I disagree with a lot of the talk in the flight simulation community that always runs along the lines of "MSFS is a game with nice visuals, use X-Plane if you want a real simulator". I've used X-Plane for many years prior to FS2020 being released, both for legal currency as well as learning the inside out of complex types I haven't flown.
I'm a US certified commercial pilot and have been using simulators since the early 90s.
Regarding #1, the only approaches I've noticed that aren't in the simulator are some RNAV approaches to smaller airports. Are you seeing otherwise? If you need those now, Navigraph seems like a solution.
MSFS is a technological tour de force that has only been out now for 1/2 a year. X-Plane has been around for decades, which is why things like the G1000 are more reliable at the moment.
Aircraft like the newly released Aerosoft CRJ show the potential in the sim, and this is with the developer only having their hands on the SDK for a short period of time.
For developers reading this, a peek at the SDK is interesting. They are using modern techniques throughout the simulator, such as using WASM along with HTML/CSS/JS for gauges, among many other interesting choices.
https://docs.flightsimulator.com/html/index.htm
I'm a US certified commercial pilot and have been using simulators since the early 90s.
Regarding #1, the only approaches I've noticed that aren't in the simulator are some RNAV approaches to smaller airports. Are you seeing otherwise? If you need those now, Navigraph seems like a solution.
MSFS is a technological tour de force that has only been out now for 1/2 a year. X-Plane has been around for decades, which is why things like the G1000 are more reliable at the moment.
Aircraft like the newly released Aerosoft CRJ show the potential in the sim, and this is with the developer only having their hands on the SDK for a short period of time.
For developers reading this, a peek at the SDK is interesting. They are using modern techniques throughout the simulator, such as using WASM along with HTML/CSS/JS for gauges, among many other interesting choices.
https://docs.flightsimulator.com/html/index.htm