FranceVFR`s French Riviera or Cote d`Azur
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1. but I ve been here several times in my life since it s always sunny weather over here Ok also El Nino has changed the weather conditions here but generally it s mostly sunny This short flight was just to give you an idea of what you can expect during the rest of this review and more for what the package offers France VFR is known as a vendor that creates high quality photo realistic sceneries for FS9 and FSX although the FSX version is more or less a compatible piece of software This is by the way different than the MegaSceneryX products With the France VFR products you get two versions for one price Ok away from this intermezzo we quickly continue with our VFR flight along the C te d Azur A prepared morning flight to LFMD Cannes Mandelieu It s an early morning in February when prepare a flight to LFMD It s foggy but not that bad to start from this small airport located in the mountains Due to circumstances beyond our control we don t have official charts with us so I use the Michelin route maps which are normally used for driving along these routes Don t worry we will find our way towards the Mediterranean Sea So welcome on board of this prepared flight from airport Valberg 0654 to Cannes Mandelieu LFMD Prepared Our flight plan should look like this after take off runway 01 from Valberg airport we fly in a westerly direction along road D28 to file El A VSIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm2. French Riviera Although it s hot in the summer this is not always the case Even here you can have windy conditions and lots of clouds but for the moment it gives a Superior idea of this area The French Riviera has a Mediterranean climate with sunny hot dry summers and mild winters Winter temperatures are moderated by the proximity to the Mediterranean Days of frost are extremely rare and in summer the maximum temperature rarely exceeds 30 degrees Celsius Along the French Riviera there a number of micro climates and there can be great differences in the weather between Nice on the east and Toulon on the west Strong winds such as the mistral a cold dry wind from the northwest or from the east are another characteristic feature of the Riviera particularly in the winter and between Toulon and Marseille Nice and the Alpes Maritime Nice and the Alpes Maritime Department are sheltered by the Alps and are the most protected part of the Mediterranean coast The winds in this department are usually gentle blowing from the sea to the land though sometimes the Mistral blows strongly from the northwest or turned by the mountains from the east In 1956 a mistral wind from the northwest reached the speed of 180 kilometers an hour at Nice airport Sometimes in summer the scirocco brings high temperatures and reddish desert sand from Africa file El A VSIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm 3 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM AVSIM Online F
3. The only negative part is or could be the price The current offer of the Base and Autogen bundle is good and a reasonable price but when you want to add the latest FlightRiviera product to it then another 24 90 35 00 is disappearing out of your pocket Last but not least or see it more as a gift since the FSX patch and FlightRiviera software doesn t offer anything better than FS9 Find below some screenshots taken in FSX with only the Base and Autogen packages installed Don t expect too much Since both have 4 7m pixels the produced photorealistic scenery is or should be the same One thing to keep in mind when installing the FSX patch this time you need to enter the base pack manually into the Scenery Library Not like the FS9 version where this was done automatically Apart from that just follow the provided text file with the FSX patch and off you go FSX screenshots taken in the France VFR FlightRiviera Base and Autogen Pack You may judge for yourself but my experience is that the photorealistic blanket is not different Same meters pixels but the sky clouds and far sight is different A more natural look but on the other hand this natural look has nothing to do with the France VFR FlightRiviera scenery Riviera J etSet package FS9 impression Since the Base and Autogen package have been on the market for a while the question regarding the new J etSet package comes automatically what is the use and impac
4. a minimum This can be extended with either the AutogenPack and or the J etSet pack but what is the J etSet pack really doing The J etSet creates more special buildings or landmarks file El A VSIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm 15 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site or eae oot een ca airport buildings like at LFMN Nice but also smaller Dell Precision 650 ee tees ane ET Nan acne Dual Intel Xeon 3 06Ghz ee 4Gb RAM DDR 533Mhz Detailed information about all the J etSet items can be found on the dedicated France VFR nVidia 7800GS 512Mb AGP FlightRiviera J etSet website What does it all cost and what do you get RAID O HDD s SCSI 340Gb Windows XP Professional SP2 The bundled package which contains the BasePack and Autogen pack cost you 34 90 7 Flight Simulator 9 1 49 00 while you can add the J etSet package to this This package costs you another FSX with SP1 24 90 7 35 00 According to the France VFR website you can if you want to use only Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals the JetSet package also buy the standalone BasePack with the J etSet and forget the Saitek Pro Flight Yoke System Autogen Pack TrackerlR Pro 4 TrackerClip Pro Personally would say based on previous experiences with the Oriental Pyrenees software from France VFR always buy the Autogen package since the J etSet pack modifies lots of Flying Time things along the coastline like cities such as Cannes Nice Monaco
5. and large airports as 33 hours LFMN and LFMD but no villages or towns in the main land What want to say is the J etSet modifies things that were not created by the Autogen package so it adds a lot of nice beautiful things With this last statement it also means that buying the France VFR FlightRiviera bundle and J etSet packages you need to pay 59 80 7 84 50 and although it looks great it s a lot of money Ok you get the FSX version free of charge but the FSX version is currently no more then a patch and it s no more then 4 7m pixels Comparing this with the MegaSceneryX Dallas Fort Worth product for example that one offers not only a FSX version 1 19m pixel 21 000km2 but also the FS9 version 4 8m pixel 10 000km2 free of charge and that s for 18 40 29 95 Oops that s a huge difference but on the other hand there s no other vendor who makes photorealistic scenery of France checked it several times but couldn t find any competitors so in that way France VFR has a monopoly position A small word about the FPS frame impact hardly noticed any impact There probably is but can t see it So flying this wonderful scenery is fun and it even becomes more fun when you fly cross country VFR flights Flying IFR is less interesting but still possible What more can add to this think that almost everything has been explained in detail it s a high quality product where navigation can be done with an offi
6. s Manual button Since started file El A VSIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm 6 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site both installers with the English language you may expect that when you open the Acrobat file an English version is displayed But unfortunately this is not the case Instead a French version is opened but have to admit that directly below the picture on the first page a link is added to switch to the English version Is it handy Not really since personally expect an English document after an English installer and visa versa for the French language This is a probably a limitation of the Auto Installer but at least with the link on the first French page it helps the English reader That s it about the installers and a first small impression about what these packages change in your MSFS 20904 configuration A last note from France VFR makers Suppose you ve got FSGlobal 2008 software installed You can either disable it in the Scenery Library or you can leave it The France VFR Base Pack comes with its own terrain mesh files which have a higher resolution then the provided ones from FSGlobal 2008 Documentation The bundled package comes with the following French and English Acrobat files User s manual The Base Pack manual has a handy table of contents in which the display parameters and settings are the most important part On pages 7 to 9 the necessary manual ad
7. 9 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site Guillaumes and climb out to 7500 8000 feet Here we hope to find road D902 which runs in a southwest direction along the Gorges du Daluis Here we catch road N202 in a western direction to Lac de Castillon This can t be missed since it s a big lake Via the eastern bank of the lake we try to fly and follow road D955 and reach the city of Castellane We pick up the famous road N85 also know as the Route Napoleon Here we should be able to follow the road via the Pas de la Faye which ends in Grasse Grasse is a famous city or village if you like because of the perfumes especially the Lavendal perfume From the top of the mountains we drop down to the coast where we fly straight over Cannes and directly to the island of Ste Marguerite Once there we make almost a 180 degree turn to LFMD Canes Mandelieu In between we should have enough time to take lots of pictures of the beautiful scenery Are you ready to go Everything packed This time have rented a local Reims Cessna Aviation C150L Commuter with registration F BUML The MSFS version being used is FS9 1 and not FSX The reason is because the meters pixel is the same for FS9 FSX which is 4 7m pixel Apart from that the FSX patch of the FlightRiviera J etSet is not yet available so once we reach the coastline and LFMD some things are missing Things in this case are special landmarks in Cannes a
8. AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site AVSIM Commercial Scenery Review France VFR French Riviera or Cote d Azur Product I nformation Publisher France VFR Description France VFR FlightRiviera Base Autogen and JetSet software Format Download Download Size 415 MB Bundle FS9 3 MB FSX Bundle patch 63 5 MB JetSet FS9 Reviewed by Angelique van Campen AVSIM Staff Reviewer March 19 2008 Simulation Type FS9 FSX SP1 SP2 Accel Introduction Where shall start Who has never heard of famous cities like Marseille Cannes Nice and Monaco Either you have or you haven t Welcome to one of the best places of Southern France or to be more precise the French Riviera Apart of the great villages file El A VSIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm 1 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site white beaches wine beer excellent French cuisine boats extraordinary cars like Lamborghini Ferrari Alfa Romeo and many more this piece of Franc is famous for the Film Festival of Cannes but what about Monaco and Monte Carlo Too much to write down and unfortunately my review doesn t offer you a nice beer or French white or red wine but it offers an in depth review of this French Riviera More important for us as flight simmers what does France VFR offers us about this package Notre nouvelle sc ne Riviera J etSet est maintenant disponible Ce co
9. aft Become a Publisher today www flightsimx co uk www avsim com ever created for the FS platform www avsim com Vertical Reality Simulations file El A VSIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm 18 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM
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11. cial ICAO chart but also with Michelin auto route charts You can do it with your paper version of the Michelin charts at home like have or you can simply download these for free from the Internet via this Michelin link or you can use Mappy What I Like About French Riviera or Cote d Azur file El A VSIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm 16 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site Absolutely worth your money Clear and easy installer including auto detection of the FS9 directory Nice and handy manuals with enough details as well as the necessary charts Great airport details for example for LFMD Cannes LFMN Nice and LNMC Monaco It covers a 12 000 km2 area thus a great ultimate VFR experience Although the France VFR website is currently only in the French language e mails are quickly and correctly answered in English FSX patch only makes the software compatible with FSX thus the resolution stays the Same as FSQ9 which is 4 7m pixels Patch applicable for SP1 SP2 or MS Acceleration Pack What I Don t Like About French Riviera or Cote d Azur e Unfortunately the France VFR website is still in the French language which is difficult for foreign visitors or potential buyers e personally don t see the idea of the IFR low and high airways charts e Keep in mind the available textures are only offering summer period e The France VFR forum is only available in French When a cust
12. e of software The scenery includes the major airports of the Riviera Nice and Cannes as well as the most important monuments and characteristic buildings of the region This add on provides you a great number of 3D objects meticulously placed on the photo realistic textures of the BasePack and perfectly integrated with file El A VSIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm 7 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site the buildings and vegetation already present in the Autogen add on for Riviera Further we need to make the necessary display settings as we did already with the base pack These settings are slightly different than with the base pack and are again divided depending on your PC performance in a basic and advanced configuration This concludes the manuals of this triple software pack of France VFR s FlightRiviera Apart of the need for low and high level IFR en route charts need to say that everything that is needed for the beginner intermediate and advanced users is offered In other words there s no need to look for other charts The only thing that miss is a VFR overview chart of this area An unprepared flight from LFMQ Le Castellet to Monaco As usual before taking our Michelin auto route chart s in our hand let s first make a short trip along the coastline in a Western and Eastern direction Keep in mind that for example Marseille doesn t belong to this scenery package but that d
13. ember The cold and dry Mistral wind is particularly frequent and strong in winter between Marseille and Toulon blowing down the Rhone River Valley Strong winds blow an average of 118 days a year in Toulon compared with 76 days at Frejus further east The strongest Mistral wind recorded in Toulon was 130 kilometers an hour MSFS 2004 Scenery versus France VFR installation and documentation MSFS 2004 Scenery versus France VFR Before starting with the installation process think it s a good idea to uninstall my current FS9 version and re install a clean version of course updating it with MSFS 9 1 but nothing more Then we first have a look and fly around with this basic MSFS 2004 configuration versus an example of how France VFR FLIGHTRiviera would look Ok jump into my Cessna 182 and fly with me from LFMN Nice Cote d Azur runway O4R Is it really an impressive flight No this sub chapter shows you the difference between a life without FLIGHTRiviera and a set of screenshots with the base and autogen software installed didn t install the latest France VFR Riviera software yet Jet Set since this comes separately file El A V SIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm 4 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site Default FS2004 top view LFMN Nice France VFR FLIGHTRIiviera r ea ua errs a e E i oll i F ms a a pi Default FS2004 Ea Viewing a North West dir Fra
14. justments are described to get the best out of this photorealistic scenery If you re interested in the covered area then page 5 shows you a nice colored clear chart Roughly we can say that the BasePack covers the Mediterranean French coast from La Ciotat to Menton about 250 km The area or if you wish the zone covers about 12000 km2 User s manual AutogenPack This Acrobat file doesn t offer too much more than the previously discussed Base manual since no adjustments are needed simply because it only creates auto generated objects like trees houses buildings and many others Therefore this manual is only 2 pages long Charts and Flight Documentation The same as the previous review of the Oriental Pyrenees this Acrobat file contains VFR and IFR flight rules low and high level en route maps as well as detaieds airport maps VFR IFR planning and if applicable SID STAR information The colored VFR planning charts are very nice but have my doubts about the IFR low and high level enroute charts Flying over this 12 000 km2 area is fun even at 10 000 feet but flying over it at 20 000 feet or even higher don t see the use of it but that s my personal feeling Whatever think this manual is nice withlots of charts available and they re good for VFR flight planning The Riviera J etSet package comes with the following Acrobat French and English files User s manual This Acrobat files explains the function of this piec
15. light Simulation s Number 1 Site Rainfall is rare but can be torrential particularly in September when storms and rain are caused by the difference between the colder air inland and the warm Mediterranean water temperature 20 24 degrees C The average annual rainfall in Nice is 767 millimeters more than in Paris though it rains an average of just 63 days a year Snow is extremely rare usually falling once every ten years 1956 was a very exceptional year when 20 centimeters of snow blanketed the coast In January 1985 the coast between Cannes and Menton received 30 to 40 centimeters of snow In the mountains the snow is present from November to May Nice has an average of 2694 hours of sunshine or about 112 days a year The average maximum daily temperature in Nice in August is 28 degrees C and the average minimum daily temperature in January is 6 degrees C Toulon and the Var Toulon and the Department of the Var which includes St Tropez and Hyeres have a climate slightly warmer dryer and sunnier than Nice and the Alpes Maritime but is also less sheltered from the wind Toulon has an average of 2799 hours of sunshine or about 116 days a year making it the city with the most sunshine in metropolitan France The average maximum daily temperature in August is 29 1 degrees C and the average daily minimum temperature in January is 5 8 degrees C The average annual rainfall is 665 millimeters with the most rain from October to Nov
16. mpl ment rajoute au BasePack Riviera d ja disponible deux a roports d taill s Nice et cannes une am lioration du port de Monaco ainsi qu un grand nombre d objets sur le littoral monuments batiments remarquables bateaux animations tout en conservant une int gration optimale ainsi qu une excellent fluidit FIGHT A HERA G And what about the following Afin de promouvoir la sc ne de Riviera JetSet aupr s de ceux qui n auraient pas fait l acquisition de cette collection de sc nes sur la C te d Azur France VFR propose une offre sp ciale de bundle sur les sc nes du BasePack et de l AutogenPack qui sont pour l une indispensable et pour l autre fortement conseil e Ce bundle est propos au prix de 34 90 Euros en version t l chargement ou sur le site simmerstore com pour ceux qui pr f rent des versions en service CD Good great excellent and that s it My French is too bad to understand this Before helping you a bit it also means that the current France VFR website is only available in the French language Hopefully France VFR finishes the translation into other languages shortly This will help a lot of potential customers who don t understand French Ok back to this French text Before telling something about the BasePack and Autogen pack would like to make clear that these packages are currently available as a bundle at the France VFR shop and have been for a while To be precise the base pack wa
17. nce VFR FLIGHTRiviera file El A VSIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm 5 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site Shocked hope not This is what happens with the default FS2004 scenery if you buy and install the Base and Autogen packages think these 10 pictures tell you more than enough about the power of the France VFR products in this case the French Riviera To make it clear the right hand France VFR screenshots only represent the BasePack and Autogen Pack software installed so NO J etSet Installation The installation process of the two installers in my case one for the Base and Autogen bundle and one for the J etSet package is straightforward The installer is available in English and French and the installer automatically detects the correct FS2004 location Keep in mind that while writing this there no FSX patch available yet Pig a Seen be rege mm J HIG a nee Te Laren Lia Po Pa eA FLIGHTRIVIERSA T FLIGH TRIYIERA FLIGHTRIVIERA BUNDLE A BUNDLE HUNTALE FLIGHTRIYIERA RUNDLE Pkk Buds har for sey braki DJ b a te Cia H Jer pr arnat pe eee CEE HET b Ca Peledders Suber I tere ao tt E ea Pua r hiik oe tail ft 4 Either English or French Rema erto eves tor ay Auto detecting MSFS2004 User s Manual French updates Version shown l E A m e Fup m E ireo pir bria F E ir p Ori bria Fs opie Sire p Tri braa Pope Er irr ff Cea bria mp
18. nd the redesigned airport of LEMD Redesigned means buildings markings control tower etc as they should be ee a a iJi 4 i aai e D lope r E jT F ae Se Valberg lac de Castillon lac de Castillon Pas de la Pas de la Faye Cannes Faye LFMD Find here some copies from the Michelin Atlas Routiers amp Touristique Together with the text A prepared morning flight to LFMD and the pictures below you should be able to follow our 2 irr i m PAE a oe damit I flight plan with this auto route chart Click on each thumbnail to get a large example as well as green dots representing the route While the lighting conditions are becoming better it turns out that there is hardly any cloud so it s time to fly along the planned route Just a small remark due to the early morning the screenshots seems to be very dark but when you click on them not only does a larger one pop up but also one which represents better lighting conditions Flying this route was great and does represent the total covered France VFR area If it s early in the morning or in daylight VFR conditions or late in the afternoon the scenery is and stays awesome You really believe you re flying in the real world of the Cote d Azur By the way for this special occasion used the French register freeware Cessna 150 L Commuter from Fravin and FrankOO which can be downloaded at FS Tutorials Enough about that take the chart in your hand and try t
19. o follow the trip made file El A VSIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm 10 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site Lac de Castillon St J ulien du Help 1 m lost but nice Nice view of Grasse and Verdon mountain coastline Sunny Cannes in front of us Ine K e city Just above the C150 LFMD file El A VSIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm 11 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site honestly need to tell you that it wasn t that easy to follow the roads and rivers but I ve succeeded One reason that it wasn t that easy was because of the altitude We where flying roughly at 7700 feet which was high enough to look over the mountains but a little too high to see the roads and rivers This was also a result of all the shadows in the valleys One thing we had for sure was the Mediterranean Sea Because of our altitude we could always see the sea so in case we lost the road we were always able to fly directly over the mountains to the sea But what was important about this flight think that s more or less clear The sharpness and precision of all the roads rivers lakes villages towns and many other things and the accurate and realistic view of the mountains All together it was awesome to fly this stretch Sub conclusion apart of the awesome C150 L Commuter have a great feeling about the quality of this photorealistic scenery
20. o mention first these eight screenshots represent more or less the same location but with without JetSet installed This time no airports but specific hotels buildings and others are displayed tried to find the same location where made the screenshots with the J etSet package installed but that was not always that easy Simply because without the J etSet package installed there was mostly nothing there compared with the J etSet installed So no Marina hotel no Monaco museum and many other items not shown here In between conclusion the France VFR Flight Riviera J etSet package does offer a great change in the marvelous photorealistic scenery What else is there regarding for example the modified airport of Nice Cote d Azur LFMN It seems that the airport lay out buildings signs taxi markings etc look very similar to the ones from SimWings or Aerosoft If it s the same then leave that open but for me the additional real looking LFMN airport is worth the price of the J etSet package In otherwords there s not really a need to buy the separate Aerosoft SimWings Nice airport in my personal opinion Where ends the real virtual world This sub chapter is more or less always the same and unfortunately when you re used to flying with photo realistic scenery add ons life is very hard when reaching the border The border where the normal default FS2004 starts and the France VFR Riviera ends that is Let s first have a l
21. oesn t matter It s around 4 PM when we start at LFMQ Le Castellet with nice weather conditions From this small airfield we fly towards the coast and then head for LFMN Nice and a little further to LNMC Monaco Unfortunately we can t land here since it s a heliport and we re we flying in a rented Cessna 182 Don t worry finally we will land somewhere Bandol Sanary Six Fours Hyeres road N98 and LFTH La Capte Giens and and Presqu ile du Cap Sici Hy res Le Palyvestre Presqu ile de Giens a lt 1 ug I x AA le Lavandou Ile de Porquerolles and Presqu ile de Giens Airport 8353 and Corniche Port Grimaud Ste Maxime des Maures and Golfe de St Tropez file El A VSIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm 8 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site VERVAN Golfe de Napoule LFMD Cannes Mandelieu la Villeneuve Loubet Plage road and eastern side of Massif de l Esterel Napoule and Golf de Napoule A8 E80 and Marineland LFMN Nice Cote d Azur river Var and road A8 E80 N ERMC heliport Monaco 98 Monaco city and Monte Carlo Nice eastern part Mt Boton Together with the help of my old Michelin Atlas Routiers amp Touristique see it as the famous Rand McNally road map needed to figure out where was including all the cities and villages along the coast line For me this is a known area don t live here
22. omer wants to look for information Support or sharing information with other users he she is not able to unless you re a French speaking person Printing If you wish to print this review or read it offline at your leisure right click on the link below and select save as FranceVFR s French Riviera or Cote d Azur adobe acrobat required Comments Standard Disclaimer The review above is a subjective assessment of the product by the author There is no connection between the producer and the reviewer and we feel this review is unbiased and truly reflects the performance of the product in the simming environment This disclaimer is posted here in order to provide you with background information on the reviewer and any connections that may exist between him her and the contributing party Tell A Friend About this Review file El A VSIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm 17 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site 2008 AVSIM Online All Rights Reserved AVSIM Reviews Advertise Here VRS F A 18E Superbug Make Money with SimWords FlightSimX Want to stay on top of the most Want your advertising to count The VRS F A 18E Superbug for Join the ranks of websites earning Daily flight simulator news views recent ad ons See our Reviews Advertise in this slot for pennies a MSFS 2004 FSX is the most an income from SimWords and reviews www avsim com day advanced combat add on aircr
23. ook at the following pictures made at every corner of France VFR s Riviera software rr East coast North East corner West coast North West corner LH FlightRiviera RH default LH FlightRiviera RH default LH FlightRiviera RH default RH FlightRiviera LH default FS9 FS9 FS9 FS9 file El A VSIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm 14 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site This happens when you have reached the borders of the France VFR photorealistic scenery and thus where the default MSFS9 scenery starts It s always shocking and not only a problem for the vendor The default FS9 scenery is in my personal opinion really a bad compromise between reality and as real as it could be Since the making of these photo realistic sceneries is not that simple those areas are generally not that big Although 12 000 km2 is a lot especially when you have to drive it hope you re used to the different landscapes but on the other hand it keeps you staying inside the wonderful photorealistic blanket of France VFR Google satellite or MSFS What s next comparing the photo quality of France VFR Riviera with Google or satellite pictures According to the France VFR website the created quality is based on satellite pictures so why should compare it then with Google No this time there s no comparison since the quality at around 12 000 to 13 000 feet is of such a high level that y
24. ou start wondering if you re looking at MSFS pictures or Google Earth Have a look at the following four pictures and then judge for yourself a ye 5 E F i I i i p P oe y FET T f J ji f 2 i a Nice village somewhere in Great view of la Sayne Toulon ERICEIRA OTE MAn a part Napoule purposely left ON the Ctrl Z indications otherwise you would have had no idea that these screenshots where made in Flight Simulator 9 About the details The scenery has an FS9 pixel quality of 4 7 m pixel Since the FSX patch is only to make it compatible with FSX the meters pixel is thus the same so no higher standard available here Consulting France VFR resulted in the following answer all the products are on the way to be rebuilt in a 2 4 m pixel resolution with 0 5m pixel on the airports areas but because of the structure of my products it should be a long work So good news but we need to wait for that By the way the FSX patch for the FlightRiviera J etSet is expected to be released the second half of March Summary Closing Remarks How many words shall spend here too many or could put it into one word Yes can awesome This one word result is not because it s French and not because I ve been here many times in my life and not because I m European and not because I m forget it Ok about the software Looking back to the beginning you need the base pack as
25. s introduced in March 2006 while in September 2006 the Autogen package was added to it Recently France VFR added the J etSet pack The Riviera J etSet package offers more detailed airports along the French coastline including Monaco and many special famous buildings boats animations and many other things Important to mention is that to run the Riviera J etSet you need to have the Base Pack installed The Autogen is not really necessary but on the other hand with the current combined offer Base and Autogen it s worth installing all three packages file El AVSIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm 2 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site The French Riviera French C te d Azur Occitan Costa Azzura is one of the most famous resort areas in the world Extending along the Mediterranean Sea west from Menton near the Italian border It includes the cities and towns of Monaco Nice Antibes and Cannes home of the Cannes Film Festival Other sources extend the Cote d Azur further west to include Saint Raphael Var Sainte Maxime St Tropez Hyeres Toulon and Cassis The Quai des Etats Unis in Nice on the French Riviera at night Map of the French Riviera C te d Azur Cap Ferrat Plage la Paloma Saint J eannet in Alpes Courtade s Beach on a beach on the C te d Azur Maritimes Porquerolles No these pictures are not taken from within FS9 FSX but these are real pictures of the
26. t it however when you look to the four screenshots below and then suddenly you see the huge difference and impact of this JetSet package Suddenly LFMN looks very basic and even LFMD Cannes Mandelieu mc No J etSet package installed T TN T a A installed yT TEE package installed vat No JetSet package installed Good that was the first culture shock or is it scenery shock but this is not all Watch and see what s also missing when you don t buy the J etSet package The following set of four screenshots cover Nice and Monaco By the way these screenshots with without J etSet package should give you a good idea what is missing when you don t have the J etSet package Other places within the base pack are also modified with the same idea modified buildings landmarks airports and others file El A VSIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm 13 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site Musee Oceanographique Monaco FlightRiviera J etSet installed Beach line Cannes Marina Baie des Anges Marina Baie des Anges FlightRiviera J etSet installed FlightRiviera J etSet installed FlightRiviera J etSet installed q gt a Empty beach Plans to built a hotel Still thinking about Marina Museum gone with the wind No JetSet package installed No JetSet package installed No J etSet package installed No JetSet package installed One important thing t
27. t of this small piece of software thought it would be a good idea to check what it s really doing by simply comparing the standard package with the J etSet package have to make one remark since received the bundle software Base and Autogen package can t check the different between a pure base pack installation with or without the J etSet package One thing can tell you already about the J etSet package it s worth your money since it not only offers modified or additional landmarks but it also offers a fully equipped LFMN Nice Cote d Azur airport as well as other airports but the impact of LFMN is the most important one file El A VSIM Reviews Riviera Riviera htm 12 of 18 20 03 2008 7 15 02 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site First it s time to look at the following screenshots These first show you four pictures consisting of the Base Autogen JetSet Packages and then four without the J etSet package think no comment is needed LFMN Terminal 2 with c ra LFMD Apron Overview LFMD LFMN Terminal 1 ONET FlightRiviera JetSet installed FlightRiviera JetSet installed FlightRiviera J etSet installed FlightRiviera JetSet installed Not to make any mistakes these four screenshots above are the result of the France VFR FlightRiviera Base Autogen and JetSet packages This means that you get a well equipped LFMN and LFMD airport apart of a few others It s a great look isn
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