 2001 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Trainz is
Trainz is a simulator game developed by Auran Games and released in 2001. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Trainz is a series of 3D train simulator video games. The simulators consist of route and session editors called Surveyor, and the Driver module, that loads a route and lets the player operate and watch the trains run, either in "DCC" mode or "CAB" mode.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Trainz holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 15 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Trainz launched on 1 November 2001, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Grand Theft Auto III, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Halo: Combat Evolved. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Grand Theft Auto III, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved.
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