P3D v2.3 vs. XPX 10.30b8 round II, LSZA

[Guest Mik75]

Hi there!

As promised in the first comparison thread (http://forum.avsim.net/topic/449238-p3d-v23-vs-xpx-1030b8-ksna-to-kcno/), here is a row of pics taken on a pattern flight at Lugano Airport in Switzerland in the late afternoon (5:30pm, August 14th). First, I flew A2A´s Cherokee in P3D v2.3 (FTX Global and REX4 Texture Direct are installed), thereafter Carenado´s Stationair was flown around LSZA in XPX (with OSM Europe + autogen, HD Mesh v2, Treelines and Farms v2, SkyMAXX Pro v2 with all options ckecked, UrbanMAXX 3D, MaxxFX and Dataref Editor).

Again, I tried to set the weather to the same values in the manual weather setup of both sims, according to the most recent METAR for Lugano Airport at that time.

I enjoyed both flights, but this time, I had a favourite! ;-)

 

P3D:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XPX:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jimmy64 43]

Both look great! I use P3D because of familiarity and compatibility but I think that it's clear now that we actually have two successors for FSX and simmers have no need to fear an end to their hobby or cling to FSX. I use my FSX disks as drink coasters!

[Joonas 3]

Both sims looking great! I myself prefer X-plane but also sometimes like to hop and make a fun flight in prepar3d

[Guest Mik75]

You are right guys! I love them both as well!

The 2.3 update for P3D brought some serious performance gain for me, which is a great thing!

[Azapata87 173]

Wow! The lighting and shadowing in xplane look seriously good in these shots!

[Pugilist2 878]

I have both, but prefer X Plane. Just wish we could get FSDT, Flight Beam and Latin VFR to convert their airports and make some cityscapes for the large US cities.

[Bartolomeus 34]

Yes, both sims looking great. But I also prefer P3D.

 

Marko

[roroma 2]

Wow, these are the next two top of the line flight sims. Kind of hard to compare the two since they're both so powerful and have so much potential. I think both will do very well in the future. 

[Guest Mik75]

Thank you guys for your comments. Our beloved hobby has a bright future for sure!