P3D 4.5 will offer more content than it's newer predecessors. Performance is quite fine.

P3d V5.4.  Absolutely awesome and can accommodate many planes and scenery.  Don't even think twice about it!  If you have a lot of time, and you're into "tweaking" and are patient, and able to handle stress and anxiety in your flying experience, then get P3d v6.

Stan

Edited September 20, 20232 yr by spilok

Agreed on all counts.

But, I do still have V6 installed and fly occasionally.

V5.x is great, but as far as clouds and weather depiction, V6 is the best bar none.

21 hours ago, spilok said:

If you have a lot of time, and you're into "tweaking" and are patient, and able to handle stress and anxiety in your flying experience, then get P3d v6.

Love it. 😁

1 hour ago, CO2Neutral said:

V5.x is great, but as far as clouds and weather depiction, V6 is the best bar none.

EA with Active Sky and Cloud Art is pretty hard to beat in 5.4.   Add to that all the great airports, ORBX, and so many planes that work perfectly in this version, and you have the perfect sim.

Edited September 21, 20232 yr by spilok

Sorry for the late reply, life has been pretty busy here the past few weeks.  Looks like the majority of you have recommended v5.4 and I am downloading as I am typing.  Thanks for all the replies!

3 hours ago, AS129 - Michael Johnson said:

Sorry for the late reply, life has been pretty busy here the past few weeks.  Looks like the majority of you have recommended v5.4 and I am downloading as I am typing.  Thanks for all the replies!

Eheheh, I'm a believer, so. I bought v6 and  6 month dev license for 5.4 to be able to run all of my aircraft addons not natively ready for v6.

I believe in 6 months those will probably get it  🙂 and, even if not, I really love the lighting in v6 !

5 hours ago, jcomm said:

Eheheh, I'm a believer, so. I bought v6 and  6 month dev license for 5.4 to be able to run all of my aircraft addons not natively ready for v6.

I believe in 6 months those will probably get it  🙂 and, even if not, I really love the lighting in v6 !

So do I.

Also the puddles on the wet tarmac really improve the immersion especially in VR.

And on a flight today I believe I flew into a hailstorm with massive white hailstones flying towards me which I've never experienced before

Hi I am in the same boat as the OP, I have never flown P3D and struggling to decide between 5.4 and v6.

To me, good planes are the most important aspect of a flight simulator.

I am still on V5.4 and haven't purchased V6 yet.  V5.4 is stable for me and I have a full hangar of compatible aircraft.

If and/or when more aircraft become compatible with V6, I'll move on then.  

For me too, the most important quality of a simulator is the flight model of its aircraft and rotorcraft.
With P3D I've never been disappointed.
Its latest version, P3DV5.4, is very mature, and with it I can enjoy a huge number of aircraft and rotorcraft 
with VFR or IFR flight qualities that I can't find on other simulators or... Xbox games.

However, I'll stop at this version 5.4, as I've unfortunately learned  
that my great Lorby SI FireFighterX addon is definitively incompatible with P3Dv6.

 

Thanks for the replies much appreciated. I am dipping my toes back into the flightsim world after a very long hiatus. The other sims out there didn’t grab my attention. I decided on V5 for the time being and possibly V6 in the future. I am interested mainly in airliners. Any suggestions on a few addons just to get started? Thanks again!

1 hour ago, BlueJay8509 said:

I am interested mainly in airliners. Any suggestions on a few addons just to get started? Thanks again!

Any Airbus by FSLabs is a must have. I own the base 320x the 319 and recently purchased the 21SL. 

The PMDG 777 200 LR os also very nice.

Last week i bought the iFly 737 MAX and am really  enjoying it!

2 hours ago, BlueJay8509 said:

Thanks for the replies much appreciated. I am dipping my toes back into the flightsim world after a very long hiatus. The other sims out there didn’t grab my attention. I decided on V5 for the time being and possibly V6 in the future. I am interested mainly in airliners. Any suggestions on a few addons just to get started? Thanks again!

If you can wait a few days, you may find some planes on sale for Black Friday. 
 

Anything PMDG, Fslabs, ifly, Leonardo maddog probably won’t have any sales, but those are the best planes out there for airliners.  Cheapest of those options are the ifly 737ng and 737 max.