[OFFICIAL] Real vs. Sim Screenshots

And the reflections on the window pane.

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Excellent series to showcase the abilities of the sim! When you stop to think about it for a minute it is really incredible. Great job to replicate the original composition, framing, perspective etc.

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Thank you! Yeah, so many comparisons in this thread are nearly indistinguishable from each other until you look really closely. My screenshots of the An-2 have a distinctive green tint and a lack in shadow contrast compared to my original photos, which is a bit of a tell, but many comparisons here are a dead ringer for the original. I can’t believe it myself, every time I fire up the sim.

We are truly blessed to have a sim like that at our disposal, along with truly talented aircraft devs, and we definitely complain a bit too much sometimes. Well, it’s because we care! :sweat_smile:

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Awesome!

Regarding the green tint and shadow contrast, in case you have a nvdia card, did you try nvidia freestyle? If you play on VR like me, OpenXR toolkit companion is also a great solution to have more realistic tints. I typically remove some green and red, and add some blue, lower contrat a bit, and raise (lighten) shadows. This is a personal preference, focused on a more realistic terrain rendering.

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That one only seems to work with the Steam version. I had no luck getting that to work with the MS Store version.

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Kinzua Bridge State Park with a shot of the collapsed railway bridge


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Short Final 5R, KTYS McGee Tyson (Knoxville, TN)
EDIT: I will NEVER fly anywhere IRL without pre-flying in MSFS! :slightly_smiling_face:


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Real moon


vs. moon in sim with live weather.

It’s hard to properly show it here but the shape of the moon fits perfectly. I’m impressed.

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Downsview airport:

MSFS 2020 of same airport:

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Basel-Mulhouse Airport:



Climbing out of LFSB, Switzerland:






Interlaken:

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Mount Eiger:

Aletsch Glacier:

Valais:

Above Domodossola with the Valais Alps in the background:

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First glimpse of Corsica (Scandola Natural Reserve):

Descending into LFKJ:

What an amazing approach! Unfortunally, due to the annyoing texture bug, some of the following screenshots of Corsica don’t look as good as they should.


L’Ospedale with Porto Vecchio in the backgound:

Col de Bavella:

To be continued…

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Water colour in the real life is much nicer !

This afternoon in Sion, Switzerland, in real life :

And in the sim, quite the same view angle :

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nice. If you get the Sion airport by Redwing, it’ll look even more real :slight_smile: :+1:

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Whitehaven Beach, Australia :slight_smile:

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Yep. It’s that time of the year again…

2023 edition. Featuring 5 countries across 4 regions. Check previous posts for even more comparisons.

1440p MAX graphics.

As usual: date/weather/time synced as best as possible when possible. Post process editing may be done to match colour/lighting.

Toronto, Canada
Emirates A380 departing CYYZ
Goodbye Toronto


Dubai, UAE
Mashallah…


Dubai, UAE
Museum of the Future


Dubai, UAE
Forced Perspective


Dubai, UAE
Burj Khalifa


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Dubai, UAE
At the Top
Floating Platform


Dubai, UAE
At the Top
Lights on


Singapore
Marina Bay Day
Hello Singapore

Singapore
Boat Quay


Singapore
Marina Bay Night


Singapore
CapitaSpring


Kuantan, Malaysia
Hyatt Regency
Malaysian Sunrise


BONUS from friend
Jungfraujoch, Switzerland
Train to the Heavens


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Some shots from my visit to Sedona recently.


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