A new developer Virga Studio has released an officially licensed Dassault Alpha Jet for MSFS. No word yet on FS2024 support. The addon looks fairly promising, but I do not own it and can’t speak to the quality. Just posting it here to start a discussion on it. If you bought it, let us know how it is!
I was very interested… until I looked at the price !
Are they crazy ?
If they think this is how an unknown dev is going to make it in the market, they’re dreaming.
Eh… The price is about 34€, a standard for this platform, you pay the Dassault licence too, nothing to worry about.
Reading your comment, I tought it was up to 50€…
It might be at least partially due to official licensing costs. The AzurPoly Jaguar is the same price (actually a hair pricier) but AzurPoly is an established dev with a positive track record, so I am also hesitant to check out the Alpha Jet until I see some reviews. It’s a jet I’ve loved since childhood, so fingers crossed it’s good! If this wasn’t the month the Black Square Starship releases, I’d be likely to pick it up.
I do agree with Stanlesuper though, $35ish USD is a bit higher than I would normally want to pay for an unknown dev’s product, but for a jet boasting some of what it claims (3D scanned interior and exterior, for instance) I didn’t get sticker shock. I just want to know a few key things that they didn’t touch on: 1) Sounds. Custom? Live recorded? Aliased to a stock aircraft? That’s a fairly big one for me. 2) Flight model. They say it’s “optimized” for certain things, but “optimized” can technically mean something good or bad, as it could be a fancy way of saying “dumbed down.” 3) Systems. Just how deep are any of the systems modeled. Is there anything I can simulate deeler than surface level that’s unique to the real aircraft.
I hope we get a cgaviator video on it! He’s my go to source for jet reviews.
Hopefully the Alpha Jet comes with more markings and for the Xbox Marketplace.