FranceVFR`s Pyrenees
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1. AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site Monts Alberes Road AQ to Spain le Boulou le Boulou coast direction Canet Plage gt Cape Cerb re gt Port Vendres gt N114 gt le Boulou While we are entering the Pyrenees we fly as planned from le Boulou to Prats de Mollo gt Vernet les Bains gt N116 to Mont Louis It s not a long leg but due to the huge amount of screenshots made it seemed like was flying hours in this area Words are not enough pictures dictate what see and gives you the right impression of what you can expect from this add on The sun shines and reflects gently on the mountains while fog lying as a blanket in the valleys is still present Due to the engine sound we are not able to hear any birds but on the other hand that doesn t matter since the view is spectacular abel ee J Crossing Massif du Canigou North side Massif du Canigou Pic du Canigou Road N116 Le Boulou gt Prats de Mollo gt Vernet les Bains gt N116 to Mont Louis The more we go into the Pyrenees the more I m impressed with the scenery The fact that we have almost reached our destination is simply due to the Michelin map Without it can tell you you re lost Since we fly between mountains and valleys our helicopter view is very limited and therefore we cannot see which direction we need to go All the mountains look the same so that doesn t help No with this roadmap it2. While hovering above several places of the Pyrenees Oriental we made some great pictures from roughly 7 8 kilometers AGL It was sometimes difficult to figure out which one was the real one thus demonstrating the France VFR scenery really is awesome Courtesy of Google Earth ghe hath ud l i 5 righ a P tak Mediterranean border LF H Cazeres Palaminy LFYS Sainte L ocadie LFNQ Mont Louis La Quillane file El A VSIM Reviews France VFR France VFR htm 6 of 12 05 09 2007 10 12 45 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site AL ba France VFR impression LF H France VFR impression LFYS France VFR impression LFNQ France VFR impression Screenshots from France VFR Pyrenees Oriental The quality of these pictures is of such a high level that sometimes asked myself if was using fake or real Google Earth pictures They aren t of course but this has to do with the unbelievable realistic look of the France VFR product When you look for example at the Google Earth picture LF H Cazeres Palaminy and you compare this one with the France VFR picture the Google Earth version looks very unrealistic although it s a real shot These pictures are just a collection of what you can expect from France VFR Pyrenees Oriental software As with every photorealistic scenery it shows you what is possible and with the additional autogen package it makes i
3. which is a lot of money Missing of a VFR ICAO area chart to make for example cross country flights The scenery covers only the summer period Printing file El A VSIM Reviews France VFR France VFR htm 11 of 12 05 09 2007 10 12 45 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site If you wish to print this review or read it offline at your leisure right click on the link below and select save as FranceVER s Pyrenees adobe acrobat required Comments Standard Disclaimer The review above is a subjective assessment of the product by the author There is no connection between the producer and the reviewer and we feel this review is unbiased and truly reflects the performance of the product in the simming environment This disclaimer is posted here in order to provide you with background information on the reviewer and any connections that may exist between him her and the contributing party Tell A Friend About this Review 2007 AVSIM Online All Rights Reserved Advertise Here FANCON 2007 VRS F A 18E Superbug Make Money with SimWords New Zealand Flightsim Forum Want your advertising to count Be there for the greatest eventin The VRS F A 18E Superbug for Join the ranks of websites earning Kiwis ex kiwis wannabe kiwis all Advertise in this slot for pennies a flight simulation this year Click MSFS 2004 FSX is the most an income from SimWords welcome at our lively forum Kia day on the link a
4. lior e par rapport au standard de Flight Simulator 2004 L AutogenPack repr sente le second volet de la sc ne Flight Pyr n es Orientales venant ainsi compl ter les textures photo r alistes du BasePack requis avec les b timents et la v g tation indispensables a un rendu r aliste de la zone file El A VSIM Reviews France VFR France VFR htm 2 of 12 05 09 2007 10 12 45 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site Ce compl ment fournit une couverture autogen d environ 16000 km2 compos e d arbres et de batiments immeubles b timents industriels maisons soigneusement dispos s sur les textures photo r alistes du BasePack Afin de repr senter au mieux les sp cificit s des diff rentes zones de la r gion nous avons d velopp un jeu de textures autogen sp cifiques permettant ainsi un rendu diff rent pour les grandes agglom rations les villes de banlieue les zones industrielles les villages Can you read it can t and probably the majority of our readers can t either Ok then some highlights It covers the French Pyrenees ranging from Beziers to Toulouse straight to the Pyrenees and running backwards along the French Spanish border to the Mediterranean Sea Within this square it offers photorealistic scenery with a 16 000 km2 covered area Additionally you can add the AutoGen package which generates agglomerations and other small villages Ok that was it for me as well Let s have a thorou
5. website to make this photorealistic scenery compatible with FSX Documentation Although the website is currently only available in French a English version is coming soon the supplied Acrobat documents are not only in French but are in English as well The reason mentioned the website is because a lot of information is not available for the potential English customers Let s look what kind of manuals they are supplying After you ve installed the Base Pack you ve got file El A VSIM Reviews France VFR France VFER htm 3 of 12 05 09 2007 10 12 45 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site User s manual flightpyreneesori_EN pdf The file describes in detail which area of the Pyrenees Oriental is covered where you can find certain things after the installation but more important useful or recommended display settings SI A DI RCAM charts and flight documentation flightpyreneesori_charts pdf linked to other Acrobat charts and data The supplied charts VFR IFR airport data and en route maps are outdated versions of the French SIA but absolutely no problem in relation to the offered scenery What personal miss is an ICAO VFR flying chart s The France VFR group offers LOW and HIGH ALTITUDE ENROUTE maps but I ve no idea what those have to do with a VFR photorealistic scenery It s nice to have them but when you re crossing the Pyrenees during a IFR flight at 30 000 feet all the spectacular deta
6. works perfectly and every scenery detail can be found on the map Pretty incredible when you think about it We reach our last stretch from N116 to Mont Louis gt Saillagouse gt Llivia gt Font Romeu gt LFNQ Leaving these villages behind us we finally turn into the direction of LFNQ Since I m not very familiar with these aerodromes make a full circle at a higher altitude to see what can expect during the approach and landing phase file El A VSIM Reviews France VFR France VFR htm 9 of 12 05 09 2007 10 12 45 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site a a oe r ee i jan Mont Louis with LFNQ Llivia Font Romeu Approaching LFNQ Mont Louis gt Saillagouse gt Llivia gt Font Romeu gt LFNQ Mont Louis La Quillane h So we are back on the ground It was a great VFR flight although it wasn t that easy During this flight there s another problem that appears saw so many things that looked alike but they aren t of course and before you know it you ve lost your way So carefully checking the map helps understanding where you are Alas made it and hope you have in combination with the Michelin road maps and the screenshots have a good impression what you can do with it At least had a lot of fun on this VFR trip by not loosing the way Where the French Pyrenees ends That s always the same problem Where does this France VFR photorealist
7. AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site AVSIM Commercial Scenery Review FranceVFR Pyrenees ORIENTALES Product I nformation Publisher France VFR Description Add on scenery Download Size Format Simulation Type Base 459 MB Autogen 44 MB Download FS9 FSX Reviewed by Angelique van Campen AVSIM Staff Reviewer September 5 2007 file El A VSIM Reviews France VFR France VFR htm 1 of 12 05 09 2007 10 12 45 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site Introduction The Pyrenees are a range of mountains in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain They separate the Iberian peninsula from France and extend for about 430 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea Located somewhere in the middle we will find the free state Andorra where it s fun to buy a lot of things since prices are all without local tax In other words one of the busiest places of the Pyrenees In the Atlantic Pyrenees the average elevation gradually decreases from east to west until they merge with the Basque mountains near the Bay of Biscay In the Eastern Pyrenees with the exception of one break at the eastern extremity of the Pyrenees Ari geoises the mean elevation is maintained with remarkable uniformity until a sudden decline occurs in the portion of the chain known as the Alb res The amount of the precipitation including rain and snow is much greater in the weste
8. VFR France VFR htm 4 of 12 05 09 2007 10 12 45 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site m B m y7 s nii e T a7 2 i ae k anm i aed ee e eS ee Ye Just a short unprepared VFR day flight from a French airport towards the Pyrenees When we fly deeper into the Pyrenees the mountains become higher less green and with Sharper edges As applicable for most of the photorealistic sceneries the lower you fly the more blurry the landscape could appear My experience is when flying at around 6000 8000 this gives the best result While during daylight we ve a good view of all the details during the following sunrise flight from the heart of the Pyrenees we get a totally different impression Flying towards the Mediterranean Sea in an eastern direction we get a magnificent view of rays of sunshine on the mountains Where at the same time in colder areas the fog stays till it becomes a little warmer over there file El A VSIM Reviews France VFR France VFR htm 5 of 12 05 09 2007 10 12 45 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site Departing from LFNQ Mont Louis La Quillane we decide to make a sunrise VFR flight towards the Mediterranean Sea Due to it s location in the middle of the Pyrenees we need to fly around some high peaks before reaching lower mountains France VFR Scenery versus Google Earth The best way to check the realistic factor is to compare it with Google Earth
9. alistic scenery can say it is and it stays impressive think it s mainly because of the reality Taking the Michelin road maps in my hand and using them to guide me through the Pyrenees it s amazing how easy it was to fly though the mountains Every road train track river village and town is there When France is your favorite country and you want to spend a little more money can advise you to buy the Mediterranean Base and Autogen package and the Riviera packages as well With all of this France VFR software installed you can literally fly from the French Pyrenees Oriental along the coast to Monaco at photorealistic levels that you can t imagine Based on these flight experiences can conclude that this package is definite a worthwhile investment The only disappointing item is the price This package does not come cheap The base pack and the autogen pack together are in my opinion absolutely necessary to have However when you calculate it in US it s a lot of money for 16000 km2 area The final decision is of course up to you But although it s expensive it s worth your money What Like About FranceVFR s Pyrenees e Suburb photorealistic scenery representing the Pyrenees Oriental e Free FSX update patch available on France VFR website What Don t Like About FranceVFR s Pyrenees The website is only available in the France language but soon available in English Both packages cost you around 39 80 51 00
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11. er along the N116 circling around the city Llivia then towards Font Romeu and enjoying the outside view before landing at LFNQ This part is covered by Michelin chart III For your convenience find below the three necessary Michelin charts which covers our short VFR trip through a part of the Pyrenees Oriental file El A VSIM Reviews France VFR France VFR htm 7 of 12 05 09 2007 10 12 45 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site ee F ai i BLA 5 ae cai ae ai a es T Michelin chart III Michelin chart II Pictures courtesy of Michelin So let s go f F z gr lin m Bii ae Michelin chart It s early in the morning but already sunny with some clouds We take off from airport 6651 Torreilles which is situated right of Perpignan close to the Mediterranean beach Ones we have reached the beach we follow our planned route to Canet Plage gt Cape Cerbe re gt Port Vendres gt N114 gt le Boulou Since the whole route towards the south is autogen area we have a very lovely view of this part of France The best is of course to judge for yourself when looking closely to the pictures Unfortunately this is just a collection of the many great views there are The overall scenery is so beautiful and realistic that could make 20 30 or even more screenshots file El A VSIM Reviews France VFR France VFR htm 8 of 12 05 09 2007 10 12 45 PM Road N114 D618
12. gh look into the Pyrenees Oriental Installation and Documentation FS9 Installation When you have finished the download process you can continue on with the installation of the package s You first start with the Base Pack This is a 459Mb package which installs the photo realistic scenery of the East Pyrenees and only covers summer time There is nothing nai Special to mention or to inform you about this process Dell Precision 650 Dual Intel Xeon 3 06Ghz 4Gb RAM DDR 533Mhz nVidia 7800GS 512Mb In the beginning you can chose between French or English windows chose the English installation The only remark I ve got is the fact that at the end you ve got the possibility to AGP RAID 0 HDD s SCSI 340Gb Windows XP Professional SP2 FSX with SP1 CH USB Pedals CH USB Flightsim Yoke Flying Time 14 hours see read a readme file Unfortunately this appears in French so why got the French version have no idea since had selected the English installation would like to make one note and that s with the use of the Autogen package You can live without the Autogen package and stay with the Base package However all kinds of buildings vegetation towns industrial areas and villages which are generated by the Autogen package are missing and will give the landscape scenery a lunar look and that s not where you re looking for Last note regarding FSX compatibility France VFR offers a free patch on their
13. ic scenery end Sometimes it s horrible to see how designers have done it While other times the designers try to create a smooth change over In this add on it s somewhere in between Due to the different landscape it s easier to see than at other locations On the screenshots below you might think Is this France or Spain Due to the straight running line over the mountain edge we may assume that this is where France VFR Pyrenees Oriental ends Flying along the French Spanish border we can clearly see where the France VFR scenery probably ends The Spanish side is covered with forests while the French side shows villages vegetation and other things On the second picture from the left even a village is suddenly cut off on the Spanish side FPS file El A VSIM Reviews France VFR France VFR htm 10 of 12 05 09 2007 10 12 45 PM AVSIM Online Flight Simulation s Number 1 Site No frame drop at all At least it was not noticeable by me if had any frame rate drops In the Scenery Library had activated FS Global 2008 but that was it Ultimate Terrain Europe was switched OFF and no other scenery enhancer was active The FPS Slider was limited at 30 and during the day and sunrise flights it was constantly running against the limit Summary Closing Remarks Before this one had tested the photorealistic scenery MegaScenery X Dallas Fort Worth and a while ago Aerosoft s Cape Canaveral X For this photore
14. ils of the Pyrenees Oriental are completely lost For the Autogen pack you ve got User s manual flightpyreneesoriAP_EN pdf The Acrobat file consist out of 2 pages but contains all the necessary information No adjustments for FS2004 are made since adjustments belong to the Base package only Final conclusion regarding the documentation the customer is well informed about the covered area what you all can expect and how to get the best out of France VFR Pyrenees Oriental recommended display settings as well as FS9 cfg adjustments First random flight impression As everybody is probably doing I did after FS9 is started and running is jump to an airport which is within the covered zone and started immediate flying around towards the Pyrenees can tell you it s overwhelming Although I m not living in southern France but during planned Spanish holidays always chose the Mediterranean side to pass by these countries Strange when thinking about this sentence Since there is no other way unless you want to take a boat trip so there s no need to pass this corridor between the two countries During this holiday a short trip towards Andorra is one of the options It is indeed very very photorealistic It doesn t make any difference if it s daylight sunrise or sunset Some screenshots look so unbelievably real it s scary Let s have a look at the following daylight flight pictures file El A VSIM Reviews France
15. rn than in the eastern Pyrenees which leads to a marked contrast between these sections of the chain in more than one respect In the first place the eastern Pyrenees are without glaciers the quantity of snow falling there being insufficient to lead to their development The glaciers are confined to the northern slopes of the central Pyrenees and do not descend like those of the Alps far down in the valleys but have their greatest length in the direction of the mountain chain They form in fact a narrow zone near the crest of the highest mountains Here as in the other great mountain ranges of central Europe there is evidence of a much wider extension of the glaciers during the Ice Age The case of the glacier in the valley of Argelbs in the department of Hautes Pyr n es is the best known instance The snow line varies in different parts of the Pyrenees from 2 700 to 2 800 meters above sea level The Pyrenees Oriental is located on the right hand side of this massive mountain area as can be seen on the picture including the close up detailed description of the numbers in the close up pictures can be found in the User s manual What do they France VFR say about there new VFR Pyr n es Orientales software La scene mod lise la partie Est des Pyr n es fran aises en textures photor alistes sur une surface d environ 16000 km2 sur lesquelles chacune des plates formes a roportuaires a t positionn e avec pr cision et am
16. t even more compatible with the real world The only problem is where the Pyrenees scenery ends as can be seen on the picture France VFR impression lower left hand corner dark spot Those problems are later in Where the French Pyrenees ends Our next challenge is using a Michelin road map and with the help of these digital papers flying through the mountains or just following rivers and or roads VER flight with Michelin road maps For those who know the famous high quality U S Rand McNally maps the same can be found in Europe for France from Michelin and also on its ViaMichelin website Another option is buying using a paper version but even then we can do some pre planning on the Michelin website will take you on a short VFR trip starting near the city of Perpignan flying towards the Mediterranean Sea Canet Plage towards the Spanish border Cap Cerbere and back to Port Vendres Then it s time that we make a left turn into the Pyrenees by following highway N114 to le Boulou This part is covered by Michelin chart We continue via D115 to Prats de Mollo J ust before Prats de Mollo we turn on a HDG of 320 where we try to catch Vernet les Bains A little further we pickup the N116 in western direction This part is covered by Michelin chart II While flying along the N116 we pass first Mont Louis J ust above this village lies along the D118 aerodrome Mont Louis La Quillane LFNQ Before landing there we fly furth
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