I already own Tongass Fjords and Orbx PFJ which do a great job of making FSX Alaska look great and I am very happy with them, however they do not cover the FSX area of Anchorage or Talkeetna, so my question in the other thread about UTX Alaska and GEX was not meant as a bash of default FSX (which does a great job of covering the basics for the whole world) but in the hope that there is some more specifically realistic looking FSX scenery for Alaska Talkeetna and Anchorage.
McKinley, see the excellent book "Wager With The Wind: The Don Sheldon Story".Īnyhow I am obviously very pro FSX (as my monthly flight time and FSX add-ons bills keep reminding me), and while I have nothing against default FSX, I was particularly disappointed by how poor the default Alaska textures look, with that dried grass or dirt texture look that is more reminiscent of the dried Rockies in Colorado than what I see on Flying Wild Alaska and the summer wetlands verdant terrain that is described in the book. I posted that because I have flown stock FSX out of PATK Talkeetna airport a number of times while trying to recreate some of the classic Talkeetna Air Service routes made famous by bush pilot Don Sheldon, who was a pioneer in discovering ways to fly and support climbers attempting to conquer Mt. I was the one who posted that Flight Alaska looks much better than stock FSX to me. FSX with ORBX and REX looks better than Flight in a lot of instances. This is based both on my experiences in both sims and screen shot comparisons I've seen.
Which do I like better? Since you're asking (and I'm only putting this out there because you asked), I think Flight beats stock FSX hands down. Whether you think you were provoked or not, I think its silly to perpetuate it. It's fine if someone wants to mention they prefer one over the other, but statements like "X is clearly the the best and better than Y" are opinions being presented as facts. I think all the "X is better than Y" stuff that has gone on is pretty silly. And I also admit that it really wasn't necessary at all in the first place, since these are all games we're talking about and I bet we all have more important real life stuff we could be doing.
Although, I admit that I didn't do it in the most mature way I could have. Just making some observations about your thread(s). The old girl is still the best, don't you think? What's your opinion? My post has nothing to do with any recent posts by anyone in particular, although some people (I paid no attention to their names)have posted that Flight Alaska looks so much better than FSX Alaska (provocation). Ever since the release of MS Flight comparisons have been made, a hundred of them.
Don't these look nice"?Įdit - (I couldn't decide if I should post this or not.) Maybe it's just a coincidence, but it's a little strange that I recently started a thread titled "Flying Wild Alaska" with a bunch a Flight screens and then this thread shows up with similar references in the title and then declares that FSX is superior to Flight, almost as if its a response to my thread (which wasn't comparing anything). Did Flight pick on you in high school? Are you not capable of simply posting screenshots from FSX and saying "Hey. I never understand why you so frequently go out of your way to bash Flight without being provoked into doing so.