X-Plane 10 is available
13 years 1 month ago #11613
by jetjerry
Replied by jetjerry on topic X-Plane 10 is available
There are positives and negatives to both FS platforms.
FSX has been around for six years now. Depending how you look at it, that is either a plus or minus. Many people have quality add-ons for FSX. FSX has not been supported for five of those years, however the third party developers have done a good job in keeping it at the forefront of FS.
XPlane is new again with version 10, and has always been supported well. The questions is: is it supporting a platform that you like? In the past XP has looked well from an altitude above about 5000', but the new version looks good from the ground up...with many new 3D objects in play. The real looking aircraft are limited at the moment for XP, compared to FSX. However, the planes themselves fly more realistically in XP. That is not to say you would like realistic. Many think they would until they try it, and then find it too difficult and blame XP.
The new thing for XP is it now makes a great bush flying game, as the low level graphics are good...however they look more like North America rather than being tailored for Europe and the rest of the world. In time I think they will correct that.
With FSX the tweaking is a matter of frustration and with XP it is all done within the game with infinite scale...once you figure out what does what.
The beauty remains in the eye of the beholder.
The new MSFS is going into beta testing next month. That being said, it may well take another year before it is released...if at all.
Happy flying.
Keep the dirty side down.
Jerry
FSX has been around for six years now. Depending how you look at it, that is either a plus or minus. Many people have quality add-ons for FSX. FSX has not been supported for five of those years, however the third party developers have done a good job in keeping it at the forefront of FS.
XPlane is new again with version 10, and has always been supported well. The questions is: is it supporting a platform that you like? In the past XP has looked well from an altitude above about 5000', but the new version looks good from the ground up...with many new 3D objects in play. The real looking aircraft are limited at the moment for XP, compared to FSX. However, the planes themselves fly more realistically in XP. That is not to say you would like realistic. Many think they would until they try it, and then find it too difficult and blame XP.
The new thing for XP is it now makes a great bush flying game, as the low level graphics are good...however they look more like North America rather than being tailored for Europe and the rest of the world. In time I think they will correct that.
With FSX the tweaking is a matter of frustration and with XP it is all done within the game with infinite scale...once you figure out what does what.
The beauty remains in the eye of the beholder.
The new MSFS is going into beta testing next month. That being said, it may well take another year before it is released...if at all.
Happy flying.
Keep the dirty side down.
Jerry
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