This may be an unpopular opinion, and the word not allowed are going to pour hate on me, but I'll put it out there anyway: Real-World Flying is full of critical flaws and should never have been released in its current state.

Right off the bat, control assignments are a joke. There's a single default control configuration. No custom key assignments. No sensitivity adjustment. And I wasn't able to get a single one of my existing controllers to work. What were the devs smoking? Did anyone actually ever try to use this sorry excuse for a sim?

Next up: Weather. Incredibly, there's exactly one weather theme. One! Admittedly, it evolves dynamically and seems reasonably realistic, but there's zero ability to customize anything. No cloud layers, wind layers, visibility controls, nothing. You can't even set time of day. I mean, this is super basic stuff. Did none of the beta testers ever notice this was missing? Seriously?

Then there's the aircraft. Normally, I'd qualify my opinions by saying that I'm not checked out in any of the types I'm about to comment on, but there are tons of issues here that no one can tell me are realistic. The A340 is woefully underpowered. No exaggeration, it only manages to climb thanks to the curvature of the earth. Stalls in the Tomahawk are a joke. Every single stall seems to devolve into a spin - there's no way that would ever get certificated. And don't get me started on the 737 MAX. The trim system is super buggy - it keeps winding in nose down trim on me until it becomes virtually uncontrollable.

The most ridiculous bit though is the pricing. The basic game is free, but it only allows you to spectate - not a single aircraft is included. DLC pricing is outrageous. Even the most basic aircraft will set you back thousands of dollars. That much money surely buys you a lifelong right to fly your aircraft, right? Wrong! Every year, you're made to pay thousands of dollars in "annual" fees just for the privilege of continuing to fly an aircraft you already own! And it doesn't stop there. Every time you fill the tanks, say goodbye to another couple hundred bucks or more. It's the most blatant money grab I've seen in any game (no, I'm not willing to call this pile of junk a sim).

Sorry, but I've had it. Until the devs reconsider their pricing and fix the many, many egregious flaws, I'm going back to MSFS.

Love it!!!

Just now, martinboehme said:

I'm going back to MSFS.

What is MSFS?

Good one, you had me going there for a moment. 😁

😂

I needed this laugh this morning.  Well done!

Thats what I get for skimming posts at work lol. Good one!

Edited August 26, 20205 yr by Lotharen

A "glass half full" kind of person! 💜 

1 minute ago, Lotharen said:

What a joke. You know he is full of word not allowed when he says there are not sensitivity settings. I just remapped my entire CH Eclipse yoke and set the sensitivity.

What a troll.

Maybe read the post one more time......😀

13 minutes ago, martinboehme said:

DLC pricing is outrageous.

I don't know, FlightSimple, Inc. seems pretty reasonable with their pricing. And check out that sweet panel!!

CESSNA 172H SKYHAWK

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2 minutes ago, stigt said:

Maybe read the post one more time......😀

See, I shouldn't be reading post at work lmao. 

And what about PMDG, A2A and Majestic not going to release their fleets for this? Shelf...

Very good! 😁

Definitely a "thread of the year" contender. You had me completely fooled for at least half of your post!!

12 minutes ago, Marco Manieri said:

And what about PMDG

 

PMDG will, you just need to own an existing 747 and they'll ship all the modifications to you

 

*Engineers to install modifications not included..