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X-Plane 12 vs Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 & Why I Can't Leave X-Plane
In the X-Plane 12 vs Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 debate, both sims are genuinely brilliant but at completely different things - X-Plane wins on flight model depth, home cockpit integration, and the way it feels alive through force feedback hardware, while Microsoft Flight Simulator dominates on scenery, modern hardware performance, and native multiplayer. For serious cockpit builders and hardware-focused simmers X-Plane 12 remains the platform of choice despite its visual and performance shortcomings. But if Laminar Research can close the scenery gap, modernise the UI, and overhaul the multi-threading architecture, the migration could start flowing the other way.
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I'm Steve. A flight simulation enthusiast and most definitely not a real pilot.
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