Today I made it a point to exclusively fly Prepar3D and after a nice day of flying go use FSX and see what I think.. My thoughts.. I can't go back to FSX..

 

As an ATI user I've alway been delt a terrible hand when it comes to FSX.. Flashing clouds (fixable I know but wasn't a 100% cure all), performance robbing clouds, random hitching and glitchy textures. Then there is chasing blurries overall in FSX. I got FSX as good as I'm going to get it and while blurries have improved I can still watch them render to sharpness as they come closer. Some times it's good, some times not so good, and other times render to being sharp but a few hundred feet in front of me. Regardless of all that, distant (an entire mile away) textures are still blurred badly and that's by design.

 

With Prepar3D all of that is gone.. I can concentrate on flying and learning instead being distracted by hitching, blurries and adjusting settings depending on where I'm at.. With Prepar3d I can finally just `set it, and forget it'. Default CFG, 6.5 LOD, all sliders maxed (except traffic and AI still) and I've yet to run into a situation where I've noticed any slow downs or hitching. I'm not a FPS chaser, I'm a good presentation chaser.. I don't care if I'm getting 12FPS as long as it is smooth and flyable. These are all things Prepar3D can now offer me. I've got enough addons working now, Active Sky 2012, GEX, UTX, RealTrim, Orbx SBSL, my home airport in game, two good GA planes to get me by till Carenado puts out installers for the rest of his fleet. I just don't see a reason to load up that interactive benchmarking program called FSX anymore.

 

Prepar3D_2012_04_06_20_33_51_106 by styckxx, on Flickr

 

Prepar3D_2012_04_06_16_59_05_600 by styckxx, on Flickr

Really shows how developed P3D over FSX.

Couldn't agree more. There's a long way to go until P3D is a total solution, but it is the future and, you're right, it's very hard to go back once you've given it a go.

I'm with you 100% on that, I no longer have to chose between a realistic world and a flyable aircraft as everything is SMOOOOTH.

 

I'm slowly migrating everything over. What a pleasure it is to have the huge investment that I've made in FSX addons given a new lease of life.

 

 

Hi,

 

I couldn't agree more, P3D is MY flight sim choice and has been for seven months now. Bye Bye Microsoft......

I am interested in the Prepar3D product to replace FSX, but according to Lockheed's website, "the Prepar3D application is not to be used, offered, sold or distributed through markets or channels for use as a personal/consumer entertainment product." I find this confusing, as people seem to be using it as a replacement for FSX. Am I wrong?

That is a topic that can't be discussed at all and best be avoided.

Looks the same as my FSX.

No more crashes, no more program freezes because I made the mistake of clicking the menu in the wrong way, no more praying that changing aircraft won't end up in a bloody unresponsive program. No more FSX.

 

That's Prepar3D. Its very very stable.

 

I have full VFR photo scenery for my local area, all the airports I want, the NGX, Fs2crew, the aerosoft Catalina etc and ASE. It is so smooth compared to FSX. The level of detail means I can recognise mountains in the photo scenery at a distance of >50 miles. Unthinkable in FSX.

 

Only problem I have at the moment is no trackir support but there are workarounds using other addons.

 

If you are on the fence about buying it, like I was, then I'd say go buy it now. It costs less than ONE decent payware addon and its fully supported and updated.

So far, I'm pretty pleased. It seems that locking fps in the simulator rather than externally via driver or that java program gives me more stable FPS. Water looks great without the huge FPS hit. Once orbx does their airports, I'm probably done for good with FSX.

 

-stefan

looks like my fsx and dont need a license for it to run

I'm with you 100% on that, I no longer have to chose between a realistic world and a flyable aircraft as everything is SMOOOOTH.

 

I'm slowly migrating everything over. What a pleasure it is to have the huge investment that I've made in FSX addons given a new lease of life.

 

 

 

13 fps, no way could I live with that.

 

Wycliffe

How does one get 'smoooth' out of13.9 frames a sec...? Yes I know it's Kai Tak, and if you get that there, at a FlyTampa scenery, then what would you get at Jon Path/Holger Sandeman's "Victoria Plus, on top of Don Grovestine's Victoria 2010 and OrbX PNW. You could probably walk faster.

13 fps, no way could I live with that.

 

Wycliffe

 

Beat me to it Wycliffe!

 

Rhydian

P3D loves Kai Tak. I get a steady (and smooth) 35FPS all day long at Kai Tak in P3D (I've locked it at 35..I can get way higher if I unlock it)

 

And all my sliders are maxed 4096 textures

 

P3D is great.

 

jake

Edited April 11, 201214 yr by quadraspleen