June 25, 20232 yr The iniBuilds A310 that shipped free with the 40th Anniversary update is certainly a decent heavy long-haul airliner. It's 5,150nm range is right up there with the B767-300ER (4,625-5,725nm) and B767-400ER (3,820-5,500nm). Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
June 26, 20232 yr This opinion has been offered already in this thread, but it seems the diehards wanting a "heavy long haul" are not satisfied. It occurs to me that the likely answer to why MSFS has not offered an abundance of heavy long haul aircraft is economic: the vast majority of MSFS simmers are GA flyers and do not wish, or probably do not have the free time, to sit for hours at their PCs on a single flight. My system specs: Intel [email protected] - 5.2 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, 32GB DDR4 RAM, Noctua NH-D15 CPU Cooler,1TB Seagate SSD, 4TB Seagate HD, Windows 10, Asus 32 inch monitor, Saitek Yoke, Throttle Quadrant, Rudder Pedals and Trim Wheel Sims: MSFS2020 Preferred Aircraft Black Square Bonanza, and Baron, A2A Comanche, PMDG DC-6, Red Wing L1049
June 26, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, AviatorMan said: the likely answer to why MSFS has not offered an abundance of heavy long haul aircraft is economic: the vast majority of MSFS simmers are GA flyers and do not wish, or probably do not have the free time, to sit for hours at their PCs on a single flight. Conflating many unlinked thoughts there, IMO. Who's to say the vast majority are GA flyers through choice? Why is it uneconomic to develop a long-haul airliner when there are at least 7 payware ones currently in active development (A300B4, A300-600, A330-300, B757, B767, B777, MD-11)? Who's to say that you need to sit for many hours to appreciate a long-haul airliner? Short hops in longhaulers exist commercially and in the sim, you can do whatever you want. Personally, I think the current lack of long-haul payware airliners is due to the time needed to recreate these complex machines with relatively small teams. PMDG's 'excuse' is that they had the World's most produced airliner in their stable and it made sense financially to ready their 737 for sale in MSFS first. AMD Ryzen 5800X3D; MSI RTX 3080 Ti ; 32GB Corsair 3200 MHz; ASUS VG35VQ 35" (3440 x 1440) Fulcrum One yoke; Thrustmaster TCA Captain Pack Airbus edition; MFG Crosswind rudder pedals; miniCockpit FCU; CPFlight MCP 737; Logitech FIP x3; TrackIR MSFS; Fenix A320; A2A PA-24; HPG H145; PMDG 737-600; AIG; RealTraffic; PSXTraffic; FSiPanel; REX AccuSeason Adv; FSDT GSX Pro; FS2Crew RAAS Pro; FS-ATC Chatter
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