Is this X-Plane 10 'as real as it gets' ?

[MdMax]

You're right Jim: no default airport buildings, except for KSEA (X-Plane 10), LOWI (X-Plane 9), and here's the list of the default airports added by Aerosoft in X-Plane 10:

• Aerosoft - EDDF Frankfurt
• Aerosoft - EDLP Paderborn-Lippstadt
• Aerosoft - EGLL Heathrow
• Aerosoft - LFMN Nice Cote d Azur
• Aerosoft - LFPO Paris Orly
• Aerosoft - LPFR Faro
• Aerosoft - EBBR Brussels
• Aerosoft - EDDH Hamburg
• Aerosoft - EDDM Munich
• Aerosoft - EDDS Stuttgart
• Aerosoft - EDDT Berlin Tegel
• Aerosoft - EDDV Hannover
• Aerosoft - EGBB Birmingham
• Aerosoft - EGSS London-Stansted
• Aerosoft - EIDW Dublin
• Aerosoft - LEBL Barcelona
• Aerosoft - LFPG Paris CDG
• Aerosoft - LSGG Genf

And if you like snow or more airports, then just use add-ons.



Happy flying.

[johnost]

MdMax - you have posted a lot of very attractive screenshots and videos showing impressive X-10 performance, but my impression is that it needs a lot of add-ons to get to this level. Now, I don't know how much is freeware and how much is payware, but if much of it is payware, it would seem that X-10 could quickly become an expensive proposition. Am I wrong?

John

[Doods]

Fanboys?
LMAO!!!
Look who's talking!
In case you hand't noticed, it's an X Plane forum frequented by X Plane users talking about X Plane.
Jim is an FSX fanboy talking about FSX in a...surprise surprise...X Plane forum.
And you're calling me a fanboy?
Shall I go the FSX forum and start talking about how realistic X Plane is and accuse all the members there that they are FSX fanboys?
Nah. I actually have better things to do with my time.



Better things to do. you spend most of your time here defending xplane

[Mafoo]

MdMax - you have posted a lot of very attractive screenshots and videos showing impressive X-10 performance, but my impression is that it needs a lot of add-ons to get to this level. Now, I don't know how much is freeware and how much is payware, but if much of it is payware, it would seem that X-10 could quickly become an expensive proposition. Am I wrong?

John

x-plane out of the box is pretty. There is a free demo, so you can check it out for yourself, and see what you think. Here is a video of the demo with no add-ons.

[MdMax]

@John: You can find freeware files, but yes, you can also buy a lot of payware add-ons and it can become an expensive proposition, but the situation is better as compared to FS, not only because with FSX you need more expensive hardware and a strange operating system.

A few examples: I bought the MU-2 Marquise, the JRollon CRJ-200 and RealScenery Arizona for X-Plane 9:
http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showth...ace-and-clouds
http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showth...egas-to-Tucson

It's the same with the Yak-40 I bought for X-Plane 9: awesome plane with working circuit-breakers, weather radar, realistic avionics..:
http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showth...BDrich-LSZH%29

In fact I can still use everything in X-Plane 10. How many FS2004 add-ons have you been able to use in FSX without paying a new version ? In X-Plane, most add-ons didn't need a patch. Sometimes, specific X-Plane 10 versions have been made for the new lighting features (CRJ-200), but the X-Plane 9 version worked, and you can also still fly your favorite X-Plane 8 aircraft.

As Mafoo said, the default scenery is very nice, and it's a good base for VFR flying, thanks to the accurate rivers, coastlines, railways, roads and power-lines from OpenStreetMap. The default terrain mesh and landclass is also very good. Read more about this here:
http://xsimreviews.com/2011/12/10/de...-mr-x-terrain/

Then you can even convert FS sceneries. Here's a topic:
http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showth...-to-X-PLANE-10

I'm not posting screenshots without add-ons, because everyone can test the free demo and see how it's looking with default stuff. Do you remember how FSX/P3D was looking without add-ons ? If not, you can still find the trial version here.

Happy flying.

[callmecapt]

Fanboys?
LMAO!!!
Look who's talking!
In case you hand't noticed, it's an X Plane forum frequented by X Plane users talking about X Plane.
Jim is an FSX fanboy talking about FSX in a...surprise surprise...X Plane forum.
And you're calling me a fanboy?
Shall I go the FSX forum and start talking about how realistic X Plane is and accuse all the members there that they are FSX fanboys?
Nah. I actually have better things to do with my time.



Better things to do. you spend most of your time here defending xplane

Actually, I don't. I spend most of my time making add on aircraft and hanging out at http://www.x-pilot.com and avsim, helping people with X Plane.
I've made less than a dozen posts here in the last 5 months because of people such as yourself and Jim and I don't defend X Plane nearly as much as Jim defends FSX. The difference is, I don't criticize FSX nearly as much as Jim criticizes X plane. So if you want to jump on that bandwagon, be my guest.
Ask yourself this question...why doesn't the development community for X Plane make any posts here?
I've been more warmly welcomed at FSDeveloper.com than flightsim.com
And they're predominantly FSX based.
Shame

[Doods]

So be it enough said......

[JSkorna]

Please note that I am talking about FS9.

[callmecapt]

I'm happy for you, Jim.
No, really, I am seriously happy for you!
For half a second, I thought you were talking about FSX and maybe even a sprinkling of Flight.
Many thanks for the clarification!

[MdMax]

I think the title is confusing... It's in the X-Plane forum and it's about X-Plane 10, but people continue to talk about FS here because of the "as real as it gets" Microsoft campaign, that was in several Microsoft ads.

Do you remember this ?
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W03GDSbfjj8 (FSX)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu6AWcwZh2A (FS98)

Here you'll find X-Plane 10 ads by Lupine Productions:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhjUjw3pUkk
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8rcpa5tQkc