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Since 2024 will be even more bush flyers heaven, I would like to see the Cessna 185 as a default plane. 🙂

As is done with military bases in The Netherlands so it is possible for sure. I have to add that the Dutch airfields are not blurred in Google Maps, of which satellite imagery is used. I myself handcrafted a totally flattened military low fly zone in The Netherlands for instance (original Bing Maps with a little patch of handcrafted landclass):

this.

Look at the surroundings of Sanicole (EBLE). It has the same blurriness because of the large military terrain right next to it. Unfortunately we have to deal with it and above all, respect it.

It's a lovely plane but it is the steam gauge version and not with a glass cockpit. Iris has made the glass version but that one does not appeal to me. IMHO, I like the modelling and texturing better on the Blackbird version.

Jorg once said that the ground in 2024 resembles Forza Horizon. By seeing the previews it seems he is not that far off.

It's not for nothing that separate videocards are bulky with al lot of fans and cooling ribs attached. That's because of the performance they can deliver. An onboard video chip won't cut it.

That's why I looked with the Color Sampler Tool. 🙂

You think? 🙂

The trees look like normal autogen trees to me. What they seem to have done is a better job in replacing the PG blob trees with those autogen trees. And indeed, some buildings look like handcrafted, like the Smithsonian. On ground level the scenery still looks melted and I also hope that this is better in 2024. Ground level? I hear people say? Yes, it's a flightsimulator but also a helicopter simulator and I want to be able to land everywhere like an emergency helicopter can, even in Washington. 🙂

I examined the image in Adobe Camera RAW (app like Lightroom) and there is indeed a green color cast over it. It is even visible with the naked eye and the color sampler tool of ACR confirms that.

Another story: I once flew the Cessna 152 from EHEH (Eindhoven) to LFLJ (Courchevel Altiport) following the river Rhine. Many stops were made on those nice little airfields and strips. When parked at Courchevel, I simply didn't touch that plane for a year and during that period, I thought regularly about that plane to get it back to Eindhoven again. Many flights were made with other aircraft but not with that good ol' Cessna 152 because it was far away. 🙂 Then, the next winter I decided to get it back to Eindhoven again. Not by following the Rhine but with some nice stops again. When I finally arrived at Eindhoven, it felt really like coming home. I could finally close a chapter. I seriously thought about that little fella, standing at Courchevel, far away from home, even when I was in my none flying period. Immersion...

To get not too bored, I have only a period of time when I use MSFS. Mostly during the winter. The rest of the year is my active aviation photography period in which I travel all over the world. I do like what some of the others mentioned above: flying a specific long route with a GA plane and have night stops at little airfields. I only use one plane then. It is mostly the Cessna 152 for that purpose. I really like that plane. Other MSFS activities are just to check out new WU's and CU's. Those updates get me in the plane even in summertime. 🙂 Also when a new SU is out, I fly for an hour to check if my computer and MSFS are still friends.

Sorry I do not agree with this. For the rest; yes. 🙂

Mine is the freeware EBKH (Aeroclub Keiheuvel). It's the airfield (grass strip) where I got my interest in aviation as a four year old. I also did a lot of GA flights from there (as passenger). The version in MSFS is made by Jan Cuypers who is unfortunately not among us anymore.