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Plenty of it close to Zell Am See. I fly VFR in VR so pretty easy to spot it, but most of Austria looks good.

Snow is still there in Zermatt and without Live Weather turned on the satellite imagery is unsightly! After having flown different areas in the alps in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, I’m not impressed. Plenty of blotchy green areas even in key tourist areas like Neuschwanstein Castle; like right behind it! Disappointing that this is what is shipping with 2024! Looks like the Map Enhancement tool will remain installed!

Does TDS now support weather radar? That was the one feature I thought PMS had an advantage over TDS.

I totally agree! It is a very high fidelity version of the actual plane IRL. As you said, the plane is modeled after its real world counterpart. My point was that many simmers like all of the avionics, gauges and numerous buttons and switches to manipulate and this plane isn’t for that kind of experience. However, I own most of the planes people have mentioned in this thread, yet the Cub has received the most flight time of all them by far since it was released. I can’t wait to see what CAS releases next.

CAS J-3 Cub is the most authentic strictly stick and rudder plane there is. No avionics, just a few gauges. It is my favorite plane for flying bush strips. The low power really requires you to fly it carefully in mountains areas. The downdrafts and updrafts are palpable. It is incredibly inexpensive, has unique features, three variants and is a total blast to fly in VR. Anyone who doesn’t own it, is truly missing out on a sublime experience of the basic forces of flight. The developer has also been actively working on it since initial release. It is not a plane you purchase for deep systems, avionics or manipulating switches and buttons. That is for the airliners, A2A and Blacksquare.

I should have added anti-torque pedals (Rudder) are mandatory.

And I just fly with a Thrustmaster Warthog stick with extension and throttle. I will eventually get a collective but it is not necessary.

I own all of Taog, HPG, Cowansim, Miltech Chinook and Flyinside 206B. My favorites in order are: Taog UH-1, Flyinside 206B, Cowansim R22, Cowansim 500E, HPG 145/165, Chinook I only fly in VR. Once you fly heli’s in VR, you probably won’t fly anything else for quite a while. I suggest starting with the free Cabri to get a feel for controls and handling. It’s super slow and easy to fly. Then I would move to a chopper that is fun, exciting to fly, and that isn’t too frustrating to learn. I can fly the 500E with so much precision and it flies like a sports car. It is not the highest fidelity of the bunch, but it still gets lots of flight time. Or grab the Huey. It is nostalgic and has great visual modeling and immersion. Then I would go with a more difficult but full fidelity heli like the CS Robinson R-22. It has exceptional flight modeling and is only $13 on sale. Belatu, a heli pilot and YouTuber, said it had the best flight model of all heli’s in then sim. But that was before the Huey was released. Next grab the Flyinside. Yes, you can modify the assist settings but it is not forgiving for first time heli pilots. Lastly, I would save HPG for last. They’re a totally different experience. Lots of Automation and Avionics. As good as they are, they receive the least flight time out of my Heli’s. The Chinook is also great fun along with the other Taog products!

I uninstalled Orbx sceneries and the PG appeared for those areas so it’s a conflict. Too bad, those are the only conflicts I have seen so hopefully Orbx will update their scenery. I do prefer flying with the Orbx sceneries installed.

Anyone else have areas along the Thames that have flat satellite imagery with no PG or Autogen? Mainly on the way out to Heathrow! I only have Orbx scenery installed from Marketplace with an empty Community folder and not using any mesh or map mod.

I haven’t watched him. I’ll check out his videos. Thanks!

The only two YouTubers I trust that I have seen are “Into the Blue Simulations” and “AvAngel”.

Yeah, unfortunately that is true. I do not imply any offense when I use the word. I guess we must find other words to convey similar meaning since so many people are easily offended. My wife works in healthcare, an area I have zero interest learning about, so I am highly ign… of many things she is not and I candidly admit it. It does not offend me at all.

Might I add, it is a sad state of affairs when you can’t use the word like “i g n o r a n c e” in a post. It is a fundamental word in the human language to convey the meaning “lack of knowledge or awareness”. It is not a word that should be confused with intelligence or lack thereof. All of us lack knowledge or awareness in many things so there is no derogatory meaning associated with the word, but alas that’s the world of taking offense and political correctness in which we find ourselves.

What’s that supposed to imply? AI is about to fundamentally make humans unnecessary in almost every occupation that requires solving problems or even creativity. No clue there other than AI has already surpassed the most intelligent among us. Not that I welcome it, but it is the reality of our time. Anyone who believes otherwise is highly word not allowed of the current capabilities of AI.

The reason I use it over TAA is it allows me to mostly run Ultra Settings with my Pimax Crystal and the last view versions of DLSS have really improved image quality. If I run TAA, I have to reduce the Crystal’s Native Resolution to 80% to get acceptable frame rates with those settings and the lower resolution reduces the visual quality negating any advantage of TAA. None of this is worth arguing about. Everyone has their personal preferences of what works for them and their system. I was just trying to be helpful to the original poster as running an older version of DLSS does not provide the same benefits as the newer versions.

Supercomputer Performance DLSS uses the power of NVIDIA’s supercomputers to train and regularly improve its AI model. The latest models are delivered to your GeForce RTX PC through Game Ready Drivers. Tensor Cores then use their teraFLOPS of dedicated AI horsepower to run the DLSS AI network in real time. This means you get the power of the DLSS supercomputer network to help you boost performance and resolution—and it gets even better over time. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/technologies/dlss/

And why do you believe that? Do you understand how AI works? Secondly, I’ve been using each version as they have released and the visual quality and performance have increased as the releases have dropped. VR is much smoother now than just 3-4 months ago.

Yes it does matter if you are using DLSS instead of TAA. DLSS is based off AI Machine Learning so the newer the version the more machine learning Nvidia has done with it. I also have a 4090. I am using 3.7.10.

Yeah, telemetry data is one area where X-Plane beats MSFS. It’s what’s holding me back from getting a FFB controller. And I don’t enjoy flying in X-Plane so I really hope 2024 improves in this area.

My helicopter experience is just fine the way I am running it.

I have the Pimax Crystal (not light). I am very satisfied with it and the performance. I run nearly everything maxed out at full native resolution with Auto FPS and DLSS 3.7. I average 35-45 FPS even in the most dense cities. I am using an AMD 7800X3D and 4090 GPU. For those with lower specs you can reduce the resolution by 20% and modify some of the settings that free up performance but don’t have s significant impact on visual quality. If I do this, my FPS jumps to 55-65 FPS. But I prefer better visuals and it still usually runs pretty smooth. And I fly helicopters 60% of the time for which FPS is more important than planes in VR. I would not hesitate to buy a Crystal Light and that’s what I would have purchased if it was available last summer.

I deleted X-Plane 11 and have not missed it at all. Austin refused to accept that not everyone flies for the same reasons as him. Their user base may shrink considerably more after MSFS 2024 launches. Especially with the quality of 3rd party add-ons that are being now released frequently!

The City update works well with DD Washington Landmarks. I didn’t see any conflicts.

Yeah, I know I am in the small minority that doesn’t like this plane. I was using it as an example of how these top 5 lists are highly subjective. On the other hand, I thoroughly enjoy the Black Square Caravan and fly it regularly.