HOLY SCHNIKIES!!! (However you spell it…) I also feel like I need to do a Chris Farley David Letterman entrance here…
Jonx was kind enough to invite me for a final beta test of the aircraft and every single reservation of mine has been safely put into a dustbin where it belongs. I will say this outright: THIS is the best racer in the sim… Remember that Papercraft RaceX that no one bought except for this guy here? Yeah, me neither. That didn’t happen.
But THIS did. This is the most fun I have had in a long time in MSFS. You get amazing aerobatics, a great feel, performance out the Great Wazoo (thanks, Frank!)… Whatever you want, this thing provides.
GRAPHICS: Absolutely gorgeous. On A1R Ryan level, and I think that one has been done well. Measures up to Carenado. Great smoke effects in all sorts of colour and combination of colours.
SOUND: That’s probably the least impressive bit about it, but it does the job.
FLYING: I don’t have any numbers or a manual. I don’t know the performance profiles of this, but it feels great! I had a few bouncy landings even at near-stall speeds, but… it’s not really a tricycle, so it may just take a bit more finesse and better planning. Takeoff and ground handling are smooth. I wasn’t able to get the G-Force indicator to light up though, makes me wonder if I was flying too safe. NOS Boost - on prop level of 65% or so, when enabled it just kind of peaks at 25 and jumps up and down a bit… but these things can be sorted out. Not really sure what I am supposed to be getting as far as reading on the RPM gauge with NOS enabled, but the gauge goes higher than I was ever able to take it to. Maybe worth looking at? Or maybe I just don’t know what I am doing, because like I said… I haven’t seen a manual. This comes with GNS430 AND a native GTN750 bezel as well! No autopilot… Who would ever want to fly this on autopilot? Stand up! OK. Sit down. Go back to your Airbus.
OVERALL: This is not even a question. This is worth it. You thought the Grravel and Turbulence were fun? They are! …But this one goes up to … 11 (Insert confused look here…thanks, Spinal Tap)
This is amazing and I will definitely be purchasing this and including this on the list. Let’s put it this way - it may not have existed in real life, but the concept was developed. And there WAS a R1 and R2. This one won’t take too much effort to suspend your disbelief, cause you will be too busy having a blast in it.
You all know I don’t make any money with my reviews and I don’t care about the developers’ feelings if their product is rubbish. Yeah, I got this for free, but it’s a pre-release and if I didn’t have anything nice to say about it, I would have said simply “thanks, but… not my bag”… Taking this for a few flights just now was all the convincing I needed. Again, many thanks to the team for this great work! I can’t wait to see what you do next. Here are some pics for you.