Money Train 2

The rule that sets Money Train 2 apart

In a typical hold-and-win feature, the grid you start with is the grid you finish with. Money Train 2 does something different. During the Money Cart Bonus Round, completely filling a reel with symbols opens up an additional reel beside the existing ones. According to listings, this can continue until the grid reaches 7×4, compared with 5×4 in the base game.

That changes what a full column means. It is a reward in itself, but it also adds fresh positions for new symbols to land in, and those extra positions give the character symbols more material. Once you see the round this way, the rest of the design falls into place around it.

Relax Gaming announced the slot on 19 August 2020 and released it on 2 September 2020.

Published figures at a glance

The RTP line deserves a closer look. The 96.4% figure is what independent listings agree on, not something Relax prints on its own page. The studio page carries one return figure only: 90%, labelled as the German RTP. Volatility is absent from the studio’s materials altogether.

How the base reels pay

The main game sits on five reels with four rows each, so 20 symbols are visible at a time. Line wins are checked across 40 paylines, and those lines are fixed. There is no option to play fewer, so each spin is assessed on all 40.

Relax’s page does not list the reel, row or line count. Those details come from listings, which match each other on every point.

A wild symbol stands in to help complete line wins. Apart from that, the base reels behave like a conventional line slot. What makes the game distinctive is not how lines pay but what the bonus symbols, scatters and characters do once they land.

Relax lists a stake range of €0.10 to €20 per spin. The SlotSpecs demo runs on virtual coins, so you can move between stake levels and watch how symbol values change without spending anything.

Respins, the Money Cart and its four characters

The game has two separate routes into its features.

• Respins begin when two bonus symbols land. Each carries a multiplier, and the two are added together before the total is applied to the win.
• The Money Cart Bonus Round begins when three or more scatters land. It opens with three spins, and that count resets as the round progresses.

Inside the Money Cart, four character symbols do most of the heavy lifting: the Collector, the Payer, the Sniper and the Necromancer. Each one comes in a persistent version and a non-persistent version, which doubles the number of behaviours to keep track of.

The Sniper is the easiest to describe. When it appears, it doubles the value of up to eight symbols. Combined with the reel-unlock rule, the logic is plain: a wider grid can hold more symbols, which gives the Sniper more candidates to double.

The in-game rules set out exactly how the Collector, the Payer and the Necromancer behave, and how the persistent form of each differs from the other. A quick read of that screen, followed by a few rounds in the demo, will make the interactions far easier to follow than reading about them.

What 50,000x does and does not tell you

The maximum win is 50,000x the stake. Relax states this on its game page and in the August 2020 press release, so of all the headline figures it rests on the strongest footing.

A cap marks the ceiling and says nothing about frequency. Relax does not publish how often large wins occur, and with no volatility rating either, there is no official guide to how spread out the returns are. Read 50,000x as the limit a truly exceptional Money Cart round could reach, not as a level ordinary bonuses come near.

The 96.4% RTP describes an average over an enormous number of spins. A single session or a single bonus can finish far from it in either direction. It is also worth remembering that this number is drawn from listings, while the studio itself shows only the German 90% figure.

Who will get the most out of it

This is a game for players who enjoy hold-and-win rounds with several moving parts. If you like tracking how one symbol affects others, and seeing the playing area grow as columns fill, the Money Cart offers a lot to watch.

It asks a little more of you than most bonus rounds. Four characters in two forms each takes time to learn, and the demo is a sensible place to do that.

It suits you less if you prefer a straightforward line slot where the base game holds your attention, because the base reels are modest next to the bonus. Players who want a published volatility rating before trying a game will also find none from the studio.

Versions sold in some other markets include a bonus buy. It is not offered in UK versions, where the Money Cart is reached only by landing scatters.

Quick answers on Money Train 2

Does Relax publish the 96.4% RTP? No. That figure comes from listings. The studio page shows only a 90% RTP for the German market.

How wide can the bonus grid become? Listings put the maximum at seven reels by four rows, with a reel added each time one fills during the Money Cart.

What starts the respins? Two bonus symbols. Their multipliers are combined and applied to the win.

Is a volatility rating published? No. Relax Gaming does not give one for this game.