Hello all,

Captain Sim announced. A sale starting tomorrow, with 20$ off of all base packs of their aircraft. I still believe this is too steep for me and I'm unlikely to go for it, but that said, I'm curious what the state of their 763 is? How functional is it these days, and, importantly, what's performance like? Especially VRAM usage?

Any insight is appreciated!

Thanks for the heads up.  Was waiting for this sale and curious about this too Benjamin.  However the 767 even at $79 (after the $20) is still prohibitive for me, just because I'm trying to upgrade the old PC.  I do want to get the 757 Freighter expansion.  I put the forum post for peeps to see.

 

Captains,
Goodbye 2020 sale (all* Base Packs are $20 off) starts at 2020Z 20DEC 2020.
Runs for 20 hours only. See you at https://www.captainsim.com/store/

* all with regular price over $20.

As mush as I would like a 767 I'm going to pass. Even $20 off is too high. Only if they have a $10 or $20 sale like in the past would I even consider picking up another CS product. I have the 757 and don't even use it due to VC performance, lighting and other bugs they refuse to address. Give it another year and the price will drop even more as users move over to  MSFS2020. 

Still no freighter version which is widely used these days. 

Edited December 19, 20205 yr by Wise87

Ahhhh. Performance is close to the PMDG 737, flies nice, fluid and stable (not like MSFS). With the new P3D version of software you will be happy but can't have sliders all the way to the right. VRAM about 5.

Now in reference to the autopilot and mcp panel you will find issues (especially if you a real pilot), unfortunately FMS needs lots of work, systems wise needs also work.

The guy whos answering emails seems to be ok but I'm afraid that he's overwhelmed with fixing certain bugs.

So the bottom line is if you're not a pilot and don't know the systems you will be OK, you will not get so much frustrated. 

I bought the 767.  Not terrible but way over priced for what it is.  It ended up like the Aerosoft A330 and QW 787 for me.  They stay in the hangar.  

I have 757 and the 1.6~1.7 update is very nice, now I can fly RNAV APCH use VNAV and no annoying beep for manual ILS landing, 2 major problem for normal flight: flight performace (not computer perfromence) are off quite a lot according to BPS/FPPM/QRH on my hand, and VNAV descend is mostly broken as most mid-range add-ons do.

Since most good fix on 1.7 came after 767 1.0 (and on 7571.6,after 767 1.0, they are still broken), I wonder how many are already in 767.

When I seek for some overnight flight on weekend, sometimes I wonder if there would be a 767, as 757 is just a little short on range.... but for more than $70? not quite yet.....

Edited December 20, 20205 yr by C2615

20 hours ago, killthespam said:

Ahhhh. Performance is close to the PMDG 737, flies nice, fluid and stable (not like MSFS). With the new P3D version of software you will be happy but can't have sliders all the way to the right. VRAM about 5.

Now in reference to the autopilot and mcp panel you will find issues (especially if you a real pilot), unfortunately FMS needs lots of work, systems wise needs also work.

The guy whos answering emails seems to be ok but I'm afraid that he's overwhelmed with fixing certain bugs.

So the bottom line is if you're not a pilot and don't know the systems you will be OK, you will not get so much frustrated. 

Thanks for commenting specifically about VRAM, as that is my primary concern. At a VRAM usage of about 5Gb, I will pass. I do not have a new graphics card in sight and 5Gb is well within the realm of having to disable all my scenery in order to keep things flyable, so... no go.

I have no problems with Vram and the CS 767. It's not using any more Vram than PMDG 737 or any other addon!

I just completed an KATL-MMAA flight with the CS B767.  Flawless for me, but I'm using P3Dv4.  I know this doesn't help you, but wanted to post because while I'm sure the airplane is not perfect, I'm not experiencing the problems others unfortunately are, and I'm a real pilot.  Most (not everybody) complain about it not having flawless VNAV which they say PMDG aircrafts do.  This comparison leads to a price comparison, which I see as a concern for most.  Yet not everyone sees pricing the same and not all developers need to set price based on one developer.  

Edited December 20, 20205 yr by SAX702

7 minutes ago, Adrian123 said:

I have no problems with Vram and the CS 767. It's not using any more Vram than PMDG 737 or any other addon!

Okay... so, I suppose I should be asking what settings people are using as well. So let me ask this instead: what's your VRAM with the 757, if you happen to have it? Since I have the 757 I could look to see what VRAM usage with it is, and then extrapolate to the 767.

Are you referring to p3Dv4, or v5? In v4 both the 757 and 767 are fine on VRAM, I also have an 8GB 1070. I'm flying the 752 right now in v4, using around 3.GB of VRAM.

Cheers!

4 hours ago, Luke said:

Are you referring to p3Dv4, or v5? In v4 both the 757 and 767 are fine on VRAM, I also have an 8GB 1070. I'm flying the 752 right now in v4, using around 3.GB of VRAM.

Cheers!

V5. After all, in v4 VRAM is not really an issue. Though now that we are on the topic, just for comparative purposes, how much do the 757 and 767 each use?

On 12/20/2020 at 8:47 AM, C2615 said:

I have 757 and the 1.6~1.7 update is very nice, now I can fly RNAV APCH use VNAV 

Hi does this mean you can fly RNAV approaches with G/S using the APP button like in the 737? Or using VNAV to minima?

16 hours ago, GentleGroove said:

Hi does this mean you can fly RNAV approaches with G/S using the APP button like in the 737? Or using VNAV to minima?

Use VNAV, as the real procedure, AFAIK 757 without big monitor can't do IAN as PMDG737 do.