Is $1000 P3D V5.3 Better Than FS2020? | Chicago - Shenzhen in the PMDG 777 | Best Graphics 

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P3d has lots of plus when compared to MSFS but only negative is price and pricey addon . Whereas MSFS with only stock one you can enjoy the most . Once pmdg and flybywire bring long haul one. Then there is no turning back . By the way awesome video . Was glued to the end bro ❤️

P3D has been the best so far in terms of simulation, but isn’t as eye candy as MSFS2020. It’s such a joy to be able to see the world almost how it looks like from above. Not talking about the feeling of flying through volumetric clouds! I will never go back! In addition the VR is super inmersive and will worth the wait to be well implemented! BTW, very good video, enjoyed the time watching :)

This was INCREDIBLE!!! Hats off for the effort you put into this video!

It's always low and slow for me so the eye-candy of MSFS clinches it although I still have P3D installed and take a trip down memory lane from time to time. Great video.

P3D is worth it. As a RL pilot and ATPL student it helped (and is still helping me) me a lot. MSFS without addons is a game to me (the only aircraft worth flying at the moment are Aerosoft CRJ and PMDG DC-6 in my opinion). I prefer system depth, navigation simulation... more than MSFS eye candy. Maybe I will buy MSFS once realistic addons get released like RealityXP GNS/GTN, PMDGs, etc... awesome video!

I have a lot of money invested in P3D but I’m just waiting for better 3rd party long haul aircraft for MSFS. Still fly both but will fly P3D much less when the other planes come out. Awesome video!

P3D was originally designed to be used for realistic military simulation and it’s kind of the default software for many of the in real life simulators…

Currently if you’re after long haul realism P3D is still by far the best option if you’re SOULY after every spec of realism possible in term of aircraft functionality. Unfortunately nothing good for long haul has come out yet.

SHORT ANSWER... NO

FS2020 crashes,lags,glitches on my laptop.P3D V5.3 will be my primary flight simulator.

Even after PMDG’s 737 on MSFS is released, I still think P3D is the best simulator for airliners at the time being.

Six months ago I was so jealous! A study-level Airliner and even the cargo is loaded in fully animated... But now after having bought the Fenix Airbus and being familiarized with it - I know that the Fenix is the new state of the art and best of the best. Even all circuit breakers are simulated. No longer can everyone say "hm that Flight Simulator that´s just for kids buzzing around with small arcade propeller planes over their house but X-Plane and Prepar3D are real simulators..." The Fenix Airbus cannot be bought for any other simulator except FS20 and it´s the best of the best. With the best and most sophisticated and detailed MCDU (FMC) the best and most detailed systems and subsystems in the cockpit, fully pneumatic hydraulic and electric circuits animated and able to degrade, even the temperatur and flow of the packs is fully simulated and the PAX and cargo room temperature is based on the PAX numbers and cargo load. Now I am finally no longer jealous about all other sims having these awesome airliners and I don´t! But it´s still interesting to see what will come next: The PMDG 777 which is also one of my favorites with this cozy uniqué cockpit design and spacy neon-green overhead and main panel integr-illumination, and many visual gimmicks to have some eye-candy to enjoy while immersing onself into the cockpit. Worldwide there is now only one other sim airplane that has some interesting features not even the Fenix AIrbus has, and that´s the Hotstart Challenger with fully simulated airflow through the turbine showing all temperatures between the compressor stages and other ultra-techy engineer-nerdy stuff.

The problem with FS2020 is that it is not meant for in depth simulation. It is an entertainment product. I have spoken to some very knowledgeable people and I have read enough from even more knowledgeable people to know that at a fundamental level, FS2020 is not designed to have avionics as complex as P3D, running as smoothly as P3D. This issue is somewhat masked by FS2020's more efficient graphics engine, but the JS/HTML used for avionics is orders of magnitude slower than a C++ implementation. PMDG wrangling their addons into FS2020 is more of a challenge than when they first wrangled their addons into FS9. At least FS9 was way more open than FS2020. And according to PMDG themselves, the support for developing and debugging complex addons is non-existent. They said they need to use P3D to develop addons for FS2020. That is embarrassing. And even if we stop looking at complex airliners and instead look at small GA planes buzzing around, doing sight seeing, it is still plenty apparent to anyone that FS2020 does not want the user to have to deal with any of the realities of flight. Aerodynamic effects are dumbed down to not get you in trouble. The controls are made unrealistic on purpose for the same reason. Load up an Icon A5, and move your joystick from side to side and back and forth and observe what the in sim stick is doing. And while the aerodynamics out of the box are definitely better than P3D or FSX defaults, they are not that good. They do not match with X-Plane aerodynamics, or with realistic P3D addons such as those by A2A. And developers have been pointing out these things from the start. In some cases, even before the start, from early beta. They have been trying to get through to Microsoft and Asobo with constructive criticism, trying to accomplish what Microsoft was advertising: the simulator that simmers have been dreaming of. But the fact that Microsoft have completely ignored most of these developers and have taken on board a novice developer team with next to no experience that have never worked on a flight simulator addon before speaks volumes of their strategy. FS2020 is what it is: An entertainment product posing as a sim, that developers with enough time and resources on their hands can occasionally wrangle into a working simulation. I gave up on it a long time ago, but I am hoping PMDG's 737 and A2A's Comanche will make it worth while. As always, it is up to the developers to save a flight simulator, as they did with FSX. Too bad Microsoft has nothing but contempt for third party developers.

great video, really appreciated the attention to detail around proper lighting when taxiing and takeoff. Learned something new.

Absolutely great efforts thank you for sharing it and for sure you deserve a huge like and a new subscription keep it up 👍👍👍

Dude, amazing content my man! 😃

no need for wing lights during taxi. Espically with cargo ops. It's mostly used for inspection

Hey, be kind to your plane and the cargo😢 You will definitely have a tailstrike during take off rotation if it is 300 or 300ER

For me, P3D will ALWAYS be better than that 'Xbox' sim.

The price is because its supposed to be used for professional use and can be shared across an entire classroom of students

Just wait till MSFS has been out as long as P3D or FSX, and there are a ton of addons for it.

I think that it looks even better with all the addons than msfs

As a MSFS2020 Premium Deluxe owner, I can confirm this looks much better.

I always put simulation over the graphic, so taking under consideration all aspects of addons and turbo moded advanced planes, iced runways, etc what makes P3D real simulation I stay with P3D until MFS2020 will offer the same or beter quality of simulation.

wowwow I live in SHENZHEN 🙋‍ You got my sub! Keep up the good work!

MFS2020 is a game (or a scenery sim). P3D and XP are sims. MFS2020 is perfect for VFR flight with GA planes or introducing more people into flight sim, just get a standard version and you are good to go. However, if you really want to dig into the systems of complex modern aircraft, P3D and XP are the best. I only got less than 100 hours in P3D but 2800 hours in XP11, the only reason is I realized how much money I have to spend in order to make P3D looks great, not even to mention super expensive addons like FSL. XP11 is a happy middle ground for me, default airports are up to date and Zibo alone won't lose a battle against PMDG 737. Great video!

I feel like msfs is more eye candy and p3d has more realistic flight dynamics

Its way better. I dont like MSFS

I thought you'd never switch off those wipers 😄 great video!

Tbh I feel sorry for the people who invested a lot in p3d

Great video and nice graphics no doubt. For me MSFS all the way! I am not a pilot and don't want to be one I love the graphics and WoW factor of MSFS plus some of the add ons are absolutely breathtaking @ 2 or 4K resolution. Whatever sim one has enjoy it and have fun💖

Good grief the startup sound of the engines is great in this mod.

Imo MSFS currently is the best simulator on the market despite of its issues.If you have Fenix A320 there is no other study level airliner on the market that offers the breathtaking immersion. PMDG 737 is amazing in the sim and recently got an update. I am so looking forward to the rest of their fleet for MSFS!

P3D might not look as nice as MSFS (objectively) but imo with all the add-ons I like P3D more and will continue using it. I just find that in a simulation POV it performs better but that's probably jsut me. Use whatever makes you guys happy! :)

uncredible

I think I'm going to wait ten more years until MSFS2020 is affordable and fixed or a better one comes out.

Looks fantastic except for one thing...shadows. The textures and models can be amazing but without shadows the immersion is squashed. Great vid though.

P3d is great... If you have a lot of money, beast pc =)

Nice! Do you have any plans of coming back to RU-vid someday?

1000$ ? That's rookie number son

Yeah look at all the mods you have to add to get it to look good.

when it comes to flight sims, I just care about the physics, sounds and the flight model. The Graphics In MSFS Are Undefeatable and i personally think it’a a bit arcade-ish. I have Xplane, P3D and MSFS I recommended you should get p3d or xplane if you want the most realistic flying experience, you can also make P3D look amazing with the right mods. Great Video Btw

Is there any improvement from the previous P3dV5.2 regarding VR????? AMAZING VIDEO BTW. Thank you very much.

Well, I spent around $1400 on addons for P3D. 3 months ago I buildt a new PC dedicated for MSFS only with custom water cooling for about $7000, and I'm not going back to P3D anytime soon, even though i still have it on my old PC😝 So my personal answer is NO! Thanks P3D you served me well☺

Awesome video. One thing MS2020 has is wet ground, which is great for realism. It is raining on this occasion and I don't see a wet ground! Sure it ain't dead. The same way X-plane isn't either. MS2020 does not have a single decent airliner by a 3rd party developer. We have the A32N by Fly-By-Wire which is free for all and that is it. The thing is, why do people flight-sim? In my case I did not switch to Xplane from FSX, almost a decade ago, for the looks of it. I did it because of flight dynamics, although terrible physics, it had some. MS2020 is awesome in that perpective, I love handflying it. But yeah, we've come a long way, at least I have, since MSFS95. Cheers

Damn this was relaxing to watch

Lol I remember packing up my VHS video tapes in 2006 and now DVD are going away. I used my FS 9 (FS2004) until MSFS came out because FSX wouldn’t run on my PC. There is no way that P3D will be better than MSFS in the next few years when Dev move there technology over and abandon the 16 year old Sim. So far I’ve enjoyed so much but was not happy with Update 5 for the Xboxers which they should have their on platform that would cater to the limited controls of the Xbox….lol. By the way I just got away from my iPhone 5 last summer only after the phone co gave me a new one for free because 3G was going away this month.

Nice. Very Good !!!

Fantástic 👍

I hope tou make a good video soon love your content is still the best Sim for me , il started in fsx and Xplane 11 and Switch late 2019 to P3D definitely the most realistic Flight system no questions about it for me is the biggest default of MSFS2020 and for this P3D is the best and In comparaison PMDG run realistic in P3D not in MSFS2020 , yes Graphics is bad part of this Sim but i like it because im old school flight simmer and bring le back to me first Fligt and love it !

"Flying over Kenosha Wisconsin" lol I see what you did there

Superb video! Just subbed My humble oppinion is that when the PMDG 737 comes to MFS 2020 it's pretty much game over for p3d...

i turned back to v4 after to be angry by CDT's MSFS2020

MSFS is new in the market and addons by Aerosoft, PMDG, Qualitywings etc and other great addons would take time to come out. It will be a long wait

MSFS 2020 = Arcade sim for fun - P3D = Real Simulator

I still love and fly with P3D and I just uninstalled my MFS2020, scenery is the only thing I like about MFS but then end up with generic mesh if no wifi connection unlike P3D if u buy orbx mesh package then you have nothing to worry about plus the physics is way more realistic than MFS and have way more payware and study aircraft than MFS. Another thing I like about P3D I can upgrade as much as I want with add ons the way I like it 😀

P3D is and always will be the future ,the money and developement behind P3d is far advanced compared to Msfs and will continue to be that way into the future....also STOCK P3D is way underrated!...especially at night!! lol

Can you make a gameplay of it like in the menu and how to choose your aircraft. I don’t know how to get P3d

Sound is amazing and that night looks pretty good. I never heard of this before. I searched this up because i seen a post where some guys did Air to Air refueling in MSFS2020 but this was something that was said to be used and loaded along with an app to acheive it. Excellent video....

Perfect.

VERY NICE~

Something p3d will have an advantage on for a while now is long haul. The sim basically has every single plane and a high quality one. Msfs is still quite lacking in airliners. Only good ones we have is the a310, a320, CRJ, md-80, 737 and an OKAY 787 and 748. The only super high quality ones here are the a320, 737 and md-80 tho. And there’s not any amazing long haulers.

Nice flight, but watch your speed on approach and short final! That was way too slow and about 5kts under Vref! The PIC would have pushed your levers all the way to TOGA in that case. Try to keep the speed around 5kts above Vref :)

Is that a sound mod you're using? Because the engines sound really realistic. If you are, can you share the link to the mod?

Awesome , do you using truesky?

Oo nice video! Do you have sound packs installed into the sim / for the pmdg planes?

Short answer yes

Holy crap.. that was a lethal rotation. your supposed to SLOWLY pull back to 15 degrees, not YANK the yoke backwards. XD And also a lethal landing.. SLAMMM

Nice video Pretty accurate. The Taxi light comes on for takeoff also all lights go on and transponder TA/RA when crossing runways. The approach was low and slow should have gone around. You weren't stable by 1000ft. That means Airspeed and Glide path need to be dialed in before 1000ft AGL.

I would prefer mfs2020 looks even better and way cheaper, but physics nothing beats xplane11

incredible! subbed! could you do a video discussing FSX in 2022?

Good game bro

Coming from P3d 4.5 I’ll take MSFS any day and into the future. No going back for me.

How come there are no shadows rendered? I don't have it but P3D is a pretty advanced sim so I assume it's just a graphics setting that's been turned off. The lighting just renders as the general darkness with bright areas where light sources are projected - none of the darkness appears to be from objects blocking light sources. With everything else looking such high quality, it just looks a bit jarring without the shadows. That said I love the camera shake on landing. Looks really realistic.

better than x-plane for sure

For me.... pmdg aircraft to MSFS will be the end of P3 on my PC It was a good run

Go Aerowinx Precision Simulator for system depth.

Awesome video! Whilst i think P3D looks and flys much better like this, 1000 dollars is 1000 dollars. I would rather keep that money for something else and spend less on a sim such as XP11 or msfs.

I prefers P3D of course than FS 2020, because P3D is smoother , all the animations are in really photorealistic view if you add a few add ons, no need to go on internet to find photorealistic map, all is include in P3D, P3D weight is 22 go, FS 2020 weight is 65 go, and you need a big graphics card to play FS 2020, my graphics is made for 3D creation but she have 10 years old, and P3D play like a charm.

I mean in comparison this version of P3D is better, but you have to consider, that you payed $1000 only for the sim. But you also need the PC to run this whole thing, so another $1000+. For MSFS you just need ~$70 and that's it (except for the PC).

p3d 10 percent and pmdg 90 percent

Why does a China Southern jet have a Hainan Airlines insignia on the rear fin...

Do you reckon it's worth getting p3d in 2022? I have MSFS with Fenix and PMDG but the long haul aircraft are disappointing. If I get p3d it'd be for the QualityWings 787 and PMDG 777.

What am I not getting here? The Professional license is $199. Who is coming up with the $1000 price tag?

Nice video👍 How did you get your camera view much more farther in the cockpit because I just think the normal view of the cockpit is a bit close can you tell me and also how to more around the cockpit to maybe?

I think the MSFS2020 is unbeatable in terms of graphics, but the aircraft offered (exept of some smaller 3rd party aircrafts and f.e. the Aerosoft CRJ700 and the FBW Airbus) so far do not yet have the system depth, such as the PMDG, PSS or other payware for the FS2004/FSX and P3D. Therefore, from time to time I still fly the PSS 757 or 777 or Boeing 737 from PMDG in FS2004 (FS9.1). But I also invested a lot in add-ons and therefore my FS2004 looks very good. Without addons, it is unfortunately very outdated. In the long run, the MSFS2020 will certainly prevail, but Asobo and the Payware developers still have to deliver to represent and simulate even complex aircraft. I think it also depend on what you want: A beautiful scenery or very detailed and deep simulated aircrafts. Do you want to fly just around and enjoying the scenery or do you need a perfect base for navigation and simulating close to reality? MSFS 2020 has still some weakness in perfect navigation- FS2004 is better - ILS and VOR Navigation is more accurate. But soon FS2004/FSX and P3D will be outdated when MSFS 2020 becomes a serious platform.

anyone remember ys flight?

in vr you literally cannot beat fs2020 for looks. No sim can touch the scenery and realism in visuals.. Eventually all systems will be working and phenomenal. I am an ex fueller and standing next to the a320 in vr on the ground is just too realistic.

Great video! I was wondering how can I reduce the gsx couatl services menu text scale in P3D.

I like flying a lot but I don't need 100% simulator , the graphics is very important for me, I find all these points in FS2020, for me is fs2020 much more as simulator, i thing Fs2020 is the future.

P3D costs $200 for a professional license and $60 for an academic one. The only other option costs $2500. It's also far from dead as far as I know.

If the two went on a date, not Olive Garden. But a legit date. Flowers, wine, and chocolates after dinner in the city to be exact. Then they decided to go back to the studio apartment and decided immediately to get married and spend a life together. Once that child was born and brought into this world, that’s when we’d all be happy. I know that was a super horrid and just painful read for me to say if this game and MSFS collaborated that would be an amazing game.

Hey, nice video, I have a question, how do you have such smooth camera moments, especially when you look up at your overhead panel?

why does the instruments readout over 30 knots speed untill you actually pass 30 knots, i see this on fs2020 all the time, it strikes a nerve

Hey , this is a very nice video! Can you also please upload your envshade settings? Thank you 👍

Wow i assume you used the PMDG 777 for that flight pretty cool but it sur costs a lot

I feel like P3D have more addons that can make the sim experience better then Mfs2020. Once Mfs2020 have better plugins other than the captain sim shitty 777 that they release I think Mfs2020 could be use seriously as a good sim. But both sim P3d and Mfs2020 I still like... Just wishing for better plugins for mfs2020

once msfs gets pmdg 777 and Qualitywings 787, it would be a good flight sim.

Hello there! Wonderful flight! I'm having PMDG 777 @8:58 how do you get that patch of light around the mouse bro? Also how did you make the shaking while departing and landing when touch down