Hello,
I thought I would start posting about my favourite airports that are both performant and great value and work equally well on PC and Xbox.
I’m currently on PC but up until pre Christmas I was enjoying the xbox version. I know xbox has problems sometimes with sceneries and that xbox users only have one store to buy their wares so I thought I would post up what I think is a good purchase.
Ok… so at number 5
EPKK John Paul II International Airport in Kraków by Drzweicki Design
I have had some problems with some of their sceneries, even on PC, with the likes of UUEE in Moscow and Chicago Landmarks. But this airport is a little gem and ran well on both xbox and PC.
What do you get for your cash?
You get a nice mid sized airport that has a few custom animations, thats sits in a nice scenic area of Poland. Its in a great position to fly through Europe too. You also get Krakow landmarks and a smaller airport in the city centre thrown in, alongside a flight museum. Not a bad package for the price!
The animations are cool, you get a few statics (which is a bonus for xbox users for realism) one plane being pushed back and forth and you also get a local train service that looks ace at the back of the main terminal. Theres also some nice scenes with passengers boarding a plane out front.
All in all a really nice addition to both platforms.
Number 4
LatinVFR Miami KMIA MSFS
This a great package and one of two entries in this list. For the price 13GBP this is a reasonable addition to your sim.
So not only do you get the main airport with all the trimmings of jetways and some statics (and its a generously sized airport at that) you also get an animated tram/train on the terminal. In addition you also get some custom handmade buildings of downtown Miami which look superb. You also get some of the port with the introduction of cruise liners and cranes and some bridges that are initially sunk in the sim.
One of my favourite places to fly from and a great place to do some low altitude flying along the coast.
Number 3
Madrid-Barajas airport LEMD/ LVFR Barcelona LEBL
A joint entry here as I honestly couldn’t separate the two (so its actually a top 6 technically). Not only do both run well on both platforms, Madrid has a massive three terminals and is true to life having visited it many times. It also looks spectacular at night.
Similarly Barcelona is slightly smaller but has two main terminals with nice architecture and looks stunning at night.
With both packages you also get the added bonus of tourism landmarks. Madrid adds stadiums, monuments and key buildings. Barcelona adds stadiums, port items, monuments and cathedrals and even a theme park in the hills.
Brilliant value for money and make both areas nice to fly too. Both are at the 13gbp price point as far as im aware.
Number 2
Flymex MMAN DEL NORTE INTL + MONTERREY CITY LANDMARKS
This is another brilliant package at a very reasonable price. Although Del Norte isn’t the most sophisticated airport around, where it is situated is key. Theres lots of amazing scenery in Monterrey and with the addition of Monterrey City buildings, the whole place is unique to fly around with its mountainous ares and the rivers running the trough the city, its a truly spectacular flight.
Originally there were pop in issues on Xbox with the buildings but that has since been addressed last time I flew there on xbox.
and Number 1 is…
Las Vegas McCarran (KLAS) by FlyTampa
This airport is a beast and one of the best if not the best packages about for both xbox and PC. Last time I flew out of there it ran well on xbox which is astonishing considering what the package has, its been well optimised.
So you get the airport, but with the airport you get a brilliant rendition of the area around it. There is custom roads that have custom traffic visiting the airport dropping off travellers and moving on (not the default msgs traffic) you have advertising hoardings around the airport.
But the biggest thing is you get a custom vegas with all the buildings and casinos and stadiums and a couple of buildings a bit further out. With animated water features and billboards and amazing night lighting. An absolutely essential purchase in my view. And its only £15-16 pounds I think.
Hopefully this helps some people make some informed decisions as they buy their next airports!