Editing Microsoft Train Simulator (section)

== Open Rails  ==
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[[File:Open Rails-logo.png|thumb|The Open Rails logo]]
MSTS is compatible with the [[open source]] project ''Open Rails'', created by followers of MSTS,<ref name=":0">{{cite web | url=http://www.openrails.org/ | title=Open Rails - Free train simulator project | website=Open Rails | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101052445/https://www.openrails.org/ | archive-date=January 1, 2024 | url-status=live | access-date=January 27, 2024}}</ref> which hosts a collection of third party digital content.<ref name=":0" /> MSTS's development ended in 2009; however, community support for MSTS led to the creation of a third party team which created Open Rails.<ref name=":0" />

Open Rails uses the [[GPL license]], and the project has progressed from providing legacy support for MSTS to adding new features.<ref name=":0" /> Open Rails supports modern graphics processors, which allows it to achieve increased [[frame rate]]s compared to MSTS.<ref name=":0" />

A form of Open Rails was used in several studies about the real life operation of railroads, such as in a 2016 study analyzing the impact of cyber attacks on railroads.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1109/TENCON.2016.7847966 | chapter=Secure ''Rails'': Towards an open simulation platform for analyzing cyber-physical attacks in railways | title=2016 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON) | year=2016 | author1=Teo, Zhan-Teng | author2=Tran, Bao Anh N. | author3=Lakshminarayana, Subhash | author4=Temple, William G. | author5=Chen, Binbin | author6=Tan, Rui | author7=Yau, David K. Y. | pages=95–98 | isbn=978-1-5090-2597-8 | s2cid=24841299}}</ref>