Metro-North Kawasaki M8

£11.99

REQUIRES TRAIN SIMULATOR + ACTIVE STEAM ACCOUNT

From Excalibur's range of train simulator add ons, one of the newest electric multiple units for the Northeast Corridor comes to Train Simulator in Metro-North’s familiar bare metal and red livery.

Built by Kawasaki at Lincoln, Nebraska for use on the New Haven Line, the M8 first entered service in March 2011 as a replacement to the current fleet of M2, M4 and M6 multiple units. Similar in body style to the M7, more than 300 units have been delivered to Metro-North so far, and feature multiple power pick-up – third rail and overhead pantograph – which can be changed by the engineer whilst on the move.
The two-car Kawasaki M8 has a top speed of 100mph (161km/h) and the model for Train Simulator features driving cabs and passenger views, switchable power modes and dynamic in-cab display screens showing instrument readouts and power pick-up mode.

The locomotive is also Quick Drive compatible, giving you the freedom to drive the Metro-North Kawasaki M8 on any Quick Drive enabled route for Train Simulator, such as those available through Steam. Also included are scenarios specifically for the NEC: New York-New Haven route (available separately and required to play these scenarios).


Scenarios

  • Four scenarios for the NEC: New York-New Haven route:
  • Simple Controls Tutorial: M8 Simple Controls 
  • Expert Controls Tutorial: M8 Expert Controls 
  • Grand Central Bound 
  • Stamford Local


Key Features

  • Kawasaki M8 in Metro-North bare metal and red livery 
  • In-cab signalling 
  • Dynamic in-cab display screens 
  • Switchable dual mode power pick-up 
  • Quick Drive compatible 
  • Scenarios for the NEC: New York-New Haven route 
  • Download size: 128mb


System Requirements


Operating System Windows® XP / Vista / 7 / 8 
Processor

2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo (3.2 GHz Core 2 Duo recommended),

AMD Athlon MP (multiprocessor variant or comparable processors) 

Memory 2 GB RAM
Graphics 512 MB with Pixel Shader 3.0 (AGP PCIe only)
DirectX Version 9.0c
Network

Broadband Internet Connection + Free Steam account

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Hard Drive 6 GB available Space
Sound Card Direct X 9.0c compatible
Additional Quicktime Player is required for playing the videos