Announcing Train Sim World 6 and more!
▹ Arriving later this year with new great value bundles!
▹ The Free Starter Pack will be returning for a limited time after launch
▹ Supporting Steam, Epic Games, PS4/5, Xbox One, Series S/X and Xbox for PC
▹ Continuing our focus on key optimsation improvements
▹ Tune in the Dovetail Direct: Summer 2025 event on August 26th
▹ Additional brand-new titles being developed by Dovetail Games
Third Party Partners
▹ Announcing the WMR & XC BR Class 170 Add-on from Rivet Games!
▹ Class 86 + Mk2f Coaches from Just Trains – Arriving on July 15th!
▹ Expert DB BR 101 on Kassel - Würzburg Gameplay Pack from TSG – Coming this month!
Add-on Timeline Summary
Patches and Updates
▹ Recent Train Sim World 5 Patches
Community Corner
▹ July Monthly Mastery Challenges – Live Now!
▹ Dovetail Games is attending The Greatest Gathering!
Welcome back to the Roadmap for Train Sim World, where we share insights into our progress on new content, updates and future announcements for developments from our teams and our range of third-party partner developers.
If you’re joining us for the first time, this is a monthly check-in that will continue the conversation between our teams and all of our community, sharing brand new announcements, updates and sneak peeks on our content in-development, as well as new ways for you to get involved with mastery rewards and upcoming events.
In this months update, we have a huge new announcement for Train Sim World 6, and a new Dovetail Direct coming up on August 26th 2025! Now, you won't find any specific details at this point, you'll have to wait for the Direct event to find out more, but we have revealed answers to key question we know you'll all be asking, including the return of the Free Starter Pack and much more!
We also have further details for remaining add-ons coming to Train Sim World 5, from Just Trains and TSG, including a brand-new announcement from Rivet Games with the WMR & XC BR Class 170 Add-on!
Be sure to also read on for upcoming updates to Train Sim World 5, and news across the community, including new monthly Mastery and our attendance at The Greatest Gathering in August 2025!
Let’s dive in!
Firstly, we've got some huge news to share: Train Sim World 6 is arriving this year! Let's hear it from your regular roadmap hosts Alex and Matt:
Expect the Unexpected! - Anyone got any guesses for what's coming up?
So, before you ask why we are revealing this early, a reminder that we have to avoid JD leaking this all on our Roadmap livestream tonight, so this was the next best option.
But more seriously, we're incredibly excited to share the news, and we believe that letting you all know sooner helps us join in the conversations, stay open and engaged with you all over the next couple months as we approach the Dovetail Direct, with our team helping alleviate any worries or questions regarding key details for what we have in store.
We're not going to give away the details about the content just yet, so get your best speculation threads ready, but we can confirm the good bits, starting with the return of the Free Starter Pack, your way to enter Train Sim World 6 at no cost, either as an existing player with a range of TSW compatible content, or someone brand-new to the series looking to hop in!
Train Sim World 6 will of course bring a range of great value paid bundles to get your hands on, and it will be available for all the same platforms we currently support for TSW5 too, including those on Gen8 consoles.
Performance and optimisation remains to be a keen focus of our dev team, and in the last month we've been able to share the first selection of these updates, but you can expect us to keep going and improving the experience.
Oh, and one final thing - our teams at Dovetail Games have been developing brand new titles, one of which we're excited to start talking about very soon! Again, don't expect any details today for this, but stay tuned across our socials, website and community spaces for more information in the coming weeks.
Finally - for the full details of content coming in Train Sim World 6, announcements of brand-new add-ons coming to TSW, further news on our upcoming new titles and more - you'll want to be first in line to our upcoming Dovetail Direct on August 26th. The event is ready to view right now on our YouTube channel below, and will be live on both YouTube and Twitch during the day.
We've got a wonderful few weeks ahead of us, with all the new exciting news for Train Sim World 6, and of course we still have all new releases coming to Train Sim World 5 from our third-party partners. Why don't we take a quick look at what's still to come this month, starting with a brand new add-on announcement!
Announcing a new twin-set of Turbos from Rivet Games
We have one last reveal coming to Train Sim World 5... Rivet Games have been busy working on expanding the gameplay of the Cross-City Line, and the star of the show is the upcoming WMR & XC BR Class 170! James spent some time with the pack to bring you the news:
The Class 170 makes its second appearance in Train Sim World, sporting new liveries, modifications (including the old AdTranz headlight clusters) and for the first time, the CrossCountry brand to Train Sim World - a license we are delighted to have back since its last appearance in TS Classic!
The passenger interiors and the cabs differ per Train Operating Company (TOC), CrossCountry for example features First Class accommodation, but the West Midlands Railway 170 does not, also note the remnants of London Midland with the unmistakable green moquette.
Diesel and electric cross paths just outside of Bromsgrove, at the base of the Lickey Incline. The pair of 323s will later fly up the famed hill with ease, the 170 however is about to slog it at less than 40mph!
Winter snow settles on the trackbed as 170520 slows for University station, the only intermediate station between Birmingham and Bromsgrove which both the CrossCountry and WMR diesel services call at.
On a CrossCountry service bound for Nottingham, 170638 shoots past an accelerating 323 at Northfield station, making use of the central, unelectrified lines. The southern half of the route gets a new lease of life!
Busy busy Birmingham, whether it's Desiros for Wolverhampton or Pendolinos racing to Crewe, AI trains bound for all directions can now be seen, making it feel just as busy as it should be, with Transport for Wales AI also making a presence here.
For a bit of bitesize Birmingham flavour, the 170 (in conjunction with the Class 350 as a layer) also provides additional playable services between New Street and Aston. A short but sweet treat if one doesn't have the appetite for blasting via Bournville.
The northern tip of the route is not left out of the action - alongside all the Class 170 and Birmingham New Street layers, you can also enjoy a bit of Trent Valley trainspotting! Keep an eye out below the 323's high-level platform at Lichfield for fast and stopper services alike.
The WMR & XC BR Class 170 DMU joins the West Midlands line-up soon, and you can expect this add-on to come ahead of the Dovetail Direct on August 26th. We will share more news and details in the coming weeks, but in the meantime, you have a couple days left to pick up WCML South & the Avanti West Coast Pendolino in the Steam Summer Sale if you haven't already to prepare Birmingham for its additional traffic!
Class 86 + Mk2f Coaches from Just Trains - Arriving on July 15th!
Just Trains' first locomotive Add-on is releasing this time next week - Get ready to hop aboard the Class 86 from the release on July 15th 2025!
This classic electric locomotive brings additional gameplay to the longest UK route in Train Sim World: West Coast Main Line: Preston - Carlisle, introduces new Mk2F coaches and also the highly-requested Mk1 RMB, or "Restaurant Miniature Buffet", which is staffed!
We've got an extensive Class 86 Full Announce article which details much more of the add-on that you can expect, a comprehensive Class 86 manual, as well as our Class 86 Walkaround Video on our channels for you to get a closer look!
Train Sim World 5: Class 86/2 & Mk2F Coaches will release on Tuesday 15th July for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Epic Games Store, and Steam for £19.99/€24.99/$24.99
Class 86 Preview Livestreams
If you didn't catch the Just Trains Class 86 preview yesterday, you can rewatch it on their YouTube channel, or join us this Thursday for an official Dovetail preview livestream, linked below!
Expert DB BR 101 on Kassel-Würzburg Gameplay Pack from TSG - Coming later this month!
As a reminder from last month, we also announced a new pack coming from the TSG team, featuring the Expert DB BR 101, on Kassel - Würzburg, with a new expanded timetable, 5 exciting Expert-Level scenarios, and much more!
Coming in with 26 more playable services and over 1200 new AI services to bring live into the cities, it focuses heavily on IC traffic with the 101 Expert but brings you new opportunities for the ICE3 and 1 too.
The expanded timetable will change/add the following:
Reworked freight layers
ICE trains and formations have been swapped around to better represent the 2018 timetable, including the addition of an ICE-T layer
IC layer is completely different with many more 101 and cab car-led services, including a few light loco runs where LZB use is prohibited
New FlixTrain layer with 2x BR 193 services
Overhauled and added AI wherever the high-speed line passes by or interacts with other lines
You'll be able to experience five new expert level scenarios, which introduce new gameplay not seen before, such as:
A rescue scenario with the ultimate stopping precision required
Wrong-line running around track closures
Voice-over lines
Befehl documents on the cab desk
We'll be sharing much more details about what you can expect in these new scenarios in future articles, but for now stay excited and prepare yourself to expect the unexpected!
Now that we've covered the remaining add-ons coming to Train Sim World 5, we wanted to confirm where you can expect all our previously announced add-ons listed on the roadmap to land.
You should be able to see this outlined on our July 2025 roadmap asset above, but to make it clear again:
Add-ons Still to Come in Train Sim World 5
Add-on Class 86 + Mk2f Coaches from Just Trains
Add-on Expert DB BR 101 on Kassel-Würzburg Gameplay Pack from TSG
Add-on WMR & XC BR Class 170 from Rivet Games
Add-ons & Improvements Arriving in Train Sim World 6
Add-on Cargo Line Volume 5 from Skyhook Games
Add-on Unannounced Route from All Aboard Studios
Add-on Tadami Line from Union Workshop
Add-on TfW Class 142 Pacer from Just Trains
Add-on DB BR 420 from TSG
Add-on GWR HST Farewell Pack from Grump Dog Games
Add-on Santa Fe on Cajon Pass Gameplay Pack from HIS
Improvement Great Western Express Remaster
Improvement Mildmay Line Richmond Extension
There will be loads more we announce in the upcoming Dovetail Direct as well, so this list will be growing very quickly soon. We're super excited to share more, so be sure to tune into the Dovetail Direct: Summer 2025 event to catch the news for Train Sim World 6, and the return of the Take A Ticket show!
Recent Train Sim World 5 Patches
June 23rd – A major update coming to Train Sim World 5, that brings a huge range of improvements across multiple add-ons, as well as the core game. This update has brought the first wave of our memory optimsations to Train Sim World 5, improving framerate, performance and reducing crashes.
June 30th – A small update, with a range of fixes for various add-ons, including WCML South, Class 390, MBTA Commuter and more! This patch also contains the second half of our memory updates, bringing back some missing layered content across particular routes.
July 4th – An update to Manchester Airport Commuter, prioritising the alignment of game builds across all platforms, and fixing initial community-reported issues from the launch
Upcoming Updates
Alongside our upcoming releases to Train Sim World 5, our teams will be continuing to look at opportunites to include improvements and fixes for community-reported issues with these updates. The next major improvements towards performance will come alongside the release of Train Sim World 6 and beyond, which you will be able to access at no additional cost via the Free Starter Pack, and our teams are looking at addressing blurry textures and visual quality as a key focus, now that core stability has improved.
Thank you for your patience as always everyone, we look forward to continuing to make Train Sim World the best experience possible with further improvements.
July 2025 Monthly Mastery
All this exciting news - perhaps some new monthly challenges are a good way to kick back and get ready!
Get your objectives and collectibles together this month, and be sure to put the speed to the test during your routine timetables!
Reminder that we're attending The Greatest Gathering!
The event takes place between Friday 1 and Sunday 3 August as part of this year’s Railway 200 celebrations.
We're excited to announce our attendance at The Greatest Gathering, the largest temporary gathering of trains and rail-related exhibits in a generation!
Dovetail Games will be appearing in the event’s STEM Hub with two booths hosting Train Sim World for members of the public to enjoy. This space is designed to be both immersive and interactive, with a focus on inspiring the next generation of STEM leaders by showcasing the breadth of disciplines that power the railway industry.
Two consoles will be available to play at the stand and keen visitors will also be able to play using a converted professional train driver training simulator with a Class 700 style control desk and real train controls. Additional independent simulators will be at the event utilising Dovetail Games software.
If you already have tickets, make sure you pop over and say hi - We look forward to seeing you there!
JD will return tonight and hosting our roadmap livestream alongside executive producer Matt, to talk about all the exciting news about Train Sim World 6, as well as everything covered above from the July 2025 Roadmap. The livestream is starting tonight from 19:00 BST on our YouTube / Twitch channels.
Have a question for us? Put it in our June 2025 Roadmap Q&A thread, and we’ll answer as many as we can live!
Make sure you’re joining our teams on our Dovetail Live forums and our Community-led Discord servers that we are active in: Train Sim Community Discord and Train Sim World Community Discord.
Let us know what you’re looking forward to most!
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