I give it a 7 or 8, it's a great piece of software but lacks the number of high quality of addons FSX has (PMDG, ORBX, Fly Tampa.....)

I don't but use the PM function hehe

I rate it a 5 out of 10. I've been trying to transition into XP10. The chief hindrances are the unrealistic, squirrely flight models for the default C-172 and Columbia 400, which detract. The barren airports and lack of any landmarks in major cities (US)don't help. Simply adjusting radio and nav frequencies is awkward. Pluses: OSM/autogen are excellent. Outstanding framerates at high scenery settings-I'm impressed. Night flying is just great. Maybe some payware GA will improve on the flight models? The sim has potential, so I tend to look past other minuses that come to mind.

Converting to X-Plane certainly took me a while (as in years I started when version 8 was the current release) but at the moment is the main simulator I use. For my intents and purposes I rate it an 9 (to leave some room for improvement).

 

The thing that is the hardest to get used to is the changes that are rolled into a new major version over time. X-Plane 10 has had unbelievable changes for the better but with that there are always some add-ons ore little things we have to leave behind which kind of sucks but in general the changes are good and give us an ever improving program.

Well lets look at it like this. FSX or even P3D are 32 bit vs if you have a 64 bit OS you have the ability of a full 64 bit flight sim. Now before y'all crawl all over me let me say I have them all. FSX, FS9, P3D and XP10. FS9 runs great maxed out in 32 bit, in FSX I get good results with customized settings, P3D is about the same, and XP I get great results in 64 bit either in Windows or on Ubuntu 64 but there again it runs 64 bit maxed out. Now I also own a ton of pay ware stuff for all except P3D, be it scenery, AI aircraft, Aircraft from Capt Sim, PMDG, WilcoPub, Aerosoft, and a lot more that I might have forgot about. Then I also own two separate ATC programs for FSX and FS9 or P3D; VoxATC and Radar Contact. Then I also have the 777 and 787 all variants for XP10 and most of the scenery was freeware or offered as part of a deal by buying a payware piece. Weather I own both Active Sky and Real Environment. Now most of the stuff I have for FSX can be ported over to P3D or it can't because of EULA.

 

I am not here to beat up on a particular sim but make a objective observance of all of them. FS9 I would give a solid 8, FSX a 6.5, P3D a 6 and XP a 8 if for nothing more than the availability of it being 64 bit along with it being an open source type program where writing plugins for it doesn't take a lot to do but something that helps work. I have all my scenery swapped over to XP with little effort. I have AI traffic that I have from a plugin that I can control. Weather from a plugin. Ground services from a plugin. So right now I am about 50/50 on XP and FSX but as I get more confidant with it I might loose interest in FSX.

 

Ok so time to get off the soapbox. Just my .002 worth

 

John

With my latest software acquisitions over the last month, I'd rate XPX:25  an 8.5 as there still is with any sim platform a 2.5 that can be tweaked and improved.

 

Would I recommend this to VFR and IFR/FL users?

 

Oh yeah.....hand's down!

Starting out go with XPX its 64bit and can crank settings get good fps and its scalable far more than fsx. XP 10 is improvement from V9 its cleaner looking and textures look better. With V2 mesh and vector upgrade can vfr easier now. There is a lot more ponds and streams.