With all due respect, for all of the people here on avsim who say the haze is unrealistic, have you guys actually spent time flying? Not to start a debate but if you haven’t, how can you even comment on it? Being on the ground and seeing the weather is completely different than seeing the same weather on the ground. 
 

there are days that are super clear in real life for sure, but it’s usually seasonal and very local. 

when I fired up the sim since this latest update, the haze wasn’t bad at all. It needed work but it was still very convincing based off my thousands of hours flying.

all I’m saying is that it’s more realistic than one would think. 
 

anyways, flame away

My concerns are more about the pop-ins. I was on approach to Santa Barbara yesterday and while on final, the weather completely changed to clear, like back in the FSX days. It is a real immersion killer. I can deal with it being a little hazy, but really hope they fix all the weather pop-ins and dramatic changes.

30 minutes ago, Bdub22 said:

My concerns are more about the pop-ins. I was on approach to Santa Barbara yesterday and while on final, the weather completely changed to clear, like back in the FSX days. It is a real immersion killer. I can deal with it being a little hazy, but really hope they fix all the weather pop-ins and dramatic changes.

This I agree with. It is absolutely jarring. 

The haze itself looks much better than anything I’ve seen in any previous sims, just needs work on the smoothing / placing etc.

2 hours ago, scotchegg said:

Given Xplane’s history with weather depiction they probably shouldn’t.

haha exxxxxactly. 

When you are approaching, suddenly appearing haze is even worse... Totaly immersion killer. 

I fly mostly in the western USA and it's WAY overdone IMHO. Other areas I've flown seem more realistic. I hope they can get a handle on this. I have to turn live weather off for most flights.

It appears that metar information is being improperly interpreted for the US, setting the cloud base at MSL instead of AGL.  Therefore, a ceiling of 800' where ground level is 600' MSL puts the cloud on the deck and removes the capability of making a proper approach to minimums.

The "haze" effect itself is nicely done, but it doesn't help when it's wrong for that location.

I hope they realize that this is not only an MSL-vs-AGL-issue. The clouds also are too low and intersecting with the ground in regions with no significant elevation, even over the sea.

Apart from that the haze is a different issue. The main problem is that it is popping in and out all the time. Secondly it is overdone and often does not correlate with the local METAR. 

Edited December 3, 20214 yr by RALF9636

When approaching haze suddenly appearing at 400 feet agl... And here some people says this is normal, no panic guys. Lol. 

10 hours ago, ahsmatt7 said:

With all due respect, for all of the people here on avsim who say the haze is unrealistic, have you guys actually spent time flying? Not to start a debate but if you haven’t, how can you even comment on it? Being on the ground and seeing the weather is completely different than seeing the same weather on the ground. 
 

there are days that are super clear in real life for sure, but it’s usually seasonal and very local. 

when I fired up the sim since this latest update, the haze wasn’t bad at all. It needed work but it was still very convincing based off my thousands of hours flying.

all I’m saying is that it’s more realistic than one would think. 
 

anyways, flame away

Flew all over the United States as part of my job for around 20 years. Only place I saw haze all the time was flying into LA, they called it smog. 

1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said:

Flew all over the United States as part of my job for around 20 years. Only place I saw haze all the time was flying into LA, they called it smog

Sorry, definitely not buying that there was only haze once in 20 years of US flying. I've only flown four times in the US and two of those had memorable haze. Imagine you just don't remember it.

4 minutes ago, scotchegg said:

Sorry, definitely not buying that there was only haze once in 20 years of US flying. I've only flown four times in the US and two of those had memorable haze. Imagine you just don't remember it.

That is not what I said.. Do  you understand this statement that I made "  Only place I saw haze all the time was flying into LA, they called it smog"....Maybe try reading it very slowly....😉

1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said:

Flew all over the United States as part of my job for around 20 years. Only place I saw haze all the time was flying into LA, they called it smog. 

I’m not going to debate you because at the end of the day, we would have to post pictures and it would get too cumbersome. However, for me, it is super rare for me to fly on a crystal clear day without haze. Hell, the days I can’t get the field in sight for a visual outside of 15 miles is a treat.

Just now, ahsmatt7 said:

I’m not going to debate you because at the end of the day, we would have to post pictures and it would get too cumbersome. However, for me, it is super rare for me to fly on a crystal clear day without haze. Hell, the days I can’t get the field in sight for a visual outside of 15 miles is a treat.

15 Miles... I would be so happy if I could get a vis of 15 miles in the US with the Asobo SU7  Haze. many times I have a RVR of less than the runway length prior to takeoff, because of the haze everywhere. Until this Haze gets fixed, I am staying away from US flying. I just launched a flight in Italy. and guess what, no Haze.