January 1, 200917 yr I was referring to Noel not Jim. And like I said I'm not bashing, but user concensus especially from the guys I fly with the most, and all but 1 has the plane, deems a lot more on what I think and feel about a plane. Most of the guys I fly with like myself have been in this hobby of ours for quite awhile and pretty much know what each other likes or dislikes about a plane. (Yes you really should hear some of the conversations on that lol) Anyways, there has been word passed to us that the developers basically didn't care about us shared cockpit multiplayer guys, since the real plane was setup in such a way that only one pilot could fly it. But that's ok we are getting really used to not being thought about. Then we are told when asked about the pixelated(blocky) screens in the cockpit, that it was intentionally cut down on the polygon count to save performance. While they are big screens and I agree, could, I guess be seen like that I don't understand this because I have several addons with multiple screens and big screens and performance is not an issue. Fine, not a great answer but taken as is. Then the plane comes out with a database that only suits some of the world, including I would presume the FS default 2005 navdatabases, granted I've heard that it is being worked on that the database guy was coming back soon to work on it or something, but that it may or may not be a subscription service in the long run. Rather that means Navigraph or Flight1 in house or a one time update to get procedures and waypoints put in I don't know. Then the whole load the default flight then load the mustang stuff is just plain weird. I can load any plane in my hangar that just as complicated or more so without doing this and everything works fine. Why would I have to do it with this aircraft? Or is that just a precautionary step? I can keep going with various problems. The good thing, and one of the things I do like about what I've seen from Jim over the years is he does stay active in the community with keeping people in the loop and has said most if not all of this would be worked out, fixed, gone, what have you, in future updates.Now the upsides I have heard about this plane, is the icing effects are pretty cool, the displays even though they are a bit blocky look decent. Most text is readable. The external model looks very nice, the handling and peformance is on par per plane stats. And the performance in sim is to be expected of a quality aircraft. Like I've been telling people, and I believe I've stated in this post I personally don't have anything against Flight1 or this particular plane specifically. What I do have an issue with is somethings where not quite what they were "expected" to be or things where left out inadvertantly . I guess is my own head I had this set out to be a polished little to no fuss type A/C that I would enjoy. The jury is still outSo once(my main gripe) we have an updateable database with reliable, and updated navdata is available especially for a plane that has a G1000!. If I can convience myself that multiplayer isn't an issue, and pry myself away from some other addictive addons as of late and the patches start flowing then I will give it a go. But like most products now a days wait till the first service pack, or patches start coming out to kill those bugs before giving it a try. The one thing that does bug me though and I would like clarification on is... "I can honestly say that the Mustang offers a good deal more than was promised -- and several things that are first-time-ever features." Besides the icing effects and the WAAS approach stuff what else are you talking about? And does this alone make it a 'must have' for everyones hangar? Pretty only goes so far on prom night when your date has a wooden leg. (Laugh it's corny but funny)And I'll add in here again, I'm not bashing anyone I think it's a fine product and I'm simply throwing my view on things to help Flight1's developers make a better product that would make me HAVE to buy it! As of right now I'm still on the edge until I get some update/in-the-works news on what will be sqwashed with the first major update. Great job on what you have accomplished so far it just needs a glob of polish.
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