The fidelity of aircraft - depends on where you get each aircraft from (they are sold separately). The _visual_ realism is so-so - meaning you get American-looking streets and trucks on the street in Russian cities -I guess they used one set of assets to fill the entire world.
PARASITE CITY GAME OVER MOD
The world quality of Global Scenery mod is pretty damn amazing - I've tried flying in multiple areas, from Los Angeles and San Francisco area to a town in Siberia, Russia - the _practical_ realism (in terms of layout of the roads and terrain) - is amazing.
The map weather editor has some GUI buttons become inactive, requiring an alt+tab from and to the application to re-activate the buttons. Both solutions are potentially feasible for semi-professional pilot training and practice. That, or you'll need to have a local hard drive set with all that data. A solution like that would likely be available, perhaps from MS Flight Sim 2020 - when they finally release it with streaming world data in real-time (as you're flying) from a server containing many Terabytes of Googe Earth data. Of course, if one comes in expecting GTA-V level of detail on a map containing the entire planet - they would be disappointed. Personally I was amazed how the Global Scenery mod contains the ENTIRE WORLD modelled within about a 50Gb download package. I cannot comprehend how R_pilotkostGR says that this game doesn't have good scenery and environment. It doesn't have typical "game" elements per se, and some might find it lacking in that regard. This is first and foremost - a flight simulator, most useful for training/practice piloting real aircraft.
PARASITE CITY GAME OVER LICENSE
This I've recently got an actual Sport Pilot license and so I can compare playing this game with flying real single-engine light aircraft. I've recently got an actual Sport Pilot license and so I can compare playing this game with flying real single-engine light aircraft. I use the free ATC plugin that works flawlessly. I would do either of those options as the biggest problem with X-Plane has always been the built in ATC is awful and you are better off ignoring it in many cases. A very good ATC is available as a plugin free. Using some networks, you can fly with human ATC (or become one of those ATC). Want to explore the world from above? Want to find challenging places to land? Want to practice for real flight? This is for you.
PARASITE CITY GAME OVER PC
With addons it can be expensive, but amazing (some great addons are free too).I spend way too much time in X-Plane 11 using the PC edition without Steam. You can get addons for missions or challenges (I like Air Hauler 2 for missions and building a company). If you want pretty but not necessarily accurate and unrealistic flight, then go with MSF. If you want pretty but not necessarily accurate and unrealistic flight, then go with If you want realism and beauty, X-Plane 11 is for you. If you want realism and beauty, X-Plane 11 is for you.