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MSFS 2020 ... absolutely stunning - and goes like stink on my mediochre/old system:

Near Milford Sound (spoiler: they forgot to put in Mitre Peak!!!!):


The atmospherics are *superb*:






The autogen (sourtesy of Blackshark.ai) is streets ahead of anything we've seen before in a sim:


Early days yet. Still getting to grips with the oddball camera system, but this sim has *plenty* of potential. I'll post more as I explore more ...

Adam.

Great shots

I did not know that MS2020 has British Airways AI traffic!! Am I correct that the Airbus taxiing in screenshot is on NZCH airport?

Regards,

Aharon

Adam ... this seems made for you old mate....beautiful work.
Love the rego on the Airbus

Yes, VFR folks are gonna love it. I liked the reflections in Aerofly FS2, but the shiny aircraft in MFS are another level!
Shame about Milford Sound, I've been waiting on a DEM tool in the SDK so I could at least see Mitre Peak, although I guess we can wait for Orbx. Hopefully it won't be another London....

Aharon wrote:I did not know that MS2020 has British Airways AI traffic!! Am I correct that the Airbus taxiing in screenshot is on NZCH airport?
Aharon

So far (default) you only get the one livery - which is the stock Airbus (delivery??) one. The registration is fake - as it can be added by MSFS when you set up your flight. Hardly realistic, but great fun!

toprob wrote:Yes, VFR folks are gonna love it. I liked the reflections in Aerofly FS2, but the shiny aircraft in MFS are another level!
Shame about Milford Sound, I've been waiting on a DEM tool in the SDK so I could at least see Mitre Peak, although I guess we can wait for Orbx. Hopefully it won't be another London....

It's not just the shininess of the aircraft - the detailing is impressive as well. Not to be underplayed also is the quality of the autogen. Blackshark.ai really did a fine job here it's way more "intelligent" than anything we've seen before in a sim. I did a flight over the North Shore and our house is singled out and correctly placed. I @BobL also says their house in Browns Bay can be picked out. There aren't that many POIs around Auckland - no Sky Tower or Harbour Bridge etc. but what's there does look convincing. At least the Domain is there (a terrible omission by ORBX) ... and Rangitoto has a better profile.

The great thing is that the default scenery is good - all it needs are the 3rd party contributions, which I'm sure will follow.

Splitpin wrote:Adam ... this seems made for you old mate....beautiful work.
Love the rego on the Airbus

Haha .. thanks (well spotted!). Well ... I had (finally) to admit that I may be *slightly* too old to be an airline pilot - and can't afford a PPL so there's really no need for all the PMDG-style doodads as long as the sim looks good (and realistic) ... which it most certainly does. More to the point - it performs well on my old system, whereas P3Dv5 crucified it.

More pics soon, I hope!

Adam.

Great shots. Looking forward to seeing how this all goes in VR. I stick to Aerofly for VR, I just can't quite get the other sims to the frames I need. But shots like these make me go mmm.

Incidentally I am an old Birkdale lad too. Living in Tokyo these days, spend more time mucking around making scenery than flying.