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Train Drive ATS 3 – Simulation Game Review
Train Drive ATS 3 is a Simulation/Racing/Education game from TAKAHIRO ITO, first launched in 29th September 2017.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 107+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Train Drive ATS 3 Stand Out
Description:
～The Limited Express "Hinotori" driving scenario was added !～
Welcome to the latest Train Drive ATS world!
Train Drive ATS 3 is the 3rd release of the Japanese No.1 railway driving simulator game, Train Drive ATS series earning over 6 million downloads.
This work reproduces a more realistic line using the Kintetsu Nara Line as a model by cooperative development with Kintetsu Information System Co., Ltd. and Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd. Of course, for all railway fans the sacred place Yamato-Saidaiji Station with its perfect complex intersection is also covered.
Enjoy the real driver's experiences of tunnels, quadruple lines, steep slopes and planar intersections coming from the rich features of the Kintetsu Nara Line!
Kintetsu is the private railway company with the largest route distance in Japan. Among its various routes, the Kintetsu Nara Line is the most traditional line opened in 1914.
We are proud to release Train Drive ATS 3 reproducing the Kintetsu Nara Line and its Japanese railway technology regarded as the world’s highest level.
Supported OS:
iOS 9.3 or later
Highlights of Train Drive ATS 3:
- The great simulation engine reproduces from Osaka Namba Station to Kintetsu Nara Station 32.8 km, 24 stations perfectly!
- Have fun with Japanese style train operation services, real motor sounds, signals, points and railroad crossings.
Main Features:
Drive the designated train scenario. After clearing it, the next one will appear.
1) Local Train bound for Osaka Namba Station from Fuse Station
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2) Express Train bound for Kintetsu Nara Station from Ikoma Station
3) Local Train bound for Higashi-Hanazono Station from Tsuruhashi Station
4) Forwarding Train from Higashi-Hanazono Garage to Hyoutan-Yama Station
5) Express Train bound for Osaka Namba Station from Ikoma Station
6) Rapid Express Train bound for Kintetsu Nara Station from Osaka Namba Station
7) Forwarding Train from Yamato-Saidaiji Station to Ikoma Station -> Letting into Ikoma line
8) Semi Express Train bound for Yamato-Saidaiji Station from Osaka Namba Station
9) Rapid Express Train bound for Osaka Namba Station from Kintetsu Nara Station(Rush hour)
10) Limited Express Train bound for Kintetsu Nara Station from Osaka Namba Station
11) Forwarding Train from Kintetsu Nara Station to Higashi-Hanazono Garage
12) Forwarding Train from Saidaiji Garage -> Semi-Express Train bound for Osaka Namba Station after Train expanded at Yamato-Saidaiji Station
13) Rapid Express Train bound for Kintetsu Nara Station from Osaka Namba Station (Temporary stop at Ayameike Station)
14) Forwarding Train from Yamato-Saidaiji Station to Higashi-Ikoma Station -> Forwarding Train to Saidaiji Garage
15) Local Train bound for Kintetsu Nara Station from Osaka Namba Station
16) Forwarding Train from Higashi-Hanazono Garage to Ishikiri Station -> Returning Local Train to Osaka Namba Station
17) Forwarding Train from Yamato-Saidaiji Station to Kintetsu Nara Station -> Returning Limited Express to Osaka Namba Station -> Forwarding Train to Kintetsu Nara StationLocal Train bound for Osaka Namba Station from Fuse Station
18) Ｃharter train "Shimakaze" from Osaka-Uehommachi Station to Saidaiji Garage via Yamato-Saidaiji Station, Hyotan-yama Station, Kintetsu Nara Station ,Ikoma Station, and Yamato-Saidaiji Station
Bonus: After clearing all the scenarios, you can choose any train and drive it freely.
Train Drive ATS 3 is commercialization licensed by Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd.
Notes: The Kintetsu Nara Line is the model for vehicles, routes, diagrams, landscapes and railway facilities, but due to the specifications of the game, there are things that are different from real ones. As for the routes other than Kintetsu Nara Line, it is all fiction, and it has nothing to do with actual ones.
This Simulation game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Train Drive ATS 3 is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 14th March 2021
Recent improvements include:
The Limited Express "Hinotori" driving scenario was added !
Bug fixes.
Download & Availability
Train Drive ATS 3 is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Train Drive ATS 3 on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
The trains are cool and the scenarios are cool and OMG! 5/5.
The game is great, we like how there are great train modeling, door sounds, and more, but we have some suggestions: The first suggestion is that on Fuse station, Osaka Line trains to the depot does not have a wall. So can you add that wall for the lower level for Osaka-Line bound trains? Second, some trains that are not part of Kintetsu and are part of JR railways (like on Tsuruhashi and Kawachi-Eiwa) would still contain to Kyoto/Kashihara lines even though they do not connect. So is is possible if you can remove it? Third, on other lines (Ikoma, and one line that does from Ikoma to Higashi-Ikoma, Osaka, Kyoto/Kashihara, and Hanshin lines do contain some stations but they skip some, and also name them by the line name and not the station. Trains that are going to depot also have to stop at some stations that have some transfers, like at the depot it will be something like Yamato-Yagi. So will it be possible to fix this as well? Fourth, we had read a article about the Nara Line and some trains from Osaka Line (Urban Liner, 21000 series) have their termini at Osaka-Uehommachi or at Osaka-Namba. So, will you include that and add a scenario for it? Of all the above reasons to include in a future update, the game is still great. Thank you developer for such a nice game.
We love this game.. Being playing for over a year.. We also agree we need some upgrades.. Nighttime, different weather & updates to trains.
Please add camera mode and create your route.
Ive been using this app for a little over a year. We think its a great app. Extremely user-friendly we would like to see a major upgrade, perhaps adding nighttime train trips and more routes.
We love the game but would be better if you chose what stop to skip or not.
This game is pretty cool, but with the version that we have right now, we dont see the Limited Express train line. Is that supposed to be in the full version or in the regular version. Plz let us know if youre able to. Also in the future, we would like you to add more train lines because playing with just one train line available to us gets boring after awhile.
We love the concept of a realistic train driving simulator, but not the concept of pay-to-do-pretty-much-anything games. There is only ONE line (as some others have also said)! Do you understand that a limited version of a game should have MORE THAN THIS? Please, please, please add SOMETHING.
Love the game, but no station announcements? That made it feel a lot more authentic. Looking forward to seeing more of the line (where the lower level of Fuse leads to, beyond Osaka-Namba). We hope to see more updates at some point.
Can you add free drive so we can have fun driving these trains and explore the maps of those 3 Train Drive ATS games.
We really do love this game. We purchased all the lines and its really fun. The only thing we would recommend is to add some train delays to make it a little bit more realistic compared to the real world trains.
We dont like when you went over the speed limit and makes you go emergency brake to 0 like fix this we dont like it fix like TRAIN DRIVE ATS 2 like its better.
Good game just need to know can we go on the lower level of the fuse kinda tired of the top.
By kaiden TrainDriveATS is our favorite game.
Great Game! Ive Driven The Whole Charter Shimakaze Lineup And Ive Driven The 9001K And the 7001, The Two LTD. Exp. Shimakaze. But we Want More Of The 50000 Shimakaze Trains To Drive. We have And Idea for a few More Of them. So Since The Charter Shimakaze At 10:15 is The code 9991 to 5 You Should Have One at 8 o clock With The Code 8881 That does The Same Then Will deadhead To Tsuruhashi Then It will Store In the Osaka Line Till 9:38 where it will go to Osaka Uehommachi. And For The 9001K when It Gets To The Kashihara line Station It Will Go to Osaka Namba Then Deadhead To Hanshin Line Depot.
!!! Please add a route! More.
We like the game but its only one train line which is local and we cant purchase it but we have train drive ats 1 full version but in the future please add more lines.
We cant get all railways because you have to purchase it in the app and we cant do that, but we like the game.(It is because we have train drive ats 1 full version).
Can you do Odakyu Electric Railway next game.
Can you do Odakyu Electric Railway next.
On iPhone X, the swipe up to go to home screen bar will cover part of the train status and therefore we cant see the trains current speed very well. Looking forward to see a fix in future updates.
Why did you delete ATS 2? The game was so good.
But we don't want to pay $11 for the full version. The lite on #1 & #2 gave us 3 trains but this only gave us a shuttle… Good though, keep on the good work.
It is very fun game. We enjoy the simulation.
Maybe the app developer can reduce the amount of alarms that go off when pulling into a station, even when pulling in slow – it's a entourage of alarms going off. Never had that issue in volume 1 or 2. Also – no station announcements ? And no bilingual announcements? We'd rather play version 2 than this one.
So basically 5 stars for the game but minus one for NO communication during the delay period and minus one star for no announcement P.s. We really missed christelle ciari but we hope we can hear the real announcement by hiroyuki Arita soon.
So the Last Scenario is 2 Hours long and by the time we get to Higashi-Ikoma we have to wait for a while and then we have to leave at 8:15. But then the train doesnt leave and then the game stops. So we were wondering If you guys can do a new Scenario instead of this one.
It is soooooo laggy and slow. It gives us a headache. And also there are no station announcements. ATS 1 is the best.
We have played your past few games and we know this one is new and has quite a bit of updates needed. But the first one should be to remove bugs, it keeps crashing every time we try to play. Please fix.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.6.1
- Size: 89.07 MB
- iOS: 11.4 or later
- Languages: NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, TH, ZH, TR
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [TAKAHIRO ITO]()
Last updated: 14th March 2021 | Genre: Simulation, Racing | Developer: TAKAHIRO ITO