My thoughts on MFS2020

[Aviator 1]

Here are my personal thoughts on the new Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 and how it compares to FSX.

I pre ordered the simulator buying premium deluxe, for the extra custom made airports and aircraft.
I had a custom made computer built to run the simulator with the latest NVIDIA graphics card and I9 processor. The computer is linked directly into the modem. I have fiber and fairly high internet speeds
which I am blessed about because I could download the simulator in three hours.

The simulator took a while to setup and connect the controls to my Yoke, which I am running the Honey comb, the downside it takes a while to setup all the controls and they are not the same as the old
Microsoft flight simulator. The downside is camera and flight control movements are very sensitive and I cant find anywhere in the settings to change the sensitivity, If you know how to change this please let me
know.

I decided to use real world weather and do a flying trip around New Zealand, I flew out of Wellington Int with the TBM, the flight was a quick hop skip and a jump to Kapiti airport.
All i have to say its fantastic, the way the aircraft handles and it's the best simulator for VFR flying. It was easy to identify land marks, buildings ect. I used real world weather and time and flew out of
Wellington at dusk doing a night flight over the city. The graphics and lighting its amazing by far you wont be disappointed. The water quality is amazing and changes with the wind and weather.

Here is the BUT ! I know the game is in early stages but does have some setbacks. The fuel truck takes forever to arrive and when it does, it moves super slow till it allows you to fuel the aircraft.
The push back tugs are super slow on the push back, its faster to put the aircraft into reverse thrust and back your way out than wait. I found airport lighting in the middle of the taxi ways in places.
In Wellington when you spawn at one of the parking near the terminal the carpark is all mucked up there are cars right beside the aircraft with no boundary fences. There are small texture issues trees and
buildings that dont exist around the airports. You can find your house but allot of the houses all look the same, the other thing is some large buildings look flat or missing. For example Auckland has no Sky Tower in the city. There is a big black hexagonal building in its place.

Real world weather, the weather is amazing but not accurate I have found with real world. Flying out of Palmerston North it was so post to be raining according to IFFIS heavy rain. When i got there no rain
or any signs of rain. When I flew over my home town it was raining out side and in the simulator it was just cloud. I am not sure if there maybe a glitch but I hear rain but cant see rain on the aircraft or in the sky.

Missions

The simulator comes with bush flying trips and landing challenges. I do miss the missions you could take part in in FSX, There is no glider towing or any helicopters.
The old aircraft like the Dc3 are no longer in the simulator.

The simulator is well done and a huge improvement over P3D or FSX, it will be nice when they just iron some of those bugs out.

[toprob]

Yes, the fuel truck driver takes safety VERY seriously, unlike everyone else who just run about everywhere and driver over each other... this is one area which can only be improved, as we're used to things like GSX which does this really well. As you've pointed out, it needs work, but I'm happy with this, I'd rather have the use of it now, than wait until it's more polished. Anyway, the way I fly -- VFR in the C172 -- not many of the issues which people have affect me. Even the autopilot works great, and I'm learning to rely on it more and more.

I recall seeing that pushback will be slow if you leave the brakes on? Not judging, but something to check.

NZ airports really, really need a lot of work. For me, that's a huge positive, but I guess not everyone loves to make airports.

I think I might have previously given the impression that I like this sim.

[dbcunnz]

In some towns I see a lot Kiwis driving around but also a lot of Foreigners driving on the right hand side of the road as well.
It appears that some streets have left hand driving rules while some have right hand rules.

[toprob]

I forgot to mention the sensitivity -- you can adjust that to suit!

[Charl]

a lot of Foreigners driving on the right hand side of the road as well

Can't remember if this sim is "As real as it gets"?

it was so post to be raining

out of interest: do you speak to your computer, rather than type?

[Aviator 1]

For sure I am glad to have access to the simulator than waiting another six months for improvement. I do miss the missions they were allot of fun and earning little rewards.
The landing challenges and bush flying is allot of fun. I have spent a bit of time flying around different parts trying to find river beads ect to land on its allot of fun. If you do this turn
though turn off realism settings. For some reason anyone else find there is no rain, you see rain in the distance but when you fly though nothing. I turned on heavy rain and storms and say no rain ?
Thanks ill turn down the sensitivity. I have done quite a bit of full size flying and found the roll rate was close to a extra 300 than a A320.

I know its a P3D thing but I miss having the little pilot you could control on the ground. The doors don't open on the aircraft.

I know I sound like a nit picker here but the Simulator is well worth the wait and money.

[FlyingKiwi]

It was raining at Ardmore the other day in the sim when I loaded it up. It was just after a band of showers passed through in real life too so while that might have been coincidence it certainly seemed decently realistic.