Orbx recently announced the release of their next TrueEarth iteration for X-Plane 12, the TrueEarth Great Britain South. The TrueEarth project was created to improve the ground layout and appearance for stunning VFR flights. The community greatly valued the release of TrueEarth Great Britain North but was still missing the southern part of the country to explore in full detail, which Orbx now delivered.
Featuring hundreds of iconic UK landmarks, including Tintagel, Cardiff City Stadium, Brighton Pier, and Buckingham Palace. Additionally, they have placed 130 million trees with individually set heights, 13.2 million buildings, and an accurate road and rail network, based on data from 2018
The key features of TrueEarth Great Britain South include a 42,000-square-mile (107,349-square-kilometre) coverage area and hand-placed and custom-modelled landmarks like bridges, skyscrapers, castles, and piers. Additionally, the product utilizes new autogen technology to incorporate numerous realistic UK-themed houses.
The scenery also includes football stadiums for sports enthusiasts. They have also included ship traffic and custom lighting on bridges and wind turbines. In the previews, we can further see that Orbx seems to have optimized the TrueEarth Great Britain South mesh to be compatible with any of their airports.
Orbx TrueEarth Great Britain South provides stunning views of the British landscape. It is ideal for VFR flights and exploring England from the sky and is suitable for pilots with all sorts of needs.
TrueEarth Great Britain South is available on the Orbx website for approximately 27.64€. FSNews will keep you updated on upcoming updates and new releases for X-Plane 12 and MSFS. If you want to learn more about the entire TrueEarth project, you can look at this article from last year when Orbx teased TrueEarth Great Britain South for X-Plane 12.
Features
- 42,000 square miles (107,349 km²) of hand-corrected, crisp, color-matched aerial imagery
- New autogen technology developed specially for X-Plane, allows thousands of realistic-looking UK-themed houses to be placed at a realistic height with minimal impact on performance
- 130 million trees at the correct height and location
- 13.2 million buildings at the correct height and location
- Hundreds of custom-modelled 3D POIs
- Hand-placed and custom-modeled landmarks placed throughout the scenery such as bridges, skyscrapers, castles, piers, and monuments – this is especially noticeable in city areas such as London and along the coast.
- Sharp and detailed 10-meter mesh is used wherever possible to bring out stunning detail in natural features such as hills and beaches
- Superb water masking along the entire coastline
- VFR landmarks such as masts, wind farms, churches, power lines, and lighthouses are all accurately placed.
- Accurate road and rail network blended into the aerial imagery with moving left-hand drive traffic.
- Control Panel option to use photoreal major roads/motorways or synthetic X-Plane ones.
- Summer season only with full night lighting supported
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