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Since 1995, X-Plane has been at the forefront of flight simulation, continually pushing the boundaries of realism and immersion. X-Plane 12 carries this legacy forward, offering a state-of-the-art simulator that combines real-world physics, unprecedented systems depth, and a true-to-life simulation of the world. Whether you're an aspiring pilot, an aviation enthusiast, or simply seeking an unmatched flying experience, X-Plane 12 is the go-to platform for any aviation fan.


X-Plane 12 takes immersion to new heights with its dramatically improved volumetric clouds and real live weather system. The new volumetric clouds create stunning, dynamic skies that evolve with the weather. Paired with our revamped live weather feature, which updates conditions in real-time based on global meteorological data, every flight feels truly authentic.


X-Plane 12 introduces a new lighting model that transforms the visual experience. With photometric lighting, every surface is rendered with real light intensities, capturing the subtleties of natural light across different times of day and weather conditions. The addition of bloom effects further enhances realism, creating stunning visuals and making every moment feel more vibrant and authentic.


X-Plane 12 redefines environmental realism with its enhanced scenery features. The world comes to life with new 3D trees that sway in the wind, realistic 3D water that reacts naturally to weather, and updated autogen that brings cities and landscapes to vivid detail. Airports are more immersive than ever with fresh textures, moving boats, and over 20,000 3D airports sourced from the X-Plane Gateway, each with unique, community-driven enhancements. Whether flying low over dense forests or landing at a bustling airport, X-Plane 12's scenery creates an unparalleled sense of place and realism.

New Aircraft in X-Plane 12
Airbus A330
Cessna Citation X
BETA Technologies ALIA-250
Lancair Evolution
Cirrus SR22
Piper PA-18 Super Cub
Van's RV-10
F-14 Tomcat
Robinson R22 (plus a floats version)
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можно нырнуть дельфином в воду и вылететь целым+ есть реалистичные карты,самолёты
amazing game and is used in actual trains, just have a good pc for it ;-;
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Ukrainian*languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 985 reviews with recorded playtime.
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对性能要求不太高,1080p我这配置都带的动,飞行模拟很真实
I tried out XP12 as someone with several hundred hours on MSFS, mostly out of curiosity for how it would stack up. Overall I was pretty disappointed, and found it much less user friendly than MSFS. The controls are not great. Is a "toggle internal/external" keybind really that hard to include in a $60 sim? Same with combination button controls for controllers/joysticks--why are only keyboards allowed that [i]advanced[/i] feature? The FMS/GPS on the couple included planes I tried also didn't impress me. More barebones than MSFS. No camera presets? Really? And why can't I zoom the view out further? Yes this is all whining over small stuff, but it adds up and just feels like a clunkier version of MSFS. People claim the flight model blows MSFS out of the water, but I didn't notice enough difference to stick around and put up with the jank. No, I'm not going to spend hours tweaking plugins and running out the refund clock to make your sim usable.
Yes, X-Plane 12 has its strong suits. It offers a unique opportunity to fly legendary classic aircraft like the Tu-154 and other complex, high-quality add-ons. The clouds here, by the way, are done pretty well too - they are not as bad as some reviews claim, and they deliver a decent visual experience. The only thing this simulator is genuinely great at is its pure physics and solid flight model. Another massive plus that completely destroys its competitors is the realistic crash and damage physics. If you hard-exceed G-limits or mess up a landing, the wings can actually rip off or the fuselage will bend, instead of just throwing a stupid "Game Over" screen at you.And before the comment section floods with "upgrade your PC" claims: don't even try to blame my hardware. The simulator was running on ultra graphics settings, pushing a native 30 FPS, and I easily added another 30 frames on top using third-party frame generation apps. So it’s not a hardware issue at all; it's the game itself. I spent a long time playing MSFS 2020 before this, and its out-of-the-box FPS was way higher than in XP12, which clearly speaks volumes about the "optimization" of Laminar Research's engine.But let's be honest: flight dynamics and crash physics are literally the only advantages XP12 has, and you can’t get very far on dry mathematics alone. In absolutely everything else, MSFS 2024 wins hands down. Playing X-Plane 12 without a ton of third-party mods is simply impossible nowadays. In its default out-of-the-box state, the game completely lacks the feeling of a living world - you sit in a sterile cockpit flying over entirely lifeless, gray textures. I honestly tried to fix this and installed a heap of graphics plug-ins and environment add-ons. Admittedly, after adding gigabytes of mods, the immersion improved and the game looked better, but you just can't save this engine with band-aids alone. The real "wow-effect" never happened, especially when looking at the competitor, which literally makes my mouth water.Ultimately, I made the final decision to switch to MSFS 2024. Straight out of the box, without any hassle or tweaking graphical mods, it is just miles better and offers a hundred times more features. Technology-wise, it's a massive generational leap that XP12 could only dream of. Yes, the default flight dynamics and cockpit feel there might fall short compared to X-Plane 12 in some aspects, but this minor drawback is easily and fully offset by third-party add-ons like FSRealistic. In return, the new platform delivers an unmatched level of immersion: you can physically walk out of the cockpit, do a pre-flight inspection on foot, check the flaps and landing gear, and truly feel the scale of the aircraft. The world around you no longer looks like a dead digital canvas - thanks to smart dynamic traffic, highly detailed global airports, and a massive, fully fleshed-out career mode with actual missions (ranging from medevac to commercial flights), the simulator turns into a real aviation life, rather than just dull and empty flights from a generic point A to point B.For me, a living, breathing planet, incredible cloud technologies available right after installation, and modern gameplay completely beat Laminar Research's outdated approach. Why spend hours digging through forums, downloading gigabytes of plug-ins, and trying to bring something dead to life when the competitor is vastly superior in every other aspect and provides a true piloting experience in a living world right here and now? X-Plane 12 keeps its physics, crashes, and a loyal niche audience, but globally, this simulator is hopelessly stuck in the past and can no longer compete for a modern gamer's time and attention. While I wait to purchase MSFS 2024 tomorrow, I'll still spend this evening flying in XP12 to scratch that aviation itch, but my final judgment on this game has already been passed. Безусловно, у X-Plane 12 есть свои сильные стороны. Здесь уникальная возможность полетать на легендарной классике вроде Ту-154 и других сложных аддонах. Облака тут, к слову, тоже сделаны вполне достойно - они далеко не так плохи, как некоторые говорят в обзорах, и выдают неплохую картинку. Единственное, в чем этот симулятор реально хорош - это чистая физика и сильная летная модель. Отдельный огромный плюс, который уничтожает конкурентов - это честная физика крушений и повреждений. Если ты жестко превысишь перегрузки или накосячишь, у самолета может реально оторвать крыло или погнуть фюзеляж, а не просто выскочит глупая табличка «Game Over».И сразу скажу любителям писать в комментариях «смени ПК»: на железо гнать не надо. Симулятор у меня работал на ультра-настройках графики и выдавал чистые 30 FPS, а еще 30 кадров я сверху спокойно добавлял через сторонние приложения генерации кадров. Так что дело вообще не в моем железе, а в самой игре. До этого я долго играл в MSFS 2020, и там FPS из коробки был в разы выше, чем в XP12, что наглядно говорит об «оптимизации» движка от Laminar Research.Но давайте честно: физика планера и повреждений — это буквально единственные преимущества XP12, а на одной сухой математике далеко не уедешь. Во всем остальном MSFS 2024 явно и безоговорочно выигрывает. Без тонны сторонних модов в X-Plane 12 сейчас играть просто нельзя. В «дефолтном» состоянии из коробки игра полностью лишена ощущения живого мира - ты сидишь в стерильной кабине и летишь над абсолютно безжизненными, серыми текстурами. Я попытался исправить ситуацию и накатил кучу графических плагинов. Стоит признать, что после этого погружение действительно прибавилось, игра стала выглядеть приятнее, но этот движок одними костылями все равно не спасти. Настоящего вау-эффекта так и не случилось, особенно когда смотришь на конкурента, от которого буквально текут слюни.В итоге я принял окончательное решение перейти на MSFS 2024. Он прямо из коробки, без всяких танцев с бубном и настройки графических модов, во всем остальном в разы лучше и дает в сотни раз больше возможностей. Да, дефолтная динамика полета и ощущение кабины там могут в чем-то уступать X-Plane 12, но этот мелкий недостаток легко и полностью компенсируется сторонними дополнениями вроде мода FSRealistic. Взамен же новая платформа предлагает несравнимый уровень погружения: вы можете физически выйти из кабины, ногами обойти самолет, проверить закрылки и стойки шасси перед взлетом, лично ощутив гигантские масштабы машины. Мир вокруг больше не выглядит мертвым цифровым полотном - благодаря умному динамическому трафику, детализированной проработке портов по всему миру и полноценному, масштабному режиму карьеры с реальными миссиями (от санитарной авиации до коммерческих рейсов), симулятор превращается в полноценную авиационную жизнь, а не в унылые и пустые перелеты из безликой точки А в точку Б.Для меня живая, дышащая планета, невероятные облачные технологии, доступные сразу после установки, и современный геймплей вчистую победили устаревший подход Laminar Research. Зачем часами ковыряться на форумах, скачивать гигабайты плагинов и пытаться оживить то, что изначально мертво, если конкурент во всем остальном на голову выше и дает полноценный опыт пилотирования в живом мире здесь и сейчас? У X-Plane 12 остается его физика, крушения и преданная нишевая аудитория, но в глобальном плане этот симулятор безнадежно застрял в прошлом и больше не может конкурировать за время и внимание современного игрока. Пока я жду завтрашнюю покупку MSFS 2024, я еще полетаю этот вечер в XP12, чтобы сбить оскомину, но свое окончательное мнение об игре я уже составил. XP12 requires $120–160 in graphics mods and still lacks a living world, whereas MSFS 2024 is cheaper and its physics can be easily perfected with free community-made aircraft models, leaving XP12 ahead only in spin simulation. 100% worth it.
It is such a tragedy that XP12 doesn't have the market share it deserves. This is the only true "Flight Simulator" I have seen on the market. I've stacked over 1,000 hours on the Microsoft Flight Simulator series (including FSX), and having switched to XPlane, I have no idea how I didn't make this decision earlier. It feels so real in ways that MSFS can not recreate. The most notable thing is the physics engine. It feels like you're actually controlling a heavy aircraft instead of a paper airplane. Before anyone says "you didn't use the high fidel physics engines" - when I played MSFS, I only flew with Fenix, PMDG, etc.. This is by far the Gold Standard. I hope X-Plane can soon receive the large-scale attention it deserves. Laminar did a remarkable job with this.
I think that this is better than mfs2024 in many ways but its not good on its own youd need to add mods to really make the game complete. I hope that the devs can bring things like multiplayer and just expand the game because there is so much potential with this flight simulator that is unsused. Devs please add something like career mode like in msf2024..
气动依旧很好,画质也有了质的飞跃,晚上灯光反射太喜欢了,但是对于烧饼移动端3060的6GB显存太不友好了,加点地景显存动不动就爆!爆!爆!每次看到因为显存不足材质只能运行在低就让我红温了,建议至少8GB显存的显卡玩(NV我造逆马,为什么移动端3060显存那么小)
I'm on Linux. I like how that sim behaves natively.
diğerleri oyun, X-Plane simulatördür.
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