FSX:SE + P3D or X-Plane

[TonyD 132]

There is no "best flight sim"...they all have advantages and disadvantages

 

Straight VFR - probably X-Plane

 

IFR/VFR with seasons - FSX / P3D

Best Weather - FSX / P3D

 

X-Plane is currently $50 for both v10 & v11

FSX steam is less than $10 when on sale

P3D $60 for an Academic licence

 

I have all of them, I use each for different purposes.

FSX - Flight1 ATR 

X-Plane - SaaB 340

P3D - Everything else

 

I have been simming for 20 years...I designed scenery for some of the earlier version of Microsofts offerings.

I shudder to think how much time and money I have sunk into addons and hardware.

 

Don't get set into a mindset that "there can be only one"

[DragoB 25]

 

There is no "best flight sim"...they all have advantages and disadvantages

 

Straight VFR - probably X-Plane

 

IFR/VFR with seasons - FSX / P3D

Best Weather - FSX / P3D

 

X-Plane is currently $50 for both v10 & v11

FSX steam is less than $10 when on sale

P3D $60 for an Academic licence

 

I have all of them, I use each for different purposes.

FSX - Flight1 ATR 

X-Plane - SaaB 340

P3D - Everything else

 

I have been simming for 20 years...I designed scenery for some of the earlier version of Microsofts offerings.

I shudder to think how much time and money I have sunk into addons and hardware.

 

Don't get set into a mindset that "there can be only one"

 

 

^ this.

 

btw mate how would you rate the flight1 ATR?

[TonyD 132]

The Flight1 ATR was first released in 2004! - and still no one has bettered it.

 

It is suffering a bit from time..and although it received an upgrade to FSX it can be flakey at times.

It needs the service pack to upgrade the model

It needs the fix to stop opaque windows in the rain

The FMS is prone to crashing.

I still love it...I spent many hours in the jump seat on real ATR's ...those NZ pilots treated it more like a bush plane than an airliner.

[caleb1 27]

P3D and $100+ dollars worth of addons is probably a quite a bit better than X-Plane with no addons.  If you are not planning on not using addons, X-Plane would be the way to go.

If you are coming from FSX, I would recommend P3D so you don't need to relearn something all over again.  X-Plane is totally different from FSX or P3D

You might want to check this out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE-gy_X4wJs&t=594s&index=26&list=PLckwOtyXzCXImZy_6l8alMBXR69ZEsmjh

X-Plane also now has a demo from their website which is probably better than Steam's refund.

 

Glad to help.

 

 

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4 hours ago, caleb1 said:

Glad to help.

 

 

In all fairness Caleb, it’s been over a year since the OP started this topic and almost a year since his last reply. I’d imagine he’s probably made a decision by now.

Its probably safe to lock this one and move on.