ZUSI 3 - Aerosoft Edition
Released Jun 2019
Zusi 3 Aerosoft Edition is a train simulation for PCs, the professional version of which is also being used in railway companies for engine driver training purposes.
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Evaluation
ZUSI 3 - Aerosoft Edition launched on June 18, 2019 and has been receiving continuous updates ever since. The developer has shipped major content releases at a consistent pace, adding new route modules, vehicles, timetables, and simulation systems throughout the game's life. The most recent major content drop was on April 17, 2025, which introduced new route modules for the Augsburg-Donauwörth and Kassel-Bebra corridors, new locomotives and multiple units, and additional timetable content. This was followed by feature patches and bug fixes: Update 3.5.10.6 on June 10, 2025, Update 3.5.11.0 on July 4, 2025, Update 3.5.12.0 on December 23, 2025, and Patch 3.5.13.0 on March 30, 2026. As of the July 2025 update, the simulator includes over 2,200km of routes and more than 300 vehicles in 1,600+ variants — figures that have grown substantially since launch. Looking at the history of major content releases, the developer has maintained a cadence of roughly every 6–12 months between significant content additions, with regular feature patches in between. The last major content update was April 17, 2025, and the last developer communication of any kind was March 30, 2026. As of today (October 1, 2026), roughly 18 months have passed since the last major content drop and about 6 months since the last patch. While 6 months of silence approaches the upper end of the established pattern, the developer's cadence has historically stretched to 12 months or more between major content updates, and the game has never gone without eventually receiving another round of new routes and vehicles. No announcement of development conclusion has been made.
Evidence
Major content update added new route modules for Augsburg-Donauwörth and Kassel-Bebra corridors, new locomotives (BR151), new multiple units (BR440 agilis), and additional timetable content.
Major content package added new route modules for Dortmund, Lüneburg–Büchen, and Hamburg-Harburg, plus new locomotives (BR120, V60), multiple units (ET165, DesiroHC, TGV Réseau), and new coaches.
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Aerosoft GmbH
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Platform
Windows
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Steam Deck
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Players
Single-player
About this game
Enter the virtual cab and experience a train driver’s operations at the highest level of realism possible. Zusi 3 Aerosoft Edition is a train simulation for PCs, the professional version of which is also being used in railway companies for engine driver training purposes. It features faithful track recreations, authentic driving and braking behaviour, prototypical signalling and timetables, as well as various variants of the train protection systems PZB and LZB.

Zusi 3 Aerosoft Edition is especially suited for ambitious hobby train drivers. Beginners can learn the strings of this topic thanks to various assistances – for example, beginners and advanced users can set the protection systems less strict for an easier learning curve.

In total, Zusi 3 comes with 10 routes from different eras, including the route Cologne–Düsseldorf that was developed for the Aerosoft Edition. This means more than 500 kilometres of track for you to explore.

Zusi 3 can also be extended to your liking. Choose from a wide range of additional routes, vehicles, timetables, and more; download them, and add them to the sim – or use the included editors to create your own expansions for Zusi and share them with the community.

- Drive in the route network following pre-defined timetables. Hundreds of equal trains can operate at once in a timetable, influencing each other. An autopilot controls all trains other than one’s own.
- Preview of every train with overview of timetable and vehicles
- Vehicles controllable with keyboard and mouse or driver’s desk hardware
- Assistance for beginners: adjustable level of realism
- True-to-original driving and braking dynamics, incl. consideration of tilt and air and curve resistance
- Simulation of various drive types and brake systems
- Train protection systems rendered with all functions relevant to the train driver:
- Indusi I54, I60, I60R, PZB60 (ÖBB), PZB90 1.5 und 2.0, PZ80, PR80R
- LZB/I80 with and without PZB90, CIR-ELKE, LZB complete and divided block control
- GNT/ZUB122 and 262 with tilting technique
- ETCS (European Train Control System) - Various Sifa systems
- Various door protection systems
- Surround sound
- True-to-original signalling, all German signal systems included
- Tracks are built in modules that can be merged to larger networks within the timetable scenario
- Included editors* to build your own timetable scenarios, vehicles, tracks, etc
- Exact, true-to-original track routeing incl. superelevation even at points
- Interfaces for geo data to build realistic and precise tracks
For the separately and free to receive Ziegler Tools, please contact us directly at info@aerosoft.com.
*Editors only available in German
Last evaluated Oct 1, 2026
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