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[X-Wing @Aliciousness]

I have been an X-Plane fanatic since version 7.30 about 8 years ago. The version 10 demo has just been released to the world, and shipping begins December 7th. I have to say, bearing in mind this is still in beta and many bugs still have to be ironed out, it is absolutely fantastic!

http://x-plane.com/

[Stevphfeniey]

X-Plane > MSFS?

[X-Wing @Aliciousness]

I think so. But I use a mac, so I've never really used MSFS

Carenado has already started developing for X-Plane, Aerosoft will be selling X-Plane and developing for it once V10 goes Final, and PMDG are seriously considering joining. Rumors are circulating that FSDreamTeam is thinking it over, and there are already several X-Plane only developers that are matching the quality of the best FS addons. Change is in the wind, my friends.

[Yuxi]

I haven't seen any good aircraft for X-Plane equivalent to the PMDG 737NGX / 747X, so I'm sticking with FSX for the time being

[Yuxi]

I Plan to get X-Plane 10, or 9 When i get a new computer.
Its emergency simulation is just so much better.

better than FS payware aircraft?

[QK Flight Industries]

I'm confused about the demo... what is the difference between the demo version and and the full version? Is it really worth the $80+tax?

[X-Wing @Aliciousness]

The only difference between the demo and the actual game is that the demo has a 10 minute play limit and does not include global scenery.

[QK Flight Industries]

Does its global scenery really improve that much over FSX? Are there free HQ addons that are easy to fly? I'm on a budget, so I only spend on high quality stuff (FSX was a gift, I could never afford it on my own). Of course, a ten minute limit is definitely an incentive to upgrade.

[sviridovt]

nah, I am sticking with FSX (although I havent really played it for the past few months )

[Yuxi]

I just installed the X-Plane 10 demo. On minimum graphics settings I'm getting ~18fps. I turned up the graphics settings to medium/medium-high range and wondered why things stopped moving - then realized it's literally running at 1fps Also, XP10 takes 2-3 times as long to load a flight as FSX does on my machine. Can't say I'm too impressed with the demo

[Spanish David]

I just installed the X-Plane 10 demo. On minimum graphics settings I'm getting ~18fps. I turned up the graphics settings to medium/medium-high range and wondered why things stopped moving - then realized it's literally running at 1fps Also, XP10 takes 2-3 times as long to load a flight as FSX does on my machine. Can't say I'm too impressed with the demo

Oh

I was going to give it a try... but if it runs worse than FSX then...

[rockdoon]

its not a matter of running worse its just that its graphics are so high most computers cant handle it at this point in time

[X-Wing @Aliciousness]

Actually, the new XP10 betas are running about twice as fast as the earliest versions. Getting about 30-40FPS on average with medium-high settings with my late 2010 iMac

[JamesP]

I haven't seen any good aircraft for X-Plane equivalent to the PMDG 737NGX / 747X, so I'm sticking with FSX for the time being

the x737 perhaps?

[n.x.w.m]

the x737 perhaps?

The aircraft's confusing, it's autopilot mostly doesn't work. Any advice?

[Angus]

The autopilot does work but here are some tutorial videos:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=ngZA60hZLTs
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=-rFJWe6ZUxg
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=mTdSu7zbtnU

[james767]

I just got x planes 10. It's amazing.

[Nosy]

X-Plane 10 is too slow for me, but I still use it.