Hi everyone,

Here is my review of FranceVFR Airport Pack 1. Is this affordable 5-airport pack really worth it ? Let's find out.

As a Captain on the A320 family with several thousand hours on type, I will also produce several Airbus tutorials and informational videos in the near future.

- Pilot2PC

 

I suggest you wait before buying this product. It is impossible to land in Strasbourg without breaking your plane. France VFR explains that it is Asobo's fault, they know the problem but sell it anyway. It's not professional

20 minutes ago, Accolade said:

I suggest you wait before buying this product. It is impossible to land in Strasbourg without breaking your plane. France VFR explains that it is Asobo's fault, they know the problem but sell it anyway. It's not professional

Breaks it in what way?

1 hour ago, Tuskin38 said:

Breaks it in what way?

It seems that for some users (but not everyone), having photogrammetry ON makes parts of the Strasbourg taxiways (or runway) very unstable, like rolling over a dirt road full of potholes, thus crashing the airplane. Personally I haven't had the problem but I saw a couple of posts online about people not even being able to take off (crash on take off roll...)

The FranceVFR team had a theory that people with faster machines were less afected as the morphing of the ground in front of you was done faster (and as such virtually invisible to the user)... not sure what to think of this in the end, it seems to potentially be machine specific and involve a bigger issue with the way the sim behaves for some zones... That's why I didn't mention it in the review.

Accolade do you have this problem only in Strasbourg ?

The track is not flat. It looks like railroad tracks across the track.

50 minutes ago, Pilot2PC said:

Il semble que pour certains utilisateurs (mais pas pour tout le monde), avoir la photogrammétrie ON rende des parties des taxiways (ou piste) de Strasbourg très instables, comme rouler sur un chemin de terre plein de nids-de-poule, écrasant ainsi l'avion. Personnellement, je n'ai pas eu le problème mais j'ai vu quelques articles en ligne sur des personnes qui ne pouvaient même pas décoller (crash au décollage...)

L'équipe de FranceVFR avait une théorie selon laquelle les personnes avec des machines plus rapides étaient moins affectées car le morphing du sol devant vous se faisait plus rapidement (et donc pratiquement invisible pour l'utilisateur)... je ne sais pas trop quoi en penser au final , cela semble potentiellement être spécifique à la machine et impliquer un problème plus important avec la façon dont la simulation se comporte pour certaines zones... C'est pourquoi je ne l'ai pas mentionné dans la critique.

Accolade avez-vous ce problème uniquement à Strasbourg ?

Of lesser importance at several airports such as Montpellier, Brest on Taxiways

21 minutes ago, Accolade said:

Of lesser importance at several airports such as Montpellier, Brest on Taxiways

I see... I do wonder if the upcoming MSFS update next week is going to have an impact on this problem, since some leaks point to a change in 3rd party scenery especially, do you know anything about this ?

For Montpellier, I recommend the Pilot Experience Sim scene better than that of FVFR.  https://pilotexperiencesim.wixsite.com/shop/pesim-lfmt-msfs

3 hours ago, Pilot2PC said:

It seems that for some users (but not everyone), having photogrammetry ON makes parts of the Strasbourg taxiways (or runway) very unstable, like rolling over a dirt road full of potholes, thus crashing the airplane. Personally I haven't had the problem but I saw a couple of posts online about people not even being able to take off (crash on take off roll...)

The FranceVFR team had a theory that people with faster machines were less afected as the morphing of the ground in front of you was done faster (and as such virtually invisible to the user)... not sure what to think of this in the end, it seems to potentially be machine specific and involve a bigger issue with the way the sim behaves for some zones... That's why I didn't mention it in the review.

Accolade do you have this problem only in Strasbourg ?

This sounds like the „runway tears issue“ of which all airports in photogrammetry areas can be affected. I‘ve encountered it many times, both at generic and handcrafted airports.

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/runway-tears-terrain-issues-in-photogrammetry-areas/324479