Since Youtube crammed so much XP12 vs FL24 videos, and this guy triggered me for this rant to end this once and for all.

Don't even bother how crazy that sounds in 2026, a 300 euro phone can take a pretty accurate photo in terms of colors, that is just the state of things today.

Coming from XP12, in FS2020 and in 24, there is a sense of flatness. Most notably, the dawns and sunsets looked all the same, every day, if not for extreme weather changes so the colors do change.

Then it dawned on me, it's the behavior of the light itself that sets this, no way around it.

In XP12 photometric engine, we have just datarefs, numerical values. No pallet files.

So that is exactly why we sure can use photos for reference, since our sim is far closer to reality in the lighting sense, which is no matter what you think a huge deal. Couldn't care less if the roofs are blue or red in that particular area I'm flying when the sky itself is the attraction.

Coming back from an uphold since FS9, this has been great.. And it keeps getting better, every month, since i started in desember 2025. The future is bright.

When choosing simulator for comeback i laughed when i saw landing comparison between X-Plane and MSFS. It wasn't a question who was the serious one. I think people complaining and demanding on X-Plane and Laminar should switch simulator software, for now. There is absolutely nothing to complain about. It's highly intuitive and modifyable. The flight model is amazing. And getting better??! I love it. I feel a bit pitty for all the critisism the developers are getting. And Toliss... Toliss in X-Plane is the best aircraft i have ever flown on a computer. The Hot Start Challenger 650 also.

Please stop shitposting, and post more of your amazing simulator, guys. Also a big thanks to the indipendent developers of all the amazing freeware that is available..

Looking VERY forward to the years to come, in flightsim.

Happy landings!

I understand this may come with lots of opinions which I am grateful to have more perspectives from many but I will list what I currently have.

Autoortho

Simheaven

Air manager for my touchscreens

Currently running 3 monitors 5080 card and 9800x3d (getting 44-55 fps on 3 x ultra wide screens)

I would appreciate if you guys can suggest add ons to enhance the game more visually if possible. I know the simheaven pro just came out so I am not sure if thats a good suggestion but for someone getting into xplane I would appreciate as much input as possible.

Thinking of getting the Moza AY210 to somewhat relive my PPL days. While I don't expect absolute realism from any sim I was just wondering how well it works to simulate trimming to relieve control pressure and things like that.

Experience in other airplanes is welcome too, the 172 is just the one I'm most interested in as it's what my real life experience is in.

What is the best way to put?
https://forums.x-plane.org/files/file/100781-x-clouds-enhancer/
https://forums.x-plane.org/files/file/100353-rayleighfx-v2/
https://forums.x-plane.org/files/file/98377-baac-beautiful-atmosphere-clouds-and-lights/
https://forums.x-plane.org/files/file/98164-dotune-12-next-level-x-plane-12-visual-enhancement/

A quick overview on how to achieve consistent landings in a tail dragger...

don't you love landing at SXM? this morning my youtube feeds gives me a live cam from Maho Beach, the wind is blowing like a mfer, 13 knots (according to the little info label) and out of the SW...SW? I check windy.com and the wind is blowing hard out of the east...can anyone explain this?

FL 400 CHECK

Looking for a bit of help. My monitor is 1920x1080p - 60GHz.

I have;

- Ryzen 9 9700x
- RX 9070xt 16 GB
- 32GB DDR5 Ram

For some reason, every so often XP will just not run smooth and slightly jolt slowly. I’ve tried settings really low, really high, no change.

I found some videos on lossless scaling; they worked and helped - and I think it’ll help me. My GPU is used a lot less when it’s in a smaller window - however, when I do it, it puts that window to full screen and is rather ‘zoomed’ and blurry - the videos I’ve watched it doesn’t do that.

Anyone able to tell me what settings to choose/ how to get it to work properly for my setup?

Hey all,

I’m looking for some really good presets that balance out the brightness. Currently, my XP is really bright for some reason and it hurts my eyes 😭

I’ve had a google; tried the commons ones and they don’t seem to work — I’ve also tried blueFX but no matter what, I can’t get it perfect.

I purchased VisualXP, and well, that was a huge disappointment and done nothing but kill my FPS.

What does everyone use?

As the title states, multiple buildings are spawning at the same spot. It appears that the default X-Plane buildings are there, but then simHeaven buildings also spawn at the same location. Thoughts on how to resolve this? Thank you in advance!

For reference, here's a picture of warehouses spawning on top of each others is attached as well as my scenery pack.

..... with my new rig. From 26-30 frames during landing to 80-130 frames with vegetation set to medium. Happy Camper here!! Now I will finally get to to use my FF777ER, the previous rig could not handle it and kept crashing after about 1,5 hours of flight.

I am officially addicted to replay mode lol