Trainz is a series of 3D train simulator computer games developed by Australian game developer N3V Games (formerly Auran) utilizing the Auran Jet game engine. In 2013 N3V Games announced that a whole new purpose-built multi-core game engine was being developed to bring the Trainz franchise onto modern hardware. Trainz was first released in 2001, the series has a large online community that creates and shares user-created content. New versions were generally released annually or bi-annually including localized versions and across many platforms. Trainz Simulator 12 for Windows[1] and Trainz Simulator 2 Mac were the last installments in the franchise based upon the older Jet technology. Trainz: A New Era is the first release based on the new “Reality”