May 23, 20233 yr Hi, I have been away from the Flight Simulator scene for a few years, and restarted only recently. I noticed that a lot of links to (freeware) addons now point to: 'flightsim.to' Have they 'taken over'? In the past I downloaded most (if not all) files here from AVSIM Library. Just curious Location: Vleuten, The Netherlands, 17.3dme SPL 108.40 | Simulator: FS2024 System: AMD 7800X3D - Gigabyte X670 - RTX 4090 - 64GB DDR5 - 2 x 2TB SSD - 32" 1440p Display - Windows 11 Pro
May 23, 20233 yr 1 minute ago, Egbert Drenth said: Hi, I have been away from the Flight Simulator scene for a few years, and restarted only recently. I noticed that a lot of links to (freeware) addons now point to: 'flightsim.to' Have they 'taken over'? In the past I downloaded most (if not all) files here from AVSIM Library. Just curious Yes. Flightsim.to is the de facto freeware website for MSFS now. They sprang up very quickly when MSFS came out, and the community by in large, likes flightsim.to (having said that, there was a controversy not long ago with flightsim.to, but I'm not going to get into it, you can search for the threads on it). i5-12400, RTX 3060 Ti, 32 GB RAM
May 23, 20233 yr 3 hours ago, Egbert Drenth said: Hi, I have been away from the Flight Simulator scene for a few years, and restarted only recently. I noticed that a lot of links to (freeware) addons now point to: 'flightsim.to' Have they 'taken over'? In the past I downloaded most (if not all) files here from AVSIM Library. Just curious Yep it's the place where most files are hosted....and there are a multitude of them! | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
May 23, 20233 yr At first, I assumed that Avsim would step up to the plate in their traditional role, but considering the unchanging look/feel/functionality of the library, it seemed apparent fairly quickly that either the knowhow or the resources, or maybe just simply the will, was no longer there to maintain and modernize the status quo. So..... Flightsim.to, it is! Flightsim.to is also making a play for the X-plane market, but it remains to be seen how that will go. We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
May 23, 20233 yr 2 hours ago, HiFlyer said: was no longer there to maintain and modernize the status quo. Yeah, I can't remember the last time I saw Avsims front page. I literally only come on here for the forums now and I'm fine with that. Flightsim.to is too easy to use and has so much content, it makes it a pretty easy decision.
May 23, 20233 yr Administrators 10 minutes ago, Bdub22 said: Yeah, I can't remember the last time I saw Avsims front page. I literally only come on here for the forums now and I'm fine with that. Flightsim.to is too easy to use and has so much content, it makes it a pretty easy decision. The guy that ran the front page and kept it up to date has been gone for several years...in more than just one way! Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
May 24, 20233 yr 7 hours ago, charliearon said: The guy that ran the front page and kept it up to date has been gone for several years...in more than just one way! It certainly wasn't a dig at the actual front page. I was just saying how most of the time I come to Avsim, it's for the forums and thus, with the wisdom of bookmarks, not necessary to visit the front page.
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