it’s currently 30% off in the new Marketplace mini-sale. How does it run and how’s the detail on console? Obviously no terminal interiors with pax or static aircraft but are there any custom animations, details outside the airfield perimeter, etc?
Thanks.
I paid full price and thought it was worth it. So if it’s on sale I’d definitely recommend it.
Outside of the terminals, they’ve included the cargo area, IKEA building across the NJ Turnpike, the Marriott hotel and a few other buildings. I believe there are a few gates with plane animations (similar to their Midway).
The only thing I’d mentioned is that because of the large amount of traffic and scenery, it can be a little jittery at times. I have a lot of NYC based scenery and other airports installed and usually it’s fine. The inibuilds JFK seems to mess up the whole area when other scenery is installed, so if you have that you might want to pick and choose which to have installed.
But overall it works well even with all of the other mods outside of KJFK.
It works on my Series X after I deleted the Samscene New York City Times addon. PMDG 737 causes either a CTD or black avionics screens.
Love it. Just got into it yesterday. It is not really playing nice with the PMDG -700, but I will spend more time with that in the future. Was a bit sluggish with the stock A320 on arrival and taxi in. So far, much as expected. Have not yet deleted surrounding add on like NYC Times however, maybe. Cheers!
Really helpful comments here. I was worried the 737 wouldn’t work well and that appears to be confirmed. I’ll wait til it’s on sale and the 737 optimization update is released.
I tried a few times yesterday to depart from Dz’s EWR in the -700 but all CTD’ed right off the blocks. This in contrast to a few successful flights in the Dreamliner from EWR this week. So for me, for now, will just fly the heavy out of EWR (it is a gorgeous piece of airport from Dz) and fly the 737 out of other hubs like ORD, DEN, IAH, etc. Cheers!
I think the problem with any NYC scenery is the sheer amount of default detail in that area. It’s perhaps THE most complex PG city in the sim, and many people have multiple add-ons installed in that very small area. I toyed with buying KEWR in the last big sale but held off due to some reports of it being unstable. It does, however, seem to work for others. I have no third-party scenery installed in that area so I’m perhaps more confident than others in running Drzewiecki’s KEWR.
I’ll probably end up getting it in the next sale. It’s been on my wishlist since release!
If anyone using it could update here in the near future, I’m sure a few of us would be grateful! We’ve got SU13 on the way, which supposedly addresses performance, and those who reported issues haven’t mentioned anything about how it runs when other scenery in the area is disabled.
Drzewiecki’s customer service is what I can only describe as ‘unorthodox’ but they do at least optimise for Xbox. The only problem is, they don’t seem too keen on providing swift updates when something doesn’t run too well. “Like it or lump it, till the next update”, kind of thing.
Hopefully the new patch will sort these issues with the 737. Was supposed to be this week but I imagine it’ll now be next.
Almost pulled the trigger on it tonight. Glad I checked here first. I’m almost exclusively flying the 738. Are you all saying hold off?
I think the issue for them is that it works as part of their testing, but I don’t think they test with other mods. Like you said the issue seems to be the sheer amount of detail in that area.
The 737 def has its own issues that I think will be resolved with the optimization update. But for all other planes, I have very few problems at all (if any) at KEWR now that I’ve uninstalled KJFK, which seems to have broken the whole area for me. Waiting for that to be optimized too so I can start using it, but until then I’ll fly out of KEWR and KLGA.
I’d wait till it gets put on sale. Always goes down by about 30%. I’ll probably buy it when it’s discounted again.
Their new Gdansk looks good, and there’s a MP note that the Xbox version has had a few details and some texture res reduced. They did this for EETN but what was removed didn’t really affect the immersion too much — they pulled the static aircraft (which LVFR’s static pack adds anyway), landside parked cars (perhaps my only real annoyance) and pax in the terminals. The core detail remained in its entirety (including the tram animations).
They’re a fantastic dev — I just wish their customer service was a bit less ‘abrupt’ and, at times, plain unhelpful.
Thanks man! Actually went ahead and got it this morning. Awesome airport. The description says optimized/lessened for Xbox but if it wouldn’t have said that I wouldn’t have noticed. Seems very good!
Please let me know how you go on with it as Xbox experiences seem to differ. Do you have any other mods in the NYC area? And what airliners are you using?
Hey friend,
No other NYC add-ons.
Multiple flights with the PMDG 738, no problems.
This morning I also did the 78X to KLAX. No problems taking off from Newark (though problems in KLAX - but that’s the 787’s fault).
I will say I have probably 20 or more add-on airports and the only one I really have trouble with is Vancouver International…for whatever reason. I can only spawn on one runway without black avionics, not sure why.
You’re correct, experience can vary widely even on console for reasons frankly not sure I understand. I’m lucky I’ve stayed away from most issues other than an occasional CTD here and there outside of Vancouver.
I also bought Midway today. Looks great for me as well. inibuilds does great work. As they did with the a310. I’d say at this point they are one of the most trustworthy for Xbox.
*note I’m also running runway graphics add-on, static traffic, and liveries.
*also note I’m not one to be looking in the closets of the airports. I really don’t care about the interiors. Runways, taxi ways, buildings, gates/jetways are all I really care about.
Thanks. If you like flying in the upper NY area, I can highly recommended the Niagara pack by Jeppeson2001. Got it earlier but only just trying it now due to the server problems. Just need someone to do Niagara Int’l now as it’s literally only two miles from downtown and the RWY10 approach goes almost right over the main drag. Looks incredible at night!
It’s really not noticeable because the removed parts are in the terminals and are more nice to haves. So unless you scroll through each terminal, you’ll never notice it during any point of the flight.
Thanks! Certainly explains it, I’m not one to be scrolling through terminals. Exterior looks great. Runways especially, they (dev) seem to be the best at runways, lights, taxi ways from what I’ve seen.
Like EETN and their new EPGD, all static aircraft, landside vehicles and pax in terminals have been removed in the Xbox release, and some texture resolutions are reduced.
I Imagine the animated train things are present in the Xbox KEWR, though, as they only normally remove the superficial static stuff. They don’t typically remove interiors but I guess KEWR’s terminals are just too big to retain theirs without impacting stability.
Yeah I think all the detail they put into each terminal was probably too much for the Xbox. Don’t get me wrong, it’s little details like the check-in booths for United in terminal C that are really cool to see on PC, but 95% are never going to look at that anyway unless they are a streamer looking to do an end-to-end YouTube flight.
Whenever I do want to check it out, I just use my brother’s PC, otherwise what they removed for XBox is fine with me.