None came even close, and sadly none that followed in other series' came close. This one has it all. By default it is focused on industry, the stock market, and both the business and personal wealth aspects of both financial and real market manipulation. To say that predecessors or followers came even close, is not really playing the game. It has been updated by the community and search for the unofficial 1.06 patch. Not that railroading is missing, but if you'd like to tinker with more of the railroad side, you have the freely available trainmaster mod. If you'd like more depth you have maps and customizations that the community made. A pity that none ever came close to its economic depth since.
