6 hours ago, Tuskin38 said:

https://www.polygon.com/22637999/microsoft-flight-simulator-stihl-national-championship-air-races-p-51-sea-fury

Playing out more and more as a video game all the time and no serious consideration to making a simulator. 12 months in I would expect more urgent working on the very long list of problems!

3 minutes ago, tpete61 said:

Playing out more and more as a video game all the time and no serious consideration to making a simulator. 12 months in I would expect more urgent working on the very long list of problems!

Tell that to the folks who fly the STIHL series...

22 minutes ago, tpete61 said:

Playing out more and more as a video game all the time and no serious consideration to making a simulator. 12 months in I would expect more urgent working on the very long list of problems!

It's a game if you want it.  Or it's a sim if you want it.  It's a sim for me.

27 minutes ago, tpete61 said:

Playing out more and more as a video game all the time and no serious consideration to making a simulator. 12 months in I would expect more urgent working on the very long list of problems!

Every sim you ever played is a game! LOL

25 minutes ago, tpete61 said:

Playing out more and more as a video game all the time and no serious consideration to making a simulator. 12 months in I would expect more urgent working on the very long list of problems!

 

2 minutes ago, Todd2 said:

It's a game if you want it.  Or it's a sim if you want it.  It's a sim for me.

Shhhh.  Don't startle the man while his hand is on his Thrustmaster TCA Officer's Joystick.  He might realize he's also playing and game and kill all of his make believe passengers.

 

6 hours ago, andyjohnston.net said:

I'd settle for them fixing the things broken in the last update.

  They are. There's fixes coming on the 7th.

1 hour ago, tpete61 said:

Playing out more and more as a video game all the time and no serious consideration to making a simulator. 12 months in I would expect more urgent working on the very long list of problems!

3 hours ago, DaWu said:

Topgun, air races....meh. How about implement an atc and ai traffic that is not complete trash? 

Did FSX become a 'video game' when they added similar stuff with the Acceleration expansion pack?

The people doing the bug fixing are not the same people who would be developing these updates. A development studio would have several teams working on several things. There is most likely a team dedicated just to finding and fixing bugs.

34 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

 

  They are. There's fixes coming on the 7th.

I'll believe it when I see it, and even then I'll have trouble believing it.

48 minutes ago, andyjohnston.net said:

I'll believe it when I see it, and even then I'll have trouble believing it.

How can someone be so cynical.

They also fixed issues in the last 2 hotfixes.

Edited August 25, 20214 yr by Tuskin38

10 hours ago, pmb said:

That would be too good to be true. Have you ever seen terrain morphing in their promo videos? 

Yeah... more likely they have a way to prevent it that works for a few seconds or is inapplicable to actual real time gaming.

1 hour ago, Tuskin38 said:

How can someone be so cynical.

They also fixed issues in the last 2 hotfixes.

Don't you know, people only believe conspiracy theories these days.

Regards

bs

Unfortunately these novelty add-ons aren't going to be optional are they. They will be part of a mandatory update I'm sure but I do hope they can be removed in the Content Manager. 

31 minutes ago, 6297J said:

Unfortunately these novelty add-ons aren't going to be optional are they. They will be part of a mandatory update I'm sure but I do hope they can be removed in the Content Manager. 

Huh? It's (good) free stuff that comes with a bunch of other good things. You make it sound like somebody is trying to store dead bodies in your basement. "Unfortrunately", the restaurant just served me a couple of free entrées. How dare they!

It's probably precisely those "novelty add-ons" that drive sales of MSFS 2020, sales that, in the end, benefit the guy who likes to flip switches and turn knobs just as much as the kid with the XBOX-controller. 

Btw, I'm not interested in these add-ons either, but I'm extremely happy that Asobo/Microsoft don't seem to have lost their enthusiasm for MSFS.

Edited August 25, 20214 yr by Ricardo41

5 hours ago, tpete61 said:

Playing out more and more as a video game all the time and no serious consideration to making a simulator. 12 months in I would expect more urgent working on the very long list of problems!

Not ***** again. Features like races and "Top-Gun" are important to keep the base motivated and bring new players in on a constant basis. Some of the will be the hardcore simmers and, more importantly, pilots of the future.

Have you seen the interview where Jörg says what they are doing with the Junkers?

They have reached out to the grandson of the aircraft's creator *and* are collaborating with the museum that holds one of the last units to get the sounds, look and feel right.  Does it sound like what your average game developer would do?

This is love for aviation of the highest order and MS/Asobo should be commended for that.

Edited August 25, 20214 yr by GCBraun

Neuman, with his profound insights of what flight simulation should be, is already busy preparing the Gamescom 2022. The main feature will be a reboot of Crimson Skies taking place in MSFS. Pirates in the skies ! Can’t wait ! We need to have the 5 to 9 year-old kids coming to the sim.

35 minutes ago, GCBraun said:

This is love for aviation of the highest order and MS/Asobo should be commended for that.

Absolutely. This refrain of ‘they should drop everything to work on my priority’ is more than a little childish.