ORBX FTX Global comparison with FSX default scenery. Is it worth buying? 

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Very good in depth review. I have Global, Vector, HD Trees, LC NA/Alaska/Canada, NA Blue Pacific Northwest, NA Blue Southern Alaska, and all their freeware airports. I run all this along with many other addons such as the entire FreemeshX library, REX essential with OD, PrecipitFX, etc. it all works great and looks absolutely beautiful. I highly recommend.

After trying out the very impressive Pacific Northwest, Iceland and Tasmania Orbx free trials I was sold on FTX Global, and it's definitely paid off. Been flying in Egypt, San Francisco, Manchester and Beijing and they all look fantastic. Maybe not entirely unique but absolutely more authentic than they are by default. I have to make myself hold off the spending but I look forward to getting Vector and OpenLC as well for the improved coastlines and varied terrain. FTX Global does do a fantastic job though in making the world more natural to fly in, and doesn't feel incomplete. If anything it's hard to believe that it can be refined even further with Vector, OpenLC and FTX England.

Thanks so much for that vid. I really needed this fair and balanced view. On the basis of your vid, i think ill hold off on FTX global. Maybe when I can justify the expense of the entire ftx experience, i'll revisit. Thanks again for taking the time to make and share this.

Thanks for making this video. I found it very useful and appreciate your views. I have it installed and for me, just the fact that it replaces the redundant 'tiles' in FSX is worth the price.

Nice video - I always wondered what the ORBYX Global was. I have ORBYX England/Scotland/Wales (If I remember correctly) but never understood where Global fitted in. Thanks for the explanation. I just found your channel and have to say that I love the long in-depth videos. Sorry to hear about your health but looks like you have the right attitude and moving on. Cheers and thanks again

Just purchased the global, vector, and europe,truly wonderfull just did a dusk flight in the duke b60 from cannes in france the presentation is truly awsome well worth the expence 5 star Orbx.

Very nice video. You explained everything I was hoping to get explained. It seems like it does not really affect the FPS, so I might even buy it :) Thanks for the video!

Thank you! purchased it based on your review, much appriciated

Great comparision!! Thanks!!

Thank you for the very good and ussefull review!

Great video that helped me make up my mind, thank you! +1 sub

Good video. To sum up the question one only needs the ORBX FTX Region Pack to get all the features that are not specific to the separate Global add-ons if they decide to limit themselves to VFR type flying in a specific region. Then it is worth buying. ORBX FTX Global is not needed if one just buys the FTX Region like NA Pacific North West. etc. The regions are the full meal deal if you choose to fly within the regions which are fairly large for most flights which most simmers often can`t find time for. Furthermore, the FTX Region Packs are more affordable and have additional mesh, more features and detailed airports. Whereas the Global add-ons do not even if you buy all three; Global Base, Land Class and Vectors. Otherwise the Global proposition is very expensive and requires all the rest to anti up. Regions contain all three former add-ons (limited to region) plus extra features the former do not. In answer to your question--No, it`s not worth buying FTX Global for the casual pilot at standard price. You might as well buy New Gen FS Global Mesh and be done with it. Use the money you will save for a new GFX Card. Having said this, If your preferred region is not available by ORBX then you are out of luck.

Interesting vid! It'd be good to see a video on track ir if you haven't done one already. I've been toying with the idea of getting one for better realism. Your in depth videos help a lot. Many thanks!

Hope this is valuable folks.

Thank you very much! You did a professional job with this video. I am currently in the planning stages ( that is, getting a new computer system) of entering the world of FSX from 10 years of using FS9 with my old system. The default FSX scenery is much better than FS9 - that alone is worth the price of admission. :-D

Thank you. I've watched a few comparison videos between ORBX Global and FSX & P3D and the verdict is I would not pay $10US for it let alone $100. There is hardly a difference and sometimes FSX/P3D Default is slightly better. I've also seen reports that removing ORBX products is impossible. I bought a few areas from MegaSceneryEarth and I find it outstanding when flying at 1000 feet and higher, but when closer to ground it is very flat and featureless as it does not use any autogen houses and trees. However it does use non-autogen buildings, trees and other objects. This is a waste of money IMO.

Great!

The GB Scenery is extremely good - You have 3 separate downloads, South, Central and North. It makes a massive difference to the experience, it is even streets ahead of ORTHI4XP scenery and is a lot more resource friendly. The files are about 20GB each to download, so you have 60GB in all. (They cost about 35-40 AUD each)

I have Base and vector and my sims colours don’t looks as vibrant and saturated as this . Do you use Rex texture direct to make it look like that but I have obix and it doesn’t quite looks as colourful as that

Hi, I have just watched this video after reading an article about ORBX FTX Global. First of al let me congratulate you on a very informative piece of work (and your flying was not too bad either.) I could certainly see the massive difference between the default FSX scenery and this one, maybe because I knew what I was looking for! Your video certianly gives me food for thought as I have quite a few scenery and airports already installed for the UK ie, Just Flight's Real Scenery X, Horizons VFR Generation X, UK2000 Heathrow/Manchester extreme and I would be concerned in loosing those or part of those to have this instead maybe there are work-rounds? That being said, this is worldwide and I love flying low over America and Europe, this looks as though it might be amazing for that and even open up places like New Zealand and Asia for me. I believe this is much better when used in conjunction with Global Vector and their Open LC. I already have ORBX CanadianPacific NW and so if it ends up looking like that, well Wow is all I can say. Frame Rate looks good on this too. Looks like you sold it too me! - Your video seems to have a couple of glitches, ie just black (but sound OK) when starting 'Welshpool' on both occasions for about two mins and of course your Fraps frame counter was not there but it did not really detract from the message. (ps I have XPlane-10 too) So my very grateful thanks, Herb

good job done thanks mate

love the video im a learner,can you operate from a transmiter

Why is most payware priced at such an absurd value? I'm just surprised people spend hundreds of pounds on payware.

Actually flew out of welshpool yesterday :) Orbx wales does a very realistic model of the airport defiantly would recommend orbx wales and England.

What set of soft clouds are you using ?

Just a question. Since FTX is so high on GB, can I install it on to a separate HDD, and not the ssd on which my fsx/prepared is installed?

Take a look at Welshpool Airport images - not a tree in sight!! However, useful vid, thanks.

Thank you for the informative video.... The one thing that bothers me is the trees near the airport in both FSX and ORBX (even more so in ORBX actually)... When taking off runway 04, you are facing a wall of trees!I am still myself unsure about the whole ORBX thing....

Good vid👍

FTX Global (sans other packs) is good. Is it £50 worth of good? No, not for what is basically a terrain texture pack. Sorry, despite being a very nice improvement to the sim, it's overpriced. If they drop the price and/or bundle it with some of the other packs, it starts to make more sense.

Great Video!

As someone who only really uses passenger jets, I think I'd rather spend my money on airport scenery. Thank you for the helpful video though, it helped me make my mind up.

A question: If I install this pack, could I have troubles with another addon scenaries?

Hell yeah It's worth it

Where did you start after London City? at Min18:00?

thanks for the review i bought the base pack based on this video what would be the next step in the rung to improve it vector or landclass or other packs is there a certain order i should buy them to optimise the overall scenery

By the way, I've recently purchased FSX steam edition. Don't know if you have it. I'm planning on starting small and purchasing the REX soft clouds add on, to see if I feel it's worth buying it. I'd like to see a vid comparing "vanilla" fsx steam edition with/without the soft cloud add on. If you could do that, that'd be great!

Is this with FTX Trees HD?

Good video. When you say spend some more pounds and buy some London scenery in order to make it real look like London. Why not just buy the London Scenery and skip the orbx? I'm new to sim so sorry if the question is a bit weird.

thanks for the review. Iv just installed global base and pretty much the whole land is all 2D for me, with only a few houses scattered around with the main buildings ect... i flew to london city airport and all the land around it was all 2D along with no trees. Do you know what the problem could possibly be? kind regards.

Holy shit, you sound just like Squirrel (Paul)

Should I use the rex4 and active sky together or just the ftx ?

hey can you tell me your pc specs? thx!

Do You Think This Will Run FTX global And The NGX Okay? I get 10-50FPS On the Ground At EGLL UK2000 Free In Aerosoft Airbus.

Aerosoft vr london knocks that out of the water and know london well

Hey, i'm doubtful about purchasing this since I have installed (paid) a complete texture of my local aiport and I'm afraid if they cannot work together

Is there any cheaper product wich is smillar to this?

i have to say i too couldnt really tell a difference. id want more for 55 quid certainly. ive got uk2000 gatwick and heathrow extreme and they look so much better than the london city. london city didnt look that much different whereas their egkk and egll make huge differences.

Great vid;0) I wonder if anyone can help.... I'm running an i5 4690k (not clocked) and an msi gtx 970 4gb. The difference between this my old PC is incredible, and I've got the fps set to 50. Default FSX, with no ads ons. The one thing that is really annoying is even with a decent system the distant buildings/ trees ect pop up out of nowhere, and doesn't come into view very smoothly. I'm going to purchase Ftc global, and just wondered if this will sort out the problem, or if anyone can advise on what settings to use (even with everything pretty much maxed out, it still happens... Grrrrr)

I installed global and tried a landing at KJFK (Kennedy INT) and the elevation crashed my 767. evidently its not compatible with all airports including my favorite ones.

When I fly FSX over Blackpool the tower & the two piers have disappeared. If I load ORBX they all appear but where has Blackpool gone? The tower is now standing in open fields no buildings really.

I like your name :D

Hi all.. i would like to ask about addons like ftx global , rex texure ect... if i ll get them by download , and then i ll change my pc because the old one "dies" ... whats happening with my addons? i have to backup them ? if i download them will i have them in files or they will instal instant to my logistic of fsx and if my pc dies i lose them ? can any1 help me pls ?!

The thin terminal extension that the UK2000 airport has is accurate, check out the airport on Google Maps satellite view!

London is not a bloody nation park.

Awesome.... if you don't need things like food or to pay rent......

7:08 Frame rate doesn't really matter on a black screen, though, does it? 😂

Is ftx any good

Has the Global product inproved since 2014? I still haven't bought it yet...

how the hell do you get such high framerates? im getting between 15 and 30 :(

how do u gt such great fps

Hi, are OrbX and FTX two separate programs?

CAN YOU HELP PLEASE. I have a desk top ZooStorm 7010 , I will give you these specs and hope I make sense. i3-4130CPU@3.40 GHz. RAM is 8GB, Nvidia GTX 650 with 1GB , or 2 GB..not sure. I have just bought Microsoft FSX flight sim..I want to make it look realistic scenery wise. I am a novice and need help as I have never installed anything like this before...Where should I start ? HELP PLEASE. Many Thanks

You are right it is not worthted look LPMA or PAKT OR hawaii almost everything mess they did not realy calculate airport elevation or other add on conflict

for me it lags a lot. Any tips?

Does anyone have a black screen sometimes?

PC Specs?

Your better than me in a heli

I get it for free ! You should too why you buy??

I don’t know why mine isn’t working at all! That’s $100 down the drain.

Am I trippin? His voice sounds like Nick Mason from Pink Floyd.

If they charge U$5,00 instead of US$50,00 I would consider to buy.

ORBX FTX GLOBAL for FSX My Thoughts and Opinion...what does that mean?...your thoughts are already your opinion...there's no difference between them...

Dutch Van Hesling, I can't reply to you directly, but Your request is far more than I could manage with my knowledge. The best thing to do would be to read and work your way through this web page: kostasfsworld.wordpress.com/fsx-software-and-hardware-guide/

On sale now orbxdirect.com/

Aircraft being sold for as little as 15 pounds? There's plenty of aircraft being given away for free!!!

6:45 totally black; a few seconds later, narrator says frame rate is better... lol

open google earth let sim controll it. cant get more photorealistic. becouse its photos

Simulators are really only good to teach instruments and IMC . The flight model is awful, wind, gust , weather . All of that is intense in real life. I suppose if you get a POH , you could learn to fly single engine AC but I doubt sim pilots could start the Cessnas I fly , let alone take off and land.

Your video is poor, it's bad publicity for Orbx because it really doesn't show the strength of FTX Global, especially when you upgrade it with OpenLC, Open Vector and mesh and that's the reason why we have a fool below saying "looks the same to me LOL" Look at this video, it is way more accurate than yours and it shows exactly how default FTX compares to FTX Global or to FTX Global with upgrades: OrbX FTX Global Base+OpenLC+Vector+Mesh (P3D)

This is sooo bad !!!

your eyes cant detect a diffrance in fps unless it's below 18 fps!! our eyes see the world at an average of 18 fps!!!! Thats the max we can process >.