Why I Can't Leave X-Plane 12 (Even Though MSFS 2024 Exists)
MSFS 2024 has the bigger budget. The bigger team. Photogrammetry on day one. So why do I keep opening X-Plane 12 instead?
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So, I run X-Plane almost daily and MSFS2024 a few times a week. I'm a flight sim hardware reviewer - motion platforms, force feedback yokes, triple monitors, the full rig. In this video I'm giving you five reasons X-Plane 12 isn't going anywhere, three things Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 genuinely does better, and the three things X-Plane needs to fix in version in X-Plane 13.
This isn't a tribal "MSFS is dead" video. Both sims are brilliant at different things. But there's a reason X-Plane is still the one I can't leave alone - and not all the reasons will be what you expect.
0:00 Why I keep coming back to X-Plane
1:12 Reason 1 - The flight model is built differently
2:35 Reason 2 - Triple monitors and home cockpit integration
3:44 Reason 3 - With the right hardware, X-Plane feels alive
4:46 Reason 4 - It just works
5:18 Reason 5 - Mac, Linux, and offline
6:04 Three things MSFS 2024 does better
9:18 Three things X-Plane needs to add
11:32 Final thoughts