The devs may have listed some upcoming features that have been suggested by forum members but where are their posts acknowledging that we are also taking the time to report bugs and suggest improvements. I am also part of a community for another tycoon style game (its called Automation if anyone is interested) that is being developed by a small team (3 members). They are extremely active on the forum and any suggestions made are responded to with a yes, no or maybe.
As for having my money’s worth, I have to say I don’t feel I have. I have played for around 30 hours and put the game down mainly due to frustration with not having a smooth gaming experience. I was expecting a more complex economic model like ottd, but where passengers / cargo have specific destinations. TF has that but the route calculations to get to the destinations are seriously flawed, and that is just one of the many current flaws that we have no idea if the devs are planning on fixing