[OFFICIAL] Real vs. Sim Screenshots


Pretty awesome realism of Toronto Harbour taken from a Cessna flying just above the Weston Harbour Castle Hotel looking west at the City Island Airport (Billy Bishop Airport)

Taken while dining in the restaurant at the top of the Weston Harbour Castle Hotel looking at the same island airport around summer of 2013

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CZNL - Nelson BC in MSFS

CZNL - Nelson BC in RW from TheHDAviation

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Martinique Aime Cesaire Airport Island Lighthouse (Phare de la Caravelle)



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Air Life Florida Heli as it sets on it’s pad in North Port, Florida


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Mile Rocks lighthouse, CA
(not much resemblance)

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It’s a bit dated from September 2020, but still a nice comparison :slight_smile:

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Skagway, Alaska
April Scene is very different than the summer bustle.



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Neat! From Evansville myself. I need downtown! And a more Correct KEVV :slight_smile:

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I Flew Over Burlington in Flight Simulator and in Real Life - Detailed Comparison Flight- 4K Cameras

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Covao Dos Concho, Portugal POI.. i wonder if it is correctly placed (or the trees obfuscate the rocks?)

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The Pilatus “Porter”, PC-6 real and simulated:

I took the following photo in 1966 at Danang AB, Vietnam. At the time, it was still in the colors of its first owner, Sweden, as it had only recently been sold to Air America - an element of the CIA.

Here is the MSFS “Game of the Year” version in an Air America livery developed by “Nutkinthe3rd” at Flightsim.to:

If anyone is interested in any of my other 100s of actual aircraft photos that I took in Vietnam in 1965 and 1966, they are available at: Da Nang Air Base: January 4th, Introduction & Overview (danangafb.blogspot.com)

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Misurina Lake and Cime di Lavaredo (Lavaredo Peacks)

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#TopGunDay

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C178 over Bali, Nusa Dua peninsula

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Here’s a comparison of screenshots and photos taken on two flights a few weeks ago. I apologise for the poor quality of some of the photos, especially those taken at night (they are from a video).

Geikie Peninsula, Greenland:


Coastline between Ventura and Santa Barbara:

Malibu:

Approach into Los Angeles:





San Francisco:




Oakland:

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This is exactly what will keep me with MSFS even after X-Plane 12 releases… This will never be achievable in X-Plane. Awesome screenshots :smiley:

edit: I mean natively, sure it’ll be available through 3rd party sceneries but not natively for the whole world !

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I recently flew x-plane after a long absence as I have been 100% MSFS2020 and no comparison! the only thing I liked about X-plane was the pop out panels (flying on a Mac via steam). Just wish Xbox had a way of doing the panels. Agreed, great screenshots!

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Mt Shasta seen from Weed, California airport (O46):

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