X-Plane 12 Released

Lot's of new features, a smoother than ever ride, revised / fine-tuned flight dynamics... The wait was more than worth !

It's still under development but this Early Access gives us users and potential developers a chance to actively participate in the consolidation of what will surely be one of the best flight simulation platforms available !

I just bought the new version. Screen partly, sometimes completely pink (not caused by my graphic card, NVIDIA 980 Ti with last updated driver and 6 GB VRAM). Laminar`s Beech Baron 58 partly dysfuncional, Saiteks Instrument and AP panels unusable etc. Three crashes during 5 uses. Paying the full price for something at that stage of developement is annoying and should not be done. I will use XP11 until 2024.Until then there hopefully might be a stable, fully functional simulator. At this point of time I can only strongly discourage to buy this early version although XP might need the money.

By the way, when wil RealityXP be compatible with XP12?

Normally I'd agree with you, but X-Plane 12 is in early access & using XP11 as an example, we can look forward to a evolving sim over 7 years give or take. If you follow the main site (x-plane.com) you will see the progression is consistent and constant.

In the XP world, XP11 would count as a finished product of the XP11 series. That's just how XP does it, & to my mind is not much different than how MS does it as well.

About 80 hours of flight time and only one crash so far. Better graphics, better frame rate, better atc... already works with most of my add ons... I am very happy with X-Plane 12. 

On 9/17/2022 at 6:36 AM, friese10 said:

I just bought the new version. Screen partly, sometimes completely pink (not caused by my graphic card, NVIDIA 980 Ti with last updated driver and 6 GB VRAM). Laminar`s Beech Baron 58 partly dysfuncional, Saiteks Instrument and AP panels unusable etc. Three crashes during 5 uses. Paying the full price for something at that stage of developement is annoying and should not be done. I will use XP11 until 2024.Until then there hopefully might be a stable, fully functional simulator. At this point of time I can only strongly discourage to buy this early version although XP might need the money.

By the way, when wil RealityXP be compatible with XP12?

Runs good with my RX580. Haven't seen majenta bug since like Beta 7. Gear suspension a little soft on the Baron. LR has improved it now no prop strike when landed by Beechcraft numbers. Braking is a bit grabby but can be mitigated by flattening the response curve.

no anti aliasing still ..... for nvidia based users so it's 20 year old graphics

I tried the Demo in VR,   with HP G2, 3080TI, 32 gigs DDR5, Intel I9 12900KF.   It was not good, the text on the placards, would go from clear to blurry,  the frames were stuttering, the visuals were really reduced and bad.

It looked ok in flat screen mode, but not enough for me to buy it and stop flying MSFS 2020.

For my kind of flying XPlane is a wonderful find.  I tried it cause I saw "Mentour Pilot" videos with a 727.  A 727?!  Yes!

Now I'm shelling out cash for addons.  None of them have disappointed me like that Fenix A320.  That was the end of my MSFS buying. It's also nice to know ithe weather for the destination airport and actually get that weather.

The planes inside and out look "different" but I can handle it. Scenery MSFS wins hands down.

The main thing is the weather. MSFS is boring oh look runway land runway land runway land day in and day out.

Weather is a real challenge in XPlane. It makes the landings interesting with much more realistic visibility and cross wind. Oh runway condition? Better be ready.

Hehe icing.