

The Surveyor is one of the most powerful landscaping engines I've come across but is fairly easy to get your feet wet in. (It will take a mile or two to stop.) In the layout creator (Surveyor)you can create your own layouts (Routes) and AI driven operations (Sessions).

In the simulator you have the option of running the railroad engines as either a model railroad (DCC) or as prototype where you have the actual controls in an in cab view with realistic physics. The game engine is the part made by N3V/Auran (a smallish Australian company) and consists of two sections also, the simulator and the layout creator. The game itself can be divided into two sections, the game engine and content. I've gone back and forth with myself as to how many stars to give this, anywhere from three to five, but, in the end, I had to give it five stars since I have not been able to get through a single day since buying it without fooling with it. System Requirements Minimum Specifications: Recommended Specifications: OS:Windows XP SP3 minimum Processor:Pentium D 3.4GHz (or equiv)Core 2 Duo (or equiv) RAM:1 GB2 GB Hard Drive:16 GB Video Card:nVidia GeForce 7200/128MB (or equiv)nVidia GeForce 8800 (or equiv) Additional Info:DirectX 9.0c, DirectX 9.0c compatible Sound Card, mouse and keyboard.
