Seriously the first game since I was a kid that I wake up in the morning and mentally tally the days till it’s left. Seriously excited! Thank you for the amazing videos, they’re the only thing keeping me from raiding Asobo headquarters!
Just that. I am 45 years old and if those eight days do not go past quickly, my family is going to kill me, because they can not listen to my praise of the FS anymore. Like a child right before christmas.
Glad that I'm not the only one. I am 31 years old and I haven't been this excited about a game since I was a kid. I was introduced to FS98 in computer class back in seventh grade, and convinced my parents to buy me FS2000 and a joystick for my birthday that year. Man, I remember how excited I was when I figured out how to get Concorde up to full speed at its cruising altitude. I can't say that I've really played much in recent years since this franchise was abandoned. I would still return to FSX every now and then, but it is horribly dated and the scenery is awful unless you shell out big $$$ for third party stuff. I can't tell you how many hours I've spent in these games wishing that I could fly over my own town and have the actual buildings and highways be accurate. And now I am about to get my childhood wish granted. I have the premium deluxe version preordered and am eagerly counting the days while binge-watching videos from folks like Squirrel.
Edinburgh Pilot here- absolutely love this! The coastline and hills to the south are the most recognisable features flying into EDI and they look perfect. The weather is also spot on! I'm disappointed in the bridges being missing as they're one of the most unique features in the UK, but hopefully they will get in in a future update. Thanks so much for uploading! PS I may be wrong but I'm not sure Rwy 30 is in service in EDI :D
This is what is so amazing about MSFS 2020. Even the cities that aren’t done like edinburough, look so much better than any stock city from any other sim.
@@WhiteHawk77 The VFR flying was touted so much for its accuracy. I wouldn't be suprised if they have a contract on the quiet with Orbx to sell you the things that are missing. Probably the same sneaky contract they almost certainly have made with PMDG.$$$ It's of no coincidence that the 737 nor 777 is not included.
Defeft Yeah, but we are still just over a week away from release to be fair. And I’m sure if they don’t update it before the game comes out, then someone will create some Edinburgh scenery & make it available on the marketplace right something
I’m from fife, so love this! Also, I know you’re not from hear, but I always love hearing how other people pronounce the names of town e.c.t differently😂
Squirrel: Let's have a look out the window a bit (since ap is running) Squirrel: (immediately starts fussing with gauges ) You just can't relax my dude lol
It's incredible how similar this sounds to the actual DA40!! That distinctive "whirring" at high RPM that is just not present in other common trainers. Amazing.
We have about 60 DA-40's at my work with lycomming io360's and hartzell 2 blade props and it doesn't sound anything like them at all! What kind of engine/prop combo do you have? This thing sounds more like our DA-42's with their shitty lightweight composite 3 blade props.
Cracking video. As someone who lives in Dundee I can say that this is a cracking representation of the city and the geography. Obviously its not 100% true to life but having landed here in a piper warrier before, this simualtor would certainly seem to do the local area justice. One or 2 minor issues with the airport and its immediate surroundings...such as a building being placed over where the aircraft gate parking is but over all I'd say thats a 7 or 8 out of 10 for authenticity!
Really cool video. I had about 100 hours in DA-40. I remember on really hot days when pulling back on the stick for the lift off, the stall horn would whistle temporarily. When pushing the prop setting all the way forward before landing, it feels like you have hit the brakes on a car and you would be thrown forward. The game also modeled the prop noise at low RPM (right before touch down) so accurately. Brings back memories.
@@bluemeannie I remember there being 2 separate bridges and the rail bridge having a distinctive curve once it got into Dundee. I was at Leuchars when it was still an RAF base, many years ago. The best posting of my RAF career.
@Not Me Not Me yeah that’s right it curves on the dundee side, I used to love going to the RAF air show in leuchars but they haven’t done one for about 8 years now
I live in scotland. I can confirm the theme, feel and texture of the colors, clouds, wind. everything. Is pretty close to the real thing here! Incredible.
What you said was the station was actually the Scotrail depot beside Murrayfield tram stop. The Station, by which I assume you meant Waverley, is further east, the other side of the castle. You probably went right over it as you were looking at the Castle area.
- The nice area of housing is Dalgety Bay - Burnt-Island is the town and it has a small dockyard - The tower on the hill should be an antenna tower - I frequently travel between Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Leven (near Buckhaven) and they've nailed most landmarks.
AI is struggling with radio towers, chimneys, etc. I have seen artefacts like this one in other places, too. AI is good with houses, but everything else is more miss rather than hit.
@@TheNordicVoyager Doesn't matter so much when it's blending in unknown houses that you don't notice. But sticking a BBC in a Rural area that sticks out quite a bit even from the distance. It would be better off keeping at least the height down if it's just gonna guess. Still this in-game world is ambitious and surely they can't get everything right. The world is just too big. Luckily it can always be fixed later.
@@IXxJordan will be interesting to see! I have a feeling the modelling will be weird but I'll be trying it for sure. Not sure if the sim cones with a DHC-6 though.
Glad to see my home-town of Dundee being represented, off the bat it's very accurate! Where it all began, I remember several years back when you were on the cuff about Flight-Sims (FSX in this case) and we had a chat on Skype and did a screen-shared flight together. A memorable experience that was! If you're ever up this way Paul, I think I owe you an obligatory pint!
I' been in Scotland for 12 days last year and I have to say that it is one of the most beautiful countries in Europe. I started from Edinburgh by renting a car and went around the country. Simply amazing.
Sounds easy enough. Watch my channel, I might just do one of my favorite flights that way although the flight is 2 hours but its the first I ever did successfully so can't not do it.
Lightning and overal graphics from above looks extremely good. Very realistic. I haven't seen such realism in a long time from any game. Though when you get down it's a different story
The only time this is a let down is when it's a very recognisable landmark, i.e. Edinburgh Castle, Forth Bridge and many others but hopefully that will change over time. The rest looks absolutely stunning.
@Lawrziepan the Queensferry is there, the two you can see in the video are the two road bridges, the rail is just a texture smudge on the water :/ I think the proc-gen bridges are only.created where there's road data (I've flown there in the Alpha)
Thankyou so much for this video. I used to study at St Andrews for three years and live in Edinburgh for one year and the first time I saw review of this game I want to try this route. The Fife Costal Path is a very nice coast line for hiking on a sunny day and there are very good fish and chips in the town along the line. Just a few thing to add: 1) If you're to land at Edinburgh from the East, on a sunny day it's a gorgeous view when landing, as you could see the Arthur's Seat, the Old Town and spires in the Royal Mile, and the Castle forming an very interesting view of the city. The Arthur's Seat is particularly a funny thing to watch from the sky. 2) The Forth Bridge (in red in real life, for train) is a very iconic bridge connecting Lothian (Queensferry) and Fife (North Queensferry) is not properly constructed. Also there's an small island (Inchgarvie) right next to the Forth Bridge actually has abandoned building on it and one of them has a cross on top of it. Something interesting to look at when traveling north on train. 3) Houses in Scotland in this game seem to be much brownier than in real life. Most stone houses, particularly those from the Victorian Period or older, commonly have beige (when pristine) and grey or dark grey colour of stone walls (darker colour due to previous use of coal for heating and dusts). 4) One of the biggest attractive sites in St Andrews is the Ruin of the St Andrews Cathedral, once the largest cathedral in the world and the religious capital in Europe (correct me if I were wrong) before Sccotish Reformation. However, as far as I can tell from 26:43 , the Cathedral and its graveyard is not properly constructed. The game AI seems to fail to construct several iconic University buildings, including the landmark St Salvator's Qudrangle and the St Salvator's Tower; all buildings on the Score (the street near the sea connecting to the West Sands (the beach on the left handside) and the Links), all churches. Buildings on the East Sands (the beach on the right handside) also have the wrong scaling. 5) The former US President Barack Obama played golf on the St Andrews Links, the oldest golf course in the world, on a very sunny day in the Summer of 2017. Under the silent witness of almost the whole town and perhaps every US students there, he finished the last hole with three attempts and won a huge round of applause.
Also I once witnessed a (seemingly) Eurofighter Typhoon flew over the sky of St Andrews, probably from the Leuchars RFA airport. It was quite a dramatic scene and it disappeared quickly.
Yeah I'm hoping as time goes on, we'll get free updates as photogrammetry data expands. Sounds to me like we will. I heard there are 400 cities that have it. Hoping someone will publish a list. Looks like a lot of cities in the US already have it.
@@marmaleg5309In the Bing Maps app, click on the 'See more' icon in the top right and select '3D Cities'. That'll show you an alphabetical list, plus you can search the list by country or for specific cities. (The only UK city in the list so far is Southampton.)
the game looks so much better over the US because obviously bing sucks. if it wasnt microsoft i would question their choice to use bing instead of google, but obviously they gonna use their own product instead of an obviously superior one. Over time it will get better tho, and i believe it streams most of the cities and landscapes anyway so if bing updates as it should update the sim.
@@traviskingful I don't think Bing sucks as a map application... but it's clearly lacking behind Google maps in the amount of photogrammetry data which subsequently affects this sim. I guess Asobo could alleviate this a bit by improving the building sets for the autogeneration to cities centres in Europe to get more sloped roof buildings.
@@Madbrood I think the Tay Rail Bridge was in it, just not the road bridge? Looked like at the end there was a curve, which the road bridge doesn't have
This game just blows my mind every time I play. Despite being in the alpha and the preview it STILL boggles my mind. And it'll only keep getting better and better as they improve things and keep adding handcrafted assets like some unique buildings and bridges etc. This thing is just phenomenal. Really shows off what azure data streaming is capable of in games.
Loved this video, flew over the place I was born; my house; over the airfield I do most of my flying; and into the airport I first soloed at. Worth the watch 100%
@@oscarmorris3829 there are also people that pronounce Edinburgh as Edinburg it's not pronounced like that the gh in Edinburgh make a light H sound so its pronounced Edinbruh another common one is people pronounce the W in Glasgow making it sound like Glas-Gow it's not, It's pronounced Glas-go
I turned the object detail up from half way to 3/4 Just today. System handled it well, and now it's another game all together! Wollongong, through Sydney, and out to Richmond Air base today. Incredible.
I tracked your entire flight on my iPad with Google Maps in satellite view and could easily have navigated it myself. I was even identifying larger city roads and common vfr landmarks such as schools and churches. We hear the term "next gen" used far too often, but it really does describe this sim.
Another enjoyable watch, particularly enjoyed this one as I'm familiar with the area having holidayed in the "East Neuk of Fife" many times. Following the coast from Kirkcaldy around to St. Andrews you find some beautiful old seaside and fishing villages. Love that part of Scotland. The tower block where the transmitter should be had me chuckling.
The thing in Burntisland could be a poorly modeled Craig Kelly Transmitting Station. Also, could you try flying to/from IAD (Dulles)? It has a cool terminal and it would be neat to see how good the modeling is.
Leuchars is an Army base these days. They spent something like £14m on upgrading the runway, then shut down the RAF base within just a year or so of completion! Cool to see, as my dad worked there (no longer with us), and I've driven across the runway to pick him up. I remember Dundee airport got closed a good few years ago, along with half the roads around it, as someone landed on the mud banks to the left instead of the runway! Long delay getting home that night... grrrr!
@Lawrziepan I've climbed Calton Hill a couple of times. That's where an old observatory and several monuments reside. The view from there is pretty special too.
@@bluemeannie Hi. There's no 'Law Hill' in Edinburgh (that I'm aware of). To the south of the town there's 'Castlelaw Hill' where there is an Iron Age fort, and 'Scald Law'. Calton Hill is in Edinburgh to the north-east of Waverly Station.
great video, man. You'd be a very calming presence in the cockpit. I cannot wait for the 18th! really cool to see you switch to a 3rd person camera for sightseeing purposes. Game looks fantastic, obviously. The weather effects look really good.
dunhillsupramk3 - when I crashed it bounced and parked up next to a bungalow . Totally lost control cos I was rather distracted by the gorgeous scenery.
Nice to see someone flying this sim who can actually make a good landing decision, i.e. keeping some height on to get over the trees instead of just following the PAPIs
Great vid squirrel. It’s funny. I remember you did a journey from Dundee to Edinburgh in a train sim video a few years back and now you’re doing the return journey in a flight sim.
My area of Scotland! Thanks for this 👍🏻😄. The runway you took off from is now closed and used as a taxiway for one half, and the other half is no longer airside. It’s long term car parking now. Noticed that the terminal extension isn’t there either.
Please keep making short flight videos like this :) The game doesn't have any guided activities that aren't incredibly difficult so flying in game the same route you were doing here was a great way to learn a new aircraft and route!
I thoroughly enjoyed that trip, I have cycled and motorcycled the East coast many times and it really is a joy, you see much more on the bicycle of course ;) Its even more stunning from above!
Aww fab to see the area I live in. Shame about the weather, there is amazing views from Edinburgh all the way up to Dundee. Thanks hope you get back to Scotland soon
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The weather system is next level just looks incredible.
It somehow reminds me of Forza Horizon 4.
Aye, Its bloody Accurate too, raining in Edinburgh? Who’d have thought! 🏴
Faris haha yeah in the sunset with rain drops
This game in VR will be absolutely insane.
Taka definitely
Seriously the first game since I was a kid that I wake up in the morning and mentally tally the days till it’s left. Seriously excited! Thank you for the amazing videos, they’re the only thing keeping me from raiding Asobo headquarters!
Literally same. I live for this!!!
Me too. I have 1200 hours in a DA40 and 800 in DA42. Haven’t flown in 3 years . I cannot wait.
Just that. I am 45 years old and if those eight days do not go past quickly, my family is going to kill me, because they can not listen to my praise of the FS anymore. Like a child right before christmas.
Glad that I'm not the only one. I am 31 years old and I haven't been this excited about a game since I was a kid. I was introduced to FS98 in computer class back in seventh grade, and convinced my parents to buy me FS2000 and a joystick for my birthday that year. Man, I remember how excited I was when I figured out how to get Concorde up to full speed at its cruising altitude.
I can't say that I've really played much in recent years since this franchise was abandoned. I would still return to FSX every now and then, but it is horribly dated and the scenery is awful unless you shell out big $$$ for third party stuff. I can't tell you how many hours I've spent in these games wishing that I could fly over my own town and have the actual buildings and highways be accurate. And now I am about to get my childhood wish granted. I have the premium deluxe version preordered and am eagerly counting the days while binge-watching videos from folks like Squirrel.
same here :D
Edinburgh Pilot here- absolutely love this! The coastline and hills to the south are the most recognisable features flying into EDI and they look perfect. The weather is also spot on! I'm disappointed in the bridges being missing as they're one of the most unique features in the UK, but hopefully they will get in in a future update.
Thanks so much for uploading! PS I may be wrong but I'm not sure Rwy 30 is in service in EDI :D
hamsterminator I’m hoping I can Fly from EDI - KUN ( Kaunas, Lithuania ) in 18 days 👌 are planes still going ?
@@bradley8u941 not with my airline- but we are flying most of our old routes again now so hopefully you will be fine
@@hamsterminator nice i am a GLA pilot (Glasgow airport)
@@hamsterminator if you're an Edi pilot should have known that Rwy 12/30 was closed over 2 years ago and is now a car park at the rwy 30 threshold
@@737Adventures Yeah, there's no Runway 30, hasn't been for quite some time!
hahah as someone from Dundee, who was looking forward to checking out Dundee, thank you :)
"now that's a knife!"
Those eight days left will last forever...
Broo big facts tho
Official J Gamer I reply quick
@@viyath1374 yes.. yes you do
Where's a time machine when you need it
Marmaleg Head to Gallifrey i heard they have some.
This is what is so amazing about MSFS 2020. Even the cities that aren’t done like edinburough, look so much better than any stock city from any other sim.
Edinburgh
@@Just_lift_anyone Edinbruh
@Pete is never wrong they're friends?!
I agree, however the main selling piont of this Simm is based on accurate scenery.
Which it is not.
@@WhiteHawk77 The VFR flying was touted so much for its accuracy.
I wouldn't be suprised if they have a contract on the quiet with Orbx to sell you the things that are missing.
Probably the same sneaky contract they almost certainly have made with PMDG.$$$
It's of no coincidence that the 737 nor 777 is not included.
Town at 19 minutes is kirkcaldy my hometown. The promenade does look exactly like that plus the layout of the town. Amazing.
Well done for not doing the usual TH-cam thing and turning the weather off. Real weather adds so much authenticity when it looks like this!
I’m addicted and the game hasn’t even come out 😩😩
We are all waiting for 18th August xD
Ordered my g2 hmd...its killing me lol
Yes sirr
@ I've noticed joysticks are sold out on Amazon
@@jjjj5452 Same. My old trusty thrustmaster will have to suffice and I'll try again in September.
I had plans on sleeping but I guess I'll watch Flight sim at 1 am
It’s midnight here in the UK
me 2, 1:24am ^^
1:16am here in Ireland
1:35
4:10 am ganggg
Ahh just another quality gameplay video that just makes time go by that much more slowly before the release date
Honestly never thought I’d see a TH-camr flying round the Dundee area... cheers Squirrel!
16:00 Looks like it could be Craigkelly Transmitting Station and it's just drawn a block for it
correct
I’ve been looking forward to seeing Edinburgh (my city) in this game so I’m glad this video now exists
Looks a bit shit doesn't it? Basically FSX level detail with modern graphics lol, hopefully less known airports get updated through time though.
Defeft Yeah, but we are still just over a week away from release to be fair. And I’m sure if they don’t update it before the game comes out, then someone will create some Edinburgh scenery & make it available on the marketplace right something
@@Defeft Still WIP, though in fairness to FSX, 2004 &, 2000, they all got the Forth bridge right as default.
1875HIBEESFC with a bit over a week left till release and this much missing in one city alone is concerning
Detaaz True
I’m from fife, so love this! Also, I know you’re not from hear, but I always love hearing how other people pronounce the names of town e.c.t differently😂
The weather system is outstanding. The the runway lighting system and PAPI lights also look fantastic.
The fact that I live in dundee, the fact that I got this on my recommendations and the fact that I’m starting training next year at Dundee airport 😂😂
Squirrel: Let's have a look out the window a bit (since ap is running)
Squirrel: (immediately starts fussing with gauges )
You just can't relax my dude lol
It's incredible how similar this sounds to the actual DA40!! That distinctive "whirring" at high RPM that is just not present in other common trainers. Amazing.
We have about 60 DA-40's at my work with lycomming io360's and hartzell 2 blade props and it doesn't sound anything like them at all!
What kind of engine/prop combo do you have?
This thing sounds more like our DA-42's with their shitty lightweight composite 3 blade props.
I started watching you ages ago when you made MSFS videos and now we have come full circle
Thank god, I was sitting here for 2 hours waiting for my evening fix of MSFS news! Thanks, Squirrel. I can sleep now :)
Can't believe the nerve of that pilot, just hogging up the tarmac, like that, leaving you only one tie down. LOL Thanks for a great flight.
Very nice flight. The ability to visit all of your old haunts and all of the places you wish you had flown blows my mind.
Squirrel, I have a 2560x1080 monitor and I am LOVING your recent content. Thank you so much.
Pretty sure that random office block is craigkelly transmitting station
I was looking for a comment on it, because i seriously wanted to know. Thanks!
At least the ai recognized the height of it, if nothing else.
It’s a TV mast on the top of Burntisland Binn which was erected in the 60s for BBC2.
"All these worlds are yours to explore, except Europa. Attempt no landings here."
@@bujin1977 Very good - was thinking it looked like a monolith
(me thinking it'll be ages before I see my local area) Squirrel: Flies over my house...
And? What do u think?
Cracking video. As someone who lives in Dundee I can say that this is a cracking representation of the city and the geography. Obviously its not 100% true to life but having landed here in a piper warrier before, this simualtor would certainly seem to do the local area justice. One or 2 minor issues with the airport and its immediate surroundings...such as a building being placed over where the aircraft gate parking is but over all I'd say thats a 7 or 8 out of 10 for authenticity!
Really cool video. I had about 100 hours in DA-40. I remember on really hot days when pulling back on the stick for the lift off, the stall horn would whistle temporarily. When pushing the prop setting all the way forward before landing, it feels like you have hit the brakes on a car and you would be thrown forward. The game also modeled the prop noise at low RPM (right before touch down) so accurately. Brings back memories.
I live in Dundee, honestly one of the most underrated airports in the uk with the views
Fellow Dundonian.
There was no rail bridge either
yeah i live in newport and i got a flying lesson there but can’t use it cause of corona
@@bluemeannie I remember there being 2 separate bridges and the rail bridge having a distinctive curve once it got into Dundee.
I was at Leuchars when it was still an RAF base, many years ago. The best posting of my RAF career.
@Not Me Not Me yeah that’s right it curves on the dundee side, I used to love going to the RAF air show in leuchars but they haven’t done one for about 8 years now
16:19 It's a large radio tower for "The strength Lab"
It's a building in game but a radio antenna in IRL.
The attention to detail is jaw dropping, even down to the reflection of the instrument screen on the cockpit glass
I live in scotland.
I can confirm the theme, feel and texture of the colors, clouds, wind. everything. Is pretty close to the real thing here!
Incredible.
The scenery error is actually some kind of pylon/ transceiving tower.
I think it's a monolith.
louis Alexander According to Google Maps it looks like it’s supposed to be the Craigkelly Transmitting Station
Yeah idk I just looked at google earth.
Yeah... it looks like it has those same 4 rectangular buildings to the left
Yeah
What you said was the station was actually the Scotrail depot beside Murrayfield tram stop. The Station, by which I assume you meant Waverley, is further east, the other side of the castle. You probably went right over it as you were looking at the Castle area.
Haymarket Station is next to the scotrail depot .
I went to haymarket every day for my old job and it stops right next to Murrayfield, he got it spot on in this video.
The screen being reflected on the cockpit canopy is simply ridiculous. Can’t wait to play this.
- The nice area of housing is Dalgety Bay
- Burnt-Island is the town and it has a small dockyard
- The tower on the hill should be an antenna tower
- I frequently travel between Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Leven (near Buckhaven) and they've nailed most landmarks.
The Tower near Burntisland is a radio tower that the procedural gen has messed up haha
AI is struggling with radio towers, chimneys, etc. I have seen artefacts like this one in other places, too. AI is good with houses, but everything else is more miss rather than hit.
@@TheNordicVoyager Doesn't matter so much when it's blending in unknown houses that you don't notice. But sticking a BBC in a Rural area that sticks out quite a bit even from the distance. It would be better off keeping at least the height down if it's just gonna guess. Still this in-game world is ambitious and surely they can't get everything right. The world is just too big. Luckily it can always be fixed later.
yeah just went on google earth to check what it was, apparently that building is called the strength lab
But it does look like a really tall tower, So its better there be something there so you would know to avoid it IRL
@@benaviani-bartram8255 thats the gym next door.
can u fly from glasgow (EGPF) to barra (EGPR) so we can see difference of hand craft airport and see how a real beach aiport looks
Local? - been wanting to see someone do Barra since announcement. Feeling it may not be done well
@@IXxJordan will be interesting to see! I have a feeling the modelling will be weird but I'll be trying it for sure. Not sure if the sim cones with a DHC-6 though.
@@IXxJordan yeah live in glasgow so would be nice to see how it looks
@@haileddrip22024 Ahh yea, I was local to Barra at one point. One of the main places I am wanting to check out
So many great comments that I 100% feel the same...at the end of the day, so engaged and excited to jump back in and get off the ground!
When you moved to the interior view just wow. It's incredible the quality. Great videos as always.
that's probably the most generous description that kirkcaldy has ever had lol
Scottish weather? Hud yer wheesht, Sassenach! LOL. 😁
Glad to see my home-town of Dundee being represented, off the bat it's very accurate!
Where it all began, I remember several years back when you were on the cuff about Flight-Sims (FSX in this case) and we had a chat on Skype and did a screen-shared flight together. A memorable experience that was!
If you're ever up this way Paul, I think I owe you an obligatory pint!
I' been in Scotland for 12 days last year and I have to say that it is one of the most beautiful countries in Europe. I started from Edinburgh by renting a car and went around the country. Simply amazing.
Id love to see how the scenery generation handles more difficult areas such as theme parks.
I'd like to see a flight in an aircraft without a glass cockpit, interacting with ATC, and navigating using only VORs and NDBs.
Sounds easy enough. Watch my channel, I might just do one of my favorite flights that way although the flight is 2 hours but its the first I ever did successfully so can't not do it.
Humberside area looks great, the Humber Bridge and Spearn Point and Immingham Docks are replicated perfectly.
Lightning and overal graphics from above looks extremely good. Very realistic. I haven't seen such realism in a long time from any game. Though when you get down it's a different story
Considering that's all autogen scenery, that's damn good.
The only time this is a let down is when it's a very recognisable landmark, i.e. Edinburgh Castle, Forth Bridge and many others but hopefully that will change over time. The rest looks absolutely stunning.
it REALLY tends to put 90% of all bridges underwater for some reason, I guess Microsoft really like underwater roads or something ^^y
Kirkcaldy is pronounced Kircoddy, the L is silent
Leuchars is pronounced Lookers, no emphasis on the chars
to be fair the bigger mistake is at 13:33 when he says that Dunfermline looks like a really nice place to live.
Niall Foody hahaha
@@niallfoody97 It would be if it didn't have Fifers living in it
@@niallfoody97 thats dalgety bay he was flying over ;-) ... id love to live there
Leuchars is not pronounced "lookers" unless you're English and say "lock" Ness.
the sunbeam and rainbow at 9:25 look awesome.
I remember when paul made a train sim video that went across the bridge. So cool to see two sims paul plays come together like that
Flight sim is a Microsoft property right? It would be kinda funny if they just imported some Edinburgh assets from forza horizon 4
Lol that would be cool
HMM I DONT KNOW IF MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR IS A MICROSOFT PROPERTY
@@waltergoldstein8244 Of course it isn't, it's Sony property.
@@stormichow5325 you're getting it confused with amazon
There is supposed to be three briges there....Forth RAIL/ROAD and the Queensferry crossing
ORBX True Earth has modelled the three bridges, so hopefully there may be some collaboration with some of the POI.
@Lawrziepan the Queensferry is there, the two you can see in the video are the two road bridges, the rail is just a texture smudge on the water :/ I think the proc-gen bridges are only.created where there's road data
(I've flown there in the Alpha)
There’s no Tay rail bridge either
Thankyou so much for this video. I used to study at St Andrews for three years and live in Edinburgh for one year and the first time I saw review of this game I want to try this route. The Fife Costal Path is a very nice coast line for hiking on a sunny day and there are very good fish and chips in the town along the line.
Just a few thing to add:
1) If you're to land at Edinburgh from the East, on a sunny day it's a gorgeous view when landing, as you could see the Arthur's Seat, the Old Town and spires in the Royal Mile, and the Castle forming an very interesting view of the city. The Arthur's Seat is particularly a funny thing to watch from the sky.
2) The Forth Bridge (in red in real life, for train) is a very iconic bridge connecting Lothian (Queensferry) and Fife (North Queensferry) is not properly constructed. Also there's an small island (Inchgarvie) right next to the Forth Bridge actually has abandoned building on it and one of them has a cross on top of it. Something interesting to look at when traveling north on train.
3) Houses in Scotland in this game seem to be much brownier than in real life. Most stone houses, particularly those from the Victorian Period or older, commonly have beige (when pristine) and grey or dark grey colour of stone walls (darker colour due to previous use of coal for heating and dusts).
4) One of the biggest attractive sites in St Andrews is the Ruin of the St Andrews Cathedral, once the largest cathedral in the world and the religious capital in Europe (correct me if I were wrong) before Sccotish Reformation. However, as far as I can tell from 26:43 , the Cathedral and its graveyard is not properly constructed. The game AI seems to fail to construct several iconic University buildings, including the landmark St Salvator's Qudrangle and the St Salvator's Tower; all buildings on the Score (the street near the sea connecting to the West Sands (the beach on the left handside) and the Links), all churches. Buildings on the East Sands (the beach on the right handside) also have the wrong scaling.
5) The former US President Barack Obama played golf on the St Andrews Links, the oldest golf course in the world, on a very sunny day in the Summer of 2017. Under the silent witness of almost the whole town and perhaps every US students there, he finished the last hole with three attempts and won a huge round of applause.
Also I once witnessed a (seemingly) Eurofighter Typhoon flew over the sky of St Andrews, probably from the Leuchars RFA airport. It was quite a dramatic scene and it disappeared quickly.
I just love the scenic tours that Squirrel gives! Perfect to watch on a fine evening.
Really hope Microsoft improves the Bing data that's taken as basis for this. Most of Europe is just autogen apartment building hell.
Yeah I'm hoping as time goes on, we'll get free updates as photogrammetry data expands. Sounds to me like we will.
I heard there are 400 cities that have it. Hoping someone will publish a list. Looks like a lot of cities in the US already have it.
@@marmaleg5309In the Bing Maps app, click on the 'See more' icon in the top right and select '3D Cities'. That'll show you an alphabetical list, plus you can search the list by country or for specific cities. (The only UK city in the list so far is Southampton.)
but Europe is just apartment building hell.
the game looks so much better over the US because obviously bing sucks. if it wasnt microsoft i would question their choice to use bing instead of google, but obviously they gonna use their own product instead of an obviously superior one. Over time it will get better tho, and i believe it streams most of the cities and landscapes anyway so if bing updates as it should update the sim.
@@traviskingful I don't think Bing sucks as a map application... but it's clearly lacking behind Google maps in the amount of photogrammetry data which subsequently affects this sim. I guess Asobo could alleviate this a bit by improving the building sets for the autogeneration to cities centres in Europe to get more sloped roof buildings.
A question that just 'd come to my mind: Are there actually sandstorms depicted in FS2020?
They've absolutely nailed this game graphically! Weather, reflections, scenery, just everything.
Astonishing weather and scenery. Best video to date, really great to see Scotland. Rip active sky!!
Cities don’t even bother me at the moment as over time they have said they will fix and update it auto gen etc so I don’t even mind it looks amazing
Theres 3 bridges missing there! heres your angry scottish person lol
And the Tay rail bridge as well?! This is literally unplayable
@@Madbrood suppose they'll add them in later its not that hard
I now feel entirely justified for my pirate copy of Windows.
@@Madbrood I think the Tay Rail Bridge was in it, just not the road bridge? Looked like at the end there was a curve, which the road bridge doesn't have
@@amcghie7 yeah you're right... will hopefully get a better view of it tomorrow!
This game just blows my mind every time I play. Despite being in the alpha and the preview it STILL boggles my mind. And it'll only keep getting better and better as they improve things and keep adding handcrafted assets like some unique buildings and bridges etc. This thing is just phenomenal. Really shows off what azure data streaming is capable of in games.
Loved this video, flew over the place I was born; my house; over the airfield I do most of my flying; and into the airport I first soloed at. Worth the watch 100%
and of course, Dundee is modeled beyond completely wrong with a gigantic building covering the entire south-side apron lmao
burnt-island. Not burntizzlind.
Brb I'm getting a Scottish mob going.
Burnt-ireland lol
And Kirkaldy is something like kirkaudy, leuchars is something like leucrs.
@@oscarmorris3829 there are also people that pronounce Edinburgh as Edinburg it's not pronounced like that the gh in Edinburgh make a light H sound so its pronounced Edinbruh another common one is people pronounce the W in Glasgow making it sound like Glas-Gow it's not, It's pronounced Glas-go
I thought it was Burn-Tire-lund. It's definitely Lew-kers (was stationed there), but if you're being posh it's Lew-Cars.
@@shadowxxe Best phonetic spelling ..." Edinburru "
it’s taking forever to get to August 18th 😂
Imagine if your an Xbox player like me lmao we got to wait even longer
8 days 4 hours
196 hours left
I hear they put the release date back another month......scared yer.
Empty Hassan lol oof
13:34 that place you said would be really nice to live is Dalgety Bay and it is pretty nice 👍
I turned the object detail up from half way to 3/4 Just today. System handled it well, and now it's another game all together!
Wollongong, through Sydney, and out to Richmond Air base today.
Incredible.
@Squirrel Any chance of a Cessna Caravan flight around Hawaii??? Pretty please???
I think the big tall tower is possibly supposed to be the Craigkelly Transmitting Station.
Thats what I came to say 👍
I tracked your entire flight on my iPad with Google Maps in satellite view and could easily have navigated it myself. I was even identifying larger city roads and common vfr landmarks such as schools and churches. We hear the term "next gen" used far too often, but it really does describe this sim.
Another enjoyable watch, particularly enjoyed this one as I'm familiar with the area having holidayed in the "East Neuk of Fife" many times. Following the coast from Kirkcaldy around to St. Andrews you find some beautiful old seaside and fishing villages. Love that part of Scotland. The tower block where the transmitter should be had me chuckling.
I want truck Sim game with this graphics so badly..😯❤
And real world scale!!
The thing in Burntisland could be a poorly modeled Craig Kelly Transmitting Station. Also, could you try flying to/from IAD (Dulles)? It has a cool terminal and it would be neat to see how good the modeling is.
Leuchars is an Army base these days. They spent something like £14m on upgrading the runway, then shut down the RAF base within just a year or so of completion! Cool to see, as my dad worked there (no longer with us), and I've driven across the runway to pick him up. I remember Dundee airport got closed a good few years ago, along with half the roads around it, as someone landed on the mud banks to the left instead of the runway! Long delay getting home that night... grrrr!
Been waiting to see how Edinburgh looks in the new Flight Sim. Excited for next week!
Just a fun fact the hill that the castle is sitting on is an extinct volcano or whatever you call it lol
Yes, it's a volcanic plug. The volcano itself has eroded away, leaving the hardened core of the volcano on which the castle sits.
@@JCGAMING_Channel No it isn't. Arthur's Seat is to the East of the Castle and the Old Town. It's called Castle Rock.
@Lawrziepan I've climbed Calton Hill a couple of times. That's where an old observatory and several monuments reside. The view from there is pretty special too.
Are you talking about the law hill?
@@bluemeannie Hi. There's no 'Law Hill' in Edinburgh (that I'm aware of). To the south of the town there's 'Castlelaw Hill' where there is an Iron Age fort, and 'Scald Law'. Calton Hill is in Edinburgh to the north-east of Waverly Station.
I would love to see the waterfalls of the world, Niagara, Victoria, Angel, etc.
Nah you don't, I've seen the screenshots. They look horrible right now. (not moving)
Yeah, I just flew Niagara today and it really was bad. Hopefully they update it soon.
great video, man. You'd be a very calming presence in the cockpit.
I cannot wait for the 18th!
really cool to see you switch to a 3rd person camera for sightseeing purposes. Game looks fantastic, obviously. The weather effects look really good.
That approach just looked so magnificent.
Can't wait to try it myself!
This is going to be the longest eight days of my life...
Microsoft going to revoke the Beta access if they find out you're using google maps :P
The reflections in the glass of your cockpit are just insane.
Superb!! looking forward to release. Thanks so much for bringing this to our screens - lovely weather, lovely scenery....
You should go from Aberdeen and fly across the Cairngorms it’s got even better scenery than this.
Curious how everyone is avoiding crashing in this new Sim
well you wouldn't want to crash in a real aircraft either.... just saying is all, i think it fades to black if you do crash..
dunhillsupramk3 - when I crashed it bounced and parked up next to a bungalow . Totally lost control cos I was rather distracted by the gorgeous scenery.
Nice to see someone flying this sim who can actually make a good landing decision, i.e. keeping some height on to get over the trees instead of just following the PAPIs
That big tower block is the Sheep and Cow Cow Control Centre (SACC), used for monitoring sheep and cows in the field below.
So much nostalgia from the DA40NG. Really miss flight training in it and the 42! Best training aircraft I've flown to date.
Pissing rain,grey clouds,foreboding atmosphere...yep they got Dundee spot on😂
Great vid squirrel. It’s funny. I remember you did a journey from Dundee to Edinburgh in a train sim video a few years back and now you’re doing the return journey in a flight sim.
26:17 "In the shadows of St Albans" 😂😂😂
Totally agree that the GA aspect is the most exciting. Thanks again for a great video.
Leucars is Army now, but they still keep the runway ready for the QRA Typhoons as an emergency diversion. Great video TY Squirrel.
My area of Scotland! Thanks for this 👍🏻😄. The runway you took off from is now closed and used as a taxiway for one half, and the other half is no longer airside. It’s long term car parking now. Noticed that the terminal extension isn’t there either.
Please keep making short flight videos like this :) The game doesn't have any guided activities that aren't incredibly difficult so flying in game the same route you were doing here was a great way to learn a new aircraft and route!
Squirrel, if you like the Dundee approach you will love the Inverness approach into 23... very picturesque approach indeed!!!
I thoroughly enjoyed that trip, I have cycled and motorcycled the East coast many times and it really is a joy, you see much more on the bicycle of course ;) Its even more stunning from above!
Aww fab to see the area I live in. Shame about the weather, there is amazing views from Edinburgh all the way up to Dundee. Thanks hope you get back to Scotland soon
Did my first solo flight at Dundee, bloody terrifying and yet also bloody marvellous