rayburrow

I posted earlier about obtaining better UK scenery for my FS2004. In the end I took the plunge and bought FSX de luxe, and the Horizon Vfr photoscenery for FSX as well. The scenery is fabulous, everything I had hoped for. I wish I could say the same about FSX! I like to fly the DC3 in FS2004, and assumed it would be a similar experience in the later sim. I've set the system up meticulously, going on recommendations given by others on this forum, and I have a pretty powerful computer too. The result is a great disappointment. Virtual cockpit? Almost unusable. Views around the aircraft? Clumsy, unpredictable and amateurish. Control of the aircraft? At times it has a life of its own, whatever control inputs I make (and I'm no stranger to flying in the real world). I still have 2004 and have been swapping from one to the other for comparison purposes. Despite the relatively poor scenery, 2004 gives me a much more realistic flight experience, is more intuitive regarding control usage, and even the aircraft modelling seems more lifelike in 2004. I have the feeling that FSX is going to become a Hangar Queen!

Thanks jgf, I've looked into GE pro, but it doesn't answer my needs for a more detailed photographic scenery for the UK, and Europe, unfortunately.

Thanks, Larry. I'll do some research into those suggestions.

Hello all. I've just returned to simming after a longish break, and I have fs2004 installed, together with VFR Terrain by Horizon Simulation, and Just Flight's VFR Photograpbic Scenery for the whole of the UK. I've got many downloaded aircraft to suit my particular (pre-war) interests, and I'd like to stick with fs2004 if possible, but I would like to upgrade the visual experience in vfr. Are there any better scenery upgrades available nowadays, giving a less blurry low-level experience? Everything seems to be focussing on later generations of flight simulators, so am I stuck with what I've got? Many thanks!