Maybe FSX isn't so inaccurate after all...

[ardypilot]

I'm talking about the NZ landclass colour here! Compare the default textures to a few of these photographs I've taken recently on holiday and tell me what you think:

Lake Taupo:


Te Mata Peak:






Overlooking Hastings:


In fact, I think that if New Zealand ever decides to create a new flag, it should be a two toned striped one, with the bottom being a sandy brown colour like the dry grass covering the country at the moment, and the top being a bright blue shade representing the sky above it!

Here are some other unrelated pics that I took on the way and at Hawkes Bay last week:









Cheers,

[Ian Warren]

Its the depth and colour change some areas are like this , the ridges , best example is comparing RealNZ Wanaka put it , take it out ..

[Peppermint]

I wonder how far you would go if you jumped into one of those holes?

[hugh]

Wow, point made. That third shot looks exactly like an FSX screenshot

[greaneyr]

QUOTE (hugh @ Feb 4 2009, 03:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Wow, point made. That third shot looks exactly like an FSX screenshot

It really does eh?? Even with the rocky outcrops and everything.

Love the shot of the fumarole on Napier-Taupo highway too.

[Njbb1995]

QUOTE (Peppermint @ Feb 4 2009, 02:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I wonder how far you would go if you jumped into one of those holes?

[Timmo]

now....let me see here....ah yes.....

here are some from a year or so ago:





and FSX



she certainly is dry out there...

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Timmo @ Feb 5 2009, 11:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

now....let me see here....

Hmmmm , now i really do think the non believers of FSX to buy and install , NOW this may hurt some's PC's ... Search Tim Barnes for his BOP this photo real scenery is .... PHOTO ! its GREEN ... drop low and aim .... Its Brown , I dont care , realisticly .. it s the country we are trying to give some real feel ... in a paddock it is brown /tan/cooked .. or if your there long enough prity much burnt ! .

[ardypilot]

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she certainly is dry out there...[/quote]
Haha I think Kiwi's are just in denial of the 'clean green NZ' image that the tourism board likes to advertise the place as to overseas travelers- I certainly have many memory's of flying over the South Island (AA - CH) and seeing nothing but barren brown hillscapes for miles and miles.. I know it's a compleatly different look out in the bush though- this topic was meant to be read as a bit of tongue in cheek

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Trolly @ Feb 6 2009, 10:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

this topic was meant to be read as a bit of tongue in cheek

The good thing here Andy , it made people open their eyes .... as i would say , are your eyes painted on !