1 hour ago, Abriael said:

To be fair, Tampa is a pretty popular airport, but it would likely draw less money comparatively to more famous airports like Toronto, Boston, Athens, or Amsterdam. Can't blame them for making stuff that would be more popular first, and then moving on to more niche add-ons. The more they sit on big airports they have a considerable base for (because they made them for previous sims), the more there's a chance that someone new will eat their lunch as it's happening here. 

I agree partially.  Not sure Athens however would be in that category.  TPA has a metro population of over 3m.  But I get your point in general. 

1 minute ago, micstatic said:

I agree partially.  Not sure Athens however would be in that category.  TPA has a metro population of over 3m.  But I get your point in general. 

It's still a national capital. That increases its appeal pretty strongly. 

1 minute ago, Abriael said:

It's still a national capital. That increases its appeal pretty strongly. 

agree to disagree on that one. 

36 minutes ago, Fiorentoni said:

Not really irony that a company tries to sell the biggest and most popular airports instead of the airport of a city that I wouldn't even know without the Buccaneers or Rays...

You have a point.  But then again I could say the same thing living in the US if the company was called FLYDüsseldorf vs FlyTampa.  If I didn't have a good grasp on geography, I'd would 't know the city/airport of Düsseldorf from a Wizard in Harry Potter. 🤣  However a flightsimmer living in Frankfurt could make the same statement if FLYDüsseldorf came out with Tampa 1st, then every other airport they created in FSX/P3D, and not even mentioned if they plan to release Düsseldorf. 😉

Its all about perspective. 🙂 

1 hour ago, FBW737 said:

Some don't miss the main observation here. Reg released their CYYZ the day before SU8 and FT releases CYYZ the day after SU8.

I don't see why that matters?

Edited February 28, 20224 yr by Tuskin38

1 minute ago, Tuskin38 said:

I don't see why that matters?

Exactly. That seems far from a "main observation." Sim Update 8 has been available to everyone in open beta for weeks. 

Wow Pearson International is really getting some love 🙂

Can't wait to check these new releases out

It makes more sense that FT where waiting for SU8 before release rather than announcing the release because the competition released theirs.

Anyway, Seasoned Flight Simmers wouldn't buy an addon like YYZ from a green developer knowing that FT YYZ was on short final.

Sure I'll wait for reviews. Perhaps we will be surprised and the REG version will get more favourable reviews than FT but I seriously doubt it.

FT have been and still are among the very small list of very highly regarded 3rd party developers in Flight Sim.

6 hours ago, Doering said:

Pics of FT version at this link

https://fselite.net/content/flytampas-toronto-international-airport-releasing-in-a-day-or-two/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flytampas-toronto-international-airport-releasing-in-a-day-or-two

Look they even added the dev fps counter. 😀

4 hours ago, Steve Dra said:

I can't help but see the irony of a company named "Fly Tampa" seems to be steadfastly determined to either never release KTPA for MSFS, or make sure they re-release every airport they've ever done, before KTPA. 🙄

One of the top-notch devs for sure, and I have just about all their products, but being a semi-resident of the Tampa area, I long for this airport I've frequented in real life many times to appear in MSFS...by....let's say it together....FLY TAMPA

Can I use this as my signature? 😀

7 minutes ago, FBW737 said:

Anyway, Seasoned Flight Simmers wouldn't buy an addon like YYZ from a green developer knowing that FT YYZ was on short final.

I'm a seasoned flight simmer, since the times of Flight Simulator by Psion.

I'll buy the one that's better. Can't care less about brands. For now, Reg's work looks very good. Will see if FT's is better or worse, and then will decide. 

5 minutes ago, DJJose said:

Look they even added the dev fps counter. 😀

That's not CYYZ. That's KBOS. Folks at FSElite likely didn't notice and threw them all in the same gallery. Weird that they didn't show Toronto's, to be honest. 

Edited February 28, 20224 yr by Abriael

I thought somebody mentioned that it takes about 2years to develop a hihghly detailed airport.  I am still a big fan of flytampa, but the public relations need a bit help.

Competition is good, now will be able to have a choice based on performance accuracy and of course price.

Edited February 28, 20224 yr by Sunshine13

55 minutes ago, FBW737 said:

It makes more sense that FT where waiting for SU8 before release rather than announcing the release because the competition released theirs.

This actually happened before, if memory serves me right. I think it was back when ImagineSim announced KATL, and shortly after FT announced that they'd be doing one as well.

It’s out 

https://www.flytampa.org/cyyz.html

A dollar cheaper than REG’s.

Edited February 28, 20224 yr by Tuskin38