Hello to all my wonderful readers. As we say goodbye to Spring and a reluctant hello to Summer, I’ve made the conscience decision to cease purchasing add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. Of course, this excludes the PMDG Boeing 777, PMDG Boeing 737 Max and probably also excludes any other 3rd party aircraft that might take my fancy. Pending of course we believe that those aircraft add-ons will be made available for MSFS 2024. In addition, I’m also excluding any 3rd party airport scenery as there are some good ones which should be released very soon such as Flightbeam’s San Francisco (SFO). So having said all this, what am I choosing to stop spending money on?
That’s a good question! As I study and ponder more on all the “What If’s” about Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, I’m wanting to take a wait and see approach before investing in some add-ons that I had planned to purchase in MSFS 2020. For one example, I’ve made the decision against purchasing ActiveSky’s weather add-on. While I’ve followed some of the progress made in recent weeks, I still don’t see a major, noticeable difference from default weather. There’s every chance that MSFS 2024 will have a better weather engine on release and for that reason I don’t see the need to waste money on that product.
Another example is the new immersion packages being released by //42. I truly love the work these guys do and I’ve owned these types of add-ons for aircraft in P3D. I had been looking closely at their SimFX product but some of this functionality appears to be default in MSFS 2024. Of course one of features I’m speaking about is the Aurora Borealis. Of course I realize this is just one of the many features included in the SimFX add-on. I tend to look at it as I’ve been flying without these features for a long time and I can just wait and see what MSFS 2024 brings later this year.
Of course, I’m still purchasing add-on airport sceneries and aircraft. Just in the past week or so I’ve added about a half-dozen new European airports to my sim and of course purchased the PMDG 777. Likewise, should any other aircraft release from Fenix, PMDG etc. that I enjoy flying I will most likely still purchase as we there should be no reason for the developer to charge full price to move them to MSFS 2024.
Have you taken a similar approach to add-ons in MSFS 2020? Let me know.
Until next time…
Happy Flying!!!
Jerry
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