35 minutes ago, bean_sprout said:

It must be a divided camp because I'm looking for the realistic environment rather than the techno-pizazz but to each (his or her) own.

Cheers

 

 

I fly my tubes in P3D and GA in MSFS. I like to do local VFR flights in a region that I have flown to in a jetliner. Think of it as sightseeing tour during turnaround. 

Edited October 3, 20205 yr by Evros

No way is that in the sim.  It's obviously a picture from a real aircraft.  LOL!!!!

I've flown into some amazing sunsets in FS2020 and am still shocked at how realistic they look.

17 minutes ago, bean_sprout said:

It must be a divided camp because I'm looking for the realistic environment rather than the techno-pizazz but to each (his or her) own.

Cheers

 

 

then market it as such rather than tease A320 operating like the real thing

ooooooooohhhhhhhhhh.....I'd have to be careful here....if this thread turned into a "show me the pic that made your jaw drop"...I'd have a hard time trying to pick which one...since the 1st few here were dramatic sunset shots....let me add mine....(one of them anyway...there have been so many!)

 

Some of the scenics in MSFS are truly amazing.

For my sim flying MSFS 2020 adds a dimension previously just not available.  The, what is the correct term for it, acute satellite rendered worldwide scenery has brought into simulation a new reality in VFR flight.  It is not just the eye candy.  For the first time in a simulator the visual cues so often used in VFR flights and VFR approaches are there and usable.  Even on IFR flights where the approach and landing emerge into VFR, the presence of those visual cues adds a level of realism not previously available except with some photoscenery, and even then takes it to a significantly new level.  And where previous photoscenery did offer a dose of that, it was airport, city, or airport and surrounding area based.  MSFS offers that worldwide.

Watch some of the videos on youtube of GA flights through the congestion into Oshkosh or into Fun and Sun and listen to the ATC direction and use of visual cues.  Fascinating.  In FSX I have Megascenery Earth v3 for both Wisconsin and for Florida.  Now there is no comparison.  I could pick up the most evident visual cues with FSX and MSEv3, but nothing like what is present in MSFS.  And again, MSFS is worldwide.

Hey, as a former Air Force meteorologist I have a ton of FSX/AS16/REX created sunsets and cloud shots. And I have not seen much better in MSFS.  But the VFR flying is over the top compared to previous sims. 

Edited October 4, 20205 yr by fppilot

Amazing pics.  I find myself downloading a lot of these to show people at work.

I thought Steve's C172 was actually real, until I checked the reg! 😄  Amazing atmospheric lighting effects in this sim. 👍

3 hours ago, UAL4life said:

I’ve learned the hard way with the last two patches that graphics aren’t everything unfortunately!

I am somewhat disappointed that in largely positive comments, that this is the only negative comment you could come up with. A little more effort is required if you are going to alienate all of us following this topic.

Apart from that, I am wondering just what relevance it has to the rest of this topic. 

I further wonder, why you are not responding to the topic " Lets figure why some people are having problems with MSFS"  with a report on the problem, your system specs, EventView analysis, and maybe a .cfg display so that other people can put in an effort to help you.  

Irrelevant comments like this on a totally different line of conversation are unnecessary, irrelevant and largely unwanted. A detailed list of your complaints are far better directed to ZenDesk.

By the way, Really great pics and thank you for sharing.

Tony 

2 minutes ago, himmelhorse said:

I am somewhat disappointed that in largely positive comments, that this is the only negative comment you could come up with. A little more effort is required if you are going to alienate all of us following this topic.

Understand and agree with your response here.  I recommend you also take time to flag with support the responses here that are positive and that you agree with.  That is how we distinguish what evolves here.

6 minutes ago, fppilot said:

I recommend you also take time to flag with support the responses here that are positive and that you agree with

 I plead ignorance here mate. I really do not understand this, and no, I am not being silly. Can you please explain a little more fully. As far as I know, I am generally supportive and I do "hit" the heart button when I do support a comment or a screenshot. Is there something else I can do to support not just MSFS but all the platforms I use?

I am just somewhat annoyed that some people waste no opportunity to be negative, particularly with MSFS.  There truly is some deep seated hatred involved.

Tony

I wanted this thread to illustrate how beautiful this sim is and some have decided to try to make it about themselves. There are plenty of negative threads, hence the point of the tittle. I'd rather keep this one on he positive side. Thanks!

Same flight:

15 minutes ago, himmelhorse said:

I am just somewhat annoyed that some people waste no opportunity to be negative, particularly with MSFS.  There truly is some deep seated hatred involved.

I see the hate word around here way to often these days.  Maybe jealous is a good substitute.  In any case we are talking about beauty in this post.

Regards

bs 

Edited October 4, 20205 yr by bean_sprout

it is funny until MSFS I had very little interest in GA and VFR flying in flight sim I think mostly because the lackluster default scenery and the lack of desire to want to pay for ortho scenery files.  Today I did the Japan tour flight and it was really pretty.  I have to master the screenshot system at some point lol 

I think primarily what everyone here wants is a flight simulator: Sorry to say, but I think what we have on this very day is an wonderful eye-candy simulator...  So, I look forward to a time when those two aspects of MSFS2020 are finally combined to give us one heck of a sim.    

4 hours ago, fppilot said:

For the first time in a simulator the visual cues so often used in VFR flights and VFR approaches are there and usable.  Even on IFR flights where the approach and landing emerge into VFR, the presence of those visual cues adds a level of realism not previously available except with some photoscenery, and even then takes it to a significantly new level.

If only more persons would realize this. Yesterday I was engaged with an individual claiming that VFR in custom scenery FS9 is as immersive as MSFS. 

What you wrote, is the very essence of MSFS's advantage vs older sims. That is simply unbeatable right now.