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MuayThai_94 Jun 16, 2018 @ 6:47pm

is x plane 11 better than flight sim x?

i wanna invest in one as i love anything aircraft related, can i use military aircraft on here?

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geagler

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Jun 16, 2018 @ 6:50pm

check the demo!!!

Rogue

Jun 16, 2018 @ 8:33pm

xp11 has better scenery but is limited in scope. Covers very little without addons. Very limited in types and number of aircraft. FPS is higher normally than fsx.

fsx's scenery isn't as good but it covers the whole world and most of it's airports. Has numerous aircraft ready to fly, from single engine to jumbo jets. Includes varying types of military aircraft. Extensive free mods available online. FPS varies with the speed of your cpu. The better your cpu the better your fps.

For a beginner to flight sims, fsx is the better choice since it also comes with flight lessons.

Cloud Surfer has Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition

Jun 16, 2018 @ 11:27pm

XPlane, Prepar3d or better yet DCS World.

Do not buy MSFS.

gspectre

Jun 17, 2018 @ 12:58am

If you wish to just fly Military Aircraft for the fun of it, FSX:SE has almost an unlimited number of them available through Payware and Freeware. If your interest is in Combat, neither FSX:SE nor X-Plane model combat or damage. How-ever, there is a 3rd party payware "Combat" mod for FSX that will allow you to fire missles from some aircraft but combat is not what FSX was made for.

MuayThai_94 Jun 17, 2018 @ 3:02am

Originally posted by RoadHog:
xp11 has better scenery but is limited in scope. Covers very little without addons. Very limited in types and number of aircraft. FPS is higher normally than fsx.

fsx's scenery isn't as good but it covers the whole world and most of it's airports. Has numerous aircraft ready to fly, from single engine to jumbo jets. Includes varying types of military aircraft. Extensive free mods available online. FPS varies with the speed of your cpu. The better your cpu the better your fps.

For a beginner to flight sims, fsx is the better choice since it also comes with flight lessons.

yeah for £5.00 i think it's worth a shot

MuayThai_94 Jun 17, 2018 @ 3:08am

Originally posted by RoadHog:
xp11 has better scenery but is limited in scope. Covers very little without addons. Very limited in types and number of aircraft. FPS is higher normally than fsx.

fsx's scenery isn't as good but it covers the whole world and most of it's airports. Has numerous aircraft ready to fly, from single engine to jumbo jets. Includes varying types of military aircraft. Extensive free mods available online. FPS varies with the speed of your cpu. The better your cpu the better your fps.

For a beginner to flight sims, fsx is the better choice since it also comes with flight lessons.

im pretty excited now youve told me i can take flight lessons lol, can i take over what i learn on here to other flight sims? is everything realistic in the cockpit etc

MuayThai_94 Jun 17, 2018 @ 3:11am

Originally posted by gspectre:
If you wish to just fly Military Aircraft for the fun of it, FSX:SE has almost an unlimited number of them available through Payware and Freeware. If your interest is in Combat, neither FSX:SE nor X-Plane model combat or damage. How-ever, there is a 3rd party payware "Combat" mod for FSX that will allow you to fire missles from some aircraft but combat is not what FSX was made for.

i've just learnt you can even take lessons from a friend lol thats insane

old.school has Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition

Jun 17, 2018 @ 3:22am

I've been looking at FSX, P3D and XP11.

X-Plane 11 is newer so it has fewer addons out for it. FSX is older so of course it has a lot of addons already made for it. I'm holding off on buying XP11 until they add the stuff that i want (CH-53, AH-1). But those two things are already available for FSX and FSX is on sale right now so why not? The graphics look really dated in FSX so i was going to try looking for some addons that might help improve the cockpit views and scenery a little bit.

Virtual

Jun 17, 2018 @ 4:01am

X-Plane is some 10-11 years newer than FSX, and a lot have happened in those years.

XP11 has a really good engine and looks absolutely beautiful with just the default scenerys. Especially the night lighting is fantasic. The default scenery also looks more realistic in the way it has been build using Open Street Map for layout of streets and buildings.

What it does lack is a good ATC which I do believe they are trying to improve. There are no seasons buildin either unlike FSW where you can fly with winter textures as well.

Regarding the flying itself, whatever you learn to do in one sim, you can use in the others. The flight model should be better in XP11.

There is a free demo of XP11 you can try, that should give you a good impressions of how it works and looks.

3 Wire Jun 17, 2018 @ 5:46am

Originally posted by Virtual:
There are no seasons buildin either unlike FSW where you can fly with winter textures as well.

That alone would be reason enough to stop me from buying it.

IMHO, it's FSX SE or P3D v4.2 all the way.

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TextRich

Jun 17, 2018 @ 5:58am

Originally posted by Queens Own:
im pretty excited now youve told me i can take flight lessons lol, can i take over what i learn on here to other flight sims? is everything realistic in the cockpit etc

Absolutely. That is the point of flight sims - they copy the real aircrafts' cockpits and try to simulate all their functions as much as possible by the individual game engines. Flight physics may vary slightly across different sims. If lessons make you excited, definitely get FSX:SE over XP11 as the former has more lessons and covers all the standard flying licenses.

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Virtual

Jun 17, 2018 @ 9:19am

Originally posted by BF Bullpup:
Originally posted by Queens Own:
im pretty excited now youve told me i can take flight lessons lol, can i take over what i learn on here to other flight sims? is everything realistic in the cockpit etc

Absolutely. That is the point of flight sims - they copy the real aircrafts' cockpits and try to simulate all their functions as much as possible by the individual game engines. Flight physics may vary slightly across different sims. If lessons make you excited, definitely get FSX:SE over XP11 as the former has more lessons and covers all the standard flying licenses.

And if anyone else miss Rob Machado (the voice of the flight instructor in FSX) you can find him here https://www.youtube.com/user/MachadoPilotTraining/featured

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Cloud Surfer has Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition

Jun 18, 2018 @ 11:17pm

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Tsarcasm

Jun 20, 2018 @ 2:03pm

Originally posted by gspectre:
If you wish to just fly Military Aircraft for the fun of it, FSX:SE has almost an unlimited number of them available through Payware and Freeware. If your interest is in Combat, neither FSX:SE nor X-Plane model combat or damage. How-ever, there is a 3rd party payware "Combat" mod for FSX that will allow you to fire missles from some aircraft but combat is not what FSX was made for.

do not buy captain sims 'combat' LOL. if you're looking for military type flying, tacpack is the only way to go. DCS sucks & so does xplane & P3D is a money scam. For the price, MSFS is the best option.

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Nats Jun 20, 2018 @ 2:57pm

If you want military planes there are other better alternatives such as Falcon 4 BMS, Strike Fighters 2, First Eagles 2, and Wings Over Flander Fields (there arent that many choices and they are all old sims remade and not on Steam). Dont bother with DCS unless you want to spend ages learning systems.

XPlane 11 does feature several military planes and weapons, I havent tried them myself. But they will be very simple I would think.

Where XPlane shines is in its civil flight simulation - its graphics, the flight dynamics, terrain, realism, smooth frame rates.

FSX still rules in terms of weather and choice of free planes in the vanilla versions, and the missons are nice but FSX is really old and showing its age.

Although XPlane doesnt have great weather (clouds and winds are good), and no seasons (can buy those) it still is much better IMO than FSX.

The only other choice is Prepare3d but that is extremely expensive and not really a game, more a professional simulator.

Last edited by Nats; Jun 20, 2018 @ 3:05pm

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