Lets get the ball rolling on this one as there seems to be nothing in the forum as yet. My copy is downloading as I type, but this might be a nice and soporific addition to the sim and a welcome change from watching Michael Portillo peering meaningfully into the middle distance from some train window on the TV.
I like the concept and could do with a touch of relaxation right now but I do wonder how many laps of the south east it will take before being parked along with so many aircraft in the “One day, I will try that again” section of the hangar. When I next get an hour on the sim, I will report back. If anyone can beat me to it, then please feel free. The stage is yours.
This add-on doesn’t actually add any content, does it? It seems to be some sort of ‘narration’ tool that just does commentary on the existing scenery as you fly over and around it?
As I currently understand it, yes. Will report back in a couple of hours.
Okay, first two flights done. It appears that you have to use the selected aircraft which is a pity. Seems to be a scenario dependant choice of rotary or either the 152 or some Cub variant which I had not flown before. I have an Optica which would have been perfect for this. If you want to get down into the melted chocolate (for some of you) of photogrammetry then you might have a more immersive experience.
Audio content is reasonably interesting but seems to be mixed fairly low, meaning that you can get the elastic band up front slightly over the top of the commentary, but not a major issue. The delivery sounds to be maybe A.I. or similar but still better than talking to some people in call centres.
I will have a look further maybe later on, but the add on is cheap enough and does not feel like a cheap money grab. It is a nice concept but one which could be developed further and especially so if you could choose your own aircraft for the trip. So far, six or maybe seven out of ten.
I bought this, but it has quite a number of restrictions.
(i) As mentioned by @Magic6420 this seems to be tied to a certain plane.
(ii) View seems to be restricted to outside only which I find unnatural. I tried landing the Zlin in the heavy wind and crashed. Any way to switch to cockpit?
(iii) It’s also questionable if Real Weather should be mandatory.
Perhaps it’s possible to modify these settings by editing the correspnding .flt files which I didn’t try yet. It’s similar as with the Bush Trips, the idea is bright but the many restrictions spoil the fun
Does SoFly have any sort of forum/Discord to communicate with them or other users? (I know they have a ticket system but that’s no substitute.)
BTW, you can try Bushtalkradio which follows a similar concept, but without the corset.