by OldAirmail » Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:17 pm
Reality is only available from within the cockpit of an actual aircraft.
Close to real, is the best that some scenery producers can give us. For me, that's high quality airports/towns. Real buildings, lakes, and landmarks are built into the scenery.
Concrete, Washington has everything, for me, that's needed to make it feel real. I rarely download even free scenery, no matter how realistic it is, if I won't be flying in and out of it frequently. Devils Tower is an example - it's free, it's VERY good, but I almost never fly around it after the first few days.
Plausibility is the next step. If I don't know the area, then plausibility is all that I need.
So, outside of a very few areas, it's "Plausibility" that is of the most importance to me.
Number ONE - Orbx global. It's essentially a better "basic" ground cover.
Next comes Vector. It really makes the shoreline, rivers, and roads look better. MUCH better in the case of rivers & shorelines.
After that is openLC anything. The openLC Canada in the pictures above shows that clearly, I think. And it's also the same with openLC Europe. OpenLC just makes a lot of improvements to certain areas. It really makes those areas believable to me.
Just those three areas make an enormous difference.
The regional "fat" areas such as England, Pacific North West, Northern California, etc. are just sprinkles on top of an exceptionally well made cake. Nice to have, but not as absolutely essential as the first three.
So whatever you do, don't skip "Vector". BTW - For what it's worth, I didn't notice any slowdown with openLC or Vector.
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