Any good Landclass for North America/U.S?

[Mitch24 194]

Hi there, is there any good Landclass for P3D V4 U.S/ North America? I am searching for any other land class other than Orbx's outrageous $42 land class add-on. I refuse to buy overpriced addons just because "It's Orbx" 

Are there any others that you guys use and enjoy that is realistic?

[Greggy_D 936]

Either wait for Orbx OpenLC NA to go on sale or you could try Ground Environment X from Flight 1 (they also have a 30 day refund policy).  Personally, I prefer the Orbx product.

Edit to add:  Strike that.  My mistake.  GEX seems similar to Orbx Global.  Texture replacement packs.....not landclass.

Edited May 4, 2018 by Greggy_D

[Bert Pieke 7,585]

You want the best, you pay the price...

[downscc 1,327]

Agree with Bert, besides did you note that the price is in AU$?  Current rate is 1AU=0.75USD ergo price is 31.50USD or the price of one quality airport.  Let's also remember that the Orbx openLC technology overcomes the FS limitation of only allowing about 256 landclass tiles to coverf the entire earth.... openLC removes that limitation and allows the use of a very large number of tiles.  This translates into much less of a repetitive pattern as seen from the air.

Finally, come on man this is already one of the cheapest hobbies a man can have.  Even bowling is more expensive.

[Boeing or not going 578]

2 hours ago, Mitch24 said:

Hi there, is there any good Landclass for P3D V4 U.S/ North America? I am searching for any other land class other than Orbx's outrageous $42 land class add-on. I refuse to buy overpriced addons just because "It's Orbx" 

Are there any others that you guys use and enjoy that is realistic?

Nomination for Funniest Post Of The Year

And you miss Orbx having 40%+ discounts multiple times a year

[Bobsk8 12,730]

What is the difference between UTX and Open LC?  

[Bert Pieke 7,585]

4 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

What is the difference between UTX and Open LC?  

Different developers / companies..

[Mitch24 194]

3 hours ago, downscc said:

Agree with Bert, besides did you note that the price is in AU$?  Current rate is 1AU=0.75USD ergo price is 31.50USD or the price of one quality airport.  Let's also remember that the Orbx openLC technology overcomes the FS limitation of only allowing about 256 landclass tiles to coverf the entire earth.... openLC removes that limitation and allows the use of a very large number of tiles.  This translates into much less of a repetitive pattern as seen from the air.

Finally, come on man this is already one of the cheapest hobbies a man can have.  Even bowling is more expensive.

According to their website it's $54.95 AUD which is about $41 and some change... and I missing something?

[Dave_YVR 973]

2 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

What is the difference between UTX and Open LC?  

UTX is like a combo of LC and Vector but with a lot less detail and less coverage. You would also need UTX USA, Canada and Tropical America Tropical America and Caribbean to cover almost what ORBX NA LC provides (it also covers Alaska and Central America)

Edited May 4, 2018 by Dave_YVR

[Bobsk8 12,730]

13 minutes ago, Dave_YVR said:

UTX is like a combo of LC and Vector but with a lot less detail and less coverage. You would also need UTX USA, Canada and Tropical America Tropical America and Caribbean to cover almost what ORBX NA LC provides (it also covers Alaska and Central America)

Yes. I have all those UTX areas  and am pretty happy with the appearance and the FPS too. Just wondering what the difference was. 

[Mitch24 194]

Uhh I guess I might buy the ORBX land class. Is it really worth it??

[JRBarrett 3,071]

5 minutes ago, Mitch24 said:

Uhh I guess I might buy the ORBX land class. Is it really worth it??

In a word, yes. The visual difference is astounding - especially if you have been using default land class up until now. Much more variety, instead of endless repeating textures (especially in the Midwest). Plus, the current product also provides landclass for Canada (which used to be a separate product), as well as Mexico.

One caveat: The Orbx NA LC looks best if you also have the Orbx Global textures - which is a separate product...

[Afterburner 374]

Note that you also need to buy Orbx Global Base for 100 AU$ in addition to OpenLC US to enjoy ORBX landclass.

If you are not willing to go with ORBX, I highly recommend Cloud9 XClass US, which I had used prior to ORBX. They are relatively precise in my opinion. It was designed for FSX, but it also works with P3D. At $10, it's also reasonably inexpensive. Here is the link:

https://store5.esellerate.net/store/checkout/CustomLayout.aspx?s=STR4626178260&pc=&page=MultiMoreInfo.htm&SkuRefNum=SKU04589599866

[Afterburner 374]

By the way, if you want to get XClass LC for different continents, here is the overview page. For those who want to have better LC in Africa and Asia, you can get a package for $10 that covers both continents. These continents are not covered by ORBX yet.

https://store5.esellerate.net/store/checkout/CustomLayout.aspx?s=STR4626178260&pc=&page=MultiCatalog.htm

[Walter Almaraz 21]

ORBX openLC is a good choice, here are some pics in P3Dv3