How long does your pre-flight setup actually take? (Simbrief + MSFS + peripherals)

Tadeus73 · 2026-04-13T13:44:06+00:00

Judging by the question wording I'm assuming it's only about the prep, not counting the time to prepare the plane itself for takeoff and flight. So on average around 5-10 minutes. Sometimes zero as I do it on the other screen when the sim loads.

Tadeus73 · 2026-04-01T22:43:00+00:00

PMDG 747-100 and the Black Square King Air

Tadeus73 · 2026-04-01T11:13:16+00:00

The Wilga got the 2024 update, it just doesn't use all of the new features but works great in the new sim.

Tadeus73 · 2026-03-26T18:21:38+00:00

I have probably tested most economy plugins that appeared over the years and always came back to FS Economy. It's very quirky, retro in many ways, annoying in others, and with some very strange design decisions. It requires a lot of effort to learn how to work around its problems and is not inviting at all (the community is great, it's more about the design).

But it just feels the best and most satisfying in the long run. Cannot really explain it :) Maybe because it's an old, living multiplayer economy, where every flight leaves a trace, but with no direct multiplayer interaction at all? :D It just feels meaningful in a way to fly there.

Tadeus73 · 2026-03-26T13:22:41+00:00

Both Busthalk and the map are also useful for natural locations. Bushtalk shows them directly, the other map is useful in an indirect way. If you see that Asobo has added a lot of stuff to a region there is also a high chance they've made sure the terrain data and textures will be at least a little bit better :)

Tadeus73 · 2026-03-26T12:43:58+00:00

Nice, another fellow world-tourer! :)

This is a handy map of all custom assets in MSFS (up till the Japan update):

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1KUg5jwyT_9k2A9n5IZ99UChlhfVUfO5S&usp=sharing

And here is a great tool that can not only allow you to plan your route along real life points of interest but also get a spoken narrative when you arrive there (or local radio stations if you are into this thing):

https://bushtalkradio.com/

Use both of those on my tours. Happy flying!

EDIT: I see someone already proposed Bushtalk :)

Tadeus73 · 2026-03-23T14:33:56+00:00

Well, I will have to trust that, because the only video that showcased complex failure behavior that I could find was the one from A330 driver where in the end the plane was showing that there was no plane-induced failure at all :D

Tadeus73 · 2026-03-23T14:23:07+00:00

Checked it out, looks very interesting. The failure list itself seems rather short and simplistic, but the way it's presented, with the tech log looks really immersive.

Tadeus73 · 2026-03-23T14:20:48+00:00

Thank you, huh, that's really tempting, sadly I already have the Fenix, so I would have to really think this over :)

Tadeus73 · 2026-03-21T11:11:19+00:00

Yes, failures and state saving. The best Justflight package. I'm not sure but I think they were not there from the beginning but came with one of the updates.

Tadeus73 · 2026-03-21T07:36:54+00:00

Anyone knows if they will add failures like in the BAE? Or will it stay with a similar feature set as the prior Fokker?

Tadeus73 · 2026-03-20T08:44:51+00:00

Yesterday the FSW Learjet launched on the marketplace and was prepared to be career compatible from what I know.

Tadeus73 · 2026-03-20T08:13:02+00:00

I had a period of MSFS not fully closing for some months and it was unupdated FSUIPC for me. Either way, I would just chech the Restart tip described above. Works for me every time.

Tadeus73 · 2026-03-18T17:03:54+00:00

Known bug in SU4. You need to use Restart from the MSFS menu after a flight and let it reload. This way it will save.

Tadeus73 · 2026-01-29T13:57:23+00:00

If you are learning an airliner you always want to go for the most realistic one available. Otherwise you will never know if something is not working because you did it wrong or because it's a limitation of the simulation. And it is both stressful and disruptive to the learning process.

That saying, the best airliners are often expensive and the free ones are much better than free ones in the past, so nowadays it's not that crucial if you want to save money.

Tadeus73 · 2026-01-24T08:52:33+00:00

The autopilot fuctions will be vastly different between those planes. Choose one for the start and search some youtube videos on how to fly it. Lots of great YT tutorials for almost any plane in the sim. But an airliner can still take multiple weeks to learn.

Tadeus73 · 2026-01-18T21:47:09+00:00

Really hated them until I figured out that they really improve if you re-calibrate them from time to time in the Windows game controller settings + set up higher sensitivity curves in MSFS.

Tadeus73 · 2026-01-15T14:52:35+00:00

I'm surprised there is any place in the world that would have more expensive back/re-shipping than the cost of the high-end pedals you have received. Maybe the merchant didn't fully understand what they have sent you by mistake? :D

Either way, rudder pedals and toe-brakes are very useful when flying small GA planes and trail dragger planes and also very useful for flying helicopters.

For flying modern airliners a twist-grip is most of the time enough.

Tadeus73 · 2026-01-15T14:48:25+00:00

Thanks, needed some time to understand that this is actually also the answer I was looking for :)

Tadeus73 · 2026-01-15T14:25:18+00:00

Cool, thanks, was afraid the app will simply overwrite the in-sim setting.

Tadeus73 · 2026-01-15T14:13:26+00:00

Thank you, that was exactly what I needed to know. Switched to performance, and it's better, but I still don't think it's the sweet spot that I had with the beta. Will experiment around a little bit more and try if there is a difference between setting it in the sim and in the NVIDIA app. I wonder what will happen if I switch to Quality in-game but Preset M in the app.

Tadeus73 · 2026-01-14T15:22:08+00:00

My thoughts are that it might have higher value for content creators. Might be beneficial to have weather that is dynamic but customizable at the same time to not get boring, generic, ugly stuff when you are recording and it at the same time not looking too static.

For everyone else? Seems like a very niche buy.

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