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What's new?
- A completely redesigned, intuitive user interface that makes setting up and editing your flight a breeze.
- Consistently usable 3-D cockpits and stunningly high-resolution exterior models for all included aircraft.
- A new effects engine for lighting, sounds, and explosions.
- Realistic avionics: all planes are IFR-ready right out of the gate.
- Busy, “living” airports with pushback tugs and roaming fuel trucks, able to service both your aircraft and the simulator’s AI planes.
- New buildings & roads to better simulate European cities
- And more!
This version will still use OpenGL, but they are looking into Vulkan for future versions.
It will cost $59.99, as the current purchasing option direct from the developer will give you both X-Plane 10 and 11 in a bundle. Going by how much the current game is on Steam, by itself X-Plane 11 should be half that.
While they don't list Linux on their website specifically for X-Plane 11, they did openly confirm it on their Facebook:
Thanks for sending it in SuperTux. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Stupendous Man Oct 10, 2016
Quoting: wolfyrion... ONLY pilots will buy their game since they earn a lot of $$$....
Hahahaha, if only that were true!!! Once upon a time what you said was very true, but in the last 10 years salaries and working conditions have plummeted drastically for pilots, and in many parts of the world it is now usual for pilots to pay to work for a few years.
Anyway, I already own X-Plane 10 and it is a quite realistic sim, I usually use it to brush up my skills before a check ride and it serves very well for that. If you are interested in aviation, I can highly recommend it. I suppose X-Plane 11 will only be better.
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Quoting: wolfyrionOn the other hand I find their prices extremely high but I guess this game is build having in mind that ONLY pilots will buy their game since they earn a lot of $$$.
Your reasoning does not apply because it's not a game. It has no goal to finish. It will not sacrifice difficulty and complexity in order to appeal to the general public. It is "just" a simulation of flight that tries to be as accurate as possible. It's targeted at those that choose aviation as a hobby, which is expected to be expensive. And the pricing of the sim and third party addons is based on what a relatively small number of hobbyists are able and willing to pay for it. And frankly, if you see the complexity of some of the addons, I sometimes wonder if it's enough to get a return on their investment or whether its also largely driven by the hobby aspect.
Technically this is the same deal as with Train Simulator. Except that TS tends to disguise itself more as a game, which means not everybody understands what the deal with it is.
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Mountain Man Oct 10, 2016
Quoting: wolfyrionWell this offer doesnt apply for existing owners and definitely not for steam users even if you buy it now on steam.Laminar Research doesn't sell any DLC themselves. All of the DLC listed on Steam is from 3rd party developers, and it's all optional stuff like additional aircraft and scenery. If you buy just X-Plane 10 (or 11) then you'll have a 100% complete and fully functional global flight simulator out of the box with tens of thousands of airports and around a dozen high-quality aircraft. Don't worry, this isn't one of those "you only get the complete experience if you buy the DLC" deals.
On the other hand I find their prices extremely high but I guess this game is build having in mind that ONLY pilots will buy their game since they earn a lot of $$$.
Paying $1,000 for a simulator including all their DLC's I find it a bit too much!
As for the $60 price tag, that's actually pretty typical for a AAA game these days, and it's a steal for X-Plane. X-Plane 10 was released in, I think, 2011 and has been actively developed and regularly updated since then. In fact, the latest update, version 10.50, was pushed out around a month ago. Laminar isn't like most developers who will release one or two patches and then turn their full attention to the next version.
Not to mention that X-Plane has always been the cream of the crop as far as flight simulators go. And Laminar Research isn't just coasting, either. Even without competition, they continue to produce an innovative and high quality product.
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There's not much choice in flight simulators on any platform, being such a niche market, but X-plane is very good and these new feature look very welcome. The current UI looks like something from the DOS days, but honestly once you learn what is where it's no problem. I'm looking forward to version 11 enhancements.
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