After almost 2 years of patches & changes for AI traffic software is there a clear winner of My Traffic X ( pro ) Ultimate Traffic2 & Just flight Traffic X in 2011?

A clear winner ? No ........., it would be personal preference in the end. I have all 3 over the last few years and have settled for Ultimate Traffic. With My Traffic I found an annoying feature which put me off, and that was I would get for example Bangladeshi air inter-city hoppers appearing in places like New Mexico! Default My Traffic was also US loaded but relatively much lower European coverage. I am only talking about default settings from the box here. No tweaking the programme to add flights etc.Traffic X I liked but it was more European loaded but relativley low US coverage. Ult Traffic has good accurate coverage for all the world both GS and airline plus decent models and it works outside of FSX.So my current set up is Ultimate traffic for airlines and GA, Traffic X military packs for military flights and I also use the Traffic X voices.gvp file in my Sound-ATC folder in FSX. This combo gives me all the GA, airlines and military flights worldwide. The Traffic x sound file in my ATC folder gives me the different accents (US, European and UK accents)for ATC.

After almost 2 years of patches & changes for AI traffic software is there a clear winner of My Traffic X ( pro ) Ultimate Traffic2 & Just flight Traffic X in 2011?

Patches and changes are good. It indicates the developer continues to update and improve his product. My Traffic X is a prime example. It has been a great AI program for years yet another version is in development and may be released this year. He also has on the spot updates that he releases before a major update through his MyTraffic Communicator program. I don't think any AI traffic program is going to make everyone happy. Most, but not everyone. The amount of traffic and flight plans the developer has to program is mind-boggling and then you'll get someone to complain that a certain aircraft, flight number and/or flight plan is not in the program. I think the clear winner is My Traffic X.Best regards,Jim

I've never heard of different accents with evp, is this possible without buying the traffic program??

Like jjaycee1 said, there is no clear winner since they both operate in a different fashion and have different features. Also, this is one of the most posted questions in the forum. If you do a search, you will find this topic has been gone over so many times its not even funny, which is probably why you wont get many responses due to us regulars not wanting to type the same answer over and over.As far as AI goes,I prefer Ultimate Traffic 2 because of the fact they base the flight plans off of realworld schedules, plus they update the scehdule every summer and winter to reflect what the current schedules are. I also like it because the AI fly actual flight plans rather than from point A to point B, so if your flying a popular airway from one hub to another, it possible that you may spot other heavies flying in the vicinity, above or below you. Lastly, I like UT2 becuase you can assign a keyboard "hotkey" so that when your on approach you can turn off traffic completely, or if your getting overtaken or are about to overtake another plane on approach, you can hit one key and it will clear that a/c from your approach.Currently, I am using a combination of UT2 and WOAI for some of my cargo carriers that UT2 didn't include. I have also started developing my own library of static airliners of the major carriers to fill in some airports like KJFK so that I can run less that 100% traffic and still have a lot of traffic at the gates but without the FPS hit. :(

Thank you all for your input. I have been using Traffic 2005 in FS9 up to a month ago when I purchased a new & much faster computer. I had about 1K in addon software & now it's time to start adding new ones for FSX. I found forums about traffic programs in several places but most were out dated & I wanted to make sure I had all the info needed. It appears though that again it is buyers preference & that there is no clear winner. The reason I purchased traffic 2005 was because I got tired of Ultimate traffic from running over other a/c on approach. Traffic 2005 had AI smooth which worked well but I see they didn't include it with Traffic X. I believe it can still be downloaded from avsim to whatever software I purchase so I guess I get out the coin to toss to see which one wins.Thanks again for your opinions.

What I like about Ultimate Traffic is that the airplanes usually fly actual flight plan routes, so you see them in passing at the right places, like nat tracks and such. It makes it so much more realistic.I just don't have a super computer yet to be able to run maxed sliders and AI as well together

What I like about Ultimate Traffic is that the airplanes usually fly actual flight plan routes, so you see them in passing at the right places, like nat tracks and such. It makes it so much more realistic.

I like the sound of this feature however I remember reading that Ultimate Traffic was causing lots of performance and stuttering problems for many users. Has this been fixed in the latest version? I did attempt to check the Flight1 forums but access is denied unless you've bought the product.I see there is a demo. I'll download that tonight and try it on my system.

I like the sound of this feature however I remember reading that Ultimate Traffic was causing lots of performance and stuttering problems for many users. Has this been fixed in the latest version? I did attempt to check the Flight1 forums but access is denied unless you've bought the product.I see there is a demo. I'll download that tonight and try it on my system.

Those problems have greatly been fixed with thew latest version. The one negative with UT2, is if you fly late at night (Between 12 midnight and about 5 AM), because of the way it injects traffic, only a little while before scheduled departure. Some say it's only about 20 min before, I think it's a little more than that maybe 2 hours. The result is though airports will tend to be quite deserted during those hours, instead of full with planes waiting for the morning departures.

A year and a half ago when I restarted simming with FSX, I tossed a virtual coin and picked MyTrafficX as my traffic package. Install, tweak a few settings and forget it. It has everything - GA, commuter, airliners and military. Performance is as smooth as I want it to be. Even with 100% traffic, things would slow at points, but it never turned into a slideshow.Then about six months ago for a trial basis I installed VoxATC which doesn't use the built-in AI/ATC engine. It essentially "directs" the MyTrafficX models via SimConnect. Neat... but different from what I've grown to expect from MS AI.On the minus side with VoxATC, there is no traffic at any airport which you are not flying from or to. That bothered me at first, but I realized that if I'm flying from KTPA to KSFO, it doesn't bother me to look down at KDFW and not see any aircraft there. Heck, I'm six miles up in the air. VA also doesn't use schedules, but it does fill your departure and arrival airport with the proper companies at the proper parking spots.On the plus side with VoxATC, many of the aircraft will be given actual SIDs and STARs to fly - which they do. VA focuses its attention on the busy ends of my flight which I've grown to appreciate. If I come across a gaggle of MDs mid-ocean I've never wondered if they're on an airway, just that they're not in my way. :( But if I'm looking to land at SFO via Modesto Three and I see a Learjet making a beeline for MOD, I'm going to mentally watch for conflict.But to join in with the consensus, there's no best traffic package - just what's best for any given user.

A year and a half ago when I restarted simming with FSX, I tossed a virtual coin and picked MyTrafficX as my traffic package. Install, tweak a few settings and forget it. It has everything - GA, commuter, airliners and military. Performance is as smooth as I want it to be. Even with 100% traffic, things would slow at points, but it never turned into a slideshow.Then about six months ago for a trial basis I installed VoxATC which doesn't use the built-in AI/ATC engine. It essentially "directs" the MyTrafficX models via SimConnect. Neat... but different from what I've grown to expect from MS AI.On the minus side with VoxATC, there is no traffic at any airport which you are not flying from or to. That bothered me at first, but I realized that if I'm flying from KTPA to KSFO, it doesn't bother me to look down at KDFW and not see any aircraft there. Heck, I'm six miles up in the air. VA also doesn't use schedules, but it does fill your departure and arrival airport with the proper companies at the proper parking spots.On the plus side with VoxATC, many of the aircraft will be given actual SIDs and STARs to fly - which they do. VA focuses its attention on the busy ends of my flight which I've grown to appreciate. If I come across a gaggle of MDs mid-ocean I've never wondered if they're on an airway, just that they're not in my way. :( But if I'm looking to land at SFO via Modesto Three and I see a Learjet making a beeline for MOD, I'm going to mentally watch for conflict.But to join in with the consensus, there's no best traffic package - just what's best for any given user.

I could see VOXATC not spawning ground traffic at airports you are not flying to, which is a good idea for performance. UT2 has a similar feature, where it won't spawn traffic below a specified altitude,(Which is user adjustable, I actually set this above the altitude I'm flying so it doesn't do this, but it does work.). Does this include traffic en-route? That I wouldn't like, as I like to hear traffic going to other destinations.

I could see VOXATC not spawning ground traffic at airports you are not flying to, which is a good idea for performance. UT2 has a similar feature, where it won't spawn traffic below a specified altitude,(Which is user adjustable, I actually set this above the altitude I'm flying so it doesn't do this, but it does work.). Does this include traffic en-route? That I wouldn't like, as I like to hear traffic going to other destinations.

Tom,Yes, VoxATC does spawn flying traffic enroute - a density slider controls the amount, and the skies I've seen around the world are populated with a reasonable assortment.