March 26, 201412 yr Thanks for posting. Your shots made me realize exactly why I didn't buy NCA: the "more-or-less" correct autogen may make sense in areas you're not intimately familiar with, but the illusion falls apart if you happen to fly over a place you actually live in and you have flown over a number of times. The 3rd shot is the case in point: yes, Lake El Estero is there, yes, the Municipal Beach and Wharf are there, yes, the parking lot by the marina is there. However, El Estero Park around and to the south of the lake doesn't have any commercially looking buildings and its southern part by Fremont St. (right behind the plane's tail) is actually 3 cemeteries. And right across the street (Del Monte Ave) from the big parking lot you have what looks like a big shopping center, which isn't there in reality, unless you want to consider Monterey Sports Center and Jack's Park (the baseball park and tennis courts right across the Franklin Street, which is missing too) a shopping center. That's why I think I'm going to stick to photoreal scenery in my neighborhood. Though I have no issue using ORBx sceneries in areas I'm not too familiar with, like PNW or Southern Alaska... Beautiful plane though.
March 28, 201412 yr Author everybody is entitled to their own opinion, what work for you, might not work for someone else.
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