FSX Car Traffic - A Good Idea?

[onecheman]

If you where a police chopper you'll be rich right now =)

[MrLOMPST99]

nice

[afgrocks123]

isnt it supposed to be a 'flight' simulator?! but cud be better though..

[XiaoDanDragon]

I think Microsoft can do better with the car traffic

[junkaccount4297]

I think the cars are a good idea, though they could be better. i like big helis on the roads and blocking the cars...sucks that they dont stop

[jimabbey1964]

And your point is..

[jonathan16899]

I think its a good idea... How peapole will get to the airport without car traffic?!

[johnyboy1256]

oh look the cars somehow go thrugh eachother....RUSSIAN INTERSECTIONS

[njshrivnauth]

No wonder general aviation is becoming so popular! ;D

[njshrivnauth]

I like the automobile traffic, the air traffic is much more real.

There is one simple way to stop the carnage as shown in the intersections here:

Disable Road Traffic

I've always wondered, where are the railroads and trains in FSX?

[dgelevators1]

@njshrivnauth just like in the real world,they dont seem to exist

[Moelander1]

chuck norris built the junction

[gary1970100]

really exciting 

[thedreamliner2012]

I suppose the idea here is to give the impression of traffic as it would appear from normal flight levels. It is not meant to be a real driving simulation. More like back ground movement you would expect in a lrge city. Not too bad though.

[hunkgod]

Looks like a Russian intersection with all the cars driving at each other. 

[timmie426]

too bad the junctions are in 2D so the cars are just crossing eachothers paths

[Tilan123]

@timmie426 It would be accurate traffic for India. They drive just like that =P

[qman1131]

just like in real life

[LegoMovieMan44]

NEWS  COPTER!

[jackinthebox5458]

Wanna tell me how you fly a helicopter like that?



[toyotasera55]

Suspect is south bound being followed by at least 5 patrol cars now, and remember fol WOAH!!! HE has totally just wreck head into a 18 wheeler! Oh my God! The car is on fire and everything! He aint walking away from that one!

[Usafkyle]

@toyotasera55 HAHA XD

[popstar1676]

try

landing

[popstar1676]

not bad

[TKRJ1]

Traffic ads a lot of realism but is also causing a huge FPS hit. Shame really as it adds a lot of depth to the game imo

[wedde13]

how to use so much traffick????

[cruepprich]

LOL. The driving reminds me of Lima, Peru.

[greencatish]

It adds comic relief to the simulation.

[fuchafighterpilot]

I was waiting for you to land on the freeway.

[Cathaydude]

traffic only near KSFO?

[messenger2001]

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!

[Usafkyle]

at 1:36 i thought he was going to land on the semi xD

[dsjassi]

@Usafkyle lol true

[bigsparrow1]

Nice vid!

High traffic is an FPS sucker.:-))

Only worth it when you are flying low and slow.

For FSX improvement, consider adding TrackIR for smooth head panning, and voice control for the illusion of a crew.

While I can't buy you a trackIR device

Try something called "Multi Crew Experience" (for which there is fully working downloadable Demo) and take FSX to the next level.

All you need is a headset with microphone to experience the thrill of voice control.

[niflap]

There's always a concern about memory economics. If you want graphic traffic, that's fine if it's the central theme. If you want reasonable all around graphics & realism, you may need to average things out.

[MegaAmarchana123]

i think fsx drivers are bad drivers

[thesurfsflat]

@MegaAmarchana123

hahaha, me too! Just look how now one is obeying common road laws @1:03 on the intersection

[AssemblerGuy]

Lots of things in real life should be like in flight simulators: Numerous air crashes would never have happened, if real planes had the Flight -> Reset menu item, not to mention slew mode, and the box to select your preferred weather. Here we see another safety benefit coming from flight sims: If real cars behaved like this, car crashes would be a thing of the past :-D

[bamsb90]

It's a great idea but it should have the option to be toggled on and off.

[eltonesqui]

Indian cross in 1:27 ... LOL

[Giselle76502]

1:17, RUSH HOUR!!!

[Giselle76502]

Its cool, but it could of done with some improvement, like crashing (LOL), or bridges. I dunno, I wish there where some trains though

[reedyspeedy12]

they just add a nice small touch to the ground

[kdevies]

What kind of CPU and Graphics are you running?

[Timsierramist]

It's a start anyways. Or I guess in FSX case, it's a end for now.

[SuperFlight88]

News reporter: there were more then 999,999,999,99 car crashes in SFO

[ProMega123456789]

the cars are a little I mean extremly!! s**t why would you do it they crash into each other

[kenny64813536]

mmm



[pielover997]

it would be nice if the cars actually followed the rules.. and didn't crash into other cars every time

[waddlerobloxxxx]

its just decoration, nothing critical....

[PatRyanFTW]

0:33 fix bridges

[HeresYourSign1]

rofl...the traffic is doing crazy stuff...watch around 0:35 you'll see a white semi truck jump from an underpass onto an overpass and do an aerial 270. And that's just one of like a hundred similar things happens.

[CJSHM]

X-Plane 9 has AMAZING traffic!

[pilotboy17]

I don't really pay attention much too the actual detail of the cars, but it is definitely a nice add-on. I use flight simulator to fly, not to check out the cars.

I don't fly the helos much but the only time I really notice road traffic is on approach or takeoff.

[quintenkamsteeg]

my thoughts are: you are a very good pilot, and road traffic is a welcomed feature but it's a shame that they made it so incredibly bad..

[chinitos74]

any accindent to report yet!!!!

[chommy7]

0:31 fail with cars

[DamEllSunny]

Im guessing your twelve and have a porn block on your computer !

[macbeaniewhip]

i dont think so. if you have a computer with a proccesser like the Intel Pentium it wouldn't make it.

[macieksoft]

quality of roads and vehicles??? This is flight simulator, not race simulator, we need only nice quality or vehicles in the airport.

A good idea??? Yes this is good idea, but just for making heli pilots or japaneese pilots fun ;)

[AsucimCOOL]

@macieksoft in GTA IV you can fly like in a flight simulator and drive like in a race simulator :D

[PunKid1991612]

@AsucimCOOL no, no you cant. its more like an arcade game that any kind of simulator. maybe a gangster simulator if that

[thiago1246]

haha!!!

[ivanpetanjek]

dobra je ideja kaj vi očete

[flyingzeto91]

whats your graphics card

[umbrellacorp777]

How do you sit still hovering like that? I can't figure that out. Thanks!

[kevinboy1114]

I Think the car traffic is pretty good. The graphics could be better but its a big game and you can't put every single little touch on the game. But it's a great idea, makes it more realistic.

[Play671]

lol? they don't crash 1:16 O_O

[BroncoII93]

I think it is a pretty good idea, it gives it an extra touch of realism :)

[viksra]

0:30 WOAH THE CARS RUN INTO EACH OTHER AND JUST LIKE THE SUPER CARS THEY ARE, THEY KEEP ON GOING!!!

[elyasf]

0:32 all cars are chrashing. Hahaha xD

[MidgardEagle]

A basic rule of thumb in flight sims is that if you get too close to the ground, things get ugly. It's always been this way and will remain this way until affordable home computers' processors manage to render huge areas (ie. whole municipalities) at first-person shooter graphics quality.

[HSetOSCAR]

@MidgardEagle True

[yaglourt]

@MidgardEagle well Armed Assault 2 is not far from that except it's not a sim for the flight part

[PcGamerPaul]

@MidgardEagle Arma 2 was good but its a Military simulator

[flightsimmerpro90]

They r all Crashing

[BKHusnie]

Cars are crashing on each other thumbs up if you recognized that

[CalebDC10]

I think it is good makes it realistic but it would be nice if they made the cars on the other streets instead of just the Interstates and Major Highways

[united7866]

hi mate, just had a look at ur vid today, can u tel me what rig u had then, the fps looked rather smooth, and if u moded it in any way, thanks in advance

[MegaJonrox1]

I don't regard it, it adds a nice touch of realism exept 4 cars going through cars



[pat6270]

It would also be cool if you could piss off the automobile drivers and they would get out of their cars and flip you the bird, walk and talk and yell etc.. but

a) that's got nothing to do with why most pilots/people use flight simulators

b) you are looking for a graphics feature that is FAR beyond the memory capacity of most people's machine's

c) FSX is already somewhat over-engineered in terms of the memory required to smoothly operate where all settings are at 100%

Just my thoughts:)

[Wellsyeditor26]

you know if that was real there would have been so many accidents from people thinking what is that helicopter pilot doing been that low haha awesomee video :D i guess the standard FS traffic doesnt understand the word give way...

[shivan1999jaguarz236]

There are more crashes in the traffic when the smallest man in the world drives!

[kevster3000]

Watch white truck @ 0:34

[applemacbook13]

@kevster3000 lol thats some U-Turn!

[kevster3000]

@applemacbook13 hahah lol 

[leon6266]

u can be a traffic news reporter lol

[Djboyiscool]

Did you use fs recorder

[rolandtran10]

like the idea but too bad u cant destroy them

[1Filmproducer]

0.34 MANIACS!

[Beamernator]

It's a flight sim game... They're not going to put emphasis on perfecting vehicle traffic?

[mega20092010]

What Airport??

[Kopihucky]

good idea, too bad fs looks like crap when near the ground

[Planes2430]

i like the cars but they like run over each other

[Henrriquetoic]

claro que é uma boa idea

[TheAvigdor]

fantastic presentation FSX

[9MTV]

#0:25 it look's like your going over the Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham, UK



[davidjjdj]

yeah it sucks if you are flying in a chopper low above the ground but when your 5000 feet in the air you dont see a difference

[dadojedado]

Id like to report 217 accidents at that one intersection

[MrAflac9916]

I like it. It looks horrible if you download a car and drive on the road, but it's not meant for that. It is meant for flying, and I think it looks great from the air.

[LegoShow1000]

i think its a great it idea because it looks fine while ur in an airplane

[NATIONofPH]

you're more like a traffic newscaster..nice vid=)

[merdaporrenta]

Such this game is for Flying, the cars don't have wheels.

[KingHaggis]

Of course it's a good idea. Brings the virtual world to life! And it's a good thing the cars aren't more detailed, you won't notice it from up high anyway and the game would run like s..t if more detail was used.

[wursta007]

its a flight sim. with emphasis on the "flight". yea its cool and realistic but who cares. i think its a game and little things such as car traffic shouldn't matter.

[Jaqshit]

the cars are cool but only as a decoration not to be scrutinised too closely

[1Filmproducer]

Definetely, wat type of computer do you have??

[JoshHartNow]

I like to get in the helicopter and chase the cars like a pursuit would be like.

[cooldanber]

@JoshHartNow lol :P

[1Filmproducer]

@JoshHartNow hha, nice thought ;)

[Thomasmodeler]

YEAH

[Pagweb]

Remember that the car traffic was meant to be seen from 35,000ft. That's why is not so detailed.

[JaisenJames]

I too think it's a great idea, but that it needs to be implemented better.

[MegaGTAzocker]

it makes not all so dead :D

and its a flight simulator, the cars are only for show. if there would high qualiti cars it would lagg

[rw2train]

but then again the cars dont stop they go threw each other

[rw2train]

it is it makes it so real

[sideslide23]

it only show traffic only on highways, and freewaybut not on City Streets :( there no over pass no intersection light, they just blow through each other.

[daveslow84]

i think its great from up higher, but low level (like your demonstration vid) it looks pretty crappy :D

[shakeandbake808]

i think its a great idea

[nerfsilentsniper]

lolat the car crash in .27 hahahahah

[ccubsfan94]

i think if the roads werent just grey lines it would be cool

[JPetroSS]

@ccubsfan94

You can download free HD textures for your FSX roads from RealEnvironmentXtreme!

[MegaSuperman12345678]

you are a good pilot

[mysuper64]

Could switching to Geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? Is FSX car traffic a good idea?

[Metalicalypse]

I think its not a bad idea but they look weird when you look closely but hey they look cool in very high altitudes .)

[EliteXOspartaOX]

I dont think they designed it for you to be 100 ft above ground... Try 5000

[mnaitct]

Land on the road the make Traffic :D

[Wind360fail360]

OHHHH SHIT......... WTF MAN YOU HIT MY CAR!!!

[mrmrjokey]

1:20 Car crash!! oh wait..

[mooo483]

I don't think it's a bad idea, it adds to the realism, they just could have done a better job with it.

[RealationGames]

@mooo483

Yes they could've done ultra realistic traffic and cars, but then there couldn't be any airplanes. Anyone can make a game with super quality, but it is different thing how slow it will run.

They did the best they can with present-day computers, if the cars(let's say a hundred visible) would check collisions 30 times every second, it would slow the game significantly down. Add traffic regulation calculations and game goes from 30fps to 20fps for nothing...

[zakestar]

I Noticed at 1:27 some cars went throught other Cars lol

[cajoke]

If you call It Flight Simulator, then you are going to want to simulate it's reality as best as you can. Having road traffic highlights the idea that aircrafts are not alone in this world, just like how you have ships, cranes and other airport fire and fuel vehicles which add to the realism of flight. It becomes more real when flying a light aircraft low to the terrain. The best idea added to Flight Sim in my opinion.

[ostap341]

computer specs?

[AeroplaneCentral]

Nice video.

is this a package? and were could i get it from? and yes its a brilliant idea!!

[zakestar]

@AeroplaneCentral Its not a Package But You could Go to Settings and set the traffic to High if it Starts to Lag Let me Know.

[christopherboyle123]

nice bank angle

[qwertyguy76]

i like the car traffic, esp. if it was available for FS9, that would add a lot to realism.

lol, the number of collisions on those highways!

[Cheddar1101]

I think its a good idea because it will add to the realism.

[Disendant]

@ashermamen234 lol yeah =D

[DoubleknotMonkey]

I have FS9 (2004) so i only get air traffic. i would love to ave this feture.

[westjetdude]

its cool

[GMSamuelRhine]

its alright but if it affects the frame rate ill most likely turn it off

[Pilotsofer]

it's not that it's a good feauture it' sjust cool

[hello1233280]

there's nothing wrong with the quality of the roads and vehicles, the roads just happen to be crossing eachother and the cars just happen to be going through eachother. happens everyday.

[Kuestenboy1]

nice idee

[mericshtar]

0:34 ------> 0:36

look at the white in the middle

:D

[SSEPetra]

Ghost cars? They drive through each other

[Cr1S1r]

i usually turn it off... but the ships are nice

[jgj1267]

ya its good

[GaryTheGadgetGuy123]

hey there r miny mouses and square boxes not cars or motorbikes or bikes

[loswhatever]

0:31 WTF!!??

[LastXdeth]

@loswhatever Yes, car traffic in Flight Simulator X is quitethe opposite of "3D."

[Disendant]

They look like bunch of lego cars

[TehQwerty5]

the same thing happens to cars when I play fsx lol O_O

[operator458]

it keeps e company but can do it better

[mryantao]

1:19 lol car accdient!!!!

[plavins1]

yes

[RuggedBrotha]

While you watch do you ever wanna grab your joystick in panic cuz you think simulators actually running?? Makes you wanna change views....

[ee95ee]

@RuggedBrotha Haha, yes I do :D Just a reflex XD

[raptors222222]

Better AI and overpasses.

[1216saab]

cars that behave as ants!

[johnsmithfsx]

Those people are just bad drivers lol

[esdenaze]

fantastic, ppl playing a flightsim whining about the quality and realism of car traffic. use your brain, creating complex and realistic car traffic would push the computer to its max very fast and thus lowering your fps and overall flightsim experience for what? Thén i would complain!

[DjHardStyla]

@esdenaze i love your common sense, that is so true

[circusboy90210]

@esdenaze when computers are pushing the limits of technology constantly there will be a point @ witch the minor amount of computations necessary to do this will be trivial. such as the point we are allready @ today. one laptop is the power of the entire nasa computersystems inthe 60's

[DeloreandudeTommy]

@circusboy90210 Interesting fact: the Nintendo Entertainment System (or as it's known more commonly, the NES) has about one millionth the processing power of your average graphing calculator.

[ILAUGH2HARDXD]

hmmmmmm that white windowless van loocks suspicous...

[shakenama]

It would be nice to see elevated roads at highway interchanges in the next version. The way the cars merge and blend together really annoys me.

Umm - Rotor contact at #t=1m36s !! LOL

[zeroturbulence]

If you are close and start watching individual cars you see all the thins that aren't right with the cars, but if you view them up high where planes usually don't go below like 2,000 ft or more they look pretty real.

[samir1142]

for some reason fsx wont install on my computer it keeps saying that there is an error in the middle of installation and i have owned it for quite sometime and not been able to use it has anybody else experienced this or know what is wrong plz reply thanks

[luiscurtolo]

i think it serves well its pourpose...

[90Blakey]

if they make another Flight simulator. they gotta improve the road traffic.

[guitargamery]

@90Blakey i agree 10000000%!!!!!! is a shame that microsoft didnt did it already!! the ground traffic is such a joke