Flat world, no mountains

[xRain]

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198990419025/screenshots/

So in most parts of USA i can't not see any mountains or elevations, everything is flat. But in Europe, Canada, Asia and other places i can see all the terrain elevations and mountains. Any solutions for this? Thanks!

[shadowgravy]

The traditional solution is to use a mesh product for more accurate/higher resolution elevation data. I've used FreeMeshX Global Terrain Mesh 2.0 freeware[flyawaysimulation.com] to improve Europe.

I use ORBX Global and FTX products and I'm not experiencing USA being unusually flat. Location makes a difference[en-us.topographic-map.com] though. Iowa isn't known for its mountains. ;)

[xRain]

Thank you so much again! I will deffinetly use that mesh and hope to get a more accurate elevation data.

About the location, i have looked at the map and you are right, the places i was refering to was places like Dallas or New York which according to the map, they have no mountains at all. But is really wierd because is completelly flat, not even a little elevation in the terrain... Fly trhu those places is a bit boring.

[Ken "Hondo" Gardner]

Have look at Flagstaff, Arizona (KFLG) the airport is located close to Humphreys Peak where Lowell Observatory is located. The stock terrain is good, adding freemeshX 2.0 improves the scenery 100% in my library of screen shots is a good example.

[LHookins]

Fly anywhere west of Denver and you'll find plenty of mountains.

I live near Dallas, and I agree that it's flat here. :)

When I joined the military, I'd lived in the flat land around Dallas all my life. I got on a plane at dusk, flew to California on the west coast, and got on a bus in the dark. At one point I saw a light way up in the sky and couldn't figure out what it was. I asked the bus driver; he didn't know either. After the sun came up I realized it was mountains and the light I saw was on the top of one. I'd never seen mountains before. (The bus driver knew we were in mountains, he just didn't know what *that* light was. :D )

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[shadowgravy]

The California coast up to Washington state makes for scenic flying in FSX. Vandenberg AFB, KFSO or KLAX California are good starting points. Also KSEA Seattle or Portland Oregon.

[CheckedWriter56]

What part of the US are you talking about? around the Carolinas and Virginia you have the Blue mountains, and further north in Maine and around Boston you have some hills, and as people have already stated west of Colorado are the Rockies, Siera Nevada and the Cascades, everything else is subtle hills and farmland/deserts

[TextRich]

Don't forget to turn up the mesh settings in the sim if you have not already. I set both mesh bars to maximum. Try that and see if it makes a difference with the default scenery. The mesh add-ons are great too. FreeMeshX gets another vote from me. It turns up the already detailed default USA mesh a notch.