Baron has G1000. It’s a nice aircraft.
This really is very true.
It’s worth noting that the steam gauge 172 doesn’t have any of the new flight technologies implemented like CFD. This makes it feel like it’s flying on rails compared to the default G1000 172 imo. The paid WB-Sim C172 addon (that uses the default steam gauge model) fixes that though.
By my maths you’d need to buy 13 1st party planes to break even (that’s based on my local currency and price difference in Steam between editions).
Personally I bought Premium Deluxe from the start anyway, but yeah, that’s a lot of 1st party aircraft to buy. Certainly aren’t 13 decent ones to buy as of yet I’d say.
I agree. I haven’t even purchased 13 aircraft in total yet. But a lot of people enjoy collecting planes, and I’m sure in another 3-5 years there will probably be a pretty nice selection of 1st party aircraft. I’m sure it’s well worth it to some.
Yeah. I don’ think I have either. And it’s worth pointing out that most of the 1st party aircraft are not high fidelity. Most are at the same level of the default aircraft + a few opening doors/windows. That said, some of the newer planes have been a bit better, with more operable systems. Like the AN-2 and Caribou.
The pending ATR release is meant to be the first “Expert Level” aircraft from MS.
True, the new “Expert Series” might make it more lucrative. I suspect these planes will also be a bit more than their Local Legends or Famous Flyers (though why they have those two categories I dunno, when clearly they could all just be Famous Flyers - like the C195 releasing with Canada WU, and the Caribou with New Zealand WU - these are not local legends lol.
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You need to factor in the personal value to you of the 10 aircraft and airports you pick up. Basically which ones will you actually fly or go to and what they are worth.
Also not all 1st party planes are the same price. For example the AN225 is worth a lot more than say the c195.
The decision is a lot easier for new purchasers of the game and the price difference is a lot less. Upgrading once you already own the game is expensive.
Yes, all good points.
I plumped for the Premium Deluxe version right away, for Xbox. 10 more airports and 10 more planes for £50 / €55 is pretty good value, even if some of the alleged ‘hand-crafted’ airports are a bit basic. However I believe the difference is more if you’re upgrading from one to another?
The 787-10 is nice. Lovely model. The Latitude too. Two aircraft I regularly fly.
I wouldn’t make the extra airports a factor in my decision, though. They’re nowhere near as good as what we currently see from 3rd party devs — in fact I’m looking at replacing a couple with better-detailed payware versions, which I really didn’t want to have to do. FRA and LHR are probably the best; about on a par with a mediocre payware product. DXB is terrible, I’m not quite sure how they can call it ‘hand-crafted’. They do all run brilliantly, though.
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Agreed on the airport’s, I was exploring northern BC and Alaska’s handcrafted’s last night and none of them were particularly interesting, but the expectations are usually low anyway. When you like to mix it up regularly as I do, the idea of buying 3rd party airports would easily get into the hundreds/thousands of dollars 
I think many of us here could get carried away on the Marketplace!
What has been great is the increasing collaboration between Microsoft/Asobo and renowned 3rd-party devs in the World Updates. Bringing NZA Sims onboard for the last update meant we got 9 small but really stunning airports. Some areas of the world saw similar airports added in previous updates and no doubt we’ll see the same again with Oceania/Polynesia at the end of April.
That’s a good point, I guess I’m on old world updates with the USA and as you say, the quality has elevated recently on the handcrafted airports. NZA’s Mt. Cook was so impressive I had to check it out!
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