The focus is the gamepad, not the joystick (and pedals).

26 minutes ago, GCBraun said:

I am willing to sacrifice some fidelity when the rest of the package is just miles ahead of anything else. I am patiently waiting for VR and high-end add-ons and will keep using P3D eventually until that happens.

 

In my pinion MSFS is CURRENTLY mostly ahead on visuals only. Nice and lots of Autogen. I like the fact that almost every building is presented in a good way. Nice PBR as well! Stunning looking Atmospherics and at least the flight dynamics SEEM to behave more accuratly (JUST FEELS. like it....I am NOT saying it is better or realistic).

And what else? Well........I don´t recall anything else is giving me the "hint" to jump into it.

• No VR at the moment
• Bad LOD...that COULD be also a problem within VR as in VR you are seeing everything "nearer and bigger" 
• No better FPS, not even close (but smoother I have to admit)
• No enhanced Airport ground services at the moment. GSX has lots of functions and also good partnerships with other products like FSLabs.
• No better ATC compared to P3D at the moment
• No Airliners at the moment
• No good way of saving and loading stored flights INCL. panelstates
• Lacking UI. I am still fiddeling a lot with it. not the visual looks, but the functionallity. If I set my cursor with one click in the Airport search field.....it does nothing. I have to click again. If i want just to change the airport......back to main menu and start again. If I want just change a plane to test and try something within different planes....back to main menu and start over again.....and I could go and on

I am hoping for quick and good updates on MSFS to "enjoy it more". As a VR tubeliner-flyer not my product at the moment. Even not close.

I probably have to wait another year to get what I currently already have in P3DV5 to fit my requirements. AND P3D is still updating and enhancing their product.

Marcus 

Edited September 25, 20205 yr by mpo910

On 9/24/2020 at 6:26 AM, GSalden said:

So out of beta 😇 and like this :

 

 

Gerard,

Could you please elaborate a bit - is this product coming to P3D?

It is already there in BETA, with 5.1 everybody hopes it will look like this!

Got it. I'm sill on 4.5HF 🙂

29 minutes ago, G-YMML1 said:

Gerard,

Could you please elaborate a bit - is this product coming to P3D?

P3Dv5 has a beta of TrueSky built in. It is called Enhanced Atmospheric. It is the menu.

We all are hoping that with V5.1 many TrueSky features have been added. That makes the sky+ clouds look look like MSFS it even better.

8 hours ago, GSalden said:

P3Dv5 has a beta of TrueSky built in. It is called Enhanced Atmospheric. It is the menu.

We all are hoping that with V5.1 many TrueSky features have been added. That makes the sky+ clouds look look like MSFS it even better.

It is going to be so awesome to fly a approach in a multilayer true sky cloudscape, can’t wait!

And to think in real life we all want cloudless skies 😉

9 hours ago, Recognition said:

And to think in real life we all want cloudless skies 😉

LOL...and especially if your ride a motorcycle or operate a motor  or sail boat!

Well, the "push" for me would be to go all in on MSFS, if they expect everyone to have to get a top-o-the-line vcard just to be able to run E.A. I was planning on keeping v5.

1 hour ago, Coneman said:

Well, the "push" for me would be to go all in on MSFS, if they expect everyone to have to get a top-o-the-line vcard just to be able to run E.A. I was planning on keeping v5.

I have a 1070 8gb video card running on three screens and great FPS with EA, so maybe check your settings!

I have fun also with Msfs flying low VFR but it is really buggy and for tube liners: the terrain in Prepar3d is really crisp and in Msfs it is blurry allover above certain FL.

Edited September 26, 20205 yr by rob0203

"so maybe check your settings!"

Thanks, I'm good.

I'm not going to upgrade my card just for v5, when I can run MSFS just fine on high settings. If they go DX12 down the road, we'll see.

10 hours ago, Coneman said:

"so maybe check your settings!"

Thanks, I'm good.

I'm not going to upgrade my card just for v5, when I can run MSFS just fine on high settings. If they go DX12 down the road, we'll see.

When using EA mode you should set the cloud resolution to Low or medium (512x512). Above that setting even the better cards (I use 10900k with Titan RTX and 24GB) get really hammered and FPS suffers.

I do not notice a visual change between high and Medium or even low. Medium is good for me, so I use medium.

Marcus

13 hours ago, mpo910 said:

When using EA mode you should set the cloud resolution to Low or medium (512x512). Above that setting even the better cards (I use 10900k with Titan RTX and 24GB) get really hammered and FPS suffers.

I do not notice a visual change between high and Medium or even low. Medium is good for me, so I use medium.

Marcus

Medium keeps me out of trouble........

On 9/26/2020 at 8:12 PM, Coneman said:

"so maybe check your settings!"

Thanks, I'm good.

I'm not going to upgrade my card just for v5, when I can run MSFS just fine on high settings. If they go DX12 down the road, we'll see.

Thanks...never thought of that...and I DO have the highest setting. Will drop to 512, and see if I can then run E.A. and my full right sliders. Thanks for contributing!