Realturb add-on - is it worth it?

[kevinfirth 1,396]

Is the Realturb product realistic?

[Wingnut_84 9]

I’m not a pilot IRL and cannot vouch for its realism, in an absolute sense. But I do find it ads to the immersion by reacting to local weather and introducing turbulence that I would expect, eg. around mountains, and have also had wind shear a couple of times near storm fronts.

[edpatino 1,964]

33 minutes ago, Wingnut_84 said:

I’m not a pilot IRL and cannot vouch for its realism, in an absolute sense. But I do find it ads to the immersion by reacting to local weather and introducing turbulence that I would expect, eg. around mountains, and have also had wind shear a couple of times near storm fronts.

Correct. I highly recommend them. In case of doubt just try out with one of their regions.

Cheers, Ed

[SAS443 1,723]

Hi, I own the Europe-version and I can not fly without it. 😎

While it takes time to get used to (get ready for more dynamic approaches), I feel that it does wonders in masking that "fly on rails" syndrome which is a general weakness with P3D. 

Here is a YT clip I did some weeks ago, where you can see the subtle effect. Keep an eye on the AoA indicator of the primary flight display and notice how it continously fluctuates.  The air mass around the plane feels alive, and small corrections are needed to maintain desired flight path.

 

[Patco Lch 1,465]

Well worth the small price.

[Chock 17,769]

Thoroughly recommend it. Sim is vastly improved with it.

[Noell 115]

You might also want to look at Accu-Feel from A2A.

It is now v5 compatible (currently on sale for $16) and offers a bunch of other adjustable parameters in addition to Turbulence Chop/Gusts/CAT.

https://a2asimulations.com/product/accu-feel-v-2-air-land-sea-p3dv4/

 

 

...Lloyd

 

 

 

[Wennerholm 44]

Thanks´ everyone here for waking me up! I do not understand how I could have miss this fundamental software. I have being a sim.plt. for 15 years. I have just install Real Turb, world wide, and planning for a test flight VHHH-ZGHA in my FSL A321-200 at 02.00 UTC.

Edited December 26, 2020 by Wennerholm

[kaha 205]

How do AccuFeel and RealTurb work together? Any problems?

Karl

[kevinfirth 1,396]

Doing some research shows that Ideal Flight can do turbulence too (didn't know about that even though I already own it), so I'm going to give that a go, may be worth a look to anyone else as its a fully featured flight planner/weather provider as well?  

codelegend.com/idealflight

"Ideal Flight introduces seamless thermal, cumulous, and deflected air currents, to any weather engine. Additional air currents are provided to breathe more life into the simulated environment. Winds are channelled and deflected by terrain. Constantly and seamlessly, hot air rises and cool air falls."

 

[fluffyflops 1,858]

Yup I have them all.  A must 

[HighBypass 2,339]

FSUIPC has some gust and turbulence options, but I don't know how that would compare. 

[Noell 115]

7 hours ago, kaha said:

How do AccuFeel and RealTurb work together? Any problems?

Karl

I have both installed and they seem to work perfectly together.

...Lloyd

 

[micstatic 4,319]

How does it interact with chaseplane?  I know CP adds some movement effects also

[Noell 115]

I have Chaseplane as well and until you mentioned it I never thought of it being a possible conflict with either RealTurb or Accu-Feel.

That said, I've never liked the motion effects in Chaseplane and have for the most part dialed them way down or turned them off.

To test, I turned the Chaseplane motioned effects back on and saw no sign of any conflicts.

....Lloyd