X-plane 12 is a pretty big upgrade if you were using or familiar with x-plane 11: is getting ready with an xplane-12 release completely free. And there are some nice free add-ons that will get you closer to the MS experience but probably not all the way. orbx has scenery for both sims and I suspect things look pretty close with that. Most people will never notice but it's there to appreciate for those that can appreciate these things.Īnd with the right scenery, it doesn't look half bad either. Otherwise, X-plane 12 is pretty compelling as well and it probably wins in the flight model department in terms of just modeling a lot of weird and niche stuff out of the box.

And in fairness, they really upped their game with the weather engine and flight models as well. No shame in that, it's a great way to enjoy a flight sim and MS did an amazing job with it. If you are primarily looking out the window, MS wins because they spend a lot of effort making sure to model the entire world in great detail.

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