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February 2025 Newsletter

Recording Trips

It's often funny how things work out. For many years we have been looking to record a class 59 & 180. Then within two days of each other this month, we managed to do both! No details of these trips this time but it's always good to fill the gaps in our audio collection.

The Workbench

February has been a month of two halves. The first half was spent beginning work on a '2.0' upgrade to our Class 66 Enhancement Pack. With this pack being nearly 8 years old now, we thought it was time that such a vital part of the UK rail scene was given some love again. Our remit so far for this upgrade is (subject to change):

- Redo liveries with higher resolution visuals and weathered variants

- New liveries which have appeared in the last 8 years

- Reduce the requirements so only the DTG EWS Class 66 V2.0 is required for all liveries to work

- Newly modelled headlight variants + new headlights variants which have appeared in the last 8 years

- Improve functionality to include features expected in our new releases

- Improve sounds using new recordings and/or better mixing/implementation

Those are the main bits but we expect there to be many other smaller changes too. With such a rich variety of wagons now available for the simulator, this should be the perfect pack to finally make best use of them. When it will appear though is now a bit of an unknown; see below.

The second half of the month stopped the first half in its tracks as a project many years in the works kicked into gear again. We're not at liberty to say what it is yet, especially as it could quite easily go dormant again, but rest assured, it's a goodie.

That's all for now. If you're lucky enough to be getting some long-awaited spring sunshine like we are, get out there and enjoy it!

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