Oct. 10th : Be prepared, the world is coming to us

[Dominique_K 10,133]

I suppose we all have some ideas where we'd like them to focus their teasers of the first episode of the Discovery series : the World !.

Adding them all would cover the globe 😁 ! Let's try to propose two each. I supose everybody wants to see his or her home turf but let's add one left to our imagination, preferably in the boondocks where the present sceneries are poor, to see the difference.

I would then request the LFMD hinterland hillsides and Luang Prabang in Laos. 

Why Luang Prabang : I've been there long ago as ,I guess, some of our older US fellow simmers. The site is splendid. A small Asian town tucked in  a narrow valley with a large muddy river flowing through and a smaller river feeding it, the airport in the middle of the city. And plenty of pagodes.

You ? Two each please, not more.

[ErichB 3,638]

1 minute ago, domkle said:

Luang Prabang in Laos. 

You must be a Mark Wiens fan

[Dominique_K 10,133]

Just now, ErichB said:

You must be a Mark Wiens fan

Who is he ?

[ErichB 3,638]

1 minute ago, domkle said:

Who is he ?

A Youtube street food vlogger - he did a series on the Laos/Cambodian street food scene.  Made me want to visit.

Edited October 2, 2019 by ErichB

[Baber20 1,438]

Dubai and Hongkong for me.

[ErichB 3,638]

3 minutes ago, Baber20 said:

Dubai and Hongkong for me.

Same

[Jazznow 46]

The Isle rèunion. Seems top ne a real pretty place and since its french IT would fit somehow.

And Seconds the German northsea isles. 

Edited October 2, 2019 by Jazznow

[kevinfirth 1,392]

Nis, Serbia

[peroni 541]

Corsica would be great, fairly small area and French like Asobo. Or the Canary Islands

[Victoroos 205]

Netherlands. My country but would love to comapre it to ORBX

[bashope 112]

Hawaii has some really beautiful scenery/landscape, with great general aviation airports to fly to/from.

If I would have to choose a second location... the Baleares islands, also one of my favorite locations 🙂

[F737MAX 5,548]

I feel that big cities like L.A., Dubai (and even Seattle) have already been featured heavily in clips and footage, I'm not 'concerned' about how good they'll be.
 

• Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

Pointy, tree-covered limestone islands that jut out of the water. That will show the quality of the terrain mesh, the level of photoscenery capabilities in rural Asia, water representation and wave effect interaction with so many shorelines.
 

• Iguazu Falls, Brazilian / Argentine border

This would show if the 3D cloud system can handle being used as a spray effect rather than creating a fog/mist effect covering the falls. Also, could we be given running water over the edge? How will procedural autogen handle modelling the giant spillway at nearby Itaipu hydroelectric dam? Again, would show the quality of the terrain mesh and the level of photoscenery capabilities in rural S.America, another 'forgotten' location sim-wise.


(Special mentions for Monument Valley, AZ and Gibraltar to see if the developers can get sheer rock faces to be replicated with high resolution textures.)

[Dominique_K 10,133]

Just now, F737NG said:

 

I hesitated between Halong Bay and Luang Prabang, chose the latter because of the airport in this city but Ha Long Bay (and Guilin) would be very nice too. The Haiphong airport is an interesting destination.

[Turpentine 375]

First, for purely selfish reasons: Montreal, my hometown. I'm curious to see how "secondary" large cities will look like in the sim.

Second: Banff/Lake Louise area. I'm wondering how good the mesh is at reproducing cragged peaks, and that's an area that I know.

[krazyk 157]

2 hours ago, Baber20 said:

Dubai and Hongkong for me.

Yes and yes!

If I had to pick unique locations, I'd definitely want to see New Delhi (VIDP) and Kilimanjaro (HTKJ).

Edited October 2, 2019 by krazyk