UrgentSiesta

Ankh, there are something near 40,000 airports in MSFS. I can’t afford to DO anything about them. Not to mention that the airfields that most interest me are ones who are least likely to have payware even available. so, in my opinion, the “problems” are quite comparable.

Ray, There’s “opinions”, and there’s pejoratives. Let’s have more of the former and less of the latter. NOW it’s closed.

@Ray Proudfoot Id be happy to swap the inflammatory word for something else, but seems the timer’s expired. LMK. 🤙

I’ll see that and raise you: Let’s have more decorum and respect for the devs who make such discussions possible. to say that “we’ve” Lost all respect for hundreds of extremely talented people who’ve undeniably delivered the best flight sim of all time is NO LESS “inflammatory”. 🙏

The generic auto airport scenery is far more “immersion breaking” than a missing wheel, and I don’t see all the bellyaching over that stuff I swear some people must spend most of their time AT sim airports instead of flying. 🤦‍♂️ Even with these “issues” there’s no other sim in which I’d rather explore the world, even tho I have literally the best payware scenery available for XP and P3D. It’s not even close.

It’s not that bugs exist, nor that they should be ignored, but rather the simpletons who say things like, “Zero respect for Asobo at this point.”

I’ve been (im)patiently awaiting the A2A Legacy. And of course it releases the day of my vacay! 😂 The SWS PC-12 v2 just released, so that’s added to the list of Will Immediately Buy. IM Scenery recently put their latest RAF base on sale, but I think the sale will be over before I return. If so, I’ll just get it during the pending holiday sales. I did manage to take advantage of a half off sale on the VSkyLabs C510 for XP, and it’s a great little jet.

Ha ha ha - I just ran the exchange rate against the bill and it was $20 for ALL the martini’s 🤣

I don’t use Navigraph (tho I keep intending to…). I can report that the Aerostar and Comanche both are and always have been smooth as silk for me.

I guess my question come down to whether it’s good enough to justify abandoning the PMDG…? A. I couldn’t possibly care less that one is the NG and one is the MAX. B. I’m not an avid airliner guy in the first place.

I still have XP11 installed so I can occasionally fly 3 addons that haven’t yet made the jump. But as time goes on, I’m flying them less and less… XP12 is so substantially better that I can’t imagine NOT buying it. And indeed, it’s old enough now that if you wait for a sale, it’s an easy decision to make. It’s hard for us to estimate when v13 might release, but based on the published roadmap and a few related comments, I believe there’s quite a bit of time before v13 releases. Certainly enough to justify purchasing now/soon. It’s SO MUCH better than v11…don’t cheat yourself. 🤙

Yeah, lots of contrasting prices here. If you go off property things get substantially cheaper. But the location, ambiance, and truly excellent food at the hotel fully offset the somewhat expensive drinks. And after the first one, the price doesn’t seem to matter, any way. 😂

I suspect I will be much the same. I haven’t flown the very nice JF Pipers in ages - the Comanche is always what I fly instead.

Me, too. But… I bought it a long time ago and mostly shelved it in favor of higher fidelity addons, so I’ve not given it a shakedown in over a year or two at least. The Kodiak upgrade was the same deal, and it made it an addon I genuinely enjoy flying. I think it’s fair to anticipate a similar experience here. Having a Native 2024 experience (with the obvious and hidden advantages both), is something that’s easily become worth $17 to me. Finally, these guys have been steadily improving their addons for pretty much as long as the new MSFS has been around. Again, im fine throwing a few bucks their way after all this time. 🤙 ETA: I spent $20 on just one of the several Martinis I enjoyed last night. The nice thing about Martinis is the lack of hangovers. The nicer thing about flight sim addons is “the buzz” lasts a heckuva lot longer than Martinis do. 😂 I’m AFK for another week, but will give the new PC-12 a try when I get back.

Personally, I prefer the more consistent method of using the Sims baseline adjustments. Esp since there are multiple variables that can refine the behavior better than a single slider likely can.