Mephic Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Hello Just as topic states - I am a bit bored flying Cessna over great but not that complex ftx global, mesh and vector pack. I'd like to see some terrain diversity, crisp details, beautiful graphics - from what I have seen Australia SP4 covers whole AU and looks like a nice place to park my Cessna. I come from EU so it is also a bit exotic place to me. Can it be recommended over PNW, Northern Cal etc? Or is it just different but same top quality? I am really on the verge of pressing buy. I will fly low and slow and sometimes do a short hops in my NGX or AXE. Anyway this is for Vfr or VOR to VOR flying mostly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit_66 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 There's a Demoversion of PNW available. Spirit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DexyRed Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 AU is great, has lots of freeware airports from Ozx plus the payware airports from Orbx. The downside is places tend to be quite far apart for a Cessna. The UK are really well done regions, are much more compact, have great Orbx and UK2000 airports, but no truly spectacular or exotic landscapes. PNW, which I don't own yet myself, is supposed to be really pretty and has lots of Orbx airports available that are pretty close together. I do have NCA, and it's fantastic but no airport releases yet but likely lots in the future. Take your pick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Orbx has improved its techniques a great deal over the years, from AU to PNW etc. to Norcal. The last one (California) has raised the bar in terms of texturing fidelity. It also has very diversified landscapes, much more than PNW. You wont be disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephic Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Nice - thanks for responses! Actually I fly 1-2 hours flights in my 172 but a 3 hour one is also not a problem. Jets is one thing but I also have RealAir Duke V2.0 for medium hops there I suppose that 2014 product will look better than 3yo one but it seems that the coverage of AU is the best price wise and looks like a good place to start with more complex sceneries... Hey - truth is that in the end of the day I want to have them all anyway I'm pretty confident I will pass EU right now - need to rest in some other place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 NCA or PNW both are a GA flyer's dream . Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoLonger Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Just a small note on AU: it doesn't have updated airports. In all other regions a lot of airports have planes parked, cars, machinery, shops, even people walking around or working on some airports. AU has none of that so the airports tend to look very basic/default and bare. Imho NCA and PNW are the best regions. However, since you don't mind flying for 2 to 3 hours, AU can be interesting too. I currently like NCA most because my flights usually take some 30 to 45 minutes and in NCA I get to see a lot of different scenery within that time. On AU you indeed often need a few hours to see a change of the scenery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephic Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Yeah the airports is issue but from what I checked the freeware ones are nice I guess I have to rethink that and watch some YouTube movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSuranyi86 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I can only say that since owning NCA, I'm not disappointed! You get a lot of diversity. Not to mention the freeware San Francisco cityspace in the future - which is a testament of goodwill from ORBX. If they would only roll out an AI traffic update soon (I think it's in the works now, anyway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripcord Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 SAK and NZ should also be considered. Just as good as NCA and PNW. Really I fly a little bit in all of them. I love them all. For example, from time to time, I fly in all of the UK regions, for me they seem real. Plus I can hop over to the Euro continent from there in FTX Global hybrid mode and it still looks good. I think CRM and NRM need a few more payware airport offerings but I think those will come in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmiG Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 With PNW you have a lot of FTX payware airports released over the years which make great destinations for the C172. Also a bunch of freeware airports from OzX that are payware quality. PNW has also been updated with most of the features of newer regions. NorCal being a completely new region currently lacks these developments, but the base product and upgraded airports are amazing on their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 With PNW you have a lot of FTX payware airports released over the years which make great destinations for the C172. Also a bunch of freeware airports from OzX that are payware quality. PNW has also been updated with most of the features of newer regions. NorCal being a completely new region currently lacks these developments, but the base product and upgraded airports are amazing on their own. a lot of NCA airports are not your run of the mill bland airports anymore but with nice hangars, trees, Peopleflow and the like they have a life of their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephic Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Ok... Decided to start with Australia and freeware airports from Orbx. Does anyone know good payware or freeware airports which will let me land NGX or Axe too in Australia for some "domestic" flights? From what I saw freeware ORBX will fit my Cessna nice but I also want to find some others for my bigger planes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 For OrbX AU you've two different kind of freeware : OrbX's but also, in much greater number, OzX's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonvs Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Ok... Decided to start with Australia and freeware airports from Orbx. Does anyone know good payware or freeware airports which will let me land NGX or Axe too in Australia for some "domestic" flights? From what I saw freeware ORBX will fit my Cessna nice but I also want to find some others for my bigger planes Mephic. FTXAU has some great regional size Airports. Cairns (YBCS) in Far North Qld is one of the best. As is Coffs Harbour in NSW (YSCH - MSFS only IACO now YCFS). Other good choices are Canberra AU Capital (YSCBB) which is sublime with its Cityscape coverage. Port Macquarie (YPMQ), Armidale (YARM) both in NSW and Launceston (YMLT) in the island state of Tasmania. ORBX have done two large International Airports in Australia; Melbourne (YMML) in VIC and Brisbane (YBBN) in QLD. Also worth considering are Alice Spring (YBAS) in Northern Territory and a favourite of mine stuck on the Tropical north coast of Western Australia - Broome (YBME). There are many others but these are a good start and added with the excellent smaller Freeware Airports from both ORBX and OZx there is some great flying in this great land. From Anton on my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephic Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Thank you! I also noticed that freeware airports pack have some additional AI traffic - I am a MT 2013 user - how this will interfere with it? should I just disable it in airport configurators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texerrn Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 My first region was PFJ. Then just made purchases expanding outward, SAK,CRM and PNW.It is all good. I just went will the regions first. Then it just becomes addictive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephic Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 I am doing my first flight from ybln to ycun - THIS is a beautiful experience!! Can't compare to other regions as this is my first one but comparing to global, mesh and vector it's much much better. Hope to see OpenLC for Europe soon as there is no Region coverage there except for UK... Amazing top quality product ORBX team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnG Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 yes, regions are a definite notch above, and AU is spectacular. if you are looking for your next region(s) I would suggest PNW or NCA more challenging terrain, beautiful landscapes, challenging weather, and tons of airfields, navaids and real world nav info available. can't go wrong with NZ either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephic Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 Well for now Australia is enough. My NGX with Virgin Australia paint looks great on YMLT.... and I just also bought Brisbane so I have a place to fly it to! It .......... looks ............. AMAZING!!! I love ORBX touch to my sim. Guess I'm staying here for much longer. Hey...we gotta have a passion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M31 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 The A2A Cessna 172 sure is a great aircraft to explore ORBX scenery and just about all I fly these days. So far I have all OrbX UK and Ireland, Australia and NZ and continuing building up my US regions and airports this year, so lots to explore low and slow ... good times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timm Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 The A2A Cessna 172 sure is a great aircraft to explore ORBX scenery and just about all I fly these days. Hi, The A2A Cessna is one of the best. I was flying in the UK for a while but then got REX4 re-installed my PNW scenery and now have Jefferson as my home base. The scenery around this area is outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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