I've said before, I think the next logical machine learning step is having AI examine and correct photogrammetry, and then create actual 3D models of individual cities/areas rather than a Lidar or photographic point-cloud.

Second might be leveling all roads (and train routes?) worldwide so they can actually be driven through reliably with things like this.

Outerra would be an obvious candidate for something like this, if the programmers were not slower than molasses in winter.

Have been doing this with the planes since day 1 :)

5 minutes ago, HiFlyer said:

I've said before, I think the next logical machine learning step is having AI examine and correct photogrammetry, and then create actual 3D models of individual cities/areas rather than a Lidar or photographic point-cloud.

Though not exactly what you're talking about, 2024 does have some 2D->3D AI tech being used.. i.e. Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

But yes would be cool for AI to create 3D models based on analysis of photogrammetry.
 

7 hours ago, KaptenEk said:

Definitely not MS2024, XP12 and MS2020. The stream ”click and fly” I skip 

That's not what i asked, capitano. I asked what are *your* "special high demands on a flight simulator" ?...

5 hours ago, Langeveldt said:

Been driving down the French autoroutes...  Unfortunately this is great until you get to a bridge...  

Hit Y to convert to slew mode, place the vehicle on the other side of the bridge, and hit Y again to return to normal operation. Not exactly realistic, but it solves the problem. Driving in the fantastic MS2024 ground scenery is very immersive -- I do it on occasion in a Mercedes I imported from FS2020 and it adds a new dimension to this sim. (Sorry, flightsim purists, but I am in it for the fun!)

13 hours ago, KaptenEk said:

MSFS2024 is everything but not a flight simulator. The laughing and smiling bosses in weekly streams must feel great! 

Like I said in the first post, if you are unhappy with the flight dynamics of MSFS 2024, you can discuss it in this thread here: 

I specifically put that link in the first post, because I had a feeling people like you would come and hijack this thread and turn this into a driving vs flight sim discussion.  Please don't hijack this thread, there is a whole thread dedicated to discussing the flight dynamics of MSFS 2024, you can go discuss it there. 

Let's keep this thread to the ground scenery, GotFriends car add-on, and other ground add-ons for MSFS 2024 in the future (ie. trains and trucks). Thanks!

Edited February 18, 20251 yr by abrams_tank

This is flight sim forum - you can't talk about flight dynamics in here!!!

(Joke, inspired by a scene from Dr Strangelove)😁

12 hours ago, Ron Attwood said:

Tried it. It's daft.

You tried something else. This add-on has not been released yet by GotFriends: 

 

12 hours ago, jon b said:

Thanks Ron , I was starting to waiver and consider buying it.

This add-on by GotFriends has not been released yet.  It may release within 30 days: 

 

15 hours ago, JonathanC said:

We will have an everything simulator within 10 years - planes, trains, cars, off road.. more. All in one persistent world. The tech is coming together.

Yea, what we really need is a walking down the street completely focused on a smartphone screen and ignoring the world around us addon for 2024, that would be awesome and so true to life😁

13 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

Still twice as many people flying 2020 versus 2024 on Steam. I wonder why that is? 😉

You are mislead when looking at Steam numbers. Official numbers from MS show there were twice as many users in 2024 vs 2020.

1 hour ago, fsiscool said:

You are mislead when looking at Steam numbers. Official numbers from MS show there were twice as many users in 2024 vs 2020.

Of course. MS would look a fool if their 'official numbers' showed the other way around, wouldn't it. There's a LOT of misleading in the world today.. 🙃

1 hour ago, JanGerbr said:

MS would look a fool if their 'official numbers' showed the other way around, wouldn't it.

I can only agree, that if the numbers would make them look like fools, they would simply not publish them. But, as they did publish that "there were twice as many 2024 users than 2020 users", we can say that the steam numbers are not telling the truth and that the opposite is true.

4 minutes ago, fsiscool said:

I can only agree, that if the numbers would make them look like fools, they would simply not publish them. But, as they did publish that "there were twice as many 2024 users than 2020 users", we can say that the steam numbers are not telling the truth and that the opposite is true.

Where did they publish that?, must've missed it.

Either way the Steam numbers don't lie, they're just an indication of what user numbers are like on that particular platform.

Unfortunately we never see the MS Store numbers like steam and the game pass numbers themselves skew everything as someone might play it for five minutes then give up, but they still count so Jorg can say what he wants for marketing purposes.

18 hours ago, KaptenEk said:

You then can’t have special high demands on a flight simulator. 

I think I'd prefer to call it different demands. That's less demeaning. ;)