The new 3D engine makes the old model not compatible with this new version, so none of the models available on the KnifeEdge/Realflight forum will work, nor the commercial add-ons of the previous version. While the above is a descent number of models for a simulator, it is considerably less than the previous version, which had 140 models to offer. 3 models equipped with light for night flying.The offering is not as impressive for helicopters with a rather limited selection of 6 different helis: 2 fly-bar-less, 1 scale, one trainer and 2 helis with traditional fly bar stabilization. RF-X has a decent selection of airplanes, which will keep the user quite busy for some time if the goal is to master them all. Scroll though the pictures below to have an idea of the quantity of planes and helicopters the simulation has to offer. The environment is certainly the category that has suffered the least from the setting reductions, now featuring new parameters including the possibility of defining the sun positions, resulting in astonishing lighting effects for dawn and sunset. The simplicity of the menu has one drawback: many of the very detailed settings for the environment, graphics and models are not available to the user anymore. It is a beautiful menu, with a very intuitive navigation. The interface has the clarity and simplicity of those of video games.
Realflight 7.5 jets simulator#
The company is known for the user interfaces they developed for many video games, which explains the resemblance of this simulator with the gaming world. This user interface was developed using Coherence UI by Coherence:Labs, as advertised on Hobbico’s website. This is a visually attractive and welcomed change. As you navigate through the menu, the camera moves in the workshop, with lights turning on and off depending on where you are. The menu shows the main flight options available to the user and various settings, with a typical RC workshop in the background. The simulator greets the user with a general menu, which is already a big novelty compared to the original series.
Realflight 7.5 jets 64 Bit#
Test performed on a 64 bit Windows 10 PC with i7-3770 CPU 10GB RAM, SSD drive and Nvidia GeForce GTX770
Realflight 7.5 jets software#
It is a great challenge to change the core of a software without losing key features and functionalities in the process. This is a drastic change to the simulator’s look-and-feel, with immersive and nearly photo-realistic 3D for all of the flying field. The RealFlight team decided to move away from their own 3D platform (Real Rendering and True View) to use the commercially available and critically acclaimed UNIGINE 2. The latest edition of the simulator is a step change from the original RealFlight series, most notably with the greatly improved graphics offered by the new 3D engine. Knife Edge, Hobbico’s software division, is switching gears with the latest edition of their flight simulator: it is so different that the simulator was even renamed to RealFlight Experience (or RF-X for short).