Tuesday, November 26, 2013

P3Dv2 ....IMO

Well...
If you ask me: should i buy P3Dv2 or not and the only answers allowed are yes and no: It´s a NO.
Not yet would be the right answer though. And i will try to give you the reasons why i spoil the party of those who think they can trash FSX.

  • The upmost downside of P3Dv2 at the moment is, it only has a fake fullscreen mode. Yes, you heard right. So this alone makes it really hard to believe to be the new star on the horizon
  • AA ingame is a shame. Looks really cheap and far far away from the high fsx settings
  • fps/framerates: if you like easy standard small props it´s a good experience. Just don´t use heavyweights like Airbus X or any other sophisticated payware aircraft. You will be disappointed. Frames drop sharply ingame if you set the settings as high as in fsx. Autogen popping is not the be seen anymore, but the price of it is obvious.
  • Menue setup is not organized. Why can´t i reach the setup sliders from the start screen, but only within the game
  • Bumpy menue response
 to sum it up: It just doesn´t look finished yet. I like the feel with the bonanza over a medium autogen and medium clouds and medium resolution and medium....if i wanted medium, i´d go and eat a steak. in FSX my rig is able to give me max. crisp not fuzzy, fluent AND stable. I tweaked so much in FSX that i got tired of it. Now i just enjoy flying FSX and let others try to tweak P3Dv2. I just thought it would be more ready, higher settings and better use of all the hardware. It´s not.Not yet at least.

Now go ahead and bash me. And tell me you maxed out the sliders and get 90 fps.stable. That AA is brilliant...