SCR Version 1.6 was an update released to the public on June 22nd, 2020. This update, nicknamed the 'Rebrand' by this community brought a full Stepford Connect and Waterline rebrand, a Connect extension to a new area Willowfield, and Morganstown became a triple line Interchange upon a new Waterline shuttle from Morganstown to Benton. This route is known as R015.
Official Update Features
- Willowfield extension including new stations Beechley, Hemdon Park and Willowfield.
- New siding (Beechley Sidings) for 7 routes to Stepford Victoria.
- New siding (Morganstown Siding) for Morganstown Shuttle.
- New Bypass Siding (Coxly Bypass Siding) for trains which start after Coxly.
- Coxly Depot replaced with Coxly Station Siding.
- 8 new routes and an extra exclusive Class 68 route.
- Rebuilds of Stepford Victoria, Stepford High Street, Stepford UFC and Coxly.
- Stepford City scenery upgrade with lots of scenery replacement, including new seating.
- Part Streaming rewrite including automatic throttling and priority zones.
- Stepford Connect rebranding, first introduced with the Class 380 rolled out to entire fleet.
- Waterline rebranding finished with the Class 508 and 319 receiving a rebrand.
- Baseplates now are allowed to be walked on.
- Morganstown <-> Benton shuttle for 2 car Waterline trains added.
- New remodelled mesh signals that reduce lag.
- Better track despawning.
- Core signalling system rewritten, reducing processing and increasing reliability.
- Smart procedure for Multi-SPADs that means you can't get trapped.
- As a result of Multi-SPAD upgrades, Leighton Stepford Road introduced as a terminus for two new routes to Westwyvern and Llyn-by-the-Sea.
- New badge.
- Lighting adjustments.
- Default fog now changed to the Atmosphere system.
- Teleport failure handling now prevents a rejoin required.
- Tweaks and fixes to Train HUD messages.
- Tweaks and fixes to dispatch timing (relating to scheduling).
- Tweaks and fixes to OFF indicator positioning and availability.
- Tweaks and fixes to platform length announcements.
- Tweaks and fixes to spawn location orientations.
- RoPrescence support.
Reception and Community Feedback
- The Class 707 was criticised for having a debatable livery extending to the front.
Trivia
- The Willowfield extension is probably the extension in SCR with the least sneak peeks before release. It only had one sneak peek of the extension, showing Beechley.