Class 385 Sound Mod

The Class 385 is here in Train Sim World with an all new sound enhancement mod!

This train is among ScotRail's most prized rolling stock. It's spacious and decently comfortable. A total of 3/4 AC motors are mounted to the driving cars of the train. Here, I was able to capture the sound of the inverter's signal. Hitachi's AT200 definitely deserves better audio quality than what fell out of Rivet Games' build. So me and Raphael took it upon ourselves to just redo all of its traction sound mix:

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Completely new traction sounds

  • Recordings from the Class 385: https://youtu.be/T4O5WQO9hyk
  • Extensive sound mix built by both of us separates interior and exterior audio
  • Hitachi AT200 inverter recordings mixed to match the frequency spectrogram almost exactly
  • Separate interior and exterior rolling sounds and track joints
  • Improved exterior rolling sounds will come at a later date

Reworked horn

  • Reproduced by ear to provide a more accurate warning horn
  • Separate interior horn will come at a later date

Tailored safety system audio

  • Corrected sounds for AWS and Driver's Vigilance Alarms

Softer recordings

  • New recordings for the mechatronic passenger door system
  • Random selection of passenger door alarms
  • Separate exterior and interior aircon recordings
  • Random selection for tread brake release sounds

Known issues

  • Inverter never sounds offline

Installation Instructions

Navigate to your Train Sim World 4 DLC folder and install the pack

e.g. \steamapps\common\Train Sim World 4\WindowsNoEditor\TS2Prototype\Content\DLC

Tags: class-385 edinburgh-glasgow enhancement sound-mod

Files

!Class385SoundMod7.pak 330 MB · Added 10 Feb 2024 · Downloaded 1,006× Changelog.txt 1 KB · Added 10 Feb 2024 · Downloaded 221×

Previously uploaded files have been downloaded 3,895 times before being withdrawn.

Comments

Avatar of AnthonyVirginTrains

Thank you so much for making this sound mod for class 385 and making it available to everyone

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ItsYa165 18 Feb 2023

Absolutely, thank Raph too. We believe this mod is a tremendous improvement. When Rivet Games deliver's, it could either be helpful or entertaining. Naturally, there are still a few kinks with the mod even after all the work we put into it so we'll try to figure something out...

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Thank you to Raph aswell

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Do i have to delete this !TS2Prototype-385runsound file from my dlc in order to replace?

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ItsYa165 18 Feb 2023

I don't think so no because we have a completely new script for completely new sounds. It should be fine.

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acro 18 Feb 2023

Thank you both so much, oh my god. You have just turned the 385 from borderline unplayable into a dream!

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Raphael 18 Feb 2023

Thanks :D

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Myron 28 Jan 2024

raph where did you get the 4k ugly from

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Does the Class 385 Brake Mod work with this because i get a feeling it brakes it from working?

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ItsYa165 19 Feb 2023

If you mean the Combined Power-Brake Controller mod by Laika, then no this will work irrespective of that.

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oh rite, thanks for letting me know

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ROB S 19 Feb 2023

Thanks for this! Looking forward to using it.

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ItsYa165 19 Feb 2023

I hope you enjoy it! I think we'll revist the mod for improvements after Rivet release their patches.

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Khonsu 22 Feb 2023

when modders do better job that the actual devs, thanks for this one, amazing sound

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davidgooder 23 Feb 2023

can make the Acela voice mod?

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Raphael 23 Feb 2023

wdym?

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Arch 24 Feb 2023

Another modder said he is working on an acela sound mod

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DenisJura 24 Feb 2023

Great mod. It's another world ! Thanks a lot
Merci Merci
Denis

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JF3110 25 Feb 2023

Fabuleux , tellement plus réaliste ! merci beaucoup pour votre travail et votre partage !

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meridian 26 Feb 2023

Great work, thats just so immersing with this sounds.

One little question. I have a section on east coast way, where i can test the flange sounds of different train types. On the 385 i cant hear anything. So am i right that rivet has dropped their quality to a level of not even including & setting up flange sounds for their vehicles?

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Raphael 26 Feb 2023

Yep, that sadly is the case, and we can't really fix that without blueprint stuff. The last time we tried blueprint stuff, it broke the mod for several people, soooo...

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Arch 11 Mar 2023

I found the door sounds to be really loud in the driving cab with the recent update. Is this intentional or is this being looked at?

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Raphael 11 Mar 2023

I'll look into it, but I don't think that's anything we can fix, seeing as it probably has to do with the new audio mixing (which really isn't that much different from the original, they just fixed the door bug afaik)

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Morelocolayer 13 Mar 2023

Thanks for update

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Cobra_Railways 24 Mar 2023

Having issues getting the mod to work, sounds really good from the video provided though, much more like the real thing

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Train377/6 25 Mar 2023

Suggestion, this may be a stupid one but why not. Class 720 sounds for the 387 on TSW3 and 2?

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TEK2 26 Mar 2023

Would you consider making a version of this mod without the horn sound? I like the stock one better, other than that this mod is excellent

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ItsYa165 26 Mar 2023

No there won't be such a thing. The original horn is just a freeware sound effect so it has to go. We can look at replacing the horn with a new sound however at a later date. I'm pretty backed up with more important career stuff at the moment.

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atlas 9 Apr 2023

Hey, This mod is fantastic, just to let you know, the constant sound of the train buzz has someone breathing in it, and once you notice it, it is super super distracting haha

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Kian 19 Apr 2023

Love this, spot on sound pack. Can i make a request you just adjust the exterior accleration and deleraction motors as they are just a bit quiet. Also a cab door open and close sound? Overall a great sound mod.

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TrainsAndWellbeing 6 Sept 2023

Lovely mod: Thank you!

Did you do something that fixes neutral section behaviour?
I had been having issues with neutral sections slaming on the brakes, but have done a couple of runs with this mod I've noticed that the VCB light worked correctly and no more brake application.

Edit false alarm, the brakes came on on my last journey from Glasgow, on both neutral sections. We need Rivet to fix that.

I also noticed that with this mod that the VCB doesn't 'clunk' in the drivers cab, then started wondering if you would actually hear that in real life given that the pantograph car is nowhere near the cab?

It feels like you've made this train drivable which Rivet could not. Many thanks!

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wilberforce220887 15 Sept 2023

many thanks for this mod this is fantastic. the class 385 has just been released for ts classic, would it be possible for you to port this sound mod over to the tsc version of the 385 as the sound implementation is simply awful like the it was for tsw3 prior to you mod, thanks again for your amazing work

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Luki 30 Sept 2023

It worked great and amazing on TSW3. Thanks guys.
Is it possible to upgrade for tsw4 please? It doesn't work there.

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ItsYa165 30 Sept 2023

Very few mods work with Train 4 za warudo atm.

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Fawx 22 Oct 2023

Love this. Any chance of it being updated for TSW4? The quality difference between this and the default audio and this is night and day. Really amazing job.

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VulpineGWR 3 Dec 2023

Lots of other sound mods have been updated for TSW 4, so it'd be awesome to have this one too

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CR 23 Dec 2023

Is it possible to make this compatible with Train Sim Classic? (Glasgow to Dunblane)

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ItsYa165 23 Dec 2023

That's a ridiculous question - obviously not.

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Pablo 29 Jan 2024

Is it possible to make this compatible with Fishing Simulator? The IGTB sounds on the sea bass are very bad at the moment...

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ItsYa165 30 Jan 2024

Probably, because Fishing Sim World is Unreal Engine.

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Pablo 5 Feb 2024

oh ok well I hope one day you'll make a mod with better flange and running sounds for the sardines

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JLD95 7 Jan 2024

Hi, compatible with TSW4 ?

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It's broken

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Maggus 28 Jan 2024

TSW 5 version when ?

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Craigyboy81 28 Jan 2024

Thanks for updating

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Xander1986 28 Jan 2024

Wow what a really enhancement to the class 385! The sound is now so good and fun to play this route. Thanks for this update to TSW4 :D

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Fawx 28 Jan 2024

Thank you so much! Can finally play the route in TSW4, outstanding work!

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JLD95 28 Jan 2024

Thank you for this mod. Inverter sounds when decelerating will be added in a next version ?

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Gideon 28 Jan 2024

Thank you for the update! We can finally enjoy normal sounds in TSW4.

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Hand92250 29 Jan 2024

Good job !

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Miguel 29 Jan 2024

Excellent, thank you!

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DenisJura 29 Jan 2024

Yes ! Thanks a lot for the new version for TSW4 !

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Crumbled 30 Jan 2024

Appreciate the update, but it seems the deacceleration sounds are not present?

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ItsYa165 30 Jan 2024

By any chance did "Known issues: No inverter sounds when decelerating" give it away?

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pelativeeeee 31 Jan 2024

Great job with accelerating sounds, horn and doors but why there's no deeccelerating sound?

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ItsYa165 31 Jan 2024

Dunno

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ItsYa165 31 Jan 2024

Actually I might have an idea but if what I think is true then this is stupid

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ItsYa165 2 Feb 2024

Yes I have found out what has gone wrong - it is silly. It's the lack of understanding of the basic role of a 4QC so they've made a motor voltage have a + and - tied to sound volume. In reality, this is completely wrong because the motor doesn't make the sound at all.

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pelativeeeee 6 Feb 2024

so it means that there shouldn't be decalerating sounds?

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ItsYa165 6 Feb 2024

There should be decelerating sounds

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pelativeeeee 18 Feb 2024

Now they're present but like in previous version decelerating sounds are a bit quiet, but despite the volume, now the experience is a lot better.

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ItsYa165 2 Feb 2024

Users, please read the details in the description before you download a mod. Thank you.

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tscat4 13 Feb 2024

This is a game changer! Amazing work :)

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FootballRD2014 1 Mar 2024

Please can somebody tell me how to download it without steam?

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TheGamingHaribo 7 Mar 2024

Amazing sound mod well done, sounds just like the class 385s ive been on! One small thing tho which keeps me from having it enabled permanently is that the traction motor sounds are gone if you are on foot walking around watching other class 385 come and go. Trains pull up and leave basically almost silent and the train traction motors sounds only come back when you are driving the train and still the other trains around you are silent as they arrive and depart. It breaks immersion for me but then again I spend alot of time in game just watching trains come and go so prob not a big issue for many.

edit: i am blind i just noticed the bit saying improved exterior sounds coming later

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ItsYa165 7 Mar 2024

Yeah but the Class 385 vanilla has the same issue that AI just doesn't sound

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ItsYa165 7 Mar 2024

I don't have the to fix fundamental issues with Rivets trains

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TheGamingHaribo 7 Mar 2024

Understandable. Still amazing sound patch you recreated the sounds a lot better than Rivet

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expiredhinau 19 days ago

Just wanted to add my thanks for updating this to TSW4!

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JLD95 11 days ago

Hi,
a little bug ?

When the train is moving and the driver leaves his seat, a horrible noise is heard

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ItsYa165 11 days ago

Please post video on Discord

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ItsYa165 9 days ago

This is the player wind noise sound. It plays when the player is moving at really highspeeds when not sat down and outside of the train. I can fix this, but I'd like you to know that this wasn't caused by me.

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About this mod

Created
18 Feb 2023
Updated
10 Feb 2024
Game
Train Sim World
Type of content
Sound
Train Sim World compatibility
Train Sim World 3, Train Sim World 4
Train Sim World Content
ScotRail Express: Edinburgh - Glasgow
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