Flew out of YMML, headed towards the city but then, as usual, thought I'd beam down for a look 'round

Looks like a school, perhaps?

Nice bit of rolling landscape down here

As usual, impressed by the detail (look in the windows)

Balconies rule!

 

A little bit further in

Looks like some nice places to live

 

 

And finally, way out on the edge of town, there was this

It really looks like it's out in the middle of the outback but the whole Melbourne city environment is just the other side of that hill behind the house

(exit stage left, with theme tune from "Neighbours" irritatingly stuck on repeat in head)

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You gotta stop doing this or we'll forget all about flying!🙂

John

I DO love your screenies mate, but realistically, this is not a Melbourne that I remember.  The suburban streets are not like this at all. The city centre may well be more realistic (I have yet to fly there) This is a comment and NOT a criticism at all.

I have the same problem with Magnetic Island where I grew up.  It actually looks very good, but it in no way resembles Magnetic Island in the past nor as it is now.  All the bays etc are all in the right places but the housing appears to be largely generic and unrealistic.  Nelly Bay for instance features the new marina and ferry terminal structure (again not realistic) but does not feature large hotels and residential complexes that were in existence years before the marina and ferry terminal.  

I am hoping that, like the Japan upgrade, we will see the whole world upgraded in the fullness of time.  In the meantime, the scenery in this sim, is undeniably pretty and a far cry from what we have been used to.  I am not complaining

Tony

1 hour ago, John F said:

You gotta stop doing this or we'll forget all about flying!🙂

Flying?

37 minutes ago, himmelhorse said:

but realistically, this is not a Melbourne that I remember.  The suburban streets are not like this at all.

Hi Tony, I do know what you mean. My home town (Torquay, UK) looks pretty good from the air, but down at this sort of level it's completely wrong. I suspect this is true of most of the places covered. For me, never having been there, this representation of Melbourne looks great. It's that thing about a credible, rather than accurate, world. I suspect that apart from possibly a very few individuals, this is how the MSFS world is - the rest of it looks great, but the bits we know are not quite right (or possibly madly wrong, depending on your point of view). Works for me though! I don't mind exploring something that's not real, as long as it feels/looks good - how's that for good old '60s hippie zen talk <grin> (man!)

Melbourne is a bit different at the moment, but that's due to political reasons from Victoria. 🍻

I'm a photoreal fan due to the fact that it can represent what's actually there especially from 2000 plus feet up IFR (I Fly Roads... etc.) Even better if it has accurate autogen and/or 3d structures on it.

FS2020 gives us the opportunity to get the data as and when it's udpated (I believe that's what happens) unlike in my sim FSX:SE where I'm at the mercy of developers grabbing the latest data and updating their photoreal (Just Flight, I'm looking at you for UK photoreal updates!). Depending upon the urban development, photoreal is still very useful, just like an old paper map can be useful, taken to an extreme. Major arterial motorways, freeways, highways do not change too much, generally speaking. 

In FS2020, if Beirut's map has been updated very recently then it would show the crater in the port.. or may do so soon as and when Bing's satellite or overflying planes upload the photos. A bit morbid, but a pretty current example I'd say.

HighBypass,

I agree with you totally here.  Just looking at those great screenies, I think I would get totally lost trying to fly VFR in Melbourne.  If one is not familiar with a particular place, then I have to admit that the scenery is both plausible and magnificent. There is obviously a lot of generic buildings and probably scenery in this sim which is not totally accurate. 

As have a lot of people done, I have gone looking for my homes in every state of Australia, and I have not located one of them yet.  For those who have actually been able to do that, I envy you, and it would be very interesting to see how many simmers in Australia have managed to do so.

This is not a complaint and neither is it a criticism.  We are still very much better off than we were prior to this release.

P3Dv5 portrayal of Magnetic Island is even worse than MSFS and default XPlane is not worth mentioning.  This does not make them unenjoyable for me.

Tony