Paris VFR Airports MSFS is a pack containing 23 detailed airports and airfields all over the Paris Ile-de-France region.
Each platform has been modelized as close as possible to reality including photo-realistic buildings, extremely detailed textures and ground markings, entire fleets of static flying club airplanes as well as reworked vegetation placed with the greatest precision.
- 23 detailed airports and airfields all over the Paris Ile-de-France region.
- Specific photo-realistic 3D buildings.
- Detailed ground markings.
- Realistic static flying club airplanes on all the platforms.
- Numerous animations and details.
- Vegetation reworked on the platform and its surroundings.
- Realistic night lighting.
- Photo-realistic areas reworked for 6 platforms (LFPN, LFPL, LFPZ, LFPK, LFPV, LFPY).
- Compatible with our VFR FRANCE product range.
- Geo-referenced data for maximum compatibility with future add-ons installed on the same area.
- Development process 100% SDK (System Developement Kit) specifications compliant, ensuring maximum compatibility with new releases.
- SIA – VAC – IAC – APT – ARRDEP charts provided.
While this package is of good value overall, I must say I'm disappointed with the quality delivered here.
On the plus side, apron- and runway textures are usually very decent with accurate markings, and one does get a high number of airfields with the package. Also there are numerous custom static aircraft with appropriate textures of French aircraft, which gives the airfields a nice touch.
However, several issues across all airports make this package to be below average quality:
- Most building textures are of very low resolution, they are blurry with colour artefacts and are more of a standard from back in the FSX days. This is very well visible on all hanger fronts, not just with their logos writing on them, but also with wall, window and door textures.
- The modelling of the buildings is fairly detailed, but not as detailed as it could be in modern MSFS sceneries.
- I spotted several runways where the PAPI lights have been placed quite a bit away from the spot where they are visible on the aerial photo. Why couldn't they just place them on top where they belong.
- There are a few instances where the 3D grass does not really match with the colour of the aerial photo and where a LOD issue is visible, making the grass load right in front of the aircraft only.
So while this is undoubtably a good value when looking at the number of airfields, I can't help but wish they would have been split in several packages with slightly higher pricing, but with better quality.
Modelling, and especially building texturing is not up to the current standards and capabilities of MSFS sceneries, there's just too many low resolution building textures throughout the package.
This can still be a good package for GA flying around Paris, but be prepared to find FSX-style buildings in many places.