Popular Post Orbx Posted May 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2022 Welcome to Great Britain North, our second landmark region pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator following on from the successful Great Britain Central. Designed especially for "low-and-slow" pilots who love to explore and discover new regions, and for those who want to enhance their VFR flights, this area stretches from the Isle of Man in the South and up to the Shetland Islands to the North. The pack captures hundreds of unique landmarks and attractions ready to be explored, from the busy cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, to coastal tourist towns such as Dundee and Aberdeen, all of which have been designed to greatly enhance any flight in the region. As you explore, you can expect to find hundreds of uniquely modelled POIs, including: - Uniquely modelled lighthouses and piers - Stadiums - Famous castles, manor houses and ruins - Bridges - Distilleries (naturally) - Churches and Cathedrals - Masts, Radomes and military base installations - VFR reference points Almost 600 POIs await to be discovered across this vast area that covers the Scottish Highlands, the beautiful Lochs (if you look carefully enough, maybe Nessie will make an appearance), the Outer Hebrides and Shetland Islands as well as parts of Northern Ireland and Belfast. Castles such as the Dunrobin Castle, the most northerly of Scotland's great houses and the largest in the Northern Highlands, has received extra special attention along with 31 other hero POIs. Enjoy these first previews! Below is a quick snapshot of the almost 600 POIs are that are included in Great Britain North for Microsoft Flight Simulator. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternT3 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Thank you for covering the Isle of Man, just need the airport now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maelmoor Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Oh yes! Been waiting for this! Looking awesome! I hope it sells well so you will do the UK South after this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donka Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Very much anticipated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmb Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Very welcome, thank you for continuing the series. Kinds regards, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wain71 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 this looks good, hopefully followed by South... 8 hours ago, EasternT3 said: Thank you for covering the Isle of Man, just need the airport now totally agree... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper31 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Now this is a nice and welcoming surprise. Definitely looks enticing and I look forward to more updates as the development process moves forward. Landon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carloscq Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Very nice indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Aisthorpe Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Looks great but shouldn't it be UK North seeing as it includes Northern Ireland ? Also I hope we can turn off Nessie. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzelle Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 16 hours ago, Mark Aisthorpe said: Also I hope we can turn off Nessie. I agree, it's a stupid addition (for me). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjaye Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Looking forward to this, I love Great Britain Central so this will be a day one buy for me. It's great that you've modelled some Isle of Man POI's as well, I really hope the Laxey Wheel is there!? Can I ask, in the Great Britain Central pack, the only areas missed were York, which wasn't covered at all, and the area in the very northeast around Lindisfarne, the castle and monastry, and the fortifications around Berwick upon Tweed. Any chance they could be added in at some point, maybe with this pack? I did visit the new updated castles of Bamburgh and Alnwick which you added last month and they were really cool. Finally, is Great Britain South in the works? I live down in Devon so that pack is my most eagerly awaited scnery addon for MSFS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGunard Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 Great news! I was beginning to wonder if you were going to continue the series! +1 on Lindisfarne Castle - atm it looks awful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanmo Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 13 hours ago, Fizzelle said: I agree, it's a stupid addition (for me). Some people take this game too seriously (for me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarbat Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Don't know if this is the right place to ask, but I have a couple of questions now that I've got this installed: Lighthouses are great for navigation, but shouldn't they light-up or flash at night? No Glen Ord distillery :( 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtrooper Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Could we have an update with the ability to toggle different elements on/off please? Can we also have POI markers please (as per MSFS POI). Many thanks indeed 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennethjkerr Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Well........ Great product concept, and a welcome addition in many ways, BUT. Yes, there is a but. So far I have only flown over the Inverness area, and down to Fort Augustus. I lived at both places. And here are my thoughts. 1. Inverness Kessock Bridge - Wrong road platform height in comparison with the road on the north shore. Wrong overall bridge height. Wrong colour. And the scale is way off. Look at any picture of the bridge and the dimensions of the structure above the road platform are greater than the dimensions below the road platform. In the Orbx example these dimensions are visibly about equal. What is more damning is that a freeware Kessock bridge exists on flightsim.com and is ten times better than this payware example. So how do I delete your Kessock bridge while continuing to enjoy the landmarks you got right? 2. Inverness Eastgate shopping centre. You missed a large portion of it. Where is the part which houses Marks and Spencer? It is a flat photograph in your product. This is a half-done job, and it is glaringly obvious. 3. Culloden viaduct. You have used brick texture which would make each brick about one hundred feet long. Come on, that's shoddy workmanship and smacks of a rushed job that is sub-standard. The bridge also looks too short and stubby. 4. Fort Augustus locks. If this is supposed to represent something pleasing to the eye of those who fly low and slow, you need to go back to the drawing board. Fly from the south, and you are met with a jarring structure which sits above the surrounding land, instead of blending into it. Yuck. Folks, I was wildly excited about this release. You have worked on locations that are personally dear to my heart, but the quality is sub-par in the above landmarks, and instead of adding to the sense of pleasure, it is detracting from it. I genuinely applaud you for both the effort, and the product concept. Ten out of ten for that. But if this first look at an area I know is anything to go by, this is got to be a version one, and not in any way a final release. I will keep using it, but I encourage you to do a better revision when other people notice any deficiencies in landmarks with which they are also familiar. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gussgull Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 i really hope they correct this and hope they do a good job of uk south if and when it comes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyer2022 Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Overall a good product, but I am still hoped for the better quality textures. I understand that those landmarks are meant to be enjoyed from the air but regardless many textures are really low resolution and even from the air some buildings just feel like a dark boxes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade912 Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 On 5/7/2022 at 6:59 AM, kennethjkerr said: Well........ Great product concept, and a welcome addition in many ways, BUT. Yes, there is a but. So far I have only flown over the Inverness area, and down to Fort Augustus. I lived at both places. And here are my thoughts. 1. Inverness Kessock Bridge - Wrong road platform height in comparison with the road on the north shore. Wrong overall bridge height. Wrong colour. And the scale is way off. Look at any picture of the bridge and the dimensions of the structure above the road platform are greater than the dimensions below the road platform. In the Orbx example these dimensions are visibly about equal. What is more damning is that a freeware Kessock bridge exists on flightsim.com and is ten times better than this payware example. So how do I delete your Kessock bridge while continuing to enjoy the landmarks you got right? 2. Inverness Eastgate shopping centre. You missed a large portion of it. Where is the part which houses Marks and Spencer? It is a flat photograph in your product. This is a half-done job, and it is glaringly obvious. 3. Culloden viaduct. You have used brick texture which would make each brick about one hundred feet long. Come on, that's shoddy workmanship and smacks of a rushed job that is sub-standard. The bridge also looks too short and stubby. 4. Fort Augustus locks. If this is supposed to represent something pleasing to the eye of those who fly low and slow, you need to go back to the drawing board. Fly from the south, and you are met with a jarring structure which sits above the surrounding land, instead of blending into it. Yuck. Folks, I was wildly excited about this release. You have worked on locations that are personally dear to my heart, but the quality is sub-par in the above landmarks, and instead of adding to the sense of pleasure, it is detracting from it. I genuinely applaud you for both the effort, and the product concept. Ten out of ten for that. But if this first look at an area I know is anything to go by, this is got to be a version one, and not in any way a final release. I will keep using it, but I encourage you to do a better revision when other people notice any deficiencies in landmarks with which they are also familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade912 Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 I have a lot of Orbx products for flightsim 2020, I love them. The new GB North, is good but it could be great. Most of the houses in the new towns are nothing but coloured boxes, which ruins the immersion, when you are low and slow. Please can you correct this oversight. A lot of the reviewers, will pan you for this. It could and should be fixed asap. On another topic, after waiting months for the Sydney cityscape update, the harbour bridge is still doubled up. Please please please, sort it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flsm (Frank) Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Great stuff. Do the POIs appear on the MSFS World Map? Is there a list of POIs? We need these to be able to plan flights. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssy523 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 10 hours ago, Blade912 said: the harbour bridge is still doubled up. Please try to delete "context.xml" and "SceneryIndexes" before you launch MSFS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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