I have an "leisure + tutorial + sightseeing mode" idea for Asobo or 3rd party developers

[yan12342000]

Imagine this: you board a plane, sit beside the virtual pilot, and watch him fly the plane: cold start, taxiing, take off, climb, traffic pattern, auto pilot, VOR navigation, ILS landing, etc. When doing these things, the virtual pilot can also explains what he is doing, and the instruments can be highlighted accordingly. You can take over if you are confident enough, or just watch the virtual pilot doing these, or just look at the beautiful view out side the window, or walk to the passenger compartment to meet some beautiful air hostesses. The flight plan can be set to some most scenic routes of the world, so you can focus on sightseeing, or taking pictures from whatever angles you like without worrying about losing controls. It’s all about relax, freedom, tourism, and some kind of flight tutorial.

I know there are a lot of excellent tutorials on Youtube, but we can’t sit beside the pilot and turn our head or walk about freely. There are also tutorial missions such FS Academy, but you have to be the pilot and nervously follow the instructions, and you don’t have much freedom to enjoy the view of the scenery either. There are other missions, and you have to fly the plane and you can’t relax and escape the duty either. Can we combine all these, and have a more free and interactive “leisure + tutorial + sightseeing mode”? I think there is quite a big market for this mode. The newbies would love this. Even the experienced simmers can enjoy this for learning and sightseeing in more relaxed ways.

I’d like to pay up to $10 for such a mission, if it’s good enough. What do you think?

Edit: Some more ideas. When he is not explaining his operations, the virtual pilot can also act as a tour guide introducing famous landmarks, as the real pilot does when flying a sightseeing plane.

Technically this is not hard to implement. It’s basically a pre-recorded flight that is done by a professional pilot, adding some voiceovers and highlights to the instruments, which can also be turned off if you want just peace.

Oh, imagine this in VR!

[Jollino]

As someone who is getting into this for the views, I would find this quite interesting! A “less realistic” mode as a pilot would also have similar results, even without getting it as dumbed down as it is in, say, GTA 5.
In fact, if I may go a little OT, I wonder if / when someone will make a driving simulator using real-world data like FS2020 does. It would be a little more convoluted to get the buildings acceptable, but I would absolutely love something like that!

[yan12342000]

Some further ideas: When he is not explaining his operations, the virtual pilot can also act as a tour guide introducing famous landmarks, as the real pilot does when flying a sightseeing plane.

Technically this is not hard to implement. It’s basically a pre-recorded flight that is done by a professional pilot, adding some voiceovers and highlights to the instruments, which can also be turned off if you want just peace.

Oh, imagine this in VR!