UrbanMAXX integrates into X-Planes “Plausible” environment seamlessly but it also gives you the ability to dial down your rendering options for better performance. UrbanMAXX Extreme Version 2 provides a better set of textures over Version 1. The textures have been optimized with normal maps which brings another dimension to UME (UrbanMAXX). Some changes...

At the official X-Plane Website, there’s a nice article about an interview with Austin Meyer. According to EAA Radio “A couple weeks ago, EAA Radio conducted an interview with Austin Meyer, who, in the words of one interviewer, “is pretty much X-Plane.” ”They discuss the origins if X-Plane and its use in aeronautical engineering (testing...

Incoming message from QualityWings representative Corey … Hi Folks, Originally we uploaded the PK as an executable file that was approx 1GB in size. That caused problems with our server. In the interim, please use our mirrors as this 1GB file is no longer available at QWsim.com. We’ve uploaded the file as a RAR archive. There are 2 files that must...

At AVSIM we found an interesting article about the upcoming PMDG 777. According to Robert Randazzo: As we near the release of the PMDG 777X base pack I thought it would be useful to create a single forum topic where all the 777 features and info (such as EFB, taxi camera, ECL) that have been debated (and resolved by the development team) are put together to...

Dutch Classics is quite busy with their NS 1100 locomotive. It seems the locomotive is almost finished, but what has Dutch Classic to say? Dutch Classics tells us that “Once again a work in progress screenshot of the NS 1100 class engine in development: shown are the Berlin blue 1114, next to the 1122 in original turqoise livery.” “The 1114 is...