Analysis – The 2010s, the Golden Age of X-Plane?
“As for Laminar, their first step in competing with Microsoft is completing Vulkan. Vulkan will allow Laminar to open up the door to possibilities like volumetric clouds, better lighting, grass shaders, and more.”
The Douglas DC-3 or C-47?
I can’t explain why but for the many years that I have flown in flight sims, a DC-3 has always been present in my hanger, ready for the next journey. I want to talk about two examples that are available for X-Plane, The Leading Edge Simulations DC-3 and the VSkylabs C-47, and while yes they may be different in name, they are both variants of the DC-3, but with some slight differences.
MSFS Is A Visual Marvel With A Not So Marvellous File System
MSFS delivers what is, to me, the best general aviation experience of all the simulators I have tested and for that type of flying, it has taken over. But some of the choices made to the experience I found frustrating about MSFS.. You want control of your file structure? MSFS: “Hold my beer and let me kill a part of what you conceive as hope for humanity”.
For Whom The Bell Tolls
The titular phrase comes from John Donne’s 1624 Meditations Upon Emergent Occasions. In this flamboyant work, the author reflects upon his personal experience of having come close to death. But has a similar, albeit figurative, death been lurking upon the flight simulation community?