A review of Airworthy Designs\' Saint Martin & Grand Case scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, available to purchase from https://secure.simmarket.com/ai...

This is undoubtedly the worst add-on that I have bought for MSFS. I ONLY fly in VR. I have a top of the range machine with fast processor, RTX3090 card, etc. and this software performs like a slide-show. The beach crowd pop in and out of view on approach and is nothing more than a poorly executed gimmick.

I find it irritating that these publishers cannot even spell the name of the Island they are supposed to be modelling.

A truly mediocre product which has just reinforced my determination not to touch anything by these publishers again.

Happy with the scenery and it's overall quality and performance. The only issue I have disliked is the way people on the beach suddenly pop up and disappear.It's visually very annoying, specially, during the approach.

I would say this is one of the best scenery add-ons 'out there' for a few very specific reasons.

But before that I would like to say where I am coming from. One issue with the new Flight simulator was summed up brilliantly well in one of the forums. An individual said that 'The new FS2020 falls 'just' short on the dynamics and details of aircraft, air environment and flying experience for the pilots and super-enthusiasts. It is mostly fine for the regular enthusiasts with a few tweaks here and there, and some of them like it while others don't. For those coming in for virtual tourism (yes a lot of new people are joining for this!) the details fall short, very suddenly, once they are at ground level. I am a combination of the latter two and probably lean a bit more onto the virtual tourism angle now after seeing what the sim can do...
Over to the review. These are the areas where I think this scenery stands out:
1) Ground level poly and detail (non-airport areas): The beach and it's animated characters provide a sense of added realism. One can use the camera to go to ground-level at the beach and just watch the waves from the shack or hotel there (maybe add some music in the background..hahaha). The buildings close-by are also modelled in such a way that one can stand at the terrace and watch the airport and beach areas. Very nice indeed!

2) Animated characters: So many of them! And they are not airport staff!

3) Night environment in the modelled areas: The night lighting at the beach shacks and surrounding buildings are very atmospheric (for lack of a better word!)

Conclusion: Overall very nice product for general aviation and virtual tourism. Don't think there is anything like this elsewhere. Cant talk about the finer aspects of the flight experience to and from this airport yet and I am still evaluating it...

I thought it would good as I have their X-Plane version & it is looking even better on MSFS. These people are really good at this & I hope they broaden their scope of sceneries for MSFS. The scenery looks more like the real deal than any other sim I know. It's like being in Sint Martin. All this & very reasonable too. I certainly recommend this scenery by this company !

One of the best sceneries I've purchased. Great detail. Definitely take the time to "walk around" the sites on the beach side of the airport. Lots to see!