andy1252

It's a strange situation really. I've barely bothered to even turn on my sim pc for weeks now. MSFS2024 still looks pretty good by any real objective measures, but it just doesn't feel as good as it did (visually). When I do fire it up (usually to apply the latest batch of updates for my ridiculously large collection of add-ons) I regularly feel a combination of both incredibly impressed and incredibly disillusioned, largely depending on where I'm flying. Some places are still breathtaking, but others feel increasingly annoying due to issues like the dreaded PG tree blobs, LOD issues and scenery popping and suchlike and these problems are not being improved, in fact they feel worse in lots of ways. I've stopped buying scenery/airport add-ons at this point. I've bought a couple of planes (Phenom for example) and might yet get myself the Lancair Legacy, but to be honest I get more pleasure nowadays just sitting with a book and listening to music. I've got way too much invested in the sim to just abandon it, and wouldn't want to anyway, but it is more of a disappointment than a thrill now. I may yet end up spending the bulk of my simming time back in the other sim, or even the other other one.

Got myself a copy and had a couple of drone camera tours. In many ways I now don't get what a lot of the build-up was all about. A lot of the exteriors and the various ancillary bits and pieces are very impressive and nicely done (visually - I have no personal knowledge as to accuracy but then that doesn't worry me anyway), but the interiors I have seen leave much to be desired. Lots of the terminal buildings seem to have blank interiors that you can still "enter" and then find yourself missing exterior walls, ceilings, floors etc. Where there are terminal interiors they seem quite low quality, and certainly the people models are a long way from the best I've seen. I don't regret buying it, but for my taste it's nothing special. There are a lot better out there.

Which would rather suggest that eye candy is precisely what people want. Otherwise presumably developers would be flocking to produce high performing but not necessarily particularly good looking scenery.

Been wanting one of these forever in the MP. Almost certainly will never happen - in this day and age a dev could probably start a completely spurious legal action against MS if they felt they were likely to be excluded. I can quite see all the "no win, no fee" brigade leaping in to take those cases on.

I have an extremely well-rounded collection of aircraft. So well rounded it's positively obese. Couple of hundred at least, maybe even over three hundred. Pretty much anything I like to look of, and I can get away with this because I don't bother to learn how to fly any of them 'properly'. I'm way more of an aircraft nut than any kind of sim pilot. Everything from Cessna to StarTrek. For instance, last few days I've grabbed the TriStar, Bulldog Autogyro, English Electric Wren and B200 Kingair. And enjoyed them all.

I wouldn't normally bother, but I've had a couple of very large G & Ts, so I'd just like to say that I don't understand why folks get so invested in some of this stuff (well, I do understand but even after the booze I still feel the need to be somewhat polite). It really doesn't matter what anybody may have 'invested' in any particular sim over the years. Things change, not always for the better in every aspect, but mostly so. There is no avoiding this, so deal with it. If you really don't like a new system/sim/addon version or whatever - well, don't use it. I don't think MSFS2024 is better in every way than 2020. but it is so in enough ways that I rarely use 2020 now. They are both miles ahead of P3D but I still use that when I want to use certain aircraft, and I'm very happy to be able to do so without expecting LM to keep updating it to my own requirements. And I don't expect any vendor to do exactly what I'd like. The choice is always mine - buy it or not. Between all the sims and versions available now, we've never had it so good. It's unlikely it will ever be exactly what any of us want, but it's pretty **** fine right now.

Great link, thank you. I think if I ever turn out to be that nice Mr Musk's long lost uncle or something, I'll get myself a 777 kitted out as a log cabin, complete with authentic fireplace. Maybe somewhere up at the back of the plane for the goats, even. Wonder if PMDG might offer that as an option? Meanwhile, this high detail update looks great, and I look forward to it.

Got mine! And a whole bunch of liveries. One quick flight out of KSFO, great fun and looks wonderful. Interiors are excellent too. I shall have a few trips in an RAF version next. And as a complete contrast I also picked up the Wren and Autogyro (both Rara-Avis) from Just Flight today as well. What fun!

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Probably for me the biggie is when you get some really nicely modelled features (terminals, hangars, sheds, whatever) but all plonked on top of really rubbish ground ortho. And it's not just airports - lots of other scenery packages do this. Having well modelled buildings sitting on top of something that belongs in FSX or earlier is jarring.

Not unless the particular aircraft absolutely insists on it. I seem to remember a Spitfire that would flame out after a while unless you managed it properly. Fortunately (for me), it turned out that you could turn the engine damage business completely off with a particular radio button press. You wouldn't believe how much time I save flying a big tube - so much more to ignore <grin>

I have a Tobii eye trackir (v5) which I don't use. It works perfectly, in fact I only had it set up for a couple of weeks before I realised that it really wasn't appropriate for my type of sim use. Given that I don't actually use any instruments when 'flying' it just acted as a distraction for me. So, I'm quite happy to donate this to anyone who wants it. Not sure I can find the original box (I know I've got it somewhere but can't lay my hands on it right now). Not much point in it sitting around unused if someone can make use of it. If anyone is interested, PM me and we can take it from there. Not looking for money, but if you want it you just have to paypal or xfr the shipping cost. Like I say, PM me and let me know ehre you are (I'm in the UK)

Talk about 'different strokes for different folks'. Pretty much all of the things people complain about as wrong or missing or non-functional with this (and many other) aircraft that are pushed out for MSFS are completely meaningless for me. One of the joys of being a seriously non-serious simmer. As long as it looks good and is an aircraft I like, I can live with not a single gauge or button being functional or accurate, just as long as it responds to throttle, brakes, ailerons and rudder I'm happy. It really does make for less stressful simming. I haven't been simming much the last couple of weeks, but I shall be back to my usual regular usage shortly, and I'm looking forward to grabbing this (and the upcoming Tri-star) and zooming around with all the pleasure my ineptitide can give me.

Hi Jack, the ad on SimMarket mentions landmarks being added to the sim's World Map - maybe the villas are marked?

This aircraft is another one of the reasons for my recent reinstatement of my old P3D setups - Very much looking forward to seeing this in MSFS