Taiwan High Speed Rail Train
Available train is a 3D modelling of the THSR custom 700 Series Shinkansen, known as 700T. The 700T high speed train is a 12 cars model including a single Business Class car and 11 Economy Class cars. Maximum operational speed is 300 km/h, though speed regulation systems such as D-ATC (digital Automatic Train Control) and PSSC (Program Station Stop Control) are available.
Three different views are available, 3D modelled full cockpit, topless cockpit and rail view as recorded by the HD camera. Additionally the HUD display is fully parametrable and can be entirely disabled. The "outer view" (recorded from an helicopter) from the original Railfan episode was removed. By default the background music is disabled which allows to hear the 700T's actual sound as recorded by the Ongakukan team. Real time interactivity is limited to traction and brake levers adjusting, dead man's switch (Driver's Safety Device or DSD), horn signal, windscreen wiper control, doors opening/closing operation (when "Real" option is enabled) and driver seat adjusting.
700T hostess vocal messages are recorded in Mandarin, Cantonese and English. On the other hand, drivers messages are only spoken in English, however since most of the early THSR drivers and trainers are senior personnel from the French SNCF or the German Deutsche Bahn, they have a strong European accent. This was remarkable in the Chinese commercial and it is confirmed during the game's ending movie where credited drivers are Daniel Clairotte (seen in the game opening) and Holger Wulf, engineer Manfred Haubitz is credited as announcer since the conductor-engineer broadcast was taped for added realism.
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