On the other hand, this can be used to your advantage. One poor opponent I played managed to lose control of his railroad to me in the first five minutes of play as I manipulated the market to have my railroad buy his in a hostile takeover. And since the scenario he had chosen allowed only one railroad to be started per player, he had already lost. Be careful, there are real tycoons lurking online. From a performance perspective the game ran acceptably.
Synchronization can be a problem unfortunately, especially with a lot of players.
But you can work around it if you are tenacious in having the host save the game once in a while so restart is possible or keep games to four or fewer players. Overall I very much enjoyed multiplayer Railroad Tycoon II . It retains the essentials of the single player game while allowing you to find truly competent opponents, thus making up for the somewhat weak AI tycoons. Graphics, Sound, etc. Perhaps the most significant technical risk taken in Railroad Tycoon II was the decision to require a display and video card capable of running at a resolution of 1024x768 in 256 color or 16 bit color.