Last night, I could hardly fall asleep.....I was frustrated with XP12 AND MSFS 2024 for the day, and @monica6211 mentioned something about Aerofly which got me looking at the Steam sale on Aerofly FS4 and a bunch of Youtube videos of the same, and I was excited to wake up and install this AM.

Long story short, I bought the thing (Aerofly FS4 + extra planes like the 737 Max) for about $50 USD and I also installed the free high-res scenery downloads for the US and Europe 1 and 2.

I think I'm in love!?

I had Aerofly FS2 in years past, and some of my "cultivation" files I somehow created (can't remember the workflow AT ALL but the younger me could do it!) are still available for download it seems.

But those are no longer needed as Aerofly now comes with nice autogen and orthos and crisp visuals on the various planes and scenery and (important for me with a potato 10900K and 3070), the darn thing is SMOOTH - no JERK....JERK....JERK from those other sims as you're on final to KSEA or KBFI in a 737 Max....just.......liquid butter smoothness and crispness.

Yes, the water (or lack thereof) looks silly.....yes, the weather/clouds are limited, as are repaints.

But for doing what I generally want a sim to do (short hops on airliners like KONT to KLAX or KSEA to KPAE within the western USA or parts of Europe), this sim is great for the price....and though I'm not a pilot it sort of "feels" like it has a good flight model too?

Probably because the flying itself is so smooth without annoying stutters.

Your mileage may vary, but I'm really enjoying this (new to me) sim.

 

A quick update…After several more flights, using the rather clever flight planner and the Dash 8 and the Boeing 737-900 to actually fly between cities, I must say this was actually $50 very well spent, and the hour meter is really creeping up there.

Just so clear and silky smooth - the clarity and lack of stutters and everything just WORKING is very refreshing.

Have used Aerofly for years and it's a great simulator a bit in the shadow of MSFS 2020 / MSFS 2024 / X-Plane 12 and it's a bit sad, the developers ar doing a great job, but the lack of wather, atc, weather system , living world does that many says it's a bad sim even that they never had tried it !

Have heard that they have a weather system and ATC in work, but it's ready when it's ready (It's rumors)

I think there is a good future for Aerofly FS 4 and more updates is coming in 2025 when they are ready 🙂

Edited February 5, 20251 yr by jr6000dk