CaptainSim 757 Released!

[ahsmatt7 1,199]

14 minutes ago, 777200lrf said:

Are you a pilot or mechanic? How do you make system depth and pmdg feel claims?

It was an opinion....calm down

[signmanbob 592]

I can't resist Captain Sim's aircraft.  I've been buying them for years. I decided to try this one too because I've missed the 757 in P3Dv4.  I look forward to trying it out.  I hope it flies as good as it looks.  I'll be happy with that because it sure is looking good.

[YukonPete 581]

13 hours ago, twincessna340a said:

Per their own press, unlike the previous one it is going to be a PMDG level simulation which would command a PMDG level price....

I'll wait personally. I learned my lesson with the BBox A330/340. Still waiting for TFDi to finish the 717.....

TFDI bird is amazing and has regular updates! Don't even try and compare it to the BBox airbuses. Even the likes of PMDG gets a number of updates every year so I guess they are never really finished either!

[signmanbob 592]

32 minutes ago, 777200lrf said:

Are you a pilot or mechanic? How do you make system depth and pmdg feel claims?

I think we have to assume that the vast majority of people posting are simply giving their opinion.  If someone is an airline pro, they will usually say that when they post.

Everyone's opinion is valuable as a hobbyist. That's why we have a forum like Avsim that represents the hobby of flight simulation.  There is no reason to imply that because someone isn't an airline professional, their opinion is not valued.

Everyone can say what they like or dislike about a sim addon. If someone says that an aircraft flies realistically that just means that it feels and flies the way that person would assume it is supposed to.

I appreciate Alcides providing his first impression of the aircraft very much. I'm sure many others do too.

 

Thank you,

Bob

[GCBraun 2,390]

I assume something like TrueGlass is not implemented, correct?

[lzamm 143]

1 hour ago, signmanbob said:

 

Everyone can say what they like or dislike about a sim addon.

Including the PMDG defenders of the faith..  But since they all sing the same tune, perhaps they should stick to their sandbox.

[ryanbatc 12,798]

2 hours ago, 777200lrf said:

The PMDG 737 package is around that 75 dollar price point.

Not for P3D - and this is the P3D price for captainsim. (And the P3D forum etc)

edit: but I'll give you that it is a lot cheaper than their T7.  (However I used the T7 as a compare because the 757/76/77 are more closely related). I'm surprised the 737 is 45 dollars cheaper than the T7 and it comes with a HGS!

overall, I just can't part with the cash for the pmdg P3D products...  too much for an addon.  The 757 is a fast airliner - although I don't think the PW version is as fast as the RR so maybe by the time I get that I will be in to 737 prices :(

[Boeing or not going 578]

2 hours ago, ahsmatt7 said:

It was an opinion....calm down

I asked if their opinion is based on being an expert, maybe you should calm down.

[Boeing or not going 578]

19 minutes ago, ryanbatcund said:

Not for P3D - and this is the P3D price for captainsim. (And the P3D forum etc)

edit: but I'll give you that it is a lot cheaper than their T7.  (However I used the T7 as a compare because the 757/76/77 are more closely related). I'm surprised the 737 is 45 dollars cheaper than the T7 and it comes with a HGS!

overall, I just can't part with the cash for the pmdg P3D products...  too much for an addon.  The 757 is a fast airliner - although I don't think the PW version is as fast as the RR so maybe by the time I get that I will be in to 737 prices :(

I am in agreement it is expensive. Last January I bought the 777 for p3d license (I have every PMDG airplane ever made for fs9/fsx) and this month I hope I can afford the 737. Maybe next Jan. I'll be able to afford the 747!

I am missing a freighter 757 but I never felt Captainsim could deliver realism even close to PMDG. Maybe Level-D comes out this summer or something.

[Boeing or not going 578]

2 hours ago, signmanbob said:

I think we have to assume that the vast majority of people posting are simply giving their opinion.  If someone is an airline pro, they will usually say that when they post.

Everyone's opinion is valuable as a hobbyist. That's why we have a forum like Avsim that represents the hobby of flight simulation.  There is no reason to imply that because someone isn't an airline professional, their opinion is not valued.

Everyone can say what they like or dislike about a sim addon. If someone says that an aircraft flies realistically that just means that it feels and flies the way that person would assume it is supposed to.

I appreciate Alcides providing his first impression of the aircraft very much. I'm sure many others do too.

 

Thank you,

Bob

Okay but do not make claims like it is realistic, close to PMDG level, if you are not an expert to make comparisons on the actual aircraft. If somebody is going to make realism claims I am going to ask their credentials.

[HighTowers 1,434]

We are quite the fickle bunch on any product release. 

Ive seen quite a few number of great first impressions. Quite favorable. Certainly outnumbers any negative by far. 

Perhaps the best way to judge your decision, is having a look at the bug reports list. Sure its early, but even then there is not a lot of big glaring issues outstanding that I can see. 

http://www.captainsim.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=y757_tech

Think I am going to pull the trigger on this. 

 

[Boeing or not going 578]

1 hour ago, lzamm said:

Including the PMDG defenders of the faith..  But since they all sing the same tune, perhaps they should stick to their sandbox.

PMDG is the standard for Boeings that all addons get compared to. If Captainsim made an Airbus people would be asking for a comparison to FsLabs like they did the Flight Factor.  If your addon cannot compare in realism don't go around making claims about accuracy unless you can handle somebody such as myself pointing this out.

[ryanbatc 12,798]

@HighTowers

if you do tell me about the 2d cockpit instruments that I read in those big reports.  I guess the manual writes about them and says they will not be changed to 3D.  A user wrote that fps seem lower with the gauges than the simulation.  

So do you notice this?  Are they still very clear and readable at farther zoom levels? 

[snapshot21 254]

How do we start this plane in Cold and Dark in the airport, variant, and livery that we want? The Save file method is so limited you cant even choose the livery and engine variant that you want.

Kind of odd that a $75 plane doesn't even have a Panel state save/load feature.

[simbol 5,811]

25 minutes ago, snapshot21 said:

How do we start this plane in Cold and Dark in the airport, variant, and livery that we want? The Save file method is so limited you cant even choose the livery and engine variant that you want.

Kind of odd that a $75 plane doesn't even have a Panel state save/load feature.

Well it is a open beta release, the product is not completed yet so it doesn't mean it cannot have this feature in the future.

Personally I will wait until the full release to consider if I will buy this model or not.

Regards,

Simbol