Railworks America

What is with this? This is supposed to be a smooth grade. And straight track. I try as hard as I can to place the track according to the decals. Yet I still end up with an un-smooth jagged mess. Is there a right way to place track? I'm getting very frustrated. Is there a comprehensive, in-depth tutorial, like Papa's tutorial on locomotive creation? If so, I would be his biggest fan. Is there an experienced route builder who can coach me?

Lots of tutorials for many things here from RSC.

http://blip.tv/rail-simulator-tutorials

and here

http://railsimulator.com/videos.php?KW=tutorial

Google is your friend try it out. Search for Railworks Tutorials.

Looks like you might have had the Snap to Terrain button ticked when you were putting that together.

You might find some of the points in this thread of interest. (Especially mine... )
http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic.php?f=365&t=127848&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Feel free to glaze over any post by AndiS. The man is an intellectual giant but unfortunately that doesn't make him easy to read.

Looks like you might have had the Snap to Terrain button ticked when you were putting that together.

I thought I was supposed to use that. When I don't use it, I get a whole bunch of gaps under the track. What do I do about all the gaps?

You can raise the terrain to the track. The icon looks like a magnet. Experiment dude.