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Mega Airport RomePublisher: AerosoftReview Author: MrYorkiesWorldSuggested Price: $29.99/images/fsc/wbicons/store-buy-now-button.pngToday's short review is actually quite a long-awaited one for me asI've been dying to get my hands on this fantastic piece of scenery forquite some time. So as with any scenery review, the best place to start is withcompatibility, and I'm happy to say this scenery works great in P3DV4.5. In the provided info it also mentions that it's compatible withFSX, and earlier versions of P3D as well, so you shouldn't have anyissues there. Furthermore, Dynamic Lighting is supported, thanks tothe latest update to the scenery which is currently, at the time ofthis review, version 1.04. /images/reviews/megarome/t/evening_shot_2.jpgUsers of the Mega Airport Rome scenery for FS2004 also have thepossibility to upgrade to the latest version at a discounted price, soI'd definitely check that out if you have an earlier version of thisscenery from Aerosoft. Despite the fact that the airport is actually not as complex asyou'd think, there is a lot of detail in there which makes it a veryenjoyable piece of scenery to use in the simulator. I recently took my first flight into this scenery and posted it onmy YouTube channel. It was a full-flight video from Stockholm to Romewith Scandinavian Airlines flight 1841. The weather on that particularflight was a little cloudy, rainy and also foggy, however I did get tosee my first glimpse of the scenery, and it impressed me quite abit. You could still make out the airport once I got close enough, andthe surrounding areas seemed to have quite a bit of detail in theretoo. There were even reflections from the runway which was a reallynice touch, and the taxiway markings and signage seem to be reallywell designed as well. /images/reviews/megarome/t/birdseye_view_google.jpg /images/reviews/megarome/t/birdseye_view_p3d.jpgI've taken the liberty of including a real-world image of theairport from Google Maps (above) for this review, and if I compare the simversion with that of its real life counterpart, you can see that itdoes actually bear a very close resemblance. From this alone, it'sclear to see that Aerosoft have put a lot of work into fine tuningthings to look as good and as realistic as they can. The textures themselves for both the airport grounds and some ofthe surrounding areas are of 2048x2048 resolution, which is nice,although some of the grassy areas around the grounds do appear to be alittle blurry. However, this wasn't an issue for me and doesn't reallyaffect anything in terms of visuals, unless of course you really careabout these sorts of things. Speaking of surrounding areas, the scenery contains neighboringobjects as well as those included with the airport proper. These helpto make things look and feel a little more realistic, and I thinkAerosoft have paid a lot of attention to detail here so as to try andmake the scenery look as majestic as they can. Another great thing is that the scenery itself is fully compatiblewith all major traffic add-ons, which means that users of Pro ATC Xand Ultimate Traffic Live (such as myself) will not encounter anyissues at all, which is really nice! Now on to the night lighting, and I must say this really does lookgreat. Aerosoft did actually mention on their web site that the nightlighting for LIRF is based upon real-world pilot opinion andpoint-of-view, so you can bet your life that it looks pretty muchauthentic! Again, this kind of detail just helps to add thatadditional level of immersion to the whole experience - something Ireally like. /images/reviews/megarome/t/evening_shot_3.jpgNow on to another area of the review which is highly important,that of frame rates. I'm happy to say that the performance of LIRF (on my reviewsystem), was between 55 and 60 FPS during the day, and dropping tobetween 45 and 60 FPS at night. Not that bad really when you factor inthe detail included, and it's also much better than some othersceneries I have encountered. One thing I would like to point out though is that my system specis rather on the high side. At present I am running an Intel Core i99900K CPU along with 16 GB of RAM and a GeForce GTX 1080TI graphicscard. I'm also running P3D V4.5 on a separate dedicated Solid StateDrive to speed things up. When you factor in all of the above, it'seasy to see why my frame rates remained constantly high. With so many different levels of hardware available, your mileageis of course going to vary, so I can only go by what I haveexperienced. So moving on to the system requirements as per the Aerosoft website, we have: Microsoft Flight Simulator X (SP2, Acceleration Pack) or Lockheed Martin Prepar3D V3/V4 Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 (fully updated)3 GHz Dual Core Processor 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended) 3D Graphics Card with minimal 1024 MB (2 GB recommended) The download size for the scenery weighs in at 480 MB, with thefinal installation being 1 GB in size, which is nice and small. Formyself, I enjoy small downloads and quick installs, as my excitementcan't stand long installation procedures! For this review I have included some cinematic shots during thedaytime, evening and night, just to make sure everything is covered inthis review. These are attached below: /images/reviews/megarome/t/daytime_shot.jpg /images/reviews/megarome/t/evening_shot_1.jpg /images/reviews/megarome/t/dynamic_lighting.jpgTo conclude, I have to say that Aerosoft's Mega Airport Rome been afantastic piece of scenery to explore and I can't wait to do some moreflights from this location! I will be awarding this scenery a rating of 9/10 as it performsgreat, both in the daytime and during the night (even in badweather). The only slightly negative aspect I could find, were theblurry textures in parts, but this may be down to simulator settingsthan anything else. Having referenced the airport against Google Maps, I found it to bea perfect digital replica of the real-world counterpart. The airportis highly immersive, with the surrounding scenery adding to that. Thanks very much for reading! Now here is my video look at the scenery: /images/reviews/megarome/mega-rome.jpgMrYorkiesWorld Youtube Channel Purchase Aerosoft - Mega Airport Rome Shop other airports in the Mega Airport series Shop other Aerosoft products
