Microsoft Flight Sim 2020

[Lusekofte]

I did not pay any attention when creating a account so I got a new name Woodierpage2603

Landingchallange Lukla  4th place 1. time, 2. time 6 place, come on people . Can someone plz try it and see. Is it only 10 people trying

Edited September 9, 2020 by 216th_LuseKofte

[unlikely_spider]

1 minute ago, 216th_LuseKofte said:

I did not pay any attention when creating a account so I got a new name Woodierpage2603

Landingchallange Lukla  4th place 1. time, 2. time 6 place, come on people . Can someone plz try it and see. Is it only 10 people trying

That looks like 42,674th place to me, Woodierpage.

[Lusekofte]

59 minutes ago, unlikely_spider said:

That looks like 42,674th place to me, Woodierpage.

Ye you are right. I just saw Top 10 and see now that is not the list I am in. 
thanks. I knew my landing was not good

[dbzero]

Nice clean site where I downloaded some scenery and other stuff. Pearl Harbor was nice. Arizona Memorial, USS Missouri added as well as docked cruisers and destroyers. One of the main roads was underwater though.

 

https://flightsim.to/

[ZachariasX]

Nice site. Chamois, if Courchevel is too big for you:

 

 

The Matterhorn scenery is very well done, and is best installed along with that airstrip. It is about the nearest airport to see that mountain.

[Otto_bann]

13 minutes ago, ZachariasX said:

Nice site. Chamois, if Courchevel is too big for you...

Try Salettes in France south Alps if you like this kind of field (it is in Fs2020).

 

For real :

 

Edited September 10, 2020 by Otto_bann

[AndyJWest]

Lagoa das Sete Cidades, São Miguel, Azores. Live weather.

 

Who wouldn't want to live in the crater of a volcano?

 

 

[ZachariasX]

1 hour ago, Otto_bann said:

Try Salettes in France south Alps if you like this kind of field (it is in Fs2020).

Thanks! I love those fields. 

[AndyJWest]

3 hours ago, Otto_bann said:

Try Salettes in France south Alps...

 

Took two attempts (first involved more trees than I intended ?), but I managed to put the Shock Ultra down there. Scary, but worth it for the scenery alone. Taking off is interesting too, since you basically just throw yourself off the top, and rely on gravity.

 

What I want to know is how anyone anyone figured out you could land there.

[RedKestrel]

27 minutes ago, AndyJWest said:

 

Took two attempts (first involved more trees than I intended ?), but I managed to put the Shock Ultra down there. Scary, but worth it for the scenery alone. Taking off is interesting too, since you basically just throw yourself off the top, and rely on gravity.

 

What I want to know is how anyone anyone figured out you could land there.

Probably something like: "Hold my beer and watch this!"

[Todt_Von_Oben]

Questions for those who also fly Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020:

 

The graphics are impressive on a monitor but how does it look in VR?

 

Is there any word from MS regarding whether or not FS 2020 might add WWI aircraft in the future?

[AndyJWest]

We don't need another thread...

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/54212-microsoft-flight-sim-2020/

[Todt_Von_Oben]

54 minutes ago, AndyJWest said:

We don't need another thread...

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/54212-microsoft-flight-sim-2020/

 

Can someone with firsthand knowledge give me an answer to the two questions I asked above, please?

[RAAF492SQNOz_Steve]

24 minutes ago, Todt_Von_Oben said:

 

Can someone with firsthand knowledge give me an answer to the two questions I asked above, please?

 

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 does not currently support VR so do not expect an answer for some time.

Supposed to be rolling out VR support for the, as yet unavailable, HP G2 at some stage this year.

 

WW1 aircraft?, no idea but would take a big/ huge guess that is unlikely.

[Todt_Von_Oben]

11 minutes ago, RAAF492SQNOz_Steve said:

 

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 does not currently support VR so do not expect an answer for some time.

Supposed to be rolling out VR support for the, as yet unavailable, HP G2 at some stage this year.

 

WW1 aircraft?, no idea but would take a big/ huge guess that is unlikely.

 

 I didn't know.  Signed onto that forum but couldn't find an answer.  Thanks for your help.

 

FWIW: if it's not in VR, it's not for me.  And I share your opinion about WWI planes in the future; just asked in the hope there was some word I hadn't been able to find.  Thanks again.

 

[ZachariasX]

3 hours ago, Todt_Von_Oben said:

Questions for those who also fly Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020:

 

The graphics are impressive on a monitor but how does it look in VR?

 

Is there any word from MS regarding whether or not FS 2020 might add WWI aircraft in the future?

 

Currently, with the eyecandy we show on the screenies, a super high end system might do this at 60 FPS maximum @4K. My 10 core with a 1080 does 30+ except over the densest areas like London where I get 22+ FPS with Ultra settings in 1440p., usually being limited evenly on GPU and CPU.

 

I can try to cut down setting such that I would get >150 FPS, but it will not look nice then, that‘s for sure.

 

If you are that attached to VR you might want to take a look at Prepar3D v5. Instead going full eye candy, they went full VR by going DX12. VR was implemented for some time now, but in this last version, instead of going eye candy, they almost doubled framerates for giving you the looks as in the last version. There is changes in depicting atmosphere etc., IIRC they use trueSKY now.

 

To make FS2020 go in a Reverb, I‘m sure Asobo must perform mo‘ miracles. But honestly, what we have now is so far ahead of everything we had so far... maybe VR next year?  VR is probably request No.1. But if it came to that, it would probably be WMR devices being supported, MS being MS...

[Monostripezebra]

Having a little fun in Las Vegas.. the 3D scanned cities have such a postapocalyptic vibe to it..

 

 

Edited September 11, 2020 by Monostripezebra

[1PL-Banzai-1Esk]

1 hour ago, Monostripezebra said:

Having a little fun in Las Vegas.. the 3D scanned cities have such a postapocalyptic vibe to it..

 

 

Yeah, something about the textures. I had the same feeling in NY. 

 

It looks like something from The Walking Dead.

On 9/9/2020 at 11:33 PM, dbzero said:

Nice clean site where I downloaded some scenery and other stuff. Pearl Harbor was nice. Arizona Memorial, USS Missouri added as well as docked cruisers and destroyers. One of the main roads was underwater though.

 

https://flightsim.to/

Thanks for the link. I grabbed couple of scenery packs.

 

Simple to install.

 

I am worried that Google will step in soon, a lot of the stuff is lifted from Google data and it's against their Terms of Service, so even though it's non-profit stuff I think we will see Google putting an end to it.

Edited September 11, 2020 by 1PL-Banzai-1Esk

[Lusekofte]

20 hours ago, Otto_bann said:

Try Salettes in France south Alps if you like this kind of field (it is in Fs2020).

 

For real :

 

Lol I really believed it was a sim video untill they landed the drone

[Todt_Von_Oben]

8 hours ago, ZachariasX said:

 

If you are that attached to VR you might want to take a look at Prepar3D v5. 

 

I've owned PREPAR3D for more than a year; don't recall the version; V4, maybe?  Anyway, it's nice when I want to fly a D-18, Stearman, or F-35.  But I mostly enjoy VR in open cockpit planes.  I was hoping FS 2020 would have some WWI planes but I see now that it doesn't.  Thanks for your info.  

[Lusekofte]

52 minutes ago, Todt_Von_Oben said:

 

I've owned PREPAR3D for more than a year; don't recall the version; V4, maybe?  Anyway, it's nice when I want to fly a D-18, Stearman, or F-35.  But I mostly enjoy VR in open cockpit planes.  I was hoping FS 2020 would have some WWI planes but I see now that it doesn't.  Thanks for your info.  

I think this sim will get WW 1 planes. Eventually someone gonna make a good one. 
I won’t be flying VR in this Sim myself other than a few fun flights if any. 
But when Reverb 2 come, it will be the first VR In game. 

Edited September 11, 2020 by 216th_LuseKofte

[dburne]

21 minutes ago, 216th_LuseKofte said:

I think this sim will get WW 1 planes. Eventually someone gonna make a good one. 
I won’t be flying VR in this Sim myself other than a few fun flights if any. 
But when Reverb 2 come, it will be the first VR In game. 

 

Yeah I am holding off purchasing this sim until I have my Reverb G2 and the game supports VR.

I just refuse to play any games on the monitor - last one I did was back in Jan 2017.

I am spoiled with VR and just don't have any 2d only games any longer.

 

I am however much looking forward to seeing how it does with a new 30xx GPU and the Reverb G2 headset.

Nice to see major game companies starting to offer VR, like for this sim and also the new expansion to Elite Dangerous, was initially not going

to have VR support but they are now adding it, at least for the ships to start.

[AndyJWest]

Regarding early aircraft, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight had a 1903 Wright Flyer, a Curtiss Jenny and a Vickers Vimy included in the stock aircraft, so who knows what Microsoft might do at some point. I think it much more likely though that anything from WWI is likely to come from a third party. I'd be surprised if someone doesn't create a freeware Camel or Dr.1 eventually, though freeware quality can vary from excellent to abysmal. As indeed can some of the paid content.

[Lusekofte]

1 hour ago, dburne said:

Reverb G2

Well when you have it msfs will make it usable. For me, I simply is not all that impressed by VR. I will fly GB with it but not this. I simply enjoy the plugins too much. 

Edited September 11, 2020 by 216th_LuseKofte

[Enceladus828]

1 hour ago, AndyJWest said:

Regarding early aircraft, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight had a 1903 Wright Flyer, a Curtiss Jenny and a Vickers Vimy included in the stock aircraft, so who knows what Microsoft might do at some point. I think it much more likely though that anything from WWI is likely to come from a third party. I'd be surprised if someone doesn't create a freeware Camel or Dr.1 eventually, though freeware quality can vary from excellent to abysmal. As indeed can some of the paid content.

The Wright Flyer and Jenny never saw action in WW1, in particular the battle fields; the Vimy only saw limited action.

 

I wouldn’t be surprised if a Camel or Dr.1 wasn’t included (the Dr.1 in particular) as this is a real world sim not a combat sim. Sure, in other add-ons for FSX/Steam/P3D there’s been WW1 planes, and fighters/fighter jets where one carries ordinances, but considering that this game is more advanced than FSX, I doubt we’d see any WW1 planes, in particular German planes. If we did, it would be for free-flight, no combat there.

[Lusekofte]

4 minutes ago, Enceladus said:

but considering that this game is more advanced than FSX, I doubt we’d see any WW1 planes, in particular German planes. If we did, it would be for free-flight, no combat there.

I think in this particular sim, hyped as it is. It will come a lot. How advanced it is compared to others except graphics. I really do not know. I found doing a wether recon around where I live seem to be accurate. 

[Monostripezebra]

Thanks for the La Salette sugesstion..

 

i feel it is a bit weird in MSFS2020 as the field elevation sunk into the hill rather then on top makes the takeoff from the direct leveled runway unpleasant and kind of all other hills around are way more comfy to land..

 

 

 

Edited September 11, 2020 by Monostripezebra

[ZachariasX]

25 minutes ago, Monostripezebra said:

i feel it is a bit weird in MSFS2020 as the field elevation sunk into the hill rather then on top makes the takeoff from the direct leveled runway unpleasant and kind of all other hills around are way more comfy to land..

Yes, I just made some circuits there myself. The elevation is odd and they'd never put the airstrip there if the hill really was like that. There are better alternatives, as you say.

[SYN_Vander]

5 minutes ago, ZachariasX said:

Yes, I just made some circuits there myself. The elevation is odd and they'd never put the airstrip there if the hill really was like that. There are better alternatives, as you say.

 

You can always go into the editor and flatten the terrain a bit ?

[Bremspropeller]

Does anybody know where to look for addons?

 

Avsim and Simviation do still look a bit meager...

[unlikely_spider]

2 minutes ago, Bremspropeller said:

Does anybody know where to look for addons?

 

Avsim and Simviation do still look a bit meager...

Free stuff? Look at these:

https://flightsim.to/

https://www.reddit.com/r/FS2020Creation/

Edited September 11, 2020 by unlikely_spider

[dbzero]

9 hours ago, 1PL-Banzai-1Esk said:

Yeah, something about the textures. I had the same feeling in NY. 

 

It looks like something from The Walking Dead.

Thanks for the link. I grabbed couple of scenery packs.

 

Simple to install.

 

I am worried that Google will step in soon, a lot of the stuff is lifted from Google data and it's against their Terms of Service, so even though it's non-profit stuff I think we will see Google putting an end to it.

I was watching youtube and someone was doing a side by side comparison of FS2020 and Xplane11 and he commented that Xplane better have google maps on their speed dial...

 

I was looking at the Passenger Add-on and Pilot Edge. Pilot Edge looks cool, but feels intimidating. Once they add-true realtime weather, clean up loose ends and start adding some more activities it should get really interesting.

 

 

[LizLemon]

6 hours ago, Bremspropeller said:

Does anybody know where to look for addons?

 

Avsim and Simviation do still look a bit meager...

 

https://www.msfsaddon.com/

https://www.msfsaddons.org/

 

[Lusekofte]

Landed in Narvik, a leg from Kalix in Sweeden , Then exploring my jouth huntinggrounds in surrounding mountains before landing. I like this plane, stable and no need for autopilot, it flys itself

Edited September 12, 2020 by 216th_LuseKofte

[Ace_Pilto]

So I got assigned an RNAV approach, activated it in the G1000 and the thing sends me back to my last waypoint. I clear the flight plan and program the waypoints manually and as I activate the last one it crashes the game. 

 

 

[Monostripezebra]

Just a PSA: DO NOT BUY THE FREEDOM FOX UL. in the current state it is very shit.

 

 

Edited September 12, 2020 by Monostripezebra

[Lusekofte]

1 hour ago, Ace_Pilto said:

So I got assigned an RNAV approach, activated it in the G1000 and the thing sends me back to my last waypoint. I clear the flight plan and program the waypoints manually and as I activate the last one it crashes the game. 

This is issues known and why boing/airbus pilots from x plane go bananas about this sim. I have encountered several g 1000 bugs related to autopilot. We just have to wait for a fix. 

[AndyJWest]

Coming in to land on Flores, the westernmost island of the Azores. As far west as I can get in the XCub, since the next airport, St, Johns Newfoundland, is 1,056 nm to the WNW. On the other hand since I've just crossed the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, I suppose I could technically claim to have made it to the Americas.  ?

 

 

[DBFlyguy]

Anyone picked up any payware addons yet?  I recently got the drzewiecki designs washingon landmarks addon which is a massive improvement over the default version

 

 

 

Probably gonna pick up a couple Orbx sceneries too

[AndyJWest]

47 minutes ago, Monostripezebra said:

Just a PSA: DO NOT BUY THE FREEDOM FOX UL. in the current state it is very shit.

 

 

 

Yup. Seen lots of other reports, saying much the same thing.

 

There is apparently a better KitFox coming out at some point from another developer, and it would probably be wise to say who this abomination comes from in the YouTube notes.