So I thought I’d give Navigraph a try and they let you use Brisbane Airport as free before you subscribe. It connect very quick which was good so I did a quick circuit and then landed. The first taxiway however wasn’t even on the Navigraph airport chart. It was non existent. For the high subscription fee I would have thought this was more accurate. I presume that the sim is wrong and not Navigraph which I accept but surely the whole point is to have realism.
Has anyone else had issues like this and do you think Navigraph is worth it and why?
I didn’t even know they had a demo version. That must be new since I subscribed.
If you’re using the charts, but don’t have the data to back it up, this would very much explain the issue you’re having. Stock nav data is sorely lacking compared to the Jeppesen data that Navigraph use.
Exactly, so there’s not much point in using it in FS2020 if your flying in outdated or inaccurate Seabees which doesn’t replicate the real world properly. Surely the whole point is to be as accurate and to the real world as possible. But I don’t see that the subscription is worth the money as the experience isn’t very accurate as I just proved. The map tracking works well and it’s accurate but I feel the sim needs to improve to make it worth while paying for the subscription.
I think instead of using the Demo. Just subscribe for 1 month. It’s only a few dollars. And make sure you install the NavData update so it can replace all the NavData in the base sim with the Navigraph NavData which is closer to real life. You should also have access to Charts as well that you can use.
Give it a try for one month, and if you don’t like it, just cancel it.
I subbed it for a year, I like it.. But I don’t do enough IFR/Tubeliner flying to really justify the expense personally, so I will be stepping down to the cheaper tier.
The software is great, the data is great… But I’d wager most folks that aren’t real world pilots can get just as much information using skyvector.com.
I agree with the post above, buy it for a month and see if its what you need. I probably should have done that, but I had stars in my eyes and went all in.
If you fly jets or IFR a lot, or if you’re doing VATSIM or some other live ATC, it is quite helpful
For the US I agree, the value proposition from just the Navigraph charts service is somewhat limited thanks to services like skyvector.com. The Navigraph charts are nicer than the FAA charts IMO, but I get why that might not be enough for some people, especially since I think the FAA airways charts are much better than the Navigraph airways charts.
Outside the US it is a completely different thing. For many countries charts are near impossible to find for free, and for those countries that publish them you usually have to locate and go to a different site for each country, and deal with each country’s chart format (some are ok, most are not). It is painful. I think the convenience of having consistent charts always available for most airports in all countries is great value. And I almost never fly jets, but I often fly IFR.
I spend a good chunk of my sim time flying airliners and so find Navigraph + NavData essential. One feature I like is that your position (and in turn movement) will be rendered on the chart at least for charts that support the “moving maps” feature; where most of them seem to. Though I have to admit it feels like cheating since I should be looking at the instruments and not the chart for real time position & terrain avoidance. This works via Navigraph Simlink, which I believe gets installed automatically.
I also depend on the NavData for flying anywhere in China since that is the only solution I’ve found so far for ILS runway alignment issues. Without it when you lock onto the localizer (for a runway in China) you won’t be lined up with the runway.
No, Navigraph Simlink is a separate installation now. If you don’t want to feel like cheating, you can just uninstall the simlink, and you wouldn’t see your position icon on the charts.
A lot of real world pilots actually have a GPS moving map on an iPad/tablet. I personally don’t think it’s cheating but just another aid to have to assist you. They probably don’t have the moving map overlay on the charts though.
That’s great info. Interesting that it’s now FAA approved to have GPS referencing on an iPad. I suppose that makes having Navigraph more realistic. I was really impressed with the Navigraph iPad app and how seamless it connected with the sim. I think I will give it a go for 1 month to properly test it.
Oh, nice! Thanks for sharing. Moving maps certainly helps when taxiing. Definitely keeping that turned on then (as if I was ever going to turn it off). It’s just too useful. Best to use what you paid for
