I hope whatever Windows version is practical when Level D 757 comes out still supports FSX.

 

Or who knows if by that time the main OS is something else than anything developed by Microsoft...

I was frustrated with it too when I first got it, but after leaving in the hanger for a few months, I finally invested the time to learn it's peculiarities, which after having done so, it became a favorite.

 

 

me too

 

 

 

Regards;

 

Fritz

Thank you for your concern, but stop pretending that the only people who claim there are bugs, don't "invest the time" to learn the systems.

Thank you for your concern, but stop pretending that the only people who claim there are bugs, don't "invest the time" to learn the systems.

Exactly, thank you for the clarification. The more I fly the plane the more I do things the way it wants and not the way I want.  It is a challenge to get it right in that plane but in the end it is a reward in my opinion.

 

Regards;

 

Fritz

Level D is still developing the 757,,,

 

Don't ask me how but I know that they are.

 

 

However, as they have started years ago I am afraid that the visual quality is not up to date with PMDG and CS.

 

The most epic vaporware in the history of flight simming.......

 

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 2

Still waiting for Level-D  :t0152:

I think we're more likely to see ******* come back!

+1 for the QW. It has more versions at a lower price than the CS, and it is visually on par, except for some eye candy like a passenger cabin or some outside features.

You don't even own either plane, so don't talk son.

 

Don't get the Just Flight one even though it's free?That's the whole reason of getting it... because it is free. :Doh:

Tad patronising, no? I had the JF one, so can comment on that. I don't think I actually passed comment on either of the other two, merely indicated that there were going to be a variety of points of view in support of and opposing one or the other (borne out in subsequent posts), since posts to that point had been less than helpful. Rather than bash my post, would you care to add something useful?

+1 for the QW. It has more versions at a lower price than the CS, and it is visually on par, except for some eye candy like a passenger cabin or some outside features.

To each his own...

Have no issues with LNAV/VNAV on the captain sim version. Prefer complex FMS functions as everything to me boils down to realism.

 

Rather than bash my post, would you care to add something useful?

 

Alright, here's something useful.

 

I have the CS757, and I think it is an alright plane. I liked it a lot, but it lacks some cockpit sounds, such as the flap levers. It has decent graphics and good system complexity... it is certainly NOT a light plane like many people portray it to be. The CS757 also doesn't have particularly great flight dynamics, since it's immersion feels somewhat "distant," especially compared with planes such as the PMDG 747, which may be the king of flight dynamics and aircraft sounds in my book. Also, I do not have the bugs with the CS757 that many people describe.

 

I do not own the QW757, but with my experiences with the buggy BAe-146 Ultimate (such as the failure for the Avro to comply to the ILS in cross winds and a buggy VNAV) makes me hesitant to purchase the QW757. Although the CS757 isn't a great plane either.

 

My personal decision would be the QW757, although the CS757 is a good plane that is unfairly bashed and made to look worse than it really is, though the CS767 is a much better choice.

Yeah.. And as always theese topics shows one thing: Different people have different taste.

 

There was one advice in here that I think was really good: Get the QW757, then wait for CS to have a sale on theirs and buy that as well, then COMPARE

 

My experience with CS: Good visuals, love the animations. Not so great on the FDE and autopilot, however if you are patient and willing you can overcome the autopilot-bugs.

 

The CS 737 is my favorite captainsim product btw.. So heres what you gonna do:

 

Buy the CS737. Fly it alot: Then buy the QW757 and CS757.. Fly them alot.. Then save up a 100 bucks every month: Buy the Level-D 757 when it is released.. (its gonna cost a fortune;-)

 

Or just go with the gut-feeling and buy the one that seems best suited according to YOUR TASTE!

 

Happy flying.

 

Buy the Level-D 757 when it is released.. (its gonna cost a fortune;-)

 

It will be a vintage aircraft by then.

My personal decision would be the QW757, although the CS757 is a good plane that is unfairly bashed and made to look worse than it really is, though the CS767 is a much better choice.

 

I believe I've got it not. Couldn't understand it at first.  Native CS FSX products (not counting the 777) usually are better than port overs like the 757.  In FS9 the 757 is complete and finished, totally solid with no issues.  The very same 757 in FSX seems to be a dog.  The CS 767 was made solely for FSX and according to most who have it like it better than the 757.  If the 757 has FDE issues in FSX I know for a fact that's not the case in FS9.  So as many have said before avoid FS9 port overs when using FSX.

Thanks Nathan. I drift in and out of the 'I want a 757' market, which is why I'm interested in what people have to say about them and lean in a certain direction myself.

 

Mike

Native CS FSX products (not counting the 777) usually are better than port overs like the 757.

 

I have to disagree with you here! True the first CS757, when they had the block system was a port over, and only had default non complex gauges (Both FS9 and FSX Block E ) . The current version starting with version 4.0 is a completely FSX native model, built to FSX SDK standards, including separate VC/VCabin and external models. The 767 added a feature, to turn off the Virtual cabin, which the 757 didn't, that gave it better performance over the 757, but that was really the only difference in terms of how they were built.  In fact CS was originally going to drop the FS9 model and build only the FSX version, but after the community outcry (rightfully) that they promised a FS9 Block E (Which was what they called the system release), for those that bought in to their block system, that  they relented, and suspended FSX development to get the FS9 version out first, else there wouldn't have been a FS9 version. It was after this episode that CS finally took some positive steps to improve their image with the community.