I have a question, if you order the CDROM version of PNW, is it shipped from the USA?Anyone know how long it will take?Bill Clark

I have a question, if you order the CDROM version of PNW, is it shipped from the USA?Anyone know how long it will take?Bill Clark

Hi Bill,Our DVD-ROM version of PNW is still being manufactured. The intial release was for the download edition only. We are only shipping the gold master to the reproduction plant tomorrow, so we expect shipment by the end of this month, maybe sooner.We will have two resellers in the USA for PNW - FSPilotshop.com and PCAviator.comThey will soon be setting up the product pages so pre-orders can be taken.We are seeking more distributors in the USA or Canada, so perhaps there may be more outlets soon.By the way, here's the latest video of PNW - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrXsDDdWv2Y

Great product...I am enjoying this scenery..well done ORBX :(

I have been flying around different areas of PNW's coverage, as well as airport-direct-airport, and can only say that this has got to be the most realistic flight experience in immersion I have EVER had with flight simulation. I would have to say that PNW's 'look' is even more to the side of 'real world' than even their own Australia/Tasmania,... majestic, rugged, with trees that look beyond belief in what you think would be rendered in a flight simulator. To my eyes, they have such 3D depth and texture. Landclass, foothills, mountains, meadows, river S-bends with rising banks, to cliffs in some instances goes WAY beyond what a compressed screen-shot can try to capture!As you come in upon Final, your eyes have to be ripped away from them (the trees and forests they stand in) to stay focused upon the threshold!!! Everything...is beyond belief; rural and suburban city and town works. Bridges that have traffic that progresses across the entire span and then exits to the other side, not seen beyond PNW's coverage. Roadworks that not only look good, but have traffic that moves in the most natural way upon them.I have all my SCENERY sliders set to full-on, except SCENERY DENSITY set to VERY DENSE rather than full EXTREAMLY DENSE.... and let me tell you....my gawd, but is this scenery beautiful to fly over at ANY height. I am easily running at 28 to 30 FPS with the FPS flight limiter running, BUFFERPOOLS=0 and Multi-Bandwidth set to 40.My gosh, I could go into such detail, but only wish to say that if anybody decides to pass by on this purchase...you are so losing out on an immersing experience in LIFE LIKE world conditions.My absolute congratulations to the total development team. Absolutely!On a scale of 10, I rate this the full Monty....10!POST EDIT: I just had to pause in mid-air to come back here to type that I would NEVER have believed that FSX could look like this 5,500 ft below my Amphib.Make sure you do a full defrag and then system backup before you start taking in this vast coverage.Cheers!Mitch

I agree completly. It totally transforms FSX. I can't wait for the addon airports to start rolling out.Rob

As I mentioned way back, I prefer GEX/UTX!Why?The price and the coverage...This product is too expensive, and it may give other dev.'s a "carte blanche" to raise their prices...What if FTX made the whole USA/CAN?Would anyone pay 4-500 bucks for that?Just my thoughts, enjoy the product, it looks great!

As I mentioned way back, I prefer GEX/UTX!Why?The price and the coverage...This product is too expensive, and it may give other dev.'s a "carte blanche" to raise their prices...What if FTX made the whole USA/CAN?Would anyone pay 4-500 bucks for that?Just my thoughts, enjoy the product, it looks great!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Too expensive? I haven't even begun to explore this jewel....and IMO, worth every dollar! The work that went into this, is visually seen, and speaks for itself. If FTX made the whole USA/CAN...based upon this release...I'd have my wallet out for each one. You and they can take that to the bank. I vote with my wallet...and if other developers create what PNW's has set the visual and performance bar to...then they can cash in with me as well. If you own FSX...and don't have PNW to fly above, for want to purchase, I'd say that you have lost out and denied yourself on a grand scale. As you say, this is also...my personal opinion. I sure hope that that you don't in fact lose out by lack of owning this gem.Mitch

As I mentioned way back, I prefer GEX/UTX!Why?The price and the coverage...This product is too expensive, and it may give other dev.'s a "carte blanche" to raise their prices...

Judging by this comment, it seems to me you still haven't investigated what this product actually is. As stated before, that's your loss. I agree with a lot of people here and on other forums that FTX PNW is by far the best scenery ever built for any flight simulator. Absolutely worth every penny if you enjoy accurate detailed scenery.And I really don't understand the remark about Orbx giving a carte blanche to other developers to raise prices :( Go visit a flightsim webstore and compare prices please. You'll find Orbx products are actually fairly cheap.

What if FTX made the whole USA/CAN?Would anyone pay 4-500 bucks for that?

I can't talk for anyone, but I would! :(

Judging by this comment, it seems to me you still haven't investigated what this product actually is. As stated before, that's your loss. I agree with a lot of people here and on other forums that FTX PNW is by far the best scenery ever built for any flight simulator. Absolutely worth every penny if you enjoy accurate detailed scenery.And I really don't understand the remark about Orbx giving a carte blanche to other developers to raise prices :( Go visit a flightsim webstore and compare prices please. You'll find Orbx products are actually fairly cheap.I can't talk for anyone, but I would! :(

'I wouldn't... :( Sure it looks great, but it's still too expensive IMO.

Let me put it this way: I got a free copy of PNW and I'm still going to buy the DVD. That's how good it is.

'I wouldn't... :( Sure it looks great, but it's still too expensive IMO.

OK it's "too expensive" and you won't buy it. :( Next!

Let me put it this way: I got a free copy of PNW and I'm still going to buy the DVD. That's how good it is.

Me too! From a value point of view... at a guess I would say that if you took a GA aircraft out one evening and did an hours flying north from the southern boundary, stopping off at every airfield you spotted on the way, and zig-zagging east and west to explore every corner of the coverage area, you'd be lucky to finish up north inside a year even if you simmed for an hour each day. To me that works out to less than 16 cents per hour of pure unbridled enjoyment. Not a lot to pay for such an experience in my book.GEX/UTX is probably a better investment if you fly tubeliners regularly right across the country, always in and out of PNW area, I'll grant you that. But for flying within PNW I can't really see there's any question about which provides the better simming experience.CheersJohn

A few shots from one of the skiing areas that are included with PNW:Bonus Shot :(

As I mentioned way back, I prefer GEX/UTX!Why?The price and the coverage...This product is too expensive, and it may give other dev.'s a "carte blanche" to raise their prices...What if FTX made the whole USA/CAN?Would anyone pay 4-500 bucks for that?Just my thoughts, enjoy the product, it looks great!

No question, GEX + UTX plus Genesis mesh looks great. (I have them all.) But, IMHO, the PNW is better. Look what Megascenery does, what Aerosoft does with cities and islands; specific areas are brought to a higher level of detail. Well, PNW has done exactly this with a very attractive region for FSX flyers.PNW at $50 is a very good deal. There's a lot of excellent flying fun to be had with this scenery. And yes, I would pay $400 or $500 for all of North America as detailed as PNW. So would a lot of people.

Stupid question, but why is there so much black colour on the ground (between the trees) in a strange spotted pattern? I was always curious about it since fs2002? Otherwise the screenshots are stunning.Thanks,Dirk.