June 16, 201312 yr XPX :-) I know I got it twice, and I shouldn't have given up the first time when I got mad at a few aspects you know about, but the fact is that, although there may still be some details I'd like to see solved / ironed, this simulator offers me: - stability (in all forms...); - accuracy (with the best add-ons, not necessarily payware); - ease of use, from the GUI, hardware setting, graphics settings, etc... to the simple and effective model used for add-on installation, being it aircraft or scenery; - plausibility, particularly with the amazing World of sceneries, OSM, Ortho, Mesh, again most of it freeware, that together already offered me the closest to real sensation of "being there" when performing VFR over places I know from RL! - The best Weather model of all the simulators I know; - FUTURE! XPX is indeed a platform of the Future. 3rd-party producers are becoming aware of the potential of XPX. In a few months we will most probably see areas like Traffic, Weather and detailled systems being offered for our simulation platform; - Cross-platform, although not all add-ons support all platforms. A great choice, a true deal for a simmer interested in "flying" different types of aircraft, over a World-wide scenery area that can be adapted to better suit her / his needs, being them purely recreational or trainning / proficiency. Sorry for the exclamation, but I really had to write it down after running all of my tests, experimenting with various add-on aircraft and scenery areas, easily tuning it to give the best performance in my PC, certainly above all I could get for the same level of detail. It's definitely a stayer :-) !!! Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
June 16, 201312 yr I am interested in seeing how XPX evolves, right now I am on Prepar3d because of my 3rd party addons. I will say that the Saab is very temping to switch. I think that if XPX sees the equivelent of AS2012, Landclass, and a few PMDG quality products the move will be massive. Tom "I just wanna tell you both: good luck. We're all counting on you."
June 16, 201312 yr Author I think that if XPX sees the equivelent of AS2012, Landclass, and a few PMDG quality products the move will be massive. I believe most of that will arrive before the end of 2013! Even with what is already available, the investment in XPX is one of the best we can do. Most of the aircraft and all of the sceneries I use are freeware! I couldn't get the same level of satisfaction / quality elsewhere ... Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
June 17, 201312 yr XPX :-) It's definitely a stayer :-) !!! :clapping: :drinks: :good: Mitch (Sesquashtoo) "come on down" your the next poster on "The Sim is Right" :lol:
June 17, 201312 yr Yep, just a few more wrinkles to iron out from my point of view before I'd call it a clean sweep. My remaining quibbles are in no particular rank or order... 1. The visibility limit ( I hate it when the sky/fog transition pirouettes around my aircraft when I pan my view at altitude) 2. The occasional graphic "white out" even when running high FPS 3. A 3PD payware quality AI add similar to Ultimate Traffic or My traffic X 4. 64 bit Vatsim client support (Not a LR problem but I want to fly online in 64 bit without a bunch of workarounds) 5. Not a critical piece but I would love to see an equivalent of FSUIPC with a GUI to control standard and 3pd data-refs easily (I want to control quality payware with my hardware not a mouse and keyboard) 6. Last but not least turn the 3pd like REX and Hi-Fi loose with the texture sets so we can get some more variety in the sky and on the tarmac It'll get there this year and I'm so sure of it I just dumped another 1.3K on new hardware so I'm ready for it and Ergh,..Ughmm "Rome Total War II" :diablo: RE Thomason Jr.
June 17, 201312 yr My best sim buy... XPX :-) Now, that's funny ! I'd swear I'd read not so long ago that X-Plane was your worst buy ever !!! :Devil: Sorry, couldn't resist ! Don't want to hurt, just have a good laugh :LMAO: Cheers ! Pascal
June 17, 201312 yr Author You're right Pascal, but... well..., my sim mood changes easily :-) Now, why did I change opinion...? 1) In the first place I never thought XPX was a bad simulation platform - quite on the contrary. My only problem might have been the extreme focus on some of it's (present) limitations... Also, having used DCS World and it's remarkable physics model turns every other simulator very difficult to consider better in terms of flight dynamics... Only problem is the nature of DCS World - very limited for me who will never use it for air combat... I also was missing the World scenery, better weather configuration, civil aircraft... 2) Robert Randazzo's recent declarations regarding XPX did help a lot too, I have to confess - I believe LR owes it to PMDG and to Robert in partcular... I really liked the way he didn't hide is enthusiasm for the X-Plane platform, and also how helpful the members of the X-Plane team were being when contacted by PMDG to help on their adaptation to this completely new simulator platform... 3) The fact that I got tired of being stubborn regarding the "torque bug", and refusing the possibility to enjoy the many positive aspects of X-Plane10 instead... I was also very well impressed when I started seeing some tempting OSM and Ortho scenery photos at the various forums. I tried again to use plane maker and tweak some aircraft models for my experience and liking and was overall satisfied with the end results. I can easily overcome the excessive veering due to x-wind on ground, and even the torque effects... Last, but certainly not least, the X-Aviation Mu2 helped quite a lot... It's an excellent example of a prop aircraft, with non counter-rotating props, not using artificial stability augmentation to overcome the effects of roll due to torque, and yet behaving very acceptably across the full flight envelope (and even beyond...) While I do still find that DCS World offers an almost perfect FDM, I was getting tired of flying circuits just to enjoy it in the p51d or uh-1h... "Flying" an airliner over a very plausible world, with weather conditions that are rendered better than in any other simulator, was something I really missing!!! I'll try to remember the reasons that made me change my ideas the next time some negative thoughts about XPX start building... ;-) Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
June 17, 201312 yr I love DCS World, my PC runs it at all settings maxed out 100% with FPS never dropping below 30.........PMDG's XPX 64Bit release will rock this sims world after release :lol:
June 17, 201312 yr Author Regarding DCS World and XPX in as far as helicopters go, all I can tell is that apparently they are on par. My EC135 looks and flies amazingly! I did many tests with it, and although it can't be compared to am UH-1H, the kind of effects reproduced by XPX when it comes to rotary wing is just on-spot! But yes, DCS World is a great sim too ;-) Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
June 17, 201312 yr Is XPX the best and more realistic environment to fly helicopters? José Fco. Ibáñez /// i7 6700k (Delid) @ 4,6 Ghz /// Asrock Z170 OC Formula /// 16GB RAM G.Skill Ripjaws V 3200 /// GTX 1070 Founders Edition 8GB /// LG 27UD58 4K 27' // OCZ Vertex 4 SSD (X-Plane 10) & SAMSUNG 850 EVO SSD (P3D V3) /// Windows 10 Pro x64
June 17, 201312 yr Author Is XPX the best and more realistic environment to fly helicopters? Hmmm, depends... If you mean flight dynamics-wise, I believe everything in DCS World is still more perfect because they have also access to much more detailed data, but I do believe XPX and DCS World are on par when it comes to rotary wing simulation. Given that DCS offers a military environment, the weather model while good is not as detailed as the one in XPX, and the scenery is limited, while in XPX you can fly in your own area in RL, I believe I can say that XPX is indeed the best environment to "fly" helicopters... Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
June 17, 201312 yr Is XPX the best and more realistic environment to fly helicopters? Hmmm, depends... If you mean flight dynamics-wise, I believe everything in DCS World is still more perfect because they have also access to much more detailed data, but I do believe XPX and DCS World are on par when it comes to rotary wing simulation. Given that DCS offers a military environment, the weather model while good is not as detailed as the one in XPX, and the scenery is limited, while in XPX you can fly in your own area in RL, I believe I can say that XPX is indeed the best environment to "fly" helicopters... Ok. And you think XPX have real dynamics with the Dreamfoil for example? Is realistic in flight dynamics? I fly too much in the Dodosim 206 for FSX and I love it but graphics are old... I'm thinking to install XPlane 10 to fly helicopters José Fco. Ibáñez /// i7 6700k (Delid) @ 4,6 Ghz /// Asrock Z170 OC Formula /// 16GB RAM G.Skill Ripjaws V 3200 /// GTX 1070 Founders Edition 8GB /// LG 27UD58 4K 27' // OCZ Vertex 4 SSD (X-Plane 10) & SAMSUNG 850 EVO SSD (P3D V3) /// Windows 10 Pro x64
June 17, 201312 yr Author Dodosim 206 for FSX I had DODOSIM for fs9, and I am sure the FSX version is good as well, but they're all limited to the underlying flight dynamics core. There are alternatives based on an external FDM, but why complicate when you have it all inside of the sim platform itself, with great free VFR graphics most probably covering the regions wher you would like to fly? I believe you should give XPX a try. Start with the demo and it's default Bell206 and R22 - not bad for a start, although, bare in mind, the default aircraft in XPX sometimes leave a lot to be desired and can even give a negative impression of the powerful physics model behind XPX! Since in RL I fly mainly in Portugal, I got some excellent orto-photo sceneries from http://simheaven.com/ and http://zonephoto.x-plane.fr/outremer_EN.php Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
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