Simviation Forum - X-Plane worth it?

Nov 27^th, 2010 at 4:37pm

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With Xmas quickly approaching, my mother (bless her) asked if I would like the latest version of X-Plane as a gift. (Don't roll your eyes at me, you're never to old to get cool toys from your folks around the holidays!)

I tried FSX, and wasn't happy with it's performance on my machine, and I gave the X-Plane demo a shot and thought it was interesting, but you can't tell much from a time limited demo.

My main concerns are with add-ons. With FS9, I've tweeked and tuned every part of the sim I've been able to get my mitts on, and I've gotten it "juussstt riiiigghtt". Will I be able to do this with "X-P"?

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Reply #1 - Nov 27^th, 2010 at 7:30pm

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I've recently started using 9 and I was impressed with the fact that you can import FS9/x sceneries in.
I'm still getting to grips with it but loving it Wink

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Reply #2 - Nov 28^th, 2010 at 9:40am

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Yes, it is worth it.

You can download the demo to try it from the main X-plane website.

And also, the newest X-plane is version 9, but version 10 is coming out within the next few months. In my opinion you should wait for that.

X-Plane 10 vs X-Plane 9 here:

http://www.x-plane.com/pg_news.html

(also many of the pictures of the aircraft in the link are X-Plane 10 aircraft running in X-Plane 9)

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Reply #3 - Nov 28^th, 2010 at 10:05am

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Yes, it is worth it.

You can download the demo to try it from the main X-plane website.

And also, the newest X-plane is version 9, but version 10 is coming out within the next few months. In my opinion you should wait for that.

X-Plane 10 vs X-Plane 9 here:

http://www.x-plane.com/pg_news.html

(also many of the pictures of the aircraft in the link are X-Plane 10 aircraft running in X-Plane 9)

Thanks for the HU. I tried the demo, and I liked what I saw. (five minutes at a time, that is). Yup, I may just wait for 10. I watched the video on the link you posted. Any great chef will tell you that presentation is 80% of the meal. That vid looks like a lot of "presentation" to me. That not withstanding, it still looks very impressive! ( I caught myself saying "Whoa" outloud!)

Thanks again guys!

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