I have noticed a definite improvement in the grass lately. Take a look at this.  Different types of grass, variations in height, thickness, color etc.  Non-uniform grass.  Patchy grass in dry areas.  Short light grass near dirt paths.  Top job that.

Greazer.

 

 

Are you sure someone hasn't just set the tree slider too low?😉

 

In all seriousness though, grass does look pretty good, although this example is of course from an ORBX add-on, rather than a default airport.

I second the OP. I hated the sandpaper texture that is grass in all other simulators. Apart from looking great it also gives the appearance of speed when taking off and landing.

When they first announced grass for the sim I though a 3PD could easily sell a grass addon; There would be a big market for it (not saying that the default is no good and it has clearly improved). All sorts of grass colours, shapes, heights, seasonal changes, growth patterns, flowers, mown lawns, crops, wild, etc. I would certainly pay for a well made grass addon and suspect it would become one of the best selling addon for the sim.

9 hours ago, 109Sqn said:

although this example is of course from an ORBX add-on, rather than a default airport.

Yes but this is the procedurally generated grass, indicative of what is possible anywhere including default airports.

I have to say, I'm quite disappointed with Asobo for not modelling the itty bitty ladybugs, spiders and cobwebs etc. between the individual blades of grass. 

16 minutes ago, Greazer said:

Yes but this is the procedurally generated grass, indicative of what is possible anywhere including default airports.

Are you sure? All other Orbx airports in other sims had grass too even when the sim didn’t create it natively. 

The grass is great everywhere even in default areas.  

I am still amazed at the difference having grass makes.

Hook

Kudos to them. I have to say they were ambitious to implement grass worldwide on the base scenery. If they had implemented in a wrong manner, it would certainly kill the performance.

2 minutes ago, TOGA-saurus said:

I have to say, I'm quite disappointed with Asobo for not modelling the itty bitty ladybugs, spiders and cobwebs etc. between the individual blades of grass. 

That would kill the sales of the upcoming release of Ladybugs Simulator 2.0. Like the EyE phone App store you can sell any thing to this group.🤣

1 minute ago, shivers9 said:

That would kill the sales of the upcoming release of Ladybugs Simulator 2.0. Like the EyE phone App store you can sell any thing to this group.🤣

Lady bug Simulator possible in MSFS using the new 3080 Ti, as Real as it gets, even for Lady bugs. 

1 minute ago, Greazer said:

Lady bug Simulator possible in MSFS using the new 3080 Ti, as Real as it gets, even for Lady bugs. 

Jorg Neumann is a botanist. And based on his last interviews, if Martial Bossard doesn’t put some limits, I think we might see ladybugs migration implemented. 😂

8 minutes ago, LHookins said:

I am still amazed at the difference having grass makes

IL2 Sturmovik had grass something like 10 years ago and I agree, it makes a big difference for immersion.

11 minutes ago, FlyingInACessna said:

Are you sure? All other Orbx airports in other sims had grass too even when the sim didn’t create it natively. 

The grass in MSFS is much better than the stuff Orbx used to use in P3D. What I’m seeing in that video looks like the default procedural grass. It does have a lot of variation and it goes past grass. For example, dry areas have overlays of small rocks and thin ground foliage too.

Edited August 16, 20205 yr by bonchie

Anyone know if the grass in any way simulates variations on wheel drag based on length/wet/dry?