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The Class 442 ‘Wessex Electric’ (or 5WES) electric multiple unit (EMU) was introduced in 1988 on the South Western main line between London Waterloo and Weymouth. Their introduction coincided with the completion of the electrification from Bournemouth to Weymouth.

The units were initially used solely on the Weymouth line, but through the 1990s began to be used on the London Waterloo to Portsmouth direct line. Upon privatisation, the whole fleet passed to the South West Trains franchise, and then to Southern.

In 2008, Southern began a refurbishment programme that saw all Class 442 units pass on to Gatwick Express services between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport, and at peak times to Brighton.

Dedicated services between the UK capital and the country’s second busiest airport began in May 1984 with air-conditioned InterCity Mk3 coaches operated by British Rail. In 2008, Gatwick Express ceased to exist as a separate franchise, being merged into the Southern franchise.

Despite their popularity on Gatwick Express services, all 24 trainsets are due to be replaced by Class 387 units in 2016 with the 5WES’s future still to be determined.
The 442 currently holds the world speed record for a third-rail electric multiple unit on conventional rails with 108mph (174 km/h) attained in April 1988, although the designed operational top speed of the units is 100mph (161 km/h).

The BR Class 442 for Train Simulator reproduces the Gatwick Express service as it operated for Southern from 2008. The five-car units comprise of Driving Trailer Standard (DTS), Trailer Standard (TSO), Motor Luggage Composite (MLC), Trailer Standard Wheelchair (TSW) and Driver Trailer Standard (DTS).

The train is also Quick Drive compatible, giving you the freedom to drive the Gatwick Express Class 442 ‘Wessex’ on any Quick Drive enabled route for Train Simulator, such as those available through Steam. Also included are scenarios specifically for the London-Brighton route (available separately and required to play these scenarios).

Scenarios

Three scenarios for the London-Brighton route:

City Express
Gatwick Express
Seaside Flyer

More scenarios are available on Steam Workshop online and in-game. Train Simulator’s Steam Workshop scenarios are free and easy to download, adding many more hours of exciting gameplay. With scenarios being added daily, why don’t you check it out now!

Click here for Steam Workshop scenarios.

Key Features

British Rail Class 442 in Gatwick Express livery
Full five-car trainset, including Driving Trailer Standard (DTS), Trailer Standard (TSO), Motor Luggage Composite (MLC), Trailer Standard Wheelchair (TSW) and Driver Trailer Standard (DTS)
Quick Drive compatible
Scenarios for the London-Brighton route
Download size: 179mb

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Title: Train Simulator: Gatwick Express Class 442 'Wessex' EMU Add-On
Genre: Simulation
Developer:
Dovetail Games
Publisher:
Dovetail Games - Trains
Franchise:
Train Simulator
Release Date: 28 May, 2015

Minimum:

OS:Windows® Vista / 7 / 8
Processor: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®:9.0c
Hard Drive:6 GB HD space
Sound:Direct X 9.0c compatible
Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection
Additional:Quicktime Player is required for playing the videos

English,French,German,Russian

This train has been a long time in coming. And now it's out, I don't know what to say; although I will type quite a lot.

Sounds:
Dovetail Games has always had a problem making good sounds for trains. This is why people like Armstrong Powerhouse survive; they provide good quality stuff to cover over the trash that DTG churn out. This train is no exception. With it's 455 default sounds and immediate cut off during coasting, I can't say anything good about the sounds. Apart from the fact that this train has sounds. Which is more than can be said for the 303. I was told that the 455 sounds were "WIP sounds" which either means they were lying or this is an expensive beta. That will never be fixed. Except by giving \u00a35 to people whose job it is to clear up the mess left by DTG.

Model:
The model is very good. While it does look like the train has just come out of the depot, it's pretty good. But wait! There's a floor missing from the MBC (middle coach). See? They can screw even the most basic things up.

Interior:
The train is based in 2015, when 442's are with Gatwick Express. What appears to have happened is that the interior people are in a time warp and so still think it is 2005 and so have given the train a South West Trains interior. Really? Did anyone at DTG say: "Just one thing: why have you given this train a SWT interior?" Sometimes I don't get DTG and this is one of them. No 442's have been with SWT since 2007. So why give a train made in 2015 based in 2015 a 2005 interior? That's just failing for failing's sake.

Cab:
It's OK. But there are problems.
Although a signal bell sounds, you can't reply to it as there is no option to do so. Even the signal button in cab is disabled.
Do you get the idea?
Oh, and there is bird exrement on the side window. Which can only be seen from the in-cab view, not from anywhere else. In many ways, this is an analogy for DTG; it looks good, but then several bir-brained idiots come and deficate all over it and it ends up rubbish. Another analogy is that this train is a polished turd. No matter how good it looks, no matter how polished, it is still a turd.

To sum up: While the train looks amazing, everything else about it is a huge let down. Buy it on sale and then get the sound pack from AP when they release it.

Felix

Note: This is NOT<\/u><\/i><\/b> the worlds fastest EMU. This is the worlds fastest 3rd rail<\/u><\/i><\/b> EMU. This train is not faster than the TGV or Class 390 or Class 387 or Class 373 etc. COME ON DTG! DO YOUR SODDING RESEARCH!. Long awaited missing chunk in the L2B puzzle ... Despite the fact Its taken more than three years since the release of L2B for this essential piece of stock to finally to show up it still feels rushed and half hearted ... It looks fine but poor cab functionality, (missing keybindings for funtions such as DRA, guards return buzzer etc & missing funtions such as DSD etc) and diabolical (copy-n-pasted) sounds and rollercoaster pysics make this asset almost undriveable in its current form ...
This asset only has value as AI so in my opinion not worth purchasing UNLESS:
1, Its deeply discounted
2, Until it becomes a staple of L2B scenarios, replacing the 444 repaint that has been the standard stand in for the last three years
3, RSC radically patch it.
or
4, AP make a sound pack that fixes many of the issues like they did rescuing the 319 from the digital skip

Until any of the previous criteria are met save your money.. It makes sense to have it if you have London-Brighton, but DTG sounds are poor. Don't waste your time buy this then the AP sound pack.. I'll sum it up fast
Good stuff: Nice colours, great for scenarios, amazing train
Bad stuff: my passenger view broke, this might not happen to you
Great stuff: Armstrong Powerhouse released a sound pack for it, making it even better
Overall: amazing, worth \u00a312 )however many dollars). This Gatwick-Express (Class 442) Add-On is a very good train for the London-Brighton-Route. The train belongs to London-Brighton (even a must-have).

| Features and pros |

- very good model of the train \/ great cab \/ passenger view with details (best modelling)
- fine light effects (headlights with 4 versions of marker light)
- nice sounds (alert sound, doors, bell, horn, brake, approach)
- new door animation (with correct sound)
- a lot of control buttons and switches
- lights in cab (cab light, buttons lights, instrument lights)
- great window-reflection effects
- good physics with 2 brake variations
- great animated destination-board (Gatwick Airport, London Victoria, ...)

| Bugs and cons |

- quiet sound unusually

--> result: This Class 442 Add-on is a great expansion for the Train Simulator and includes a lot of nice features (some
features are new) and the train is well-made. An real asset for Train Simulator.

-- definite recommendation to buy --

[29.05.15]

. I bought this DLC over a year ago.. shortly after it came out. I remember seeing there was a lot of negative feedback on it. I can't say I remember why. I bought it for the achievements. If some of you follow my reviews, you may have seen others like that :) I do believe this was patched some while ago and that may account for why I found no major issues with it.

The sounds seemed ok. I'm totally unfamiliar with UK trains in general as I live in the US. I can't say if the sounds were realistic or not because of that, however they seemed pretty good - if not amazing.

The Class 442 runs on London to Brighton. This is not a route I had much experience on, so despite it's elderly nature, I had fun seeing a good part of it. I consider this a good route for it to run on.

A couple of the scenarios were quite difficult. On one in particular the timing was off I believe. I was able to make it, but I had to restart the entire scenario over. Just because the first few timestops were made on time, does not mean the last couple are possible. While I consider this to be negative and will mark it as such in my list below, I did enjoy the challenge and the satisfaction of eventually making 1000 pts. This may be why it got some negative rep. I can imagine there would be some people who would say it was not possible... or just too difficult, however all scenarios do work.. 1000 pts is possible on all 3.

+ Reasonably good textures and sounds
+ All scenarios work and gold medals\/1000 pts are achievable.
+ Scenarios seem realistic with the exception of the time table on one - see below. They're all fun though!
+ All achievements work. I'm not finished with the one for running 442 miles, but it shows progress, so reason to believe it won't work.)
+ Instrument lights and cab lights work well, as do wipers and gauges... all the things you'd expect.

- Bird poo on the window. Was that really necessary? It annoyed me. Realistic? Probably... But unnecessary.
- Dirty window in general where the wipers do not touch it. Yes, this is probably realistic, and a lot of DLC's do this, but I don't like it. Overall it's a pretty trivial matter though.
- One scenario has odd timings. I believe they could be seen as faulty. The first three checks are fine. However if you are not substantially early to (I think) the 3rd check, you will not be able to make the 4th.. The Sounds as always, are ill-recycled. Perhaps worse than usual here.
The passenger view is not only ugly here, but outdated and completely wrong.
The brake gauge seems to go the wrong way round the dial when application is applied.
And some of the doors have the wrong animation.

I like the train itself, I really do. But I look for accuracy alongside realism\/driving, and I am increasingly running out of tolerance for them to make such (and the same) errors without any thought of improvement for next time.

For now, I can't really recommend this in such a state in terms of accuracy there.

*EDIT: The MBC doesn't even have a floor, so that first line of this review is now null and void.

Update: 04\/02\/2016 - Most of these have been 'fixed', but given that the update was almost totally unecessary as these inaccuracies should never have been present in the first place, my review as it is still stands.

14\/05\/2016 - Armstrong Powerhouse have provided a vastly superior sound fix for the Class 442, with a few extra helpful bits for my scenario creation. However, this review is to reflect the state of the addon as supplied by DTG, therefore my verdict still stands.. As a regular user of the units and knowing people who work on them I was very excited when this was announced.

The modelling of the unit is superb. The general way it looks and feels is great however that's probably the only good thing about it. The sounds aren't realistic one bit and the same applies for the physics. Given that the units themselves are very sluggish on speed until 40mph it didn't feel like I was driving a 442 when it took off.

Interior is South West Trains which isn't correct for the Gat-Ex era and the MLC is......empty bar the 1st class section.

I'd still recommend the unit though simply as it fills the gap and provides a more "full" BML as Gatwick was rather empty without them. A shame about it's shortfalls but generally the unit is ok. If it's not too high on your list I'd wait for a sale and the eventual arrival of an Armstrong Powerhouse soundpack.. Sadly, I regret buying this. This model is good but it isn't good at all.

The sounds a ALWAYS default recycled. Passenger view is okay with how to make a paper aeroplane but with SWT seats is wrong! It even has snow trees at the driver door wall. The doors well, some of it HAS the wrong animation. The inside of the MLC is NOT EVEN finished. The cab is okay but the throttle and reverser is from the 319. Dovetail Games, you ruined this unit.

Sadly, I REALLY cannot recommend this even though I can solidly use it but sorry for people who like this unit. I can still use it in 'Steam Workshop' still. About 45% great. But the really good thing is that it has scrolling text on the destinations. But I could recommend this unit if using for better AI or player experience. Dovetail Games, please try again but not rushing another DLC like this...

In the description: The World\u2019s fastest electric multiple unit speeds into Train Simulator, perfect for recreating Gatwick Express services on the London-Brighton route. No, its not the 'world\u2019s fastest electric multiple unit'. Its actully the 'world\u2019s fastest third rail electric multiple unit' because it is not fast like the Javelin (Class 395) or ICE 1, 2, 3 and T, Eurostar, HST, Class 180, 390 or any other TGV or other trains that has speeds more than 108 MPH. Even for a mention, the JET train (not actully real), its the worlds fastest train than any other trains in Train Simulator.