What would make me adopt XP12 as my General Purpose sim?

jcomm · January 9

Well,

having ATC, default or external, preferably something like Beyond ATC which I am really enjoying, or even FSHUD, being able to interact with AI-injected traffic.

I am good with the combination AutoOrtho + SimHeaven WORLD, even with default Weather which I find better overall than MSFS's default weather, and the aircraft, of pretty much all types feel so much more plausible, realistic that I could close my eyes to the superb depiction of the true World Scenery that MSFS offers.

There's also another factor to take into consideration - integration with Navigraph and the price factor - X-Plane's market having, for now, a way inferior number of potential buyers inflates the price of addons, but then again if we consider the average quality of either payware or freeware aircraft addons, I find it superior to the equivalent type of offers available for MSFS.

I alternate between the two sims, and Condorsoaring 3 for the simulation of soaring flight like in no other flightsim, and "uninstalling" either of the 3 is out of question for now, but **honestly** I would rather prefer to be able to drop MSFS one day 🙂

Edited January 9 by jcomm

Malaromane · January 9

I, too, would like to see ATC interacting with AI injected traffic but in my case, I'm hoping it's Say Intentions that gets there (since they support XP where BeyondATC does not).

But what I'm really pining for is a G1000 NXi implementation on X-Plane that is equal to or better than the WT one in MSFS. Then I'd be an incredibly happy, happy X-Plane flier. I have high hopes that COWS is going to release their DA42 for XP with the custom G1000 "soon" to scratch this itch.

That and I'm anxious for Moza to release their promised support for FFB in XP.

Overall though, I still find myself flying in XP12 far more than I do in either flavour of MSFS but those items would be welcome updates.

jcomm · January 9

Very good point @Malaromane, and one that escaped me, probably because I never fly GA in MSFS !

But Yes, the level of detail / usability provided by the various WT solutions for MSFS is Remarkable.

mSparks · January 9

52 minutes ago, Malaromane said:

I, too, would like to see ATC interacting with AI injected traffic

I can say with a very high degree of confidence that when you get it, your whole perception of flight sim will change.

flying_carpet · January 9

1 hour ago, jcomm said:

Well,

having ATC, default or external, preferably something like Beyond ATC which I am really enjoying, or even FSHUD, being able to interact with AI-injected traffic.

I am good with the combination AutoOrtho + SimHeaven WORLD, even with default Weather which I find better overall than MSFS's default weather, and the aircraft, of pretty much all types feel so much more plausible, realistic that I could close my eyes to the superb depiction of the true World Scenery that MSFS offers.

There's also another factor to take into consideration - integration with Navigraph and the price factor - X-Plane's market having, for now, a way inferior number of potential buyers inflates the price of addons, but then again if we consider the average quality of either payware or freeware aircraft addons, I find it superior to the equivalent type of offers available for MSFS.

I alternate between the two sims, and Condorsoaring 3 for the simulation of soaring flight like in no other flightsim, and "uninstalling" either of the 3 is out of question for now, but **honestly** I would rather prefer to be able to drop MSFS one day 🙂

Can we have this in writing?

Oh ... we have it in writing. 😃

I mean in writing and witnessed by a notary? 😅