I was considering buying the AS A330 until I read  reports and watched some youtube previews on the aircraft, which has changed my mind. I am now thinking of the recently released LVFR A330-200 but similar reports and reviews seem to be lacking. Can any user of this aircraft recommend it or does it fall short of expectations.

Steve

If you can wait another month, you get the -200, -300 and freighter in the base sim for 2024.

If you can’t wait that long, the LVFR is really your only option. A poor option mind you. 

1 hour ago, pommy80 said:

If you can wait another month, you get the -200, -300 and freighter in the base sim for 2024.

If you can’t wait that long, the LVFR is really your only option. A poor option mind you. 

Thanks Daniel, I realize that it's included in 2024, but my concern is that it's developed by iniBuilds, I wasn't impressed with their A310 or A300-600 products and feel the 2024 A330 will be of the same quality.

8 minutes ago, JustanotherPilot said:

s, I wasn't impressed with their A310 or A300-600 products and feel the 2024 A330 will be of the same quality.

I thought both of them were amazing.

Have you tried the A320Neo they made for 2020? Because that would be a better thing to judge as

1. it's a default aircraft

2. the A320 is closer to the A330 systems wise than the A310/A300 is.

Edited October 14, 20241 yr by Tuskin38

3 hours ago, Tuskin38 said:

I thought both of them were amazing.

Have you tried the A320Neo they made for 2020? Because that would be a better thing to judge as

1. it's a default aircraft

2. the A320 is closer to the A330 systems wise than the A310/A300 is.

I haven't tried the A320Neo - I've been happy with the FBW32N, all things considered, it's probably wiser to wait for the MSFS 2024 release, although if the iFly 737MAX releases before, I'll definitely buy that. My flights are sadly missing the A330-200 routes though.

3 hours ago, JustanotherPilot said:

Thanks Daniel, I realize that it's included in 2024, but my concern is that it's developed by iniBuilds, I wasn't impressed with their A310 or A300-600 products and feel the 2024 A330 will be of the same quality.

How can you not be impressed with the a300?

31 minutes ago, micstatic said:

How can you not be impressed with the a300?

Agreed, really well made. Although, I do believe once Justflight release their one, it will be the best A300. 

the a300 is a good aircraft but the performance is terrible the fenix a320 is already heavy in performance due the external flight model but for some reason the ini build aircrafts have worse performance 

40 minutes ago, micstatic said:

How can you not be impressed with the a300?

VNAV rarely following climb/descent profile, auto-throttle occasionally engaging, especially on take-off roll, dull textures, blurred instrument and MCDU fonts. I gave it 15 hours flight time but it didn't do it for me.

4 hours ago, JustanotherPilot said:

VNAV rarely following climb/descent profile, auto-throttle occasionally engaging, especially on take-off roll, dull textures, blurred instrument and MCDU fonts. I gave it 15 hours flight time but it didn't do it for me.

Never seen any of those issues personally 

10 hours ago, JustanotherPilot said:

Thanks Daniel, I realize that it's included in 2024, but my concern is that it's developed by iniBuilds, I wasn't impressed with their A310 or A300-600 products and feel the 2024 A330 will be of the same quality.

if you weren't impressed by iniBuilds' airliners, then LVFR won't help you. They fit a niche for that price, but they're actually (much) further away from high definition than iniBuilds' aircraft. 

2 hours ago, Tuskin38 said:

Never seen any of those issues personally 

Actually been flying it very  regularly while waiting for the 777F the systems work as advertised with no issues .. Gotta know how to properly set the AC up though. You will be left scrambling and wondering why the approach mode you wanted to use is not working if any steps are missed.

4 minutes ago, Maxis said:

Actually been flying it very  regularly while waiting for the 777F the systems work as advertised with no issues .. Gotta know how to properly set the AC up though. You will be left scrambling and wondering why the approach mode you wanted to use is not working if any steps are missed.

Oh yeah it has an interesting approach mode. It seems you need to be at your selected altitude before it grabs the glide scope.

Edited October 14, 20241 yr by Tuskin38

15 hours ago, JustanotherPilot said:

Thanks Daniel, I realize that it's included in 2024, but my concern is that it's developed by iniBuilds, I wasn't impressed with their A310 or A300-600 products and feel the 2024 A330 will be of the same quality.

If you're concerned about the fidelity of an iniBuilds A330, I'm afraid the LatinVFR rendition even after the now discontinued Horizon Sim mods was a poor substitute for a decent airplane.

I flew the Horizon/FBW rendition of the narrowbodies around before the Fenix came out and it was... okay... but those guys basically rewrote everything LVFR did and fixed pages of stupid bugs. 

This one won't get FBW, so you're left with whatever LVFR "systems" are at play. Custom LNAV? "VNAV implementation?" 

Would encourage going and taking a good, hard look at the A318 model screenshots from any of the liveries on FS.to and then think about your question once again.

I'm also tempted to get the A330-200. It's my favorite plane, and I can't believe the best one available is the old, buggy rendition made by Blackbox. But if the difference with the MSFS2024 bus is the same one as the one between the iniBuilds A320 Neo and the Asobo one, I guess I'll wait a bit more.

Edited October 14, 20241 yr by Luis Hernandez