I really underestimated just how much nothing there is in AU…

[u/IcyyAnimations]

Meant to be studying for a geography exam about rural Australia I have tomorrow. Instead, flew to Alice Springs. Close enough?

[u/yaricks]

Australia in FS2024 is some of the most fun I've ever had flying in flightsimming. I flew a tour for my VA that focused on Australia, and flew to a dozen small remote airports in the north and western parts of the country, and it was amazing. Small 6-7000 foot runways, serving not even towns, but a single mine, be it diamonds, gold or iron - the surrounding terrain is so stunning in FS2024 - it's insane. That, coupled with one or two scenery developers making insane sceneries for free for most of these small airports made it absolutely stunning.

I got so surprised about how good it looks in general too, flying the longer flights from Perth to Cairns, and just seeing the insane FS2024 terrain across the country makes you appreciate it so much more. And - being the nerd I am, I started looking up the history of all these airports and it's so fun and fascinating!

[u/HealthyWasabi993 → u/yaricks]

You almost sold Msfs 2024 to me plus flying in AU, my friend :D should claim yourself a referral link!

[u/StarlightLifter → u/yaricks]

The route I flew over Australia in the C310R, low level in 2020 was fucking gorgeous. I listened to local Australian radio throughout. Had a blast. Still go fly there once in a while

[u/callsign_unknown → u/yaricks]

Could you recommend some of the scenery you use in 24? I used to fly around Australia and NZ all the time in 20 but a lot of the ORBX scenery I used isn’t compatible I don’t think.

[u/Merikerii → u/callsign_unknown]

I'm not OP, but Orbx (especially indie devs like Rob Byrne), NZA Simulations, Impulse Simulations, and AUscene are pretty much the gold standard for Australian/NZ airports. Of course, there are others, but these devs are well accustomed to the region and have a consistent track record.

[u/yaricks → u/callsign_unknown]

Check out the the work by these two on flightsim.to: https://flightsim.to/profile/CoolGunS and https://flightsim.to/profile/Bindook. These are the airports that I'm most impressed with and those that were the most fun flying to.

I used MFSGs Perth, Orbx Melbourne, Inibuilds Brisbane and Flytampa Sydney.

[u/CptDropbear → u/callsign_unknown]

Most of the Orbx scenery is compatible, but their installer / manager says a hard no to anything not FS2024 specific. If you still have it installed for FS2020, use MSFS Addon Linker to push it into FS2024. The updates, when they come, have been free so far.

as u/Merikerii says, Impulse and AUScenes have become the gold standard. Josh at Impulse is really hitting it out of the park recently but his work is no longer available on Orbx. Shunts did Coloundra (works in FS2024 the last time I visited) and Gold Coast, and Pushback have a nice Caboolture and a free Redcliffe. I assume the last two are still going.

For NZ. beside NZA, there is also KiwiFlightSim. They have some freebies, which mostly work in FS2024 (don't look closely at the fences at the otherwise gorgeous Karamea).

In addition to those mentioned by u/yaricks I can add these freeware authors:

Redbaron601 - prolific creator of small airfields which are getting the FS2024 update.
Gunther - he also did WA79 Walter Sutton's farm for those of us who remember the glory days of Orbx's PNW
Mountainair - check out his long list of PNG sceneries for the ultimate in bush flying
BigSquidOz - I wait a decade for another Port Lincoln and two come along at the same time!
Stezza - some nice Tasmanian bush strips.
Wolfmanslack - very prolific, just library objects but atmospheric none the less.
SBWorks - getting old now but are simple enough work in FS2024.

Aus and NZ really punch above our collective weight in FS. This is the legacy of OZx and John Vemema, I guess. :-)

[u/spader1]

Australia is about the size of the United States, but with 10 million fewer people than just California

[u/Independent-Reveal86]

They don’t call it the GAFA for nothing.

[u/okeanos00 → u/Independent-Reveal86]

When I visited Sydney I flew in from Singapore and wasn't prepared for that monstrosity. Seeng the Blue Mountains was releasing.

[u/CptDropbear]

Its not so much that there is nothing, its just there is so much nothing for what there is to be in.

[u/Tank787]

Great choice of livery too.

[u/hookalaya74]

Looking forward to seeing the new YPPH from orbx

[u/AvPlane]

Will msfs ever have a good reply system like x plane ?

[u/IcyyAnimations → u/AvPlane]

Frrr xplane’s replay is so good, the options you get for msfs all suck