Best airport scenery

[pete_auau]

The latest   one  from orbx  is  pretty  good  if  you into ga   flight   tap  tapini  great scenery  and  you get  slope  runways  to land  and  take  off  from

[swiesma]

Does soemone own FSDT KJFK v2?

I had a look at the demo yesterday but this was pretty short. It looked nice, but it costs 35€, which is not exactly cheap.

 

So I need recommendations to justify buying it!  :smile:

[pcubine]

So I need recommendations to justify buying it

I have it and for me it is worth the price. I have no complaints about any of FSDT airports.

[cmpbellsjc]

Does soemone own FSDT KJFK v2?

I had a look at the demo yesterday but this was pretty short. It looked nice, but it costs 35€, which is not exactly cheap.

 

So I need recommendations to justify buying it! :smile:

I have v1 and v2, no longer use v1 of course and have no issues with it, be it FPS or VAS.

 

As with Michael, I have no issues with any FSDT airports and own them all except the Hawaiian ones.

 

I also own all the Flightbeam airports except KSFOv2 and they all work well, except KPHX is a little harder on performance for some reason on my machine. KPHX is not bad but I get 20 to 25 FPS there without traffic while I usually get 25 FPS or higher at their other airports with the same traffic settings.

 

Sean Campbell

[wde12]

 

 

Does soemone own FSDT KJFK v2?

 

I own it. Agree - not cheap. I use KJFK a bunch so that makes the price a tad easier to digest. It has the T4 expansion, which is critical. Nowhere near the level of FlightBeam or Taxi2Gate, but it's an old faithful. Scenery / Terminal textures get the job done. No performance issues for me. Docking system is always a perk. One thing I particularly like is the VOR / Belmont Visual for 13L. It has the lead in lights - that may sound like a small detail or perk, but there aren't many challenging approaches (at least for heavies like the 777) these days. 

 

I think it boils down to usage. I don't fly KDEN much, but I certainly bought the FlightBeam KDEN because it's on that elite level. If I had to pick between KDEN and FSDT-KJFK, I'd go with KJFK, just because it's "good enough" and I fly there a bunch. Hope that helps.

[swiesma]

Thanks a lot guys.

I had a look at the demo version again yesterday and it is really a nice airport!

And the hop to Europe is also not really long, so I can fly to my favourite airports (Zurich, Munich, Salzburg, Vienna) easily.

 

Guess I have to go for it!  :smile:

 

@wde12 You are right, I did not find a lot of very challenging arrivals until now. VHHX is there on the FlyTampa scenery... But all other approaches I did until now are fairly simple. Fly the STAR, Transition, press APP and go down...

[Turbine777]

Old topic, but a good'n. Just wanted to share my $.02.
 
In the last couple months in getting P3d and back into simming, I've bought 28 airports haha. I have many more than that now, but only thanks to FlyTampa and Orbx for the free updates from FSX to P3d.
 
My favorite two are a close tie, Flightbeam and FlyTampa. I can't say enough about Flightbeam. I only wish they had more than 4. I have all of FlyTampa's, FSDT's and at least 20 Orbx. I have none for Aerosoft. Aerosoft (to me) is too annoying. No updates, or barely and they always say they have too much to update blah blah blah. They don't take the time to even update their own store. They actually have some products updated but many months later only refer to that via their forum, not their store. I will not part with a penny if it isn't assured to me where I buy it (their store) that it works. Sad too because I have their very inexpensive Boston X and it's incredible (I miss their innsbruck approach).
 
FSDT is great too. I have them all other than their Hawaii series.
 
Orbx is not last because I'm listing them last. Lately they're all that I use since I'm loving their Northern and Southern California. I've spent more money on Orbx stuff than any by far.

Here's my P3d list, all P3d V3 ready. This is from my notes so I don't of course have something that has "(want)" next to it

It has most of what I have. I may have forgot recent purchases but it looks 100%.

 

P3d v3.2 Pro

Regional Software:

FTX Global
FTX Vector
FTX OpenLC NA_Alaska_Canada
FTX NA Gold USA Northern California
FTX NA Gold USA Southern California
FTX NA Blue PNW180
FTX NA Northern Rockies
FTX NA Central Rockies
FTX AU SP4
FTX OpenLC EU
FTX Pacific Fjords (want)
FTX Northern Ireland (want)
FTX Ireland (want)
FTX Scotland (want)
FTX Wales (want)
FTX Norway (want)


Cities:
Aeorsoft Boston X


Airports:

Flightbeam:
   KIAD_HD
   KSFO_HD
   KDEN_HD
   KPHX_HD
   
FlyTampa:
   Grenadines (TVSM)
   KBUF
   KMDW
   KTPA
   Maarten (TNCM)
   VHHX
   LOWW
   CYYZ
   CYUL
   LGKR
   YSSY
   LGAV
   Dub
   Cop
         ***KBOS*** Awaiting P3d version

FSDT:
   KDFW
   KLAS
   KORD v2
   ZRHX v2.5
   KFLL
   KLAX v2
   CYVR
   KJFK
   Gene
      (Want HW1)
      (Want HW2)
      (Want Hon)
   
LatinVFR:
   KEYW
   KMIA
   KRSW
   
ImagineSim:
   KATL
   KCLT
   
Orbx:
   KSTS
   KMRY
   KRDD
   KSQL
   KWYS
   KSEZ
   KTVL
   KEGE
   KJAC
   L70 Agua Dulce Airport
   2W3
   3W5
   77S

   PAHO
   PAYA
   PAEN
   PAGS (Want) *No ILS*
   YBCS
   YBUD
   YMML
   *YBBN* (Awaiting free update, someday)
   
UK2000:
   EGCC
   
Aeorsoft:
   Dublin (Want)
   
Aircraft:
Carenado: H850XP
Flysimware: Learjet 35A
A2A C172 Trainer
 *** A2A Cherokee (Want)
Spike Piper Warrior


RealAir:
    Duke Turbine v2
   
PMDG:
    777_200LRF
    777_300ER
    737_6700
    737_8900
   

   
Other/Misc:
    ***Want Fsipanel***
   PFPX
   Pro ATC X
   ASN
   EZCA
   Flight1 GTN 750
   FSFX
      737 Immersion
      777 Immersion
      PrecipitFX
   FSP
   FSUIPC4/WideFS Registered
   GSX
   Rex Texture Direct (with Soft Clouds)
   Vroute Premium
   ForeFlight Premium Plus
   
   
Subscriptions:
   Navigraph Charts 5
   Navigraph FMS Data

   ForeFlight (deactivated auto renewal)

 

 

[swiesma]

I installed Aerosoft EDDH yesterday and even so it has no installer for P3D it works after changing two BGL files.

Made a short hop in the PMDG 777 from Aerosoft EDDH to T2Gs EDDM yesterday -> great experience as I fly this route sometimes in real life, but then with A319/20/21 

They should use a 777 here... Maybe I should write an e-mail to Lufthansa...

[Michael Moe]

I installed Aerosoft EDDH yesterday and even so it has no installer for P3D it works after changing two BGL files.

Made a short hop in the PMDG 777 from Aerosoft EDDH to T2Gs EDDM yesterday -> great experience as I fly this route sometimes in real life, but then with A319/20/21 

They should use a 777 here... Maybe I should write an e-mail to Lufthansa...

What bgl´s did you need to change + and did you have to use EMT?

 

Thanks

 

Michael Moe 

[Manny]

We need to have a Sticky for this topic... so people can name sceneries and then vote against them...

 

So have the list ready.

 

Just a suggestion.

[scandinavian13]

 

 

We need to have a Sticky for this topic... so people can name sceneries and then vote against them...
 
So have the list ready.

 

This is barely even continuing to exist here as a thread because it doesn't really have a direct relation to discussing our offerings as PMDG. If you're looking for something like that, there are several other subforums here that might be a better fit.

[Manny]

 

 

This is barely even continuing to exist here as a thread because it doesn't really have a direct relation to discussing our offerings as PMDG.

 

Ha Ha! True.. I didn;t notice this was in the PMDG forum.

[Jimm]

Overdue April Fool's joke?

 

-Jim

[swiesma]

Ha Ha! True.. I didn;t notice this was in the PMDG forum.

 

You are right, I did also not notice it for some time that I posted it into the PMDG forum.

I wanted to post it into the P3D forum.

 

Kyle is absolutely right. But maybe an Admin can move the thread?

 

@Michael Moe: I cannot remember what I did with the BGLs to be honest. But I installed it like this: I created a folder with an empty file, named it "fsx.exe" so the Aerosoft installer would let me install it there. Then I added the scenery manually to P3D after installation.

The jetways are not working, but otherwise the airport looks good!

[scandinavian13]

 

 

But maybe an Admin can move the thread?

 

I could've moved it, or removed it. I think people can find useful info here from like-minded people, so I've left it as long as people are contributing to it, but I'm not going to sticky it here.