The new VFR Regional series was designed and developed to provide VFR flight an environment as realistic as possible. It is the result of years of experience and practice in flight simulation and 3D modeling.
"VFR Regional" products embed all enhancements from the new 3DAutomation® technology developed by France VFR. This technology already allows to generate the most realistic and dense environments ever seen. It does not intend to model real world accurately but to create a copy "as real as it gets" on a massive scale. It will evolve to adapt to the needs and new data available.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Ground textures from 0.85 to 1 meter / pixel resolution from IGN aerial photography reworked for an optimal visual rendition in Flight Simulator X® (summer only).
Dedicated mesh with high definition 4.75 meters (LOD13).
Lakes and rivers with navigable waters fitting the texture.
Transparency management of the seabed on the entire scene.
Semi-detailed airports including flatten platform correction.
Obstacles and VFR landmarks modeled on the entire scene including the official SIA database (antennas, towers, water towers, wind turbines, various constructions ...).
Hundreds of thousands of objects and notable buildings integrated into the environment (churches, power plants, silos, castles, industrial tanks, bridges, tolls, cranes, boats, streetlights, road signs ...).
Integration of 3D Automation® technology allowing multi-million buildings and realistic vegetation areas fitting geographic specs.
Extremely dense and optimized vegetation coverage using a custom rendering module controlled by artificial intelligence (AI).
Autogen buildings including additional specific and optimized 3D variations.
Geo-referenced data for maximum compatibility with future add-ons installed on the same area.
Development process 100% Microsoft ® SDK specifications compliant, ensuring maximum compatibility with new releases.
What a nice surprise: definitely a real good scenery, comparable to the perfect sceneries of Switzerland and Austria ! It covers a great area, and if you're a mountain flyer, you will like the details of mountain huts, walking trails and several additional airports.
Are there any wishes left? Maybe yes ... but after some first impressions, I couldn't find anything that's left, although take into consideration that I'm not familiar with the local situations.
At least 4 stars for this scenery - definitely worth the money, especially with special price.
I longly hesitated between 4 or 5 stars but I want to start with the fact that this product is really good overall and deserves a 4 stars without any doubt.
My issue is a very local one : I grow up in one of the regions covered by the product and know it very well then, and I cannot understand the fact that the satellite pictures used are around 10 years old... How do I know ? They built 10 years ago a part of a motorway (A41) between Allonzier la Caille and Geneva and we can still see the scars of the works in progress which does not exist anymore since 8 years or something.
Furthermore, 2 importante VFR bridges (Pont Charles-Albert and Pont Cacquot) are missing over the Cliff of Les Usses (you were warned : this is very local :) ), the first being the most visited monument in Haute-Savoie and both being very visible from the sky... Hopefully we will see an update soon for that?