I'm sure we are all really hyped about everything MS2020, and I have pre-purchased the premium deluxe edition (fs has been a passion of mine for over 20 years now, so I dont see why I shouldn't indulge myself 🙂 ). I have watched many of the videos and all of the developer vlogs along the way. There is a great amount of eye candy there, but most of it is focused on the world and/or systems. What impression do you guys have when it comes to the quality of the default aircraft? I mean, the 748i seems to have a moving airport map which indicates to me that it is pretty advanced. 

However, seeing how many aircraft they are releasing with (40) it made me think that there are probably gonna be issues (of course, since it is a brand new product - of course there are going to be issues). Still, I wonder how the aircraft hold up to quality addons from developers we love and respect from current day sims? 

I'd probably temper my expectations. I pre ordered the premium as you have, but I'm guessing a lot of the planes will be like FSX/P3D default planes. There seems to be a few pro planes that were made by a 3rd party, so they should be good. As for the rest, I'm guessing that they will look amazing, but will not match up to the fidelity of PMDG, FSLabs, et al.

I'm not sure any of the default aircraft will match PMDG or FSLabs for depth and fidelity - but from what we see in the Microsoft videos and screen shots the default aircraft are up there with a lot of the FSX/P3D payware models in appearance (and they look as if they have similar levels of cockpit function).  The light aircraft are supposed to be almost as good as the ones we have used from payware publishers.

I would be very surprised if any yet unseen default aircraft are not of similar quality.

Having said that, I will always want the PMDG and QW upgrades for the Boeings (and even the CS 767) and I am sure there will be plenty of room for payware publishers of scenery to provide better airport scenery than most of the default airports not listed in today's release.

I too have ordered the premium version of FS2020 and am really looking forward to obtaining it next month!  The VFR scenery and lighting when flying low and slow looks absolutely fabulous - it looks as if individual buildings can be picked out even in small towns, not just major buildings in city CBDs.

Edited July 14, 20205 yr by ozzieblr
Update and corrections.

NDA is still in place. 

Those aircraft are in many of the Microsoft release screen shots - nothing secret about them!  Nothing secret either about the quality of the scenery, weather or lighting.  Just stating the blindingly obvious here ...

Edited July 14, 20205 yr by ozzieblr

you've talked about your experience in alpha and how the plane feels. You are breaking NDA. I will give you a chance to edit your post.

30 minutes ago, fogboundturtle said:

NDA is still in place. 

Affirmative.  

All these negative comments already.  Give it a chance. It's not even out yet and you you are already saying that its not good. 

I am a tester and you might be surprised at what you get. 

Agree - even the premium package will be excellent value, in my opinion.  I think this simulator will be a very pleasant surprise, no matter which package is purchased.

Considering just the insane amount of them it's pretty safe to assume they are designed to look exaxtly like their real life counterparts giving a new flight simmer that warm and fuzzy feeling that they'd be able to fly them irl once they've found that landing gear lever and wobbled the plane on their first succesful landing. And probably not much more than that.

2 hours ago, 188AHC said:

I am a tester and you might be surprised at what you get. 

Even if it came with just the C152 and one airport and everything else was marketplace and we already know that it's 3rd party friendly, I would still buy premium just for the scenery. To everyone just think for a second, my orbx scenery is already more than double of what FS20 premium is going to costs.

"But here I was, stick in hand, on a rather modest machine, in meeting room, seeing  the sim at 50 fps on a 4k screen. My yaw hit the floor. And I have seen a lot of yaws hit the floor since then. This was default sim, no add-ons, and the aircraft were pretty solid and the world was alive and looked totally amazing." - Aerosoft

 

6 minutes ago, FPStewy said:

Even if it came with just the C152 and one airport and everything else was marketplace and we already know that it's 3rd party friendly, I would still buy premium just for the scenery.

Premium does not buy you anything but additional airports and additional airplanes (and bragging rights).. so not sure what you are referring to..

Edited July 14, 20205 yr by Bert Pieke

3 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

Premium does not buy you anything but additional airports and additional airplanes.. so not sure what you are referring to..

what I mean is that even if there was just one price $120 with one C152 I would still buy it because the scenery itself is more than worth it.

2 minutes ago, FPStewy said:

what I mean is that even if there was just one price $120 with one C152 I would still buy it because the scenery itself is more than worth it.

OK... understood.  I just have a sense that a lot of folks will buy Premium because they expect it to have more features than Standard.. 🙃

Edited July 14, 20205 yr by Bert Pieke

I believe they should be good enough for 90% of the potential market. Personally, I believe I will get some enjoyment out of the GA aircraft, not so much of the big and complex jets.