1 hour ago, JYW said:

Isn't the price difference between the PMDG 777 variants strange??

It works well for me since I like to have just one-ish of each airframe. 

The freighter is almost the cheapest, and I dress it up in Atlas Air so I can fly anywhere I want! 😁

Own both. Much prefer the inibuilds.  Better performance,  looks a lot better, great systems. 

The 772LR is a fun bird. Thing is a rocket ship.

F28

or the 70/100 coming soon

True to life systems depth definitely 777 hands down. PMDG is known for the quality in this regard. 

I don't have the iniBuilds A340 but I do own their A350 - it's absolutely eye candy to look at in terms of interior and exterior modelling, but some system depth could be improved upon. Looking at their forums it does seem a lot of the systems issues are carried over across their airbus range. Some of this can distract a fully immersive experience once you start to scratch beneath the visuals, which is why I have not purchased the A340. 

I await the Aerosoft/ToLiss A346 - which I hope will have much more systems depth for an A340. 

They are two different design philosophies, and it depends on what you are looking for. There is no right or wrong decision if you know what you want and do not let yourself be fooled by the dishonest marketing of both companies.

PMDG is like Leonardo, FSlabs or Fénix. Despite their, they are considered high-fidelity products that strive for maximum system depth and realism.

Inibuilds, despite its questionable marketing, is somewhere in the middle in terms of fidelity, system depth and realism. I've always called it the Aerosoft level of simulation.

And speaking of Aerosoft, if you're not in a hurry, I would wait to see what comes out of their partnership with Toliss. I have Toliss's A340 and 320 Neo in X-Plane, and they are outstanding products among high-fidelity add-ons.

Even if you dismiss it, for me the best MFS product for airliners is Leonardo's MD.

777 no question. It’s better in all regards.

ini A340 if you don't want a ported aircraft

I have both, and the PMDG 777 just tips it for me.

Even though I personally like the A340 more as an aircraft, the PMDG 777 is overall the superior product. It benefits from many years of development, especially when it comes to system depth and maturity.

iniBuilds does have an edge in texturing, in my opinion, but a word of warning for cockpit builders: since the displays cannot be popped out individually (unlike on most other advanced airliners), the A340 is not well suited for this use case. Design decisions like this tend to make me a bit skeptical about purchasing ini products.

The PMDG they're better developer.

11 hours ago, GCBraun said:

Even though I personally like the A340 more as an aircraft, the PMDG 777 is overall the superior product. It benefits from many years of development, especially when it comes to system depth and maturity.

iniBuilds does have an edge in texturing, in my opinion, but a word of warning for cockpit builders: since the displays cannot be popped out individually (unlike on most other advanced airliners), the A340 is not well suited for this use case. Design decisions like this tend to make me a bit skeptical about purchasing ini products.

Havent bought the A340 yet and now it seems another one is down the pipeline  - i also own the 77W and all of them in P3D as well and never quiet could find me satisfied . Mostly proberly because of automation and boring VC in my view (try the Maddog) but i did buy the instruction video for the 777 back then. Then i always test the KSFO Visual bridge approach to see how VNAV is handling the RNP approach and PMDG always seems to manage it.

Michael Moe

 

Edited December 25, 2025Dec 25 by Michael Moe

The triple is just a fantastic plane to start off with; quality of systems depth and what others have mentioned above.... my opinion is start with the 777 and then watch/read reviews of the 340 when the toliss/aerosoft comes out and you'll be ready for your next liner 

777 is the long haul master - A340 is a nice trip down memory lane.

One thing I’ll mention about the 777 is its top notch time acceleration system.  It can run automated up 16x (in theory, I’ve only used it up to 8x) and is quite reliable.  It can let you pack very long flights into a short period of time.  The A340 system works very well too, but only goes up to 4x.