I have to say that I think that both of these simulators have their advantages. However Microsoft Train Simulator has better physics, a wider variety of locos/routes and more of an opportunity to add your own rolling stock in to it. Trainz is as many people have said a very Train-Setty simulator but the higher the quality of rolling stockthen the more it becomes realistic. FOr example Trainz has animated rolling stock which does add that sort of 'third dimension' to it. With Trainz you do get the opportunity to create simple routes easier than MSTS Route Editor which can be quite complicated!!!! Overall I think that I prefer MSTS for basic driving because as I said earlier It has better physics but if I am going for a long driving session using several locos and a complicated timetable then it has to be Trainz!!!
Ben
