Frank Dainese & Fabio Bellini Announce Dolomites Series Remake

In a post on his blog today, Frank Dainese announced a remake of his popular Dolomites scenery for X-Plane, in partnership with Fabio Bellini. The new version will not be compatible with older versions of the scenery, the last of which was released in 2017. 

The Dolomites Park covers a very large area in Northern Italy and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Due to its size, Dainese and Bellini are releasing the X-Plane scenery in five parts. These are:

• Tre Cime di Lavaredo natural park: it will include the Val Pusteria eastern part, the Sesto-Moso area, all the areas Auronzo-Misurina and Val Comelico up to S. Stefano di Cadore. All Dolomites in this area from the Tre cime di Lavaredo to the Marmarole, are 11 groups divided into 18 3D models. Dobbiaco Airport (LIVD) and several Helipads.
• Cortina d’Ampezzo and Cadore: with the Cortina city , the whole area of Cadore up to Pieve di Cadore. All Dolomites in the area with the Cristallo group, Croda Rossa, the Tofane, Cinque Torri, Averau, Sorapis, Antelao …
• Agordino and Zoldana: with the Marmolada, the Pale di S.Mrtino, the Civetta and Pelmo and all the towns of Val Agordina and Zoladana.
• Val Badia, Val Gardena Val di Fassa and Val di Funes: Sella Group, Sassolungo, Scillilar, Odle, Catinaccio and Latemar.
• The Brenta Dolomites: from Pinzolo to Madonna di Campiglio

Each scenery will have an area of approximately 1000 sq. km. with a total of 64 Dolomite groups and a hundred 3D models. Almost all 3D textures will be new and up to 4K definition, with all ground textures being made from real-world elevation data. 

Currently the developers are working on the first Dolomites in the series, the Drei Zinnen Natural Park, though there is no release date at this time.

You can find a link to the developer’s blog here.