** X-Plane 10 - EXPANSION PACKS AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT SIM FANS CHECK THIS OUT **

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Coming soon we have a very exciting set of expansions for the fantastic Xplane 10

As many of you may know, Xplane 10 is the quintessential flight simulator today and is used as a training format for trainee pilot schemes.

Now, Xplane 10 has access to a huge wealth of photo-realistic data. Flight One software has mapped the entirety of England and Wales with breathtaking realism.

With scenery looking clear and offering unparalleled realism all the way down to 500ft, there is not a more realistic way to become a virtual pilot

Each pack covers a sector of the country in immense detail, we also carry the Four volume box set which is the ultimate package for a sim enthusiast, this also presents a good saving over the standard packages.



X-Plane 10 - Special Edition Tin Edition - PC & MAC @ £43.99 inc VAT

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Only £43.99 inc VAT.

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VFR Photographic Scenery: Four Volume Boxset - PC & MAC @ £89.99 inc VAT

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Only £89.99 inc VAT.

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VFR Photographic Scenery Volume 1: South East England - PC & MAC @ £34.99 inc VAT

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Only £34.99 inc VAT.

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VFR Photographic Scenery Volume 2: South West England & South Wales - PC & MAC @ £34.99 inc VAT

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Only £34.99 inc VAT.

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VFR Photographic Scenery Volume 3: North Wales, West Midlands, & North-West England - PC & MAC @ £34.99 inc VAT

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Only £34.99 inc VAT.

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VFR Photographic Scenery Volume 4: East Midlands & North-East England - PC & MAC @ £34.99 inc VAT

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Only £34.99 inc VAT.

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Overclockers UK also has a superb range of Flight Sim peripherals that allow you to get the most from your software and really explore the realism and possibilities that XPlane 10 has to offer:



Saitek X52 Flight Controller And Throttle Joystick - PC (PS28) @ £86.99 inc VAT

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Only £86.99 inc VAT.

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Saitek X52 Pro Flight Controller And Throttle Joystick - PC (PS34) @ £119.99 inc VAT

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Only £119.99 inc VAT.

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Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Joystick @ £279.98 inc VAT

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Only £279.98 inc VAT.

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Any Flight Sim enthusiast will tell you; "high res texture packs work great when they are installed on fast storage mediums". An SSD is a great upgrade to any computer system and a flight sim orientated system benefits from quick storage the most.

Overclockers UK has a superb range of SSDs and the superb deal on the OCZ Agility 3 240GB gives you the speed and capacity that you need to be able to enjoy smooth texture rendering and jerk free photo-realistic simulations.

with price to performance being simply unbeatable, THIS is the drive to go for if you want the capability to run your sim at the highest settings!

OCZ Agility 3 240GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-240G) @ £139.99 inc VAT

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Only £139.99 inc VAT.

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good call on the SSD, you're gonna need it if you get all of those photographic add on packs!

The X52 looks like something out of tron tho :p
 
That is certainly the one to go for if you have the photo packs.

going for the full set should see you filling this drive given each volume quotes "45GB to 75GB per volume"
 
My experience with phot scenery addons is that they look fine from altitude, but it's when you get down low that unfortunately, the resolution lets you down and it turns blurry.

Shame there are no yokes or pedals as they would be more suitable for civilian simming too. Those are decent flightsticks though, especially the X52 Pro :)
 
Shashman said:
My experience with phot scenery addons is that they look fine from altitude, but it's when you get down low that unfortunately, the resolution lets you down and it turns blurry.

Shame there are no yokes or pedals as they would be more suitable for civilian simming too. Those are decent flightsticks though, especially the X52 Pro :)
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Would you say they're worth it?
 
Rjk, I think my best mate TimMatrix from ocuk forum need a SSD exspecialy he love the experience of x plane 10 flight ! He still using old HDD 7200RPM. That's a cracking good deal of 240GB for the price of £139.99 SSD!
 
Thanks Bulldog147. I do own both FSX and X-Plane 10 on my other SATA HDD.

Yes, you are absolutely correct that SSD would benefit from it, due to fast read/write and 20 times faster than my HDD. I would consider buying a SSD on my shopping list, soon.....
 
Cleeecooo said:
Would you say they're worth it?
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It depends what sort of flying you do really. I would say they're decent for airline flying, but for GA, I would't recommend it. I haven't checked the resolution of these photo sceneries, but as a rule of thumb, the lower to the ground you get, the blurrier the textures.

Having said this, I have absolutely no experience with any of the X Plane series, so maybe it handles textures better than Flight Sim 2004/X
 
The guy who works at our suppliers who suggested the xplane series to me to stock is big into his sims, this pack is designed to remain realistic down to 500ft so even very low flight is extremely detailed.
There is a lot of detail in the airports for these titles too, much more so than the Microsoft sims that I have seen.

I will see if I can grab some images tomorrow.
 
Rjk- any chance at all you can get some 5760x1080 screenies at low altitudes, eg, coming in to land?

Im one of those people that prefer loads Of short hops to practice landings in bad weather, eg London city - heathrow - Gatwick :D
 
I don't want to break rules about competition here but there are videos on youtube of xplane low and fast over photo scenery using 6 screens. My understanding is the photo source is the same as the Generation X one and is the same 1.2m/pixel. The data must be compressed in different ways as the XP version occupies significantly more HD space, ~80GB vs ~220GB, and this does result in the textures looking a bit better lower down. XP can also keep up much better without textures going blurry as you hurtle along.

Scenery at many airports is sparse or non-existent. You do get scenery for Heathrow/Gatwick/Stansted and Birmingham but these are places I rarely visit in FSX or XPlane as I tend to fly littel GA planes.
 
Going to rack up OCZ Vertex 3 in Raid0 getting both read and write speed of 1GB/s (waiting for my vertex 3 SSD to arrive today from ocuk) and will try out Microsoft Flight Simulator X Gold Edition as I heard that Microsoft is now disabled Activation online on FSX because Microsoft no longer support it.
 
Cleeecooo said:
Rjk- any chance at all you can get some 5760x1080 screenies at low altitudes, eg, coming in to land?

Im one of those people that prefer loads Of short hops to practice landings in bad weather, eg London city - heathrow - Gatwick :D
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wkingsnorth said:
Ditto, I'm also one of those people
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I am not really a flight sim gamer so I tend to do that kind of thing when checking out a new sim.

I cant promise huge 5760x1080 screens but I will see what I can do.
 
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