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Not only that, they will scan the whole world for every pebble in the water 😄 ... oh wait, that won't be enough for future flight sims - every grain of sand will be required for getting the ultimative immersion 😂. And as a step up from elephants, giraffes, etc., every ant in the world will be simulated, with the correct ant trails. This is really important for a flight sim. Not so much correct flight physics ... 😁

There are some of these "MSFS individuals" arguing why they should have to use (scenery) addons for XP when they have it "all inclusive" in MSFS. Uummm ... well ... ok ... However, they find it completely natural to use a lot of (scenery) addons in MSFS too and and don't even think about it (kind of hoarding). We all know that the default airports in MSFS are quite poor: e.g. partly towers on the wrong side of the runway, trees on the grass between the runways and the taxiways - i.e. waaay too close to the runway, poor/wrong runway markings etc. - so I can even understand the "need" of airport addons. Wasn't it the wet dream to never have to buy (scenery) addons again, since the MSFS has such a great scenery? But I digress ... On the other hand, in XP we have default planes which could count as "study level" in MSFS (they have hundreds of failures implemented to name only one point - whereas in MSFS2024 failures were completely omitted). If you argue like this, the "individuals from the other side" 😉 , respond that you have to buy addons. But ... why should I buy addons, if I have it "all inclusive" in XP? 😄 It's no news 🙂, MSFS is mainly built to please the masses with what they think is aviation (e.g. passengers walking through the docking fingers) whereas XP ... we here in this part of the forum know where XP comes from. It's simply ...

What about ...? 😃

Fixed that for you 😄.

What else is missing? Realistic flight modeling:

Heck ... It's like buying a car with e.g. wooden tires from the original manufacturer, and it is said "for 'implementing' tires made of rubber you have to buy them in the accessories trade". Basic things should be implemented from the beginning. Even 2020 had it - I mean failures, not rubber tires 😄 (not even to talk from the main competitor which has hundreds of failures - in the default planes).

So, what else is missing? Failures! They completely threw them out. Even 2020 had around 5 failures per plane (IIRC, and up to ten or so with multiengine planes). Why they did that, is completely incomprehensible to me.

... and with Simheaven the scenery is more accurate than the one in the 'competitor' 😉, as I have shown here: It shows churches where in real life are churces, it shows gas stations where there are ..., solar cells, greenhouses, supermarkets, kindergardens, even electrical substations and low voltage power lines, bus stops, radio masts, sheds, etc. whereas the competitor only shows generic brownish buildings (where there isn't PG or with PG off).

Strange thing is that there isn't any 'war' between XP12 and XP11 users, and as I asked some fellow 'XP-oldtimer-users': there never was one between XP[+1] vs. XP. What does that tell us about the respective sims and/or their users?

And one more: https://www.gleimaviation.com/shop/cockpitbatd/ But be aware - you need extreeeemly highly fidelty and expensive hardware for certification. Much more expensive than any of us has at home. Oh ... wait 😆.

Am I hearing some rabid dogs TM barking? 😁 (SCNR) I have gone from MSFS to XP as the physics (on ground and in air) didn't meet my demands in MSFS. If you want more details, please watch my videos (see my signature). I know, many here will again moan that I'm only looking for clicks of my videos (e.g this one), and you don't need to watch them* if you don't want, but I have a teaching assignment to fulfill here 😊. * I don't make money with them.

Funily enough I made this video 3 months ago.

Is it actually a plane? 😊 Or a boat? Or both? Starting in VRMM - Malé.

Yeah, and even better than mine in the "Beta 4 is out" thread. That's the result, if you let experts do their job and not hobbyists (SCNR 😁).

"Re: clouds in beta 4" - somewhere in/over north Africa with real weather: