FsLabs A320 or PMDG 777

[Mitch24 194]

Going to buy a new airplane... which would you guys buy?

 

[regis9 4,004]

Both.  But if not both, pick the one that suits the type of flying you prefer, long haul or short/medium haul.  Both are excellent.

Edited October 22, 2017 by regis9
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[tutmeister 695]

Yeah, I'll echo that. Decide what sort of trips you want to fly and go from there.

Chris

[Nyxx 6,993]

18 minutes ago, regis9 said:

Both.  But if not both, pick the one that suites the type of flying you prefer, long haul or short/medium haul.  Both are excellent.

Agree, you cannot go wrong  

[ESzczesniak 128]

You can’t go wrong, but the v4 version of the A320 is proving to be very taxing on people systems. So if you’re a heavy 3rd party airport flyer, you may get more manageable performance from the 777. I get very good performance with the PMDG birds, but at 3rd party airports am 10-20 FPS in the A320

[Mitch24 194]

52 minutes ago, ESzczesniak said:

You can’t go wrong, but the v4 version of the A320 is proving to be very taxing on people systems. So if you’re a heavy 3rd party airport flyer, you may get more manageable performance from the 777. I get very good performance with the PMDG birds, but at 3rd party airports am 10-20 FPS in the A320

Really? What are your specs?

[joemiller 269]

Totally  different a/c. Impossible to compare. They are both excellent. It's up to you, which one atrracts you the most.

However, the FSL Airbus is by far the most advanced and high-end aircraft the simming world has ever seen... No other a/c comes close. (Nope, no one)

Cheers.

[Silverbird 115]

I been reading a lot about the fsl airbus and and theirs a lot of different opinions on the frame rates, most I have read is that it is rough on frame rates and I like to fly with at least 30% ai and detailed airports of course I have to be reasonable with the graphic sliders.

[Mitch24 194]

14 minutes ago, joemiller said:

Totally  different a/c. Impossible to compare. They are both excellent. It's up to you, which one atrracts you the most.

However, the FSL Airbus is by far the most advanced and high-end aircraft the simming world has ever seen... No other a/c comes close. (Nope, no one)

Cheers.

I keep hearing people say this but they never explain why

Isn't PMDG pretty much the same to the real aircraft??

[westman 257]

I run My PMDG 747,777.NGX settings with the A320, vsync on trippleB 30HZ 4K

it hold 30fps as with the PMDG.s hard to say but can be a little harder but not 30%

[mpw8679 428]

1 hour ago, ESzczesniak said:

You can’t go wrong, but the v4 version of the A320 is proving to be very taxing on people systems. So if you’re a heavy 3rd party airport flyer, you may get more manageable performance from the 777. I get very good performance with the PMDG birds, but at 3rd party airports am 10-20 FPS in the A320

+1

[Nuno Pinto 1,394]

21 minutes ago, Mitch24 said:

I keep hearing people say this but they never explain why

Isn't PMDG pretty much the same to the real aircraft??

Yeah but the 320 feels like the real thing, while the 737 (i take the 737 because i've never been into a 777 or 747) feels a bit more... how can i put it... 'more plastic'. I mean it doesn't feel as realistic. Nobody explains why because it's really hard to put it into words - The simulation is there, it's faithful and bla bla bla, but it also goes that step further in bringing the immersion into your house. The sounds, the lighting, the environment it creates - It's stunning!

[Nyxx 6,993]

Simple really. The 777 is 34 FPS

One guy even posted the FSL Wrecked his P3D....well it turned out to be his PC was clogged up with dust. Good PC running well see below.

 

On 17/10/2017 at 9:44 PM, Nyxx said:

OK here is a like for like test.

The hardest hitting FPS gate I know within P3D = Aerosofts EGLL Gate 539, facing all the airport and London. No AI, NO weather.

Setting I use.

PMDG NG = Can see in screenshot 36 FPS

FSL A320 = 32 FPS

 

 

 

[Mitch24 194]

I'm thinking about getting the A320, but from what i'm getting the performance is rubbish

[Ebs 114]

19 minutes ago, Mitch24 said:

I keep hearing people say this but they never explain why

For me, the sound is incredible. I own all three PMDG 7XXs and they don't even come close when it comes to sound. Ground Handling/Taxi in the A320X is the second to none. The PMDG's seem 'floaty' and it's like theres no weight to them, not so in the A320X. The Majestic Q400 comes a close second here.

The FBW system in the A320X 'feels' amazing (granted, I've never experienced the real one, only read Airbus docs) but it acts exactly as you would expect and it's really easy to hand-fly. Autoflight is also smooth and precise and once you know your FMAs, it all becomes really intuitive (get hold of an Airbus A320 FCTM and read though it, it's only a couple of hundred pages but it's a brilliant primer for the A320X) This is something PMDG wins on. Documentation (which makes sense, given their roots)

Now, don't get me wrong, I still love the PMDG stuff. I'll jump into the NGX again when I want a change and the 747 when I want something long-haul (not such a fan of the 777 to be honest) but the A320X replaced the NGX as my 'main' for the foreseeable future.