I'm constantly changing texture sets for Europe. Before complete reinstall of FSX, I was sure that UTX+GEX is the best combination. GEX Europe has very good textures and autogen placement, but that brownish look just doesn't suite my vision how Europe must look like. Then I switched to FScene4x, much more realistic, but only from high altitude! Textures are awful on approach (below 10 000), and autogen placement is bad, so it's not definitely for VFR flights. Now I'm on default textures + UTX, Europe looks much more natural in green. Now I'm thinking to switch on GEX again, trying to convince myself i'ts better looking, but that autumn textures in the middle of summer, naaah.

And yes, I think that Europe with GEX looks all the same, no variety in textures like it's the case with default. Even FScene4xhas more variations.

 

What is your choice, and why?

Hmm in my opinion GEX in autumn is way to much green other than brown.

I will test the freeware textures from Aime Leclerq when I'll set up FSX completely new because of a newer rig this winter.

Don't forget to make sure you have the latest GEX Europe installed. All the GEX product line received a major update about a month ago.

Hmm in my opinion GEX in autumn is way to much green other than brown.

I will test the freeware textures from Aime Leclerq when I'll set up FSX completely new because of a newer rig this winter.

 

I don't fly in autumn, mostly in spring/summer, so I can comment only for that two seasons.

Aime's texture sets are good, but they have two flaws - autogen placement is all wrong, and there is one texture with cropcircle and logicaly all the textures repeat across the continent, so when you see one same cropcircle all over the Europe it's not good for realism.

 

Don't forget to make sure you have the latest GEX Europe installed. All the GEX product line received a major update about a month ago.

 

Yeah? Didn't knew that, forgot to follow their forums for a long time. Thanks for a heads up!

My desired setup would be UTX + ORBX textures. Too bad ORBX doesn't sell textures only, because the scenery they create is only for areas were I don't fly.

I prefer FSAltitude Western Europe which covers most of Europe with photoreal textures that look good from high altitude, yet also allow you to see normal textures around you when flying low. After I got it cruising has been much more interesting, actually so good that I bought rest of FSAltitude series.

 

So to anybody into airliner flying I highly recommend going to www.fsaltitude.com and getting those, 100x better than boring generic textures you get without it. No winter textures though, but I fly around Southern Europe most of the time anyway. I kinda feel that this whole product has been forgotten although in my opinion these are one of the best products you can get to enjoy airliner flying more.

It sounds great (FS Altitude)..... but without Winter textures, it's a no no for me.

Hmmm I opened FSEarthTiles to try with 8m/p textures for the Alps. Just to find how to activate that textures from FL160 and above...