Not only during the dust-dry, but at least interactive tutorial missions, I was constantly torn between boredom and a fascination probably also stemming from childhood memories of model railways.
In contrast to the Train Simulator, there is even another parallel to the model railroad: Depending on the game mode, you can also set the points instead of just sitting behind the switches as a train driver. Almost like in my childhood, when I rushed my Märklin Z-gauge trains over the rails on a three-square-meter plywood sheet in the basement until they blew out of the curves. One turn to the right or left and the locomotive including freight or passenger wagons becomes faster or slower or moves in the opposite direction. You don’t have to worry about the different types of brakes. The simple variant, on the other hand, works essentially like a model railroad: A rotary control is used to set the amount of force the machines will use to be transferred to the rails.
