November 18, 201411 yr *Sets up lawn chair and goes to kitchen to make popcorn* I was once in this very place. FSX or Prepar3d well the answer is X plane of course. Your best bet would be Prepar3d, for future proofing and all that. Hope you have big pockets.
November 18, 201411 yr Prepar3D is an ongoing work in progress. Ive been using v2.4 since its release and am generaly happy with it. The shadow and effects detail are amazing, HOWEVER, I keep gong back to FSX because of the addons I have that are not yet availbe for P3D and I have tweaked it to get a realistic flight simulator. In answer to your question, I think its too early to tell but I believe P3D will eventualy take over as improvements and addons become more availabe.
November 18, 201411 yr Between those 2, FSX, with the other option mentioned here not even a close 3rd.
November 18, 201411 yr Between those 2, FSX, with the other option mentioned here not even a close 3rd. Ooooooo that was below the socks
November 18, 201411 yr Between those 2, FSX, with the other option mentioned here not even a close 3rd. Lol Ryzen 5 1600x - 16GB DDR4 - RTX 3050 8GB - MSI Gaming Plus
November 18, 201411 yr P3D for the shadows and lightning effects, Q400 is the only plane i fly in P3D, but my 737 and 777 are still in FSX hangar i do agree that P3D will take over FSX, and for it i need a new PC, cause it brings my ASUS ROG to it's ankles but generally speaking I'm happy with both, performance ok, no ooms Ivan Majetic ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO; 7900X3D; NZXT KRAKEN ELITE 360, GIGABYTE RTX 4080; G.SKILL TridentZ NEO RGB DDR5 64 Gb, WD HDD 2TB, SAMSUNG 980PRO, SAMSUNG 970EVO Plus 2x, ALIENWARE 3423DWF
November 18, 201411 yr I've got FSX running with DX10 and Steve's DX10 Fixer. It's smooth, has cockpit shadows with most planes, has great water effects, and I have many addons, some of which don't work with P3D. FSX is now extremely stable, with computer crashes being very rare events (unfortunately, crashes of the flying kind are more frequent). So I have no incentive to switch to P3D. If I were starting out fresh, I'm not sure what I'd do.
November 18, 201411 yr For GA VFR P3D V2 is far superior already. For Airliners FSX for now but that will change. Once PMDG release the 777 for P3D V2 I can see alot of simmers jumping ship The rest will jump ship when the NGX is available.
November 18, 201411 yr Between the two; FSX for an entertainment simulator and P3D V2 if you require an ESP based simulator. Other alternatives; X-Plane10 if you hate all things Microsoft and FlightGear if you hate all things payware. Mike Mann
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