5055100597 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I know New England has been mentioned as being among Orbx's future FTX regions, and as excited as I may be for Southern California and other regions, I was wondering if Orbx is considering going to the Far East for any regions. I personally think Japan would be an excellent place to see given the FTX treatment. It is about the same size as New Zealand, it has a good deal of stunning terrain, and a large number of airports with commercial serve quite close together. It would be an excellent location for airline simulation, short hops, hour long flights in a full 747, that sort of thing. What are the chances of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac_Maddog88 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Japan or Hawaii would be awesome. There's already a ton of airports for Hawaii, so this would be a pretty awesome region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dow Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I'm pretty sure there's an active Japanese scenery group that makes quality payware for Japan, perhaps not quite ORBX's standard or style but quite good I believe. Might be worth checking out. When I was reviewing scenery for Simflight or Flightsim I was given their Tokyo scenery, it was FS4 but very good. I remember they had several regions in the pipeline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripcord Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 There is some photoreal stuff for Tokyo but ORBX is landclass-based. Different animal. Plus those are summer textures only. I agree with the OP -- Japan would be a nice ORBX FTX region, though nobody is holding their breath. US and European regions are where is at for the foreseeable future, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunkers Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Japan would be a popular region I think. I would certainly buy it. But as mentioned, it would have to be done in between the NA and EU regions which will probably always be top priority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonchie Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I'd like to see the southern rockies done. As far as "most flown" places by people it has to be near the top. With all the flightbeam/FSDT airports in the region and the scenery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownCityMisfit Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Japan and Hawaii deserve an Orbx treatment for sure. But not before Socal!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaoticBeauty Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 I agree about Hawaii, in Microsoft Flight it looked stunning, and with Orbx I'm sure it would look even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DylanM Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Another vote for Hawaii and Japan (in that order)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Abdey Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 I would love to see FTX Japan, and have said so before... it has so much going for it, in terms of landscape, and urban interest, plus, its different to anything that has gone before. The issue may be the lack of local interest, with few Japanese simmers and therefore less interest (and sales) than Oz, USA and Europe.... but I might (and hope) be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac_Maddog88 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Wouldn't Hawaii be a relatively quick region since it's quite tiny? It's size would leave a lot of room open for really subtle details and photoreal areas, maybe even the whole area around and between the islands covered in watermask. C'mon ORBX, Hawaii would be a gold mine. The Coolsky DC-9 didn't come with a Hawaiian Airlines repaint for nothing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezochi Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Hello there, I recently registered to start learning about ORBX and moving to something newer than FS9. I am presently working on what specs I should aim for for my new computer. Unfortunately, I have not yet had the opportunity to purchase any Orbx software. Once my transition is complete, I will probably buy about a dozen pieces at least to begin (mainly UK, NZ, and Europe). I would, however, like to add my voice to those proposing an "Orbx Japan" Region. I am sure that most of the guys I know here (about 50 or so in Japan at least) would snap it up the minute it was out, not to mention the countless flyers whose interest would be piqued by such a region. If possible, please give it a go. In the meantime, I look forward to joining the Orbx world as soon as I can! Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilottj Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I would love to see FTX Japan. I have lived there years ago, and it is a very beautiful country. FTX Global certainly helps alot. Another FTX region high on my list would be the Greece, along the whole Aegean and Ionian Sea areas Heck the whole Italy, Adriatic, Baltics would be awesome in FTX full fat regions. Cheers TJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbaclawski Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 +1 on the Southern Rockies. Some of the Prettiest and most challenging flying happens in Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. Not sure why anyone from Orbx wold overlook these States as a Full Region. I Hope to see these Sooner than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lincoln Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Well I am hoping for Papua New Guinea one day, I think the scenery would be just perfect,with some hard bush flying to be had. Another developer did touch base with PNG,but it was not up to an Orbx standard in any way.I am a big fan of Asia, but PNG would tickle my Pickle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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