Yes. What are called addons in MSFS 2024 and XP 12 are called modules in DCS and it’s nothing new.
Cheers indeed! Day one, baby!
You mean like an aircraft that is a separate part of software from a separate developer that joins with the MS Flight Simulator to make a complete whole thing: a Spitfire simulator?
Those floats in the last screenshot look enormous - I’m amazed that the aircraft was able to get in the air at all. The drag they create in-flight must be pretty large too, methinks.
Now here me out … next re-do the P-38. 
Day 1 purchase …whether or not you offer an upgrade!
Why?
- I love Spifs
- Your 2020 Mk IX is the best of FS2020 Spits
- All you piston engined war birds are terrific.
- Your v2/FS2024 Mk IX comes bundled with a Mk VIII and a Mk XVI
The only the two things that could could make happier today would be for Flying Iron to announce that:
- A couple of Griffon engine Spits would follow the Mk XI v2, and that
- A DH Hornet F3 / Sea Hornet F20 would follow the the Griffon engine Spits.
They were equipped with 25ft floats. They only made 5 experimental versions but cancelled the project. Had a ventral fin as well.
1 - you don’t speak for everyone
2 - I’m not worried at all. Just pointing out it’s a strange choice of terminology. Everyone understands what a simulated aircraft is. To refer to it as a module is just plain weird.
I didn’t need an explanation. I understand how they’ve somehow settled on this. The point is it’s not the best terminology for customers of all ages and experience levels to avoid any confusion.
It’s not because it’s been used before to describe addons in a flight simulator. Anyway I’m really looking forward to this. I miss flying the A2A Spitfire.
There is no what’s gone before for a new user. Just what intuitively makes sense.
The OP edited his post a couple of hours after the initial post to remove “module” and yet it’s still the main topic of discussion. Maybe it’s time to move on.
One of the most anticipated releases of the year finally gets announced, and what follows? A debate about the word “module.” The flightsim community reaches for greatness yet again.
Back on topic - had been hoping for a couple of variants but this is above and beyond. Well done, FI.
@JohnnyT5000 - much to my surprise, I developed a soft spot for the low-backed, clipped-wing Mk. XVI thanks to my 2024 “Spitfire Experience” at RAF Museum Hendon. So, with you on that.
Hoping for an early September release based on past FI timelines but… whenever. Now that there are previews, I can wait patiently…
…more or less!
Sum it up perfectly, doesn’t it? A big reason why I’m spending less time on the forums generally.
But what can you do? I own the FlyingIron Spit and enjoy it quite a bit, but I don’t have the love for it that I do for the American warbirds. As I wrote above, bring me a native '24 version of the Lightning (and the Hellcat!), please and thank you.
But I’m pretty sure I’ll buy the Spit anyway, if for nothing else than to support the FlyingIron team. Love all their products and hope they can keep on keeping on for years to come.
Well… at least FlyingIron’s use of the reference term “module” gives some of us hope that they might still be working on their A-7E, and maybe bring that “module” to MSFS “X” one day.
Personnally and IMO, MSFS would not be complete without FlyingIron’s Spitfire. Their 2020 and 2024 compatible Spitfire is still the most precise warbird “addon” to fly in formation in both 2020 and 2024.
I debated posting this comment. It is irrelevant. There is nothing worth debating with a FlyingIron product. It will be, without doubt, what I want my Spitfire experience to be in MSFS.
Oddly specific but I hope they’re using the new Msfs2024 prop animation features to really bring that huge propeller to life, just doesn’t look right as a thin animated disk.
Was one of my main gripes with the 2020 version which says a lot about its quality.
I hear you. An airplane hits a nerve or it doesn’t. I recently bought the AzurPoly Rafale and it’s extraordinary - a breakthrough - and I’m glad I own it. But I’m not sure how much I’ll fly it once the novelty wears off. I don’t have the feel for modern fly-by-wire jets that I do for old snorting monsters whether prop or jet. It’s a matter of what works for you.
All I can say to counter that is that I hesitated for a while to buy the Blackbird Zero because I thought I didn’t have the feel for that aircraft, and now it’s one of my most flown. Sometimes the pure quality wins out, at least for me.
All that I’m saying is, give Spits a chance…! 
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*As I know you’ve done and will do again… but I can never resist a song cue…
I own every FlyingIron module, and plan on continuing to purchase every module they produce!
Love me some FlyingIron modules!