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Any News on Fenix?
I like the Fenix but I find hand-flying it really weird. I always end up to the right of the runway centreline and it feels like it does the opposite to what you'd expect when a crosswind is in place. The A319 especially seems to love to sink on approach (especially in CONF3) whereas the 321 flies perfectly fine. No other Airbus (FSLabs, ToLiss family on XP, even the default A330 and Inibuilds 320 Neo) gives me the same result. Maybe it's a sim issue though - I feel like it's gotten much worse with SU5.
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The FSL A321 NEO is very well done
I have no problem with the FSL on MSFS 2024 with my 8Gb 3060Ti but I don't run extreme simulator settings either. It's all about compromise I guess.
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Under 16s banned from certain social media platforms.
Disgusting. What are the links so I can avoid them?
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Under 16s banned from certain social media platforms.
Because a lot of parents are lazy and if one doesn't do it....
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Under 16s banned from certain social media platforms.
I've given this some thought and while I'm against this on the principle that it isn't actually anything to do with protecting the kids (it's to enforce digital ID by the backdoor ... "login to prove you're not a child") I can actually understand why it's beneficial for some young people (even if they don't see it). 1) They're kids. They don't know how vulnerable they are because they think they're invincible - of course they're going to complain; you don't know what you don't know about so how can they foresee the issues? 2) I was bullied at school. In person was bad enough, but potentially having hundreds of people talking about me on social media posts while my brain is incapable of dealing with the mental load? No thank you. I can opt-out of participating, but I cannot opt-out of other people participating and it then carrying on into my "real life" with an army of people behind it. 3) When I was a kid I did some things I'm not proud of - I'd hate for there to be a permanent video gallery of all of the things I got up to while having fun with my friends. Actually some things I am proud of too are best kept in my brain and not on YouTube 😆 4) The dopamine/chemical effect of being "always on" is a major issue. I spend a LOT of time on my computer as an adult but it's how I earn a living. If I were doing it for no recompense and had zero other skills it would be a huge problem. You learn a lot by being outside, doing other hobbies, sports etc with other people - a lot of things that transfer into adulthood and help form the basis of your social standing and capabilities as a person. 5) They can choose to participate once they're 18 - it's no different to not being allowed in a pub or to buy certain magazines until you're an adult. 6) The classroom benefits ... no notifications / disruptions / inability to concentrate due to thinking about social media posts Quite honestly it should be down to the parents to enforce this ban, but that is obviously an impossible ask - so I find myself supporting the government's stance on it even if I disagree with their motives. I believe kids will benefit from it over time and maybe society too - anyone who's spent any time on X since Elon took over it will know children should be nowhere near it.
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iniBuilds A380 ...
Maybe but it's no fun coming back to the computer for an arrival and finding your plane stopped working half-way over the Atlantic even if you do manage to restore it.
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XP12 Platform Update presentation at FS Expo 2026
Here's hoping it stops the lights popping in at the horizon at night, that would be excellent.
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Paying attention to the World Cup?
Of course I think England are going to win it 😅 but if they don't, I think it'll be Spain.
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XP12 - Really has brought my sim flight time to a Halt
It still has shimmering when trees are moving and they're reflecting in the water. Having said that, I loaded in today for the first time in a while as I've been using 2024 and I was reminded just how sharp everything is in comparison. It's incredibly pretty.
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iniBuilds A380 ...
It looks phenomenal - my only reservation is (as an owner of the A350) the stability. The A380 is one of the definitive long-haulers. Can it survive 16+ hours without a WASM crash? Fingers crossed.
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UK 2026 Simulator Event!
200 miles / 4 hour drive for me each way, but the alternative is a LBA -> BFS (14 hour layover) -> BRS (event) -> BFS (9 hour layover) -> LBA ... Easyjet schmeasyjet 🤣
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New Weather injector…Anyone try it?
Came here to comment this ... let your product do the talking.
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Flightsim.com
To be fair before they took it down they did post a notice that it would be down for quite a number of months until they were ready to bring it back.
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MSFS performance "absolutely staggeringly good".
Ever notice how the people who have the most problems are the ones who faff around with the computer like they know what they're talking about? The unpopular fact is that 99% of the time the reason problems appear is because SETTINGS ARE TOO HIGH FOR THE HARDWARE THE SIM IS BEING RUN ON. It's really that simple.
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Live Real World Traffic Date injected directly into BATC!
I've seen BATC using different departure and arrival runways plenty of times. It lacks on ground handling though, more often than not you get cleared to taxi into AI traffic (or them through you).