Mostly GA VFR. Mainly because after all this time I am still stunned that I can fly anywhere over land and recognize exactly where I am and where I am going.
Also, my gear, yoke, pedals, and quadrant are best for one engine, GA planes. I keep thinking I will get a HOTAS or Bravo throttle quadrant and open up the rest of the planes at some point.
Iām currently flying mostly GA but plan to progress to airliners as I progress. Iāve been having fun using NeoFly to fly different types of missions with landings at big airports, small runways, grass, dirt roadways or on water. Iām progressing from flying mostly using external views to flying/landing using only inside views. I want to eventually progress to doing cold start to stop using the checklists and want to get some basics of flying with assistance off before I move to jets. Related to this Iāve also been doing some bush flights such as the 3rd party add-on in the Africa Delta. Iāve really enjoyed bush flying so I plan to keep doing that and seeing some of these places from low altitude that Iāve never been and always wanted to go.
Anything that can provide an enjoyable, complete and authentic experience in under 2.5hrs. Basically A320/737 and smaller airliners, business jets, private jets, GA airplanes, helicopters fighrers/trainers and ultralights. Iām not a fan of long haul operations, the 787, A350, A380, 747 and 777 are beautiful but sitting in cruise for anything longer than an hour or two watching AP doesnt do it for me. If fast forwarding through most of cruise is/was was reliable then Iād probably change my mind though.
I hope Iām not being presumptuous when I say āWelcome to flight simming!ā You sound like exactly the type of person that Microsoft brought back MSFS for.
My first flight simming was back when computers didnāt even yet have hard drives and the sim was just lines on a screen. Man it has come a LONG way.
I was into flight sims back in the 90s with Aces Over The Pacific/Europe, Falcon 3.0 and the like. I was in the military near air bases so at that time I was really enjoying flying aircraft that could shoot. Falcon 3.0 even came out with a video and book on air combat maneuvers. Of course Iām nowhere near the knowledge and caliber of guys playing DCS today. I played some of the early MS Flight Sims but Iāve been waiting for this one and have already bought more of the 3rd party stuff and done more mods than Iāve done on any MS Flight Sim before it. On a side note, if youāve ever heard of the space flight game from the 90s called āPrivateerā, MSFS 2020 and Neofly are getting me pretty close to that experience as Iām doing missions to earn money that can be used to upgrade and buy new aircraft and go on even more complicated missions. Iāve got a tendency to nose-over my XCub on landing though so Iām still working on improving my landing/braking of those craft and not losing money on missions as a result! Iām flying in Australia in my evenings when itās daylight as Iām trying to fly missions with live weather, live players, VFR and daytime only for now and in the limited time I can set aside to play!
On previous sims you could reduce the nose over tendency by pulling back on the stick while gently braking. I donāt know if that works in this sim. I fly the C172 or Virus 99.99% of the time.
Reading this thread, it appears that GA is the most common but yet the number one question to be asked in the upcoming Dev Q&A is about complex airliners. That seems odd to me. Probably due to people harvesting votes from other websites.
My favorites, C172 and FBW 320.
This game because of its visuals totally and utterly is a low-flyers GA dream. So I use MSFS to fly low and slow 95% of the time. The other 5% is the odd hop in a bizzjet. I dont touch and have no interest in the MSFS tubeliners. For tubeliner flying I prefer XP11. Both games compliment each other on my system.
Coming back to MSFS - doing low slow hops in Alaska, flying to remote settlements there, plonking down on sandbars in Idaho, flying a Caravan in Brazil & S.E. Asia is unmatched in any other flight game. The immersion is next level.
All the comments you see here (mine included) are just us voicing what we think. If you are new to MSFS try all the types of flying. In the end all that matters is that you have fun! 
It was the promo visuals that sold me msfs, and saw me get my first gaming PC. So I usually find myself traveling low and very slow in the Cessna 172 around Ireland and the UK. Taking in the scenery and enjoying the (now colourbanding free) clouds. However I can see a potential sim-career path.
When I get back from exploring North Wales I may get the Twin Otter, slap on a Logan Air livery and try to really master the plane just taking off and landing at Derry. Then eventually working the Derry-Campbeltown and Campbeltown-Glasgow routes for a season.
And some time in the future when a good ATR 72 600 becomes available I reckon some Aer Lingus regional routes will be on the cards.
All in good time, infinite GA possibilities still to be explored in the C172.
Jet airliners donāt (at least for now) have an attraction for me.
Iām a big fan of GA planes. I like doing both low and slow VFR and low level IFR where I can look around and take in the scenery and any sights or monuments along the way.
I like doing high altitude stuff as well in either the TBM, CJ4 (Working Title, of course) and occasionally the Longitude. But those flights are rarer for me, as you canāt really see much of anything at FL300+.
Last flight was with the Bonanza, slew from parked to 70,000 feet straight up and then dead sticked back to KPHX.
Airliners for me. Not that I have anything against GA Aircraft, but I enjoy the whole Gate to Gate experience that be it short haul or long haul. That said, all great Airline pilots we have today start in GAās. They are the start of the Pilots road to flying hours.
Started in GA and stayed there. Find GA more rewarding in being able to access the hundreds of airports available than being a tube flyer (no disrespect to those who like airliners).
Yeah, GA is lower and slower but, I find it more enjoyable than high and fast.
That is true here too. Iām learning!
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