One thing that would significantly improve MSFS for you?

[jarmstro 2,402]

The one thing that would immeasurably improve MFS for me is a new yoke to replace my rubbish Logitech one. But which?

[captain420 3,099]

1. Airport lighting (they need to fix the lights being on in the middle of the day)
2. Lights on AI planes (ugly oversized square pixels look extremely unrealistic)
3. The overdone and overexposed eye adaptation effect while in cockpit view. (They're emulating the dynamics of a camera lens, not the human eye).
4. Ambient airport sounds and AI traffic sounds to make the airports feel alive. The sounds from external views at a busy international airports feels quite dull and dead.
5. Fix the ATC system
6. Fix AI traffic

[ADamiani 470]

9 hours ago, CFIJose said:

In all my years of simming, every time I hear about an ATC add-on I always compare it to the FU II & III ATC.

So far I have not found an ATC, in a modern sim, with the quality, clarity, and pleasantness I found in the voices of FU III.

It must be very hard to replicate, because it has not been done.

XP12 sounds interesting. I would try it, just to see how the ATC stacks up to FU III.

FSHUD is getting closer, but that's an add-on that is not included in a sim.

FU 2 - 3 were true masterpieces. And cool boxes! They must be hidden somewhere in a closet.

A.

[CFIJose 5,485]

23 minutes ago, ADamiani said:

FU 2 - 3 were true masterpieces. And cool boxes! They must be hidden somewhere in a closet.

A.

I still have all my versions in a safe location. This one had a good intro:

 

[F737MAX 5,602]

1 hour ago, jarmstro said:

The one thing that would immeasurably improve MFS for me is a new yoke to replace my rubbish Logitech one. But which?

Depends on your budget and expectations.
I would wholeheartedly recommend Fulcrum Sim's 'Fulcrum One Yoke' - hall effect sensors, full range of motion, high quality metal design, plug and play, doesn't require to take out a mortgage.

Alternatively, lots of people seem very happy with the Honeycomb Aero 'Alpha' yoke.

[psolk 3,040]

2 hours ago, jarmstro said:

The one thing that would immeasurably improve MFS for me is a new yoke to replace my rubbish Logitech one. But which?

I have a Yoko+ I would let go of for a very good price if you are interested.  Used for two weeks.  

 

[SN737 140]

3 hours ago, jarmstro said:

The one thing that would immeasurably improve MFS for me is a new yoke to replace my rubbish Logitech one. But which?

Don't buy Honeycomb Alpha, I have now the 2nd one and the pots get un-calibrated by itself. And pitch is too stiff. I'll be buying the TCA Boeing (just the yoke) that comes with hall effect sensors instead, the benefit is much more precision in the axis.

[jarmstro 2,402]

8 hours ago, F737MAX said:

Depends on your budget and expectations.
I would wholeheartedly recommend Fulcrum Sim's 'Fulcrum One Yoke' - hall effect sensors, full range of motion, high quality metal design, plug and play, doesn't require to take out a mortgage.

Alternatively, lots of people seem very happy with the Honeycomb Aero 'Alpha' yoke.

Thanks. The Fulcrum One seems to be my cup of tea. I've placed a pre order because there is a waiting list.

[sweetmusic 9]

On 6/25/2022 at 3:36 PM, Redge said:

I just looked back over my photos and screenshots from 2020, and was shocked to see just how much better the weather system looked back then compared to now. There’s no comparison at all.

Has Asobo Studio ever acknowledged why the weather system has visually degraded over time?

Of course, they could refute the claim blaming it on user hardware rendering capability or poor system tuning.  Or they could say it was an "intentional" design decision to allocate limited computing resources to new features.  It would be good to know.

Could we handle the truth, or would the answer create a new firestorm of commentary?

 

[flighty100 0]

The one thing that would make it better for me would be a working Auto Pilot! Mine has never worked properly since day one of the sim.

[Noel 4,499]

8 minutes ago, flighty100 said:

The one thing that would make it better for me would be a working Auto Pilot! Mine has never worked properly since day one of the sim.

One gets the distinct feeling they got it to placeholder status and left it there until such time that they return to complete it.  I think it has potential and already does things FSX/P3D didn't do, but the voices, especially of one Azure guy just sound so inappropriate for an ATC voice sounds more like someone who just graduated from the Amy Vanderbilt School of Etiquette 🙃

[regis9 4,014]

On 7/1/2022 at 9:15 AM, CFIJose said:

In all my years of simming, every time I hear about an ATC add-on I always compare it to the FU II & III ATC.

So far I have not found an ATC, in a modern sim, with the quality, clarity, and pleasantness I found in the voices of FU III.

This 100%.  Imagine what a modern evolution of that ATC engine would be capable of.  I can still hear it chewing me out as Beechcraft 9LG for whatever pilot deviation I was incurring lol.

Edited July 3, 2022 by regis9

[micstatic 4,319]

another thing I'd put on the list is Snow.  Hopefully I'm wrong and somebody can point that out.  But I've never seen evidence yet to suggest so.  While I've seen snow covered ground and small amounts of flakes in the air.  I've never seen it actually snowing with heavy snows.  I'm kind of a snow junky in winter months.  Quite often in P3D I'd plan my flights to airports expecting snow.  

[Noel 4,499]

The night cityscape is a little too pandemic:  no activity on the ground.  I'd love to see head lights and tail lights.

[Nemo 1,305]

After a real nice approach to LFMN Nice which was completely messed up by AI/AIG behavior during the landing I can only say it again:

A complete ai overhaul is the the one and only thing which would significantly improve MSFS for me.