LONDON GATWICK P3DV4 P3DV5 AND FSX

Three installation attempts to get it working, default textures everywhere initially and all but gave up hope. Luckily I was forwarded a youtube video which made me completely edit the AFCAD file, and voila - there you have a beautiful rendition of LGW. Near perfect. Just as I started to be happy with this product, I try and night flight and my FPS drop from 40fps to 4fps. Simply not acceptable. The proximity to LHR/LON is no difference whatsoever as I still got 35fps departing LHR at night on the same evening! No official website and a lack of online forum or support deems this product almost unusable. Hoping the UK2000 team bring out an updated version of Gatwick in the near future.

After some small problems with default buildings/taxiway signs in P3D V5.1 the support was quick and helpful. All in all I can enjoy now a nice scenery with good & sharp textures, really good performance. The sourrounding area is not really included but for my opinion okay. I would rate it 4.5 because it was not working out of the box but all in all a great scenery with great support.

Elevation issues under P3D V5!
I fly only with FTX Global and openlc.
The scenery is currently not usable for me under v5, just downloaded and installed the new installer.
120 version for P3D.
If I stand directly at the place, everything is fine.
If you fly there, you have elevation problems.
I contacted the developer, unfortunately I haven't received an answer yet.
Otherwise, the scenery is good, just not useful as it is.

Very disappointing!

Although performance wise I have no complaints, this really doesn't feel like LGW at all.

At the south terminal there are lots of strange flickering black textures on the buildings that look awful.

The runway edge pavement obscures the PAPIs so that only three lights are visible (don't these developers even bother to test their own products??)

There are runway edge light stands that obstruct RET taxiways (edge lighting in the UK is recessed anyway).

The signage looks bizarre too, not at all like the signage you'd expect to find in the UK. Taxiway signs floating above the grass on stilts, it just doesn't look right.

And now for the lighting...

The ALS is ok, however the TDZ lights aren't the same size and are only visible when directly above the runway. The RET centreline lights look like something from a Christmas Tree when you approach from a distance. The lighting is generally just too saturated and garish!

Overall very disappointing. I've obviously been spoiled by developers like FlyTampa and RFScenerybuilding.

A project that looked excellent in its previews and finally something to challenge UK2000. The AFCAD on initial inspection showed massive problems for AI traffic and stand alignments and i contacted the Dev and offered to rework the AFCAD which he accepted. Onwards from here updates have been issued and the airport has improved bit by bit. It still lacks a good dynamic lighting upgrade and smaller bugs and fixes pending as of April 2020...

Remember the performance will always have a slight drop in FPS given its location and proximity to Heathrow and London. I never drop below 25fps in my setup with AI traffic.

There seems to be issues with a loss in autogen and vegetation loss in areas surrounding the airport which would be great to have them addressed too.

Overall its a good rendition and gives the current Gatwick by UK2000 a good fight until they go for Gatwick HD.

Absoloutely epic bit of scenery. SO so much nicer than UK2000 gatwick and massively worth the £20 (£5 difference between the two) - works so much nicer in terms of performance too!

I reviewed this, when it was released as a 3 star product

The concerns I had about this scenery have all been addressed by the 1.15 update

This is now a genuine 5 star product.

Good representation of the airport (which I know well) and amazing performance, given the size and location of the airport.

Great work.


Keith

I was really hoping for a "hit right out of the park" here. Unfortunately, not. I need not to elaborate, just have a read of the other comments that preceded this review.

I would be remiss if I did not share that I was looking for a lot more, having patronized Jennnsoft and commending them on their other title releases. This one just did not deliver to the level of expectation. Bear in mind, they have made a stellar effort with maintaining a very exceptional and commendable performance level for this airport in this highly texting region.

The product is Good but doesn't beat its competitor at this current stage/version. I do look to Jennasoft to response with the duly noted improvements the delivery the WOW!!! factor.

Respectfully
One of your avid fans

A great first product but as some have rightly pointed out it needs some improvement,
I believe the SEGS are missing? Unless I have an issue that is not showing these. I am too having a texture flicking when looking at certain views of the airport. The ground textures do not match ORBX for this time of the year? I really hope these issues and others have raised are addressed.

The scenery is visually better than UK2000. However some crucial details are missing. The car park by 08R doesn’t seem to be modelled at all. The night lighting definitely needs improvement, far too dark in my opinion and the PAPI lights by 08R seem to be off merging in the runway itself. All in all a solid first product, but I must say that these issues must be addressed.