June 27, 20232 yr Obvious from Navigraph that most of the community is on MSFS 2020 (and presumably will migrate to 2024). Do you currently have a second flight simulator that you maintain and invest in? For those who do, what is your choice and why do you keep a second?
June 27, 20232 yr Nope Phil Leaven i5 10600KF, 32 GB 3200 RAM, ASUS 4070 12GB EVO, Asus ROG Z490-H, 2 WD Black NVME for each Win11 (500GB) and MSFS (1TB), Rolling Cache 16GB, Photogrammetry always OFF, Live Weather and Live Traffic always ON, Res 2560x1440 on 27"
June 27, 20232 yr Nope AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 64GB DDR5 6000MHZ RAM, RX7900XT, FreeSync 165hz 1440p display
June 27, 20232 yr Nope. Much prefer to maintain one and build add-ons around it. Unless another flight sim offers something compelling/different that I can't get with my main one, or even more so to become the main sim. Currently MSFS is it, no other sim in their latest or prior incarnations really even come close to be compelling enough for me. Sometimes I am tempted to reinstall other sim(s) in order to fly a particular aircraft that is not in MSFS but even that desire is much reduced now. Edited June 27, 20232 yr by lwt1971 Len 1980s: Sublogic FS II on C64 ---> 1990s: Flight Unlimited I/II, MSFS 95/98 ---> 2000s/2010s: FS/X, P3D, XP ---> 2020+: MSFS Current system: i9 13900K, RTX 4090, 64GB DDR5 4800 RAM, 4TB NVMe SSD
June 27, 20232 yr I used to at the start of MSFS but not anymore - I now only use MSFS. Vote to fix transparent sun visors having no effect on the sun glare effect in MSFS at: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/sun-shades-sun-visors-not-influencing-light-in-cockpit/691565/
June 27, 20232 yr Yes. MSFS, XP12 and Aerowinx PSX - the latter of which is linked to MSFS for external scenery. Jim BarrettLicensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.
June 27, 20232 yr 23 minutes ago, CaptainAddOn said: Obvious from Navigraph that most of the community is on MSFS 2020 (and presumably will migrate to 2024). Do you currently have a second flight simulator that you maintain and invest in? For those who do, what is your choice and why do you keep a second? I had P3D v4.5 and used it less and less over the first 4 months post MSFS 2020 release. Performance was wretched, graphically it was ridiculously lame in default form, and because of performance issues many of the sceneries I bought from Orbx ended up being disabled. Towards the end I only flew dusk to dawn when you didn't need to look at the scenery, except the payware airports I had. Being as mature as P3D was of course it solved a lot of the aviation esoterica that MSFS suffers from not quite being there yet. Honest sucker that I was I paid $200 a pop for each new revision, to that $70B defense contractor who was happy to take my $200 for their pay to play beta program. I installed the XP12 Demo and I'm happy it exists for if MSFS ever flops hard, but from what I saw in the demo it's a major step backwards, except of course for the aviation esoterica they've had 25y to nail down. Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
June 27, 20232 yr No, just MSFS. Before MSFS I was using mainly X-Plane but also P3D sometimes. Alvega CPU: AMD 7800X3D | COOLER: Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240L Core ARGB | GPU: RTX 4070 TI Super 16GB OC | Mobo: ASUS TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI |RAM: 32 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 6000MHz PC5-48000 2x16GB CL36 | SSDs: WD Black SN770 2TB NVMe SSD (WIN11), WD Black SN850X SSD 2 TB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 NVMe (MSFS), Crucial MX500 2TB (Other stuff) | CASE: Forgeon Arcanite ARGB Mesh Tower ATX White | Power Supply: Forgeon Bolt PSU 850W 80+ Gold Full Modular White
June 27, 20232 yr Just MSFS right now. AMD Ryzen 9900X3D & ASUS X870E Gaming Plus MB, w/64 Gb GSkill DDR5 RAM, PNY RTX 5090 GPU, lots of SSD's and M.2 drives, HAVN Case, Virpil VPC Panels 2 and 3, Virpil Constellation Alpha Stick, Virpil Rotor TCS Plus w/ Hawk-60 Collective grip, TM TCA Yoke Boeing Edition, TM HOTAS A-10 and F/A-18 Sticks and TM TPR Rudder pedals. Currently on Win11
June 27, 20232 yr No. IMO, MSFS is miles ahead of the other civilian alternatives. And at the speed that the MSFS team and Working Title are improving MSFS, the gap will grow even wider. Edited June 27, 20232 yr by abrams_tank i5-12400, RTX 3060 Ti, 32 GB RAM
June 27, 20232 yr X-Plane 12. Gotten into it a bit recently and find with the Orbx True Earth stuff it's very acceptable indeed. Will continue to use it for sure. I might check out P3Dv6 but I suspect it won't take. MSFS is the main attraction as long as it's behaving. Nice to have an alternate when it isn't though. Ryzen 9 7900X, Corsair H150 AIO cooler, 64 Gb DDR5, Asus X670E Hero m/b, 3090ti, 13Tb NVMe, 8Tb SSD, 16Tb HD, 55" Philips 4k HDR monitor, EVGA 1600w ps, all in Corsair 7000D airflow case. Sims in use - 2020, 2024, XP-12 and -11, FSX/SE, P3Dv4.5 and v5.4. DCS and AFS2 installed but rarely used
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