Just got into the beta today... anyone else played/playing it... and if so what are people's thoughts?
Yup, me too. You can tell it's the same engine with texture upgrades. Some of the old textures remain so I hope they're gonna change those. Also will have to get rid of the default 3rd person view. It's not a console game after all. Works well with my x52 pro. Tried a few of the landing missions and the gold collecting. Gold collecting is quite fun on the tougher mission. SLI scaling works well. FPS above 100 on my setup.
same just signed up, been waiting for this!! is it more gpu based than cpu? what are the graphics like in comparsion to fsx?
Graphics similar but some of textures better res. Runways look much better. FSX with some of the scenery mods beat it I would say but this FLIGHT engine is smooth. Absolutely no visual stuttering at all. Ocean looks better than FSX default but is not animated yet. Battlefield 3 ocean is light years ahead. Up close the ground textures look straight out of FSX. Terrain detail also quite crude close up. Texture details not fitting terrain in some places so u get the old badly fitting rivers if u know what I mean (just like FSX). So far I would say it's FSX with texture and engine enhancements but nothing like they showed on the pre-release vids. Flying low over realistic ocean? No. Static ocean. Flying feels nice and the scenery looks good from high as it did with FSX.
i thought they were switching to a whole new engine for this game ? ? bit of a letdown if they dont. will try it now applied to join the beta... not likely ill get in tho lol SHEDLOAD of rules about it tho...i was like 'its a game not an atom bomb!'
em unless there running rex on the prerelease vids lol, anychance someone could post up a short vid of the beta? )
should be some up on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afgwjzM8RmY i think thats the beta, looks different to my ( stock ) fsx
After a few flights i have discovered what i had previously learned in racing games... I probably shouldn't be allowed near anything with an engine... because i will crash it...
yeah, i tend to crash alot but i have alot of fun before i ( eventually) hit the floor / mountin / sea i dont play as a real pilot would , but ITS A GAME!
Looks terrible, hopefully this is either FSX or the graphics will be improved a hell of a lot before release.
It's still essentially FSX from what I can tell since I've been running it. It's nothing like the ORBX scenery that's for sure. It's running in DX9 at the moment with no ultra settings. Just low, med and high.
"sign up for gamertag now for Access to new and exciting content, including: New aircraft New missions and challenges New scenery and geographical locations Customizations and enhancements Your own personal Pilot Profile Record your game achievements Play online and share achievements with your friends Free support for the Microsoft Flight in-game experience " gamertag link takes you to xbox page and there is no signup because it's moved. I don't think they're doing themselves any favours by tying PC gamers to crappy xbox console. I personally don't want to signup for anything related to xbox.
