Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Sterling Archer wrote: »

This was one of the better videos that helped me get started, ask has changed a little but the same principles apply
https://youtu.be/I3qU4xwVfik

Adyx wrote: »

I've only a 1050Ti. It actually runs okay at 1080p most of the time. Larger airports annihilate it though and I have to have glass cockpit refresh at medium. Biggest problem I have is low-res textures which are particularly noticeable in planes like the Just Flight Arrow. I suppose the question is are you happy with your current FPS and visuals? And what resolution are you using?

If I was happy with my current set up and had a 2070 I'd hold out till prices become normal but that could be a while away.

Anyone tried this on the xbox yet? Very curious how it works on a console! I'd imagine it looks great at least.

Multi player is over run with GTA players at the mo and people paused on the runway.

Tried it today. Surprisingly controllable although the trim can be a bit wayward. The scenery is indeed incredible on a big 4k screen.

So, after you have buzzed Mount Rushmore, witnessed a beautiful sunrise over Lake Baikal, flown between the grey columns of a storm system, done a loop the loop under the Eiffel Tower, flown over your house, played with the weather settings, landed in a volcano, gone up the Shannon, learned what VFR means and why heating your pitot is a good idea, what is there to actually DO in the game?

I always seem to hit a wall with these flight sim games where, after many hours of play time, I wonder why I'm playing it. With MSFS, I both feel as if I've barely scratched the surface and also seen all there is to see in terms of unique and interesting experiences the game offers.

Not meaning that as a smart comment, it's a sim, bit of a niche area

Re Multiplayer get together

Just wondering if there are any other Irish players interested in doing some general aviation multiplayer around Ireland? Drop me a PM with your gamertag if you're interested. I'm usually in the C172 or the Cub X. 

Live weather (unless the actual live weather is completely manky then it can be changed).

Aerosoft updates:

CRJ900 - Released within 8 weeks

Twin Otter - Released within 6 weeks(In Beta Testing since last week)

A330 - No Date but the systems have been heavily worked on in the last 9 months and now only one 3D modeller remains on Twin otter, the other 2 are working on A330. Supposedly a Release date before Christmas but i think January.

PMDG Updates:

737 Released within 8 weeks

777 Previewed before Christmas.

Well, today, after watching a video on China's geographic divide, I hoped the Taklamakan Desert would be spectacular in the sim, and it was. There's absolutely nothing there, not even an airstrip. I flew the Daher TBM south from the desert over the Kunlun Mountains and in to Tibet, then kept going on autopilot. I eventually reached the Himalayas proper at 30,000 ft, crossed them while running on fumes, and headed for Kathmandu ... ran out of fuel during the descent and had to make a dead stick landing at Bharatpur. It got a little hairy, but I got her down safely on the tarmac.

To be fair, the game is procedurally generating buildings on the fly, based off of satellite image data and chooses which building type to put in based off the overhead shape. If you're a machine looking at something from overhead, it will be difficult to tell if that rectangular building with a car park next to it is an office block, shopping centre or warehouse.

It would be nice if there was a way for the community to help the scenery generation engine a bit. Like a crowdsourcing thing that could tell Azure what a given circle on the landscape is supposed to be and be able to upload a model for it. You can download custom scenery off of 3rd party websites, but in this way, you'd be getting the fixed scenery straight from MS servers as you play.

Ireland is just an afterthought in that add-on. It has the Rock of Cashel, some bridge in the southwest, and a couple of things up north. I think they did a handcrafted Donegal airport as well. This is where it's been handy for me playing on PC, because there are a few decent free addons for Ireland floating about, like a good Dublin pack, such that I can land a helicopter in the middle of the Aviva.

HP Reverb G2 in the post! Christmas will be fun :D