Hey everyone!

We've just released a new update for SubwaySim 2! 🎉

This patch includes a variety of improvements to vehicle logic, weather effects, and lighting – including fixes for DT5 train behavior, tunnel environments, and several station details.

You can find the full list of changes below in the changelog.

Thanks for your continued support and feedback – enjoy the ride! 🚇

🔧 Update 5 – Full Patch Notes 🔧

🌟 Highlights

• 🧩 Adjusted shadow settings
  ➜ May improve performance on many systems

• 🌩️ Lightning and thunder now blocked in tunnels
  ➜ Weather effects now react realistically to tunnels for improved immersion

🚆 Vehicles

• 🚪 DT5 – Automatic door closing fixed
  ➜ Doors now close as intended

• 💡 DT5 – Passenger area lighting improved
  ➜ Interior lighting now responds dynamically to environmental conditions (e.g., entering tunnels), using track data – more accurate and efficient

• 🌧️ All vehicles – Weather effects now use track data
  ➜ Effects like wetness, lighting changes, and sound now react more precisely to tunnel and weather conditions

• 🧼 DT5 DMI – Wiper mode renamed
  ➜ “Automatic” is now called “Interval” for clearer function description

• 🚪 HK & A3L92 – Cabin door animation glitch fixed
  ➜ Fixed an issue where the last frame of the animation briefly appeared when opening/closing

🌆 Environment & Effects

• 🌫️ Tunnel lighting at Krumme Lanke fixed
  ➜ Tunnel at the end of the turnaround area was too bright

• 🌩️ Lightning effects blocked in tunnels
  ➜ No visible or audible lightning/thunder inside tunnels anymore

• 🌧️ Rain sounds removed in tunnels
  ➜ When the vehicle is fully inside a tunnel, rain sounds are no longer audible

• 🧩 Improved shadow rendering
  ➜ General settings revised for better performance

🚉 Stations

• 🏙️ Mönckebergstraße – Lighting and billboard fix
  ➜ Improved general station lighting and fixed stretched advertisement textures.

• 🪜 Uhlandstraße – Ladder positioning corrected
  ➜ Fixed the position of a misaligned ladder.

• 👤 Hauptbahnhof Süd – NPC platform fix
  ➜ NPCs no longer fall through platform sections – improved collision handling.

💡 Update now and experience the improvements yourself!