Spec for a Train Simulator...

[Devlish]

OK

A pal wants to get into PC Gaming for one reason, and one reason only - Train Simulator 2015 on his 47 inch TV.

Can anyone recommend the cheapest way this will be possible? I have no idea about this game. He has an OS, Keyboard and Mouse, but that is about it I think.

Cheers!

 

[Devlish]

Stulid, you are most definitely the man, many thanks. Just the one game believe it or not! Although he may get hooked...

 

[Devlish]

I would want more than a 1GB GTX 750 to run it smoothly with any graphics options turned up and a SSD helps a great deal as well. Using just a mechanical hdd will mean stuttering and a SSD helps with that a lot. Ideally you want a Nvidia card as it seems to run smoother on them. A card with at least 2GB of vram and high memory bandwidth is a must. Some of the routes, especially the more busier, graphic intensive ones can reduce lesser machines to a crawl. It's not particularly well threaded so a higher clocked cpu does better than one with more cores. I have spent 100's of hours (and pounds) on this sim and I can run it with everything turned up to maximum at 1920x1200 and it looks great and is smooth. The forums at UKTrainsim are a wealth of information on this sim and others.

Cheers matey, will be checking that out.