Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 vs XPLANE 12 Physics Comparison 

Not gonna lie…I’ve seen your videos before, but damn…this took the cake! Well done Fulton! Well done!!! Haven’t laughed this hard in quite awhile! Thank you for your service!

you failed. The A320 has a protection system that prevents it from entering a bank angle, so it is almost impossible to see this plane enter a spiral, unlike the Boeing 737.

3:07 pilot here, you can not roll the A320 because it has the roll bank angle protection in the normal law. Turn off ADIRU 2 and 3 to enter the alternate law which will have degraded protection, you can also lower the gear and raise it again while in the alternate law to switch to direct law (no protections and no auto trim), and do the test again.

That was a really bad comparaison from both sides... please don't refer to this

Note about the hard landing: You came in at 60 knots on XP12 and 90 on MSFS. That's what caused them to be different.

The test with the a320 doesnt make sense since the airbus flight logic in normal law prevents it.

0:41 there is no clear winner because you have crashes off in FS2020 settings. If you enabled that in XP, the plane would bounce off in a similar way. Then, if you enable crashes in FS, the flight would end and you would see crash message. XP surely has a slightly better crash visualization (like some models are partially destructible and you can see fire and smoke animation), but this is not something I would expect from a civil aviation sim, for destruction and fire there is DCS. What I really miss in FS though is the automatic replay mode, something like even last 20 minutes of flight would be great.

Why don't you put the flight model in realistic mode on fs2020?

As far as realism in Collisions, both flight simulators get a 0 - Zero.

I was excited to see this comparison, claiming as it did to compare flight physics. What I watched instead was a comparison of aspects of flight that only a gamer could find interesting. Crashes and collisions? Come on. And even so, I can't understand why you chose one sim over the other most times. I was hoping to see actual flight dynamics compared. I'm a pilot, and I'm willing to bet you aren't. I own both Sims, and have flown each for decades. Hands down, X-Plane flies most like real planes. MS doesn't come close. Maybe MS pleases the gamer, but it can never teach.

The Physics argument in a 2d simulation environment is so ridiculous and any real-life Pilot will tell you that it's a whole different world when flying for real. The forces on the yokes, the jarring motion of getting knocked around by pockets of air, the g-forces, and perception is what make true flight characteristics that cannot be modeled (This is what armchair pilots think they get when Austin tries to "sell" then the whole Physics thing. When you look at the sim community in general most of them like to fly airliners on autopilot so you wouldn't "feel" anything anyway. Even million-dollar level D training simulators can't give you realistic flight dynamics so what chance does a $60 pc sim have? We do get in both sims offer highly accurate aircraft in systems with advanced autopilots. Get over it boys, the whole physics thing is a red herring it's literally making up such a small percentage of your "game" experience anyway

Both X-Plane and Flight Simulator could stand to take a few lessons from DCS World with respect to crash/damage modeling.

There ain’t no way anyone can watch one of those msfs planes fly from the external view and tell me the physics look even semi-realistic 😂

The A320 fly by wire system does not let the aircraft do a barrel roll.

On peut dire que dans le deux cas le réalisme n'est absolument pas au rendez-vous dans les situations extrêmes. Mais ce n'est pas dans ces situations que l'on souhaite utiliser ces deux logiciels. Non ?

IL2 sturmovik has a much better ohysic engine for contacts plane/ground, taking account of the gear's resistance linked to the brutality of the stall or the speed of the plane.

Also the physics in MSFS aren't as bad as everyone thinks.

Some parts of MFS2020 made me feel as if I was playing GTA.

When I seen the wheels down I was like oh no. It made me think of Archer letting the wheels down and crashing the sea plane..

Do you know if this has proper triple screen support? XPlane 11 has it and MSFS will have it when Update 10 goes live - this one thing is make or break for me.

For the spin physics in MSFS, it's simply because you're using an Airbus without turning off its flight computers!

The 737 doesn't have any protections against spins but a320 has the alpha floor protection that makes it impossible more than 90 degrees

6:32 really gave me chills. I've been that pilot in a C172 in real life, more than once. It's not 150 knots though, 40 knots will do alright. 7:45 did not seem that real, btw.

About the crash animation. It’s not that the plane just ragdolls after it hits the ground. It’s actually a blackout screen. X plane 12 still gets the point though

Sorry to say, but these tests are complete inaccurate. If you test one plane in msfs, same plane needs to be tested in xp. Can’t have 737, and a320, also you’re testing the normal asobo a320, not the FBW addon which is much, much better and is one of the best free addons for msfs. Also, the a320, in normal law cannot exceed set boundaries because of the fly-by-wire system. The 737 does not have that.

I love how your plane just says don't sink 😂

What airport does u use in the video?

The A320 neo has a system that prevents the plane to roll over

I don’t think the test was accurate But it was f*cking hilarious watching the planes crash

Can’t really compare yet because X-Plane 12 is in early access so we would have to wait till I come out fully to really compare.

A crash in MSFS just goes to a black screen..Unless you have crashes disabled

After 911 , MS remove the effect of crash.

"Landing in water" - You crashed in the water, you definitely not landed or ditched

Too be fair. You had damage OFF on MSFS 2020. But yes the physics model of XP-12 is better.

1:39 butter.

2:37 It's not really a fair comparison, the aircraft used in XP12 seem to be a Boeing 737, unlike in MSFS where you were flying the A320. Airbus controls are electronically limited to avoid such as excessive bank angle, excessive nose dive, and stall.

Thank bro to making this video Nice video

The person "playing" the keyboard is making comparisons in simulators? You're very smart.

Hard landing not comparable. High wind - I had older X Plane some years ago and when I tried 172 in wind higher than her normal flying speed, I lost the wings practically immediately after take-off. There is no overstress damage model anymore?

Bro you had me until the turned off damage crash in Microsoft flight simulator 😂

All these discussions about realism, level of simulation etc. and I bet that easily more than 70% of simulator flight players (any game) don't care about all that and just want to chill and relax flying around.

hi bro, how do you handle the plane? I mean, do you use joystick, keyboard, mouse?

How do you make in msfs2020 that you can crash without the game saying you crashed? How does the game still continue after a big collision or crash?

5:08 the 737 Ryanair has 2 wheels 💀

I really don’t understand what criteria you used to give the last 6 points

The games are not about crashing the planes.

Yo, in MSFS20 when you crash the screen blacks out and a beezing sound starts....

My question would be what about VR performance? With i7 8700k 1080ti 32gb ram and m.2 ssd I can only only get 30 fps in Reverb G2 at 70% render scale and low settings in Msfs.. That is not worth it - Mfsf is all about beauty so it should be at least 45+ fps at medium/high settings in 100% render scale to be considered descent for what it is (not really optimized) I have not tried without Realtime streaming yet, but I do not have bandwidth issues - so that would not make much difference according to sources.. So I really wonder if X-plane 11 or 12 would be able to do 45/60 fps at medium/high settings in VR preferably on 100% render scale on my system specs - then it might be actually worth it.. Maybe someone can give some insight!?

Hi I have downloaded xplane12 on my i macos Monterey..I have issues it not working properly very slow and also graphic not looking good so do you have any advice what to do..thanks

Xp12 : has physics Msfs : whats physics i skipped that on school

did he really tried to do a spin with an airbus? XD LMAO

Not a fair comparison on the crash because you clearly have MSFS crash damage disabled. It doesn't have a cool fire animation like XP but does indicate you crashed and end the flight however you disabled it making it unfair.

The a320 fbw system prevents it from flipping over so it that’s why it wouldn’t bank. But still good video

bro was landing a cessna at 100 knots

Imagine using keyboard to steer the plane

to make this fair, do another video when the actual release comes in december.

If you turn on msfs realistic it just makes an ear ringing sound effect with a black screen

Brother, if you are going to compare well, do it well, in Microsoft Flight Simulator it is 100 times more realistic than any other simulator, so you can enjoy the most realistic experience you just have to go to MFS2020 settings > assistance options > and put everything in Difficult and realistic. And this is how you will enjoy the true essence of Flight Simulator. Greetings.

that was some bouncy water

Remember xplane 12 is in its beta stage

The first 2 I thought ok that seems realistic, but the a320 has a system wich stops it exiting 40 degrees, and U compared it with a 737 wich does not have fly by wire so it can do that. You’re review of the winds was terrible, how TF do you think physics work?

Bro said that a flying plane that flies because of WIND WITHOUT ANYTHING is more realistic.

what aiport is that at 1:34?

Heavy Wind doesn't Look Like MfS do. xplane12 has the phisics more realistic than MfS. The collision on te Buildings doesn't work for FPS reasons. You didn't Watch the Wings phisics and Microburst fenomeno. And Other Things Like Stall and acceleration mechanics. I don't Say that MfS sucks but be Realist Xplane12 has the phisics, MfS has the graphics.

This video had to be filmed like five years ago cause Microsoft flight simulator first of all does not look anything like the graphics and second of all the physics are just completely different I literally on the game😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

yea but look at msfs clouds..who needs realistic flight when you have pretty clouds

It is a big problem that drives me crazy: XP physics better but mediocre graphics MSFS graphics better but physics mediocre So I end up using XP one day and MSFS next day.

This is what happens when people who have no idea about anything make comparisons...

My man trying to bank the a320 in normal law with a full side stick deflection. It won't go beyond 60 my friend.

For crash you have disabled all dmg, if not the screen become black and stop the game....

A320 systems in msfs don’t allow for a spin - just like in real life

is it possible to satisfactorily run Xplan11 or 12 with 5600g?

Dis toi tenable the damage on FS2020 ? It seems like there is no damage...

No way you tried to roll the a320... LMAO

You compared a beta version to a two year old release?

it doesn't make sense, the airbus a320 doesn't turn completely, it's from the plane, really this comparison didn't stay very much, the airbus itself doesn't let the plane turn completely

First one was because in MSFS collision damage might have been turned off 🤦🏻‍♂️

I see more channel but his channel is grate this will frist guy shows reality of water in xplane and msfs2020

I wasn't expecting to have a good laugh. 🙂

3:08 a320 flybywire be like: not today buddy

the wind part in mfs killed me 😂

On water I found that MFS was more realistic than what’s shown here..

Yeah man, you are right 100%

my man turned of damage in msfs 2020

Nice bro i like this video Because if a training pilot need to practice then he need nice physics to practice not only nice graphic and xplane have it . It comedy when i see Msfs2020 in wind And water in both is same hard Iam waiting for cockpit compare of all season.

3:30 your flying an airbus so it wont let you roll (because of fly by wire)

This is by far the worst comparison on RU-vid. Are you 12y old or what? MSFS has no plane damage graphics (in opposite to X-plane) but it does detect aircraft overstress, collisions, landing gear damage if anything like this happen screen goes black and you receive information about the crash - you've disabled it this is why plane is bumping from the ground cause it's indestructible in "easy mode". X-plane 11 has better physics than MSFS 2020 in my opinion but X-plane 12 looks like a joke. I'm not sure what changed between XP11 and XP12 but it seems like they just picked up XP11 and bugged it. Right now MSFS 2020 is the winner as plane physics are acceptable, weather / icing works very well and overall flight experience is insane on photorealistic maps. Too bad - I hoped XP12 will be a game changer.

The crash physic of msfs 2020 is hilarious😂😂😂

Silly comparisons, but enjoyed it lol.

videos on youtube are getting lower quality every day, and this one is one example of this

To bad you turned off the crash physics in MSFS to do this comparison, or it would have won them all.

I want to see realistic crash physics, aircraft damage and disintegration, as well as realistic explosions. I would snatch it up right away. I have Xplane 11 with mods but there is no mod for what I want.

What are u comparing??? This need to be done by someone who knows what to compare.

Maybe turn your realism settings on on MSFS. Crashes and water landings are replicated

Very scientific....... and very well flown /s

Когда вы уже перестаните сравнивать эти игры, одна с реализмом, а другая с красотой

I don’t know how you gave spin maneuvering and wind to MSFS

You had damage off for all of them. you would usually get a screen saying. you damaged your nose and landign gear or stuff.

Some of those are really iffy points. For a few of those comparisons I wouldn't have given a point to either!

why did u try an spinnmanuver with an a320 this thing got an flightenvelope protection it cant spinn