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[Ted_Ball]

Yeah that does look like fun. I enjoy skiiing games. I'd like to see that 4 man snowboard racing a la Olympics in that.

[Ted_Ball]

I don't really need optical reader. I download games and movies. Storage is good I suppose. And I don't think I need 4K but, in the future, who knows? It's only an extra $3.25 a month.

[MERACE]

Looks like I won't have to upgrade to an Xbox Series X to play Microsoft Flight Simulator:

 

https://www.reviewge...through-xcloud/

 

-MERACE

[Ted_Ball]

Wow. Great news

[Ted_Ball]

Just heard internet in Australia isn't good enough for xcloud to be viable. 

 

It's been out for a year in the US, and has never rolled out here for that reason

I think it actually is available here as a beta. I wouldn't count on it working that great on our connections anyway

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[MERACE]

That sucks! 🤔😡


-MERACE

[Ted_Ball]

Yeah it sucks (bloody Australia) but at least I'll get a new Xbox S !!

[Ted_Ball]

Got the 'S'.   Noticeable improvement in graphical quality in SnowRunner. Ambient lighting is superb. 38 days to go.

[Ted_Ball]

And the load times are 1/10th of my old Xbox.

[Ted_Ball]

This is going to be a long 4 weeks.

[Ted_Ball]

The eagle has landed

[Buck]

How is it Ted?

[MERACE]

I’m hoping Microsoft will add it to Xbox Cloud so I can stream it on my iPad. 🤞


-MERACE

[Ted_Ball]

It's great Buck.  A bit of training and I was away.

Looks fabulous, good frame rate, and has an authentic feel afaik.

I'm off around the world in a Diamond DA4ONG. 940 nmiles range so it will take some planning. All failures on and anything could happen.

[Buck]

It's great Buck.  A bit of training and I was away.

Looks fabulous, good frame rate, and has an authentic feel afaik.

I'm off around the world in a Diamond DA4ONG. 940 nmiles range so it will take some planning. All failures on and anything could happen.

 

And you're on the Series S or X?

[Ted_Ball]

S

[Buck]

Totally blown away with what a job they did getting performance out of the consoles!

 

Very very cool

[Ted_Ball]

Yeah. It's pretty amazing.

[Ted_Ball]

What a great sim - although I'm not simming too hard yet. 

 

Finally left Australia after 3 days flying (big country) and now crossing the Torres Strait to New Guinea - making landfall on a little grass strip in some remote village before a final leg today stopping at Mt Hagen in the highlands. Weather is beautiful.

 

I'm flying the Robin DR400/100 Cadet. I hope she can make the climb into the mountains. I sacked the Diamond DA40NG. (pos)

[Ted_Ball]

Wow!. This game is revealing itself.

As soon as I crossed into New Guinea the bad weather started. I've been dogged by electrical storms for two days. I was going to fly to Mt Hagen in one hop but was forced down to Panakawa then Moro. There was full thick cloud cover with nicely rendered lightning and lightning flashes with authentic thunder.

I tried to get up to 8000 feet to cross the mountain range out of  Moro but was turned back twice. There's a trade off between climb rate and air speed. I didn't like having full throttle to climb but no acceleration if I got into trouble. And that's while storms are constant with only glimpses of the terrain through breaks.

So I had to go around the mountains along river valleys before climbing to Hagen where I had to land in a severe storm. I'm heading north west to get to the north coast and out of the mountains but there were still some ranges to cross through heavy cloud. You never know whether you'll fly into the side of a mountain.

I'm using a destination HUD but I'd like to start more dead reckoning - plot a course i.e. 1 hour NW, 2 hours due W, etc. taking into account wind speed. Fuel is an issue. I'd like to fly like Francis Chichester!! Interesting experience.

OK. On to the Indonesias.